LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 3

The Three States of Matter

I.​ Date: September 01, 2025 (Monday)

II.​ Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

●​ Define matter and identify its three basic states (solid, liquid, and gas).
●​ Describe the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases.
●​ Classify objects and substances according to their states of matter.

III.​ Subject Matter

●​ Topic: The Three States of Matter
●​ Key concepts: shape, volume, molecule arrangement, real-life examples

References:
●​ Science textbook
●​ YouTube
●​ Web articles

IV.​ Materials Needed

●​ Demonstration set: a book, a glass of water, and a balloon inflated with air
●​ Chart comparison of the three states of matter
●​ Flashcards of images of various items
●​ Computer/laptop and television/projector for visual aids (Educational video from
YouTube)
●​ Worksheet

V.​ Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

Questions (Q) Expected Answer (A)

A.​ Preliminaries The teacher will first begin

the class with a prayer
 Before we begin, let us first The students will pray with
bow our heads and feel the the teacher.
presence of the Lord.

The teacher will greet the

class.

Good morning, class! Good morning, teacher!

The teacher will check the

attendance through a roll
call.

Let us first check the The students will say present.

attendance. When I call your
name, please say present.

B.​ Motivation The teacher will show a

picture showing a diagram of
ice and an arrow pointing to
water and another arrow
pointing to steam.

Have you ever noticed that Yes, teacher!

water can freeze into ice or
turn into steam?

The teacher will show

real-life examples using the
demonstration set.

The teacher first brings out

the book and shows it to the
class.

Can anyone from the class You’re holding a book,

tell me what item I am ma’am.
holding right now?

What shape is the book? Rectangle, ma’am!

Can you touch this book? Yes, ma’am.
 Very good!

The teacher then brings out

the glass of water and shows
it to the class.

What about this one? Can It’s a glass of water, ma’am.

anyone tell me what this is?

Do the glass and water have Yes, ma’am!

the same shape?

Very good!

The teacher brings out the

balloon inflated with air.

What about this? What can That’s a balloon, teacher.

you say about this item?

What’s inside the balloon? The balloon has air inside,

ma’am.
Very good, everyone!

C.​ Discussion The things that were shown Yes, ma’am!

earlier are called matter.
Before we proceed with our
discussion, let’s first watch a
video about the three states of
matter so everyone can get a
brief idea of what it is. Is that
okay with everyone?

The teacher will present a

video from YouTube, “State of
matter for kids”
(https://youtu.be/JQ4WduVp9
k4?si=RxDzZnI6-LywVM00)

Now that everyone has a brief A student raises his/her hand.

idea of what matter is, can
anyone tell me what matter
is?

Yes, [name of student]? Matter is anything that has

mass and takes up space,
Correct! Very good! ma’am.

Matter is anything that takes Students will listen carefully.

up space and has mass or
weight. All the things around
us are matter. Even the air we
breathe is matter.

The teacher will show the

class the chart comparing the
three states of matter.

Matter has three states. These

are solid, liquid, and gas.

Solid objects have a definite

shape and volume. They can
be held and seen. The
molecules in solid objects are
tightly packed together,
making them hard to
compress.

A lot of things in our

environment are solid,
including our example earlier,
the book. Some objects, like
rocks, wood, pencils, TV, and
many more, are solid.

Can anyone give me more

examples of solid objects?

Yes, [name of student]?

A student raises their hand.
Correct, very good!

Anyone else? Notebook po, ma’am!

Yes, [name of student]?

 Another student raises their
Correct! hand.
A chair, ma’am.
Very good, students.

Now, let’s discuss the second

phase, liquid.

Liquid has no definite shape, Students listen carefully.

but it has volume. It flows
freely, meaning it can take on
the shape of the container it’s
being held in. The molecules
in a liquid can move around
and slide past each other.

Like what I said earlier, the

water is the same shape as the
glass it is in because it’s a
liquid.

Other than water, can anyone

give me anything else that is
liquid?

Yes, [name of student]? A student raises their hand.

Correct! Anyone else?

Yes, [name of student]? Juice po, teacher!

Very good! Another student raises their

hand.
Now that everyone Milk po, ma’am!
understands solid and liquid,
let’s go ahead and discuss the
last state of matter, gas.
Students listen carefully.
Gas has no definite shape or
volume. It can fill any
container. The molecules of
gas are much more spread out
than in solids or liquids,
making the molecules collide
with each other randomly.
 The air we’re breathing right
now is gas.

Does everyone understand the

difference of solid, liquid, and
gas?

This time, I’ll give an Yes, ma’am!

example, and you have to
identify and tell me what kind
of state of matter the object
has. Does everyone Yes ma’am!
understand?

Coffee.

Steam of boiling water.

Basketball. Liquid!

Very good, everyone! Gas!

Solid!

VI.​ Generalization of the Lesson

Teacher’s Activity (Q) Students’ Activity (A)

Now that we’ve discussed the three states of Matter is anything that takes up space and has
matter, can everyone tell me again what mass, ma’am!
matter is?

Very good, everyone!

I have some images of different objects here. Yes, ma’am!

When I flash them to you, you all have to tell
me what state of matter the object has,
understood?

The teacher brings out the images.

The first image is a hammer. Solid!

The second image is a cup of tea. Liquid!

The third image is a pitcher of juice. Liquid!

 The fourth image is a hot air balloon. Gas!

The fifth image is ice. Solid!

Good job, everyone!

VII.​ Evaluation

Teacher’s Activity (Q) Students’ Activity (A)

Since everyone now understands the three Okay, ma’am!

states of matter, we will have a short quiz.
You will simply identify whether the items are
solid, liquid, or gas.

Bring out a ¼ sheet of paper, and put the Okay, ma’am!

numbers 1 to 10. When I say the object, you Students will bring out a ¼ sheet of paper.
have to write down the answer, okay?

1.​ Steam Students will answer.

2.​ Cologne
3.​ Slippers
4.​ Bag
5.​ Milk
6.​ Alcohol
7.​ Table
8.​ Oxygen
9.​ Flowers
10.​Rain

VIII.​ Assignment (Worksheet)