1. States of Matter AI lesson plan for Elementary Science
Grade 3 Visual Arts & Dance

2. Eruption of Paracutín
Dr. Atl (Mexico)
1943
Artful Thinking
William H. Johnson: Blind Musician ca. 1940
CLAIM
Make a claim about the science you see /hear in this artwork.
SUPPORT
Identify support for your claim
Support = Things you see, feel and know that support your claim
QUESTION
Ask a question related to your claim. Question = What’s left hanging? What isn’t explained, What new reasons does your claim raise?

3. STATE OF MATTER DANCE
√ With your group, identify the three states of matter.
Identify /create a movement for each state of matter.
Review the Elements of Dance
Create a dance to illustrate the assigned scenario: be sure to incorporate one of the elements of dance that you are given on the card!
Perform your dance! Option: Choose someone to narrate your dance.

4. Improvisation Activity
Find your KINOSPHERE (your personal space with room to move without touching others).
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5. Movement Locomotor Motions created moving across SPACE
Dancers using locomotor movements may…
walk, run, skip, hop, jump, slide, leap, or gallop.
Non-Locomotor
Motions made while staying in one SPACE
Dancers using non-locomotor movements may…
bend, stretch, twist, or swing their body.
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6. Elements of Dance Body Energy Space Time
Parts: Dance can focus on different body parts: legs, fingers, toes, head, elbows, shoulders etc. Body parts can be move in isolation or jointly Body parts can be open, closed or relaxed Shape: the body can contort itself into different shapes (i.e., curves, angles)
The use of energy while moving: expressivity of the movement
WEIGHT: Heavy or Light
FLOW: Free or Bound, Sharp or Smooth, Tense or Relaxed
SPACE: Direct or Indirect
TIME: Quick or Sustained
Pathways –patterns the dancer makes in the air or on the floor: curved lines, straight lines, zigzags, circles, figure-eights, and many more
Shape - straight lines, curves, angles, free form, open, or closed; positive and negative space
Balance - symmetrical, asymmetrical, or centered
Level – vertical distance from the floor: high, medium, low, or on the floor.
Plane: horizontal or vertical
Direction - forward, backwards, diagonally, sideways, up, down, place middle
TEMPO - the speed of the movement: fast, slow, moderate
DURATION - the length of the dance or phrase: short, long or something in between.
BEAT - pulse of the music
RHYTHM: a recurring pattern of accents
ACCENT- a movement or shape performed in such a way as to give emphasis
Elements of
Dance

7. STATE OF MATTER DANCE Solids – NON LOCOMOTOR MOVEMENT/Axial Movement
Every atom is in a constant state of motion. In solids, each atom moves in its place. They don’t really travel throughout the object, but each atom moves in place. Try being an atom in a solid, like a rock, piece of wood, or an ice cube:
Vibrate in place. Shake and bend. Body movements that keep your body in place are called axial or non-locomotor movements.
Lead students to move and follow these directions to change/move as a state of matter.

8. STATE OF MATTER DANCE Liquids - Average Locomotor Movement
Atoms in liquids move more than atoms in solids. This allows them to bend and become the shape of whatever container they are put in, or to spread out across a surface. They can bounce from place to place. That is one reason why it is so easy to separate a liquid into smaller pieces or amounts. Explore locomotion with words like melt, slosh, ripple, and pour.

9. STATE OF MATTER DANCE Gasses - Quick Locomotor Movement
What do you know about gasses? One thing I always remember is that they spread out to fill whatever size container they are in. The atoms in a gas can spread apart or squish together to take up more or less space with the same amount of gas. This is because the atoms in a gas are extremely mobile and move very quickly. Move quickly through the space with jogs, skitters, skips, jumps, and hops. How can an object change from one state to another? How would I change a frozen, solid stick of butter to a melted, liquid pool of butter? Heating it up! As atoms become hotter and hotter they change from solid to liquid to gas. So as the atoms get hotter, they move faster, and become less dense.

10. Dance is often used to tell a story, convey a message
Like a story or a book, each dance has a beginning, middle and an end. Dance is made up “movement materials”, connected into “phrases” and put together into a complete dance.
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11. Become a choreographer!
DANCE allows the dancer or choreographer to communicate his/her ideas, thoughts, and feelings through movement. These movements are structured and repeatable, in that they can be taught to others.
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12. STATE OF MATTER DANCE
√ With your group, identify the three states of matter.
Identify /create a movement for each state of matter.
Review the Elements of Dance
Create a dance to illustrate the assigned scenario: be sure to incorporate one of the elements of dance that you are given on the card!
Perform your dance! Option: Choose someone to narrate your dance.