The States of Matter

How many states of matter is water in in this picture?

Things you need to know

• There are at least five states of matter
• The three we usually deal with in our lives are solids, liquids and gases
• What the properties or characteristics of solids, liquids and gases are

Resources that will help you

• this page from the Chem4Kids website
• this cartoon from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical industry
• and this one from the BBC
  

Downloads

Hands On Lab

• Investigating Solids, Liquids and Gases

Virtual Lab

• another BBC one
• Wisconsin Learning Object

Quizzes

• from the BBC