Question(s) Phenomena Scientific What We Figured Out Performance Expectation Practice(s) What happens The class takes a Plan & Conduct Air has mass. Plan & conduct an investigation when I pump basketball that is an Investigation to determine if air has mass. more air into a almost full and basketball compares its mass Analyze & (on a balance) Interpret Data. before and after it is pumped up more What when I try Students observe a Constructing Gasses take up the space of the Construct a Scientific to pour water flask filled with air, Scientific container they fill. Explanation to Answer the into a flask filled won’t let water fall Explanation question “Is Air Matter?” with air? into it through an Air is a gas. open funnel on top. Matter is anything that has mass & volume (takes up space) How can we Students mass an air Plan & Conduct Odor from the air freshener has mass Plan & conduct an investigation determine if freshener inside and an Investigation and takes up space. to determine whether the odor odors are outside of a bag from an air freshener has mass? matter? from one day to the Analyze & Odor is matter. next, observing that Interpret Data. . the volume inside the bag increases, and the mass outside the bag decreases.
Question(s) Phenomena Scientific Practice(s) What We Figured Out Performance Expectation What happens when I pump more air into a basketball The class takes a basketball that is almost full and compares its mass (on a balance) before and after it is pumped up more Plan & Conduct an Investigation Analyze & Interpret Data. Air has mass. Plan & conduct an investigation to determine if air has mass. What when I try to pour water into a flask filled with air? Students observe a flask filled with air, won’t let water fall into it through an open funnel on top. Constructing Scientific Explanation Gasses take up the space of the container they fill. Air is a gas. Matter is anything that has mass & volume (takes up space) Construct a Scientific Explanation to Answer the question “Is Air Matter?” How can we determine if odors are matter? Students mass an air freshener inside and outside of a bag from one day to the next, observing that the volume inside the bag increases, and the mass outside the bag decreases. Plan & Conduct an Investigation Analyze & Interpret Data. Odor from the air freshener has mass and takes up space. Odor is matter. . Plan & conduct an investigation to determine whether the odor from an air freshener has mass?
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