Friday, September 1, 2023. Day 3

Today’s Agenda:

  1. Review of website resources

    • Homework

  2. is it a material?

    • Complete at least four stations

      • examine the object

      • Fill in the table, one row for each station.

      • Be prepared to discuss what your found.

Class Notes: Matter and Materials

  1. Matter - anything that has mass and takes up space

    • made of atoms

    • all solids, liquids and gasses are made of matter

  2. Material - Matter with homogenous properties that a something is or can be made of.

    • homogeneous - the same everywhere

    • properties - observable qualities or characteristics

    • Examples of observable properties

    • Examples of materials:

  3. Density (a property of materials) - how tightly packed the matter in a material is.

  • How can we test/calculate/measure it?

  • formula

  • example

  • Lab practice