Science Classify Objects - June 17

HISD 2nd Grade Science
Teacher Facing
Classifying Matter

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PhD Alignment to Research

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MRS Icons

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Timer Options

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Timer Options - Pop Music

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Materials

Student

Teacher

● Twig
● Moss
● Vines
● Cotton Balls
● Feathers
● String
● Interactive notebooks
● Student Handout

● 5 senses anchor (optional)
● Properties of Matter Anchor Chart

DOL - Answer Key

HISD 2nd Grade Science
Classifying Matter

Day 1

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Properties of Matter

LO: SWBAT will classify objects based on their
properties of flexibility and texture.

DOL: Given a problem, SW classify objects based
on their properties of flexibility and texture.

2.5(A) classify matter by physical properties, including relative temperature, texture, flexibility, and whether mate

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Essential Understandings &

Guiding Questions

How can we describe and classify matter?

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Lesson Vocabulary

Flexibility

Texture

how it feels
to the
touch?

can it be
bend?

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Could an animal live here? Why?

Observe the image below.

MRS:Think-Pair-Share

Response Card

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What do you observe?

Think About It

How might birds use the feathers,

cotton balls, string, vines, twigs, and

moss?

Do the properties of materials play a

role in building a nest?

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The Senses

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Use your five senses to observe the twigs vines,

moss, feathers, cotton balls and string.

Hearing

Sight

Smell

Touch

Taste

Exploring the Properties of Matter

Findings

What do you notice about these materials?

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There are many ways to classify, sort, or group matter. You
can use your five senses (sight, hearing, smell, touch and
taste) to organize matter by properties. Using your five
senses, you can observe the physical properties of matter.
You can classify matter by texture andflexibility. Once
matter is classified and organized into groups, you can
identify other matter with the same properties.

MRS : Table Talk

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Vocabulary

Draw and Complete the chart by describing the flexibility and
texture.
Provide examples under each property.

Birds

Name various ways in which an animal may use one

or more of the materials.

Cotton Balls

Feathers

String

Describe each of the materials.

What do the materials remind you of?

Can they be used to build a birds nest? Why or why not?

MRS : Table Talk

Physical properties of matter

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Birds are living organisms. Did you
know not all birds can fly?
Ostriches for example are birds
that do not fly and lay their eggs on
the ground.

Think of how this may affect the
materials needed for their nest. Use
your knowledge of the flexibility
and texture to develop a nest for
their eggs.

MRS:Oral/Choral

Response

Birds Nest

MRS: Response

Card

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DOL: Given a problem,
SW classify objects
based on their
properties of flexibility
and texture.

Demonstration of Learning (DOL)