{"id":218857,"date":"2010-01-23T15:52:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T20:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2220"},"modified":"2010-01-23T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T20:52:06","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-the-solid-truth-about-states-of-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/218857","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children\u2019s Literature: The Solid Truth about States of Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/01\/17528.jpg\" title=\"Direct link to file\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2010\/01\/17528.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"17528.jpg\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Title: The Solid Truth about States of Matter with Max Axiom<br \/>\nAuthor: Agnieszka Biskup<br \/>\nIllustrated by: Cynthia Martin and Barbara Schulz<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Introduction and Summary: This book contains four distinct chapters.\u00a0 In the first chapter, Max describes how eveything is made of matter.\u00a0 He describes that matter can be hard or soft, any color, and any texture.\u00a0 He discusses the difference between mass and weight.\u00a0 The book reviews that atoms and molecules are always moving; and how fast they move depends on their form.\u00a0\u00a0 The second chapter describes the differences between solids, liquids, and gases.\u00a0\u00a0 In the third chapter, Max discusses melting, boiling, and freezing.\u00a0 The final section describes the difference between evaporation and condensation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Max presents how the different states of matter are important in our everyday lives.\u00a0 This book contains a glossary and index in the back and additional book resources.\u00a0 This book is written in a cartoon format that kids may find enjoyable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Curriculum Connections:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Matter: 2.3 The student will investigate and understand basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases:<br \/>\n2.3b: identification of distinguising characteristics of liquids, solids, and gases.<br \/>\n2.3c: changes in phases of matter with the addition or removal of energy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Additional Resources:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This website allows the teacher to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facthound.com\">search by subject to locate useful books<\/a>.\u00a0 The website is very kid fiendly.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This website provides <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.mcdaniel.edu\/Graduate\/TI\/pages\/LEWIS\/matterweb.htm\">examples of the states of matter and uses sound to help aid understanding<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 This site would be helpful for visual and auditory learners.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This website provides a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.com\/activity\/article\/states_of_matter_second\/\">hands on activity <\/a>that will help second graders understand the concept of how states of matter change depending on temperature.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">General Information:<br \/>\nBook:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capstonepub.com\/product\/9781429637008\"> The Solid Truth about States of Matter<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Agnieszka Biskup<br \/>\nIllustrated by: Cynthia Martin and Barbara Schulz<br \/>\nPublisher: Capstone Press<br \/>\nPublication Date: 2009<br \/>\nPages: 1-32<br \/>\nGrade Range: 2<br \/>\nISBN: 13: 978-1-4296-2339-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The Solid Truth about States of Matter with Max Axiom Author: Agnieszka Biskup Illustrated by: Cynthia Martin and Barbara Schulz Introduction and Summary: This book contains four distinct chapters.\u00a0 In the first chapter, Max describes how eveything is made of matter.\u00a0 He describes that matter can be hard or soft, any color, and any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}