1. The document outlines an activity for an 8th grade science class on the properties of solids, liquids, and gases based on the particle nature of matter.
2. Students will use pictures, simulations, inquiry-based learning and experiments with water to differentiate the properties and behavior of materials in different states of matter and how heat affects the particle motion.
3. Assessment includes classifying pictures of matter, answering questions about how particles behave with heat, explaining the duality of phases of matter, performing an experiment on water states, and identifying phases in the water cycle.