1. Matter Anything that takes up space
Matter Anything that takes up space. Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste

2. Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste Use for the formative and summative assessments.

3. Color Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste
Use with the informational text passage "Properties of Matter 2“
COLOR:
Color is one property of matter. Color is determined by the elements that make up each type of matter.
**Read and discuss the first section of Properties of Matter 2

4. Color Mixing

5. Hardness
Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste
HARDNESS:
The hardness of matter is determined by how well a substance will resist scratching by another substance.
Video on Mineral Identification
**Read and discuss the second section of Properties of Matter 2

6. Mohs Scale
Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste
In 1822, an Austrian mineralogist named Friedrich Mohs developed a scale to rate the hardness of different types of rocks. A 1 on the scale is the softest mineral and a 10 is the hardest.
Video about Mohs's Scale of Hardness

7. Texture
Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste
Texture refers to how something feels.
Brainstorm words that would describe texture:

8. Odor
How something smells.
Brainstorm words that would describe odor:

9. Taste Taste can be described as sweet, sour, or bitter.
Brainstorm words that would describe odor:

10. Compare/Contrast
Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste
Students are to fill in the chart comparing and contrasting the different properties of matter.
Use with the Teaching Phase of the lesson.
Students will use this to write a summary.

11. Properties of Matter: Color, Hardness, Texture, Odor, and Taste Use for the formative and summative assessments.