Florida SC.2.P.8.2
The Standard
Identify objects and materials as solid, liquid, or gas.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students sort everyday matter into three states using what they can observe. They use clues such as keeping shape, flowing, or spreading to fill a container.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student correctly classifies familiar and unfamiliar examples. The student supports each choice with an observable property, not just the object's name.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call sand or powder a liquid because it pours. They may think soft solids are liquids or that air is nothing because they cannot see it.
How to Assess It
- Show a rock, water in a clear cup, and an inflated balloon. Students name the state of each material and write one supporting observation.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups sealed bags holding a block, colored water, and air, then have students tilt and squeeze each bag to compare changes.
Ask, “Is a cup of sand solid or liquid?” and have students write a claim supported by one observation.
Students sort picture cards into three hoops, then earn a point by explaining one choice with a property.
Inspect classroom objects, drinks, and trapped air, then list where each state appears during a typical school day.
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Related Standards
- SC.2.P.8.3
Recognize that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container.
- SC.5.P.8.1
Compare and contrast the basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases, such as mass, volume, color, texture, and temperature.
- SC.8.P.8.4
Classify and compare substances on the basis of characteristic physical properties that can be demonstrated or measured; for example, density, thermal or electr...
- SC.2.P.8.4
Observe and describe water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous states.
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