Mission Library

Matter Matters (Beta)
Conservation of Matter
5th Grade

The Mission
47 min

Storyline

Students will use their knowledge of matter conservation to figure out if a suspicious deal is fair or not.

The crew is sent to analyze and mediate a deal between Rocco Jax of Arcon Industries and Calix California, who is representing an ice delivery company from Korè. Rocco wants to alter the deal using claims with some questionable calculations. Students will use their knowledge of matter to puzzle out the inaccuracies of this deal and write a recommendation to Calix for how he should proceed.

3-Dimensional Science

Phenomenon

Matter is conserved regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or combining substances.

Science and Engineering Practices

Asking Questions and Defining Problems

  • Ask questions that can be investigated and predict reasonable outcomes based on patterns such as cause and effect relationships.

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

  • Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence, using fair tests in which variables are controlled and the number of trials considered.

  • Make observations and/or measurements to produce data to seve as the basis for evidence for an explanation of a phenomenon or test a design solution.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

  • Analyze and interpret data to make sense of phenomena, using logical reasoning, mathematics, and/or computation.

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

  • Identify the evidence that supports particular points in an explanation.

Engaging in Argument from Evidence

  • Compare and refine arguments based on an evaluation of the evidence presented.

  • Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgement based on research findings, and speculation in an explanation.

  • Respectfuly provide and receive critiques from peers about a proposed procedure, explanation, or model by citing relevant evidence and posing specific questions.

  • Construct and/or support an argument with evidence, data, and/or a model.

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