Florida SC.2.P.8.3

Science2nd GradeProperties of Matter

The Standard

Recognize that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify solids, liquids, and gases by observing their shapes in different containers. They explain which forms keep their own shape and which conform to a container.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a block, water, and air in a balloon, students predict what happens when each moves to a new container. They support each prediction with an observation.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think liquids have no shape or that invisible gases are not matter. They may also think a solid changes shape when placed inside a different container.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Draw what happens when a marble, water, and air move from a bottle to a bowl. Circle anything that keeps its shape.

Lesson moves

Place a wooden cube in three containers, pour colored water between two cups, and trap air in different-shaped sealed bags; record each shape.
Ask, “What would happen to juice, a marble, and air if each moved from a bottle to a bowl?”
Play Shape Detective: show object and container cards, then students match each sample to the shape it would have.
Compare ice, water, and air in a lunchbox, bottle, and tire, then explain how each shape is determined.

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