Natural Science

1. 5th Primary
Natural Science
THE MATTER

2. THE MATTER
What is matter?
Everything that has a place in the space.

3. GENERAL PROPERTIES
 All the things that are matter have
these 2 properties:
- Mass
- Volume

4. MASS
 DEFINITION: It’s the quantity of matter
 INSTRUMENT: Scale or balance
 UNIT OF MEASURAMENT: KILOGRAMES

5. VOLUME
 DEFINITION: The volume is the space that
ocuppies a body
 INSTRUMENT: graduated container
 UNIT OF MEASURAMENT: LITRES

7. SPECIFIC PROPERTIES:
 HARDNESS: It is difficult to scratch
 FLEXIBILITY: It can be deformed and then it can
recover the same shape
 FRAGILITY: It is easy to break
 DENSITY: the relation between mass and volume

8. EXAMPLES

9. QUESTIONS
 What is the matter?
 Is air matter?
 Is a mobile phone matter?
 Is the light matter?
 Is the door matter?
 Is the happiness matter?
 What are the two general properties of matter?
 What of the 4 specific properties of matter does
the glass have?
 What of the 4 specific properties of matter does
the diamond have?

10. ACTIVITIES
1. Complete the sentences:
The matter is everything that has a __________ in the
space. It has _______ general properties: _________
and volume. The mass can be measure with a
___________ and the volume with a
_______________________. The unit to measure the
mass is the ______________ and to measure the
volume is the _____________
litres – two – graduated recipent – place – balance –
kilograme - mass

11. ACTIVITIES
2. Write 2 object with the following properties of
matter. Use comparatives
Example: the iron is harder than the wood
Hardness
Flexibility
Fragility
Density

12. JOURNAL
 What do you remember about today’s class?
Write at least 4 sentences