Explore Matter with Engaging Differentiated Choice Boards!

Transform your science lessons on the matter into a student-centered exploration and demonstration with our brand-new Differentiated Matter Activity Choice Boards! Designed to give students the freedom to choose how they demonstrate their learning, this resource offers engaging, hands-on, and creative activities covering the essential concepts of matter.

Choose Your Own Matter Culminating Activity

These choice boards allow students to demonstrate learning related to the three States of Matter, Observable Properties of Matter, and Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter, all while working at their own pace and level.

This set includes three printable choice boards, each featuring 9 diverse activities tailored to different learning styles and abilities. Some examples of the activities included are shown below.

🌡️ States of Matter Choice Board

Students can explore solids, liquids, and gases through activities like:

• Creating a diagram of the states of matter.
• Writing a story about a day in the life of a molecule.

🧪 Properties of Matter Choice Board

Students can investigate physical properties with tasks such as:

• Sorting everyday objects by their observable properties.
• Designing a “Properties of Matter” scavenger hunt.

🔄 Changes in Matter Choice Board

Learn about physical and chemical changes with engaging options like:

• Creating a poster to compare reversible and irreversible changes.
• Writing a comic strip about a piece of matter going through a transformation.

Download and Print Your Matter Activity Choice Boards Today!

This resource is available as a printable PDF and an editable Google Slides resource file. Click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter collaborator.

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