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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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Appropriate grades
8–12
Subjects
science (physics and physical science)
Provider
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will explore a website to learn that what happens at the surface of ice to give it its slippery nature can be explained by molecular motion. Students should be familiar with solids, liquids, and gases prior to this lesson.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grade 8

  • Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize technology and information systems to build an understanding of chemistry.
    • Objective 4.06: Describe and measure quantities related to chemical/physical changes within a system:
      • Temperature.
      • Volume.
      • Mass.
      • Precipitate.
      • Gas production.

Grades 9–12 — Physical Science

  • Goal 5: The learner will build an understanding of the structure and properties of matter.
    • Objective 5.03: Identify substances through the investigation of physical properties:
      • Density.
      • Melting point.
      • Boiling point.