This document contains a lesson plan for teaching 8th grade science students about the particle nature of matter. The lesson plan aims to help students distinguish between matter and non-matter, define what matter is, and explain the properties of solids, liquids, and gases based on the particle nature of matter. The lesson involves students participating in hands-on activities to classify examples as matter or non-matter and identify particle arrangements in the different states of matter using models. It assesses students ability to correctly classify additional examples of matter and non-matter and explain the key differences between the two.