1. What Is Matter?
1st Grade

2. Matter
• Everything around
you is matter.
• Matter can be solid,
liquid or gas.
• Toys are matter.
• Balloons are matter.
• Water is matter, too!!
• Some matter has
parts that are too
small to see.

3. All matter is not the same.
Matter can be soft.
Matter can
be hard.
Matter can be BIG or small.

4. Sorting Matter
• You can sort
matter.
• You can sort these
objects by color.
• You can sort
objects by shape.
• How else can you
sort them?

5. Time for our thinking
caps!!!
• What is matter?
• How can we sort
matter?
How are the
stuffed toy and
balloon alike?
How are they
different?
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How could you so
these objects by
color?