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Year 8 · Science

Particle Model

Year 8 learners practise particle model of solids liquids and gases.

The activities include Compare Densities of Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Describe Properties of Fluids, Explain Gas Pressure, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, lesson, teaching, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare Densities of Solids, Liquids, and Gases
  • Describe Properties of Fluids
  • Explain Gas Pressure
  • Explain how Particle Motion is Affected by Temperature
  • Investigate Viscosity of Liquids
  • Use the Particle Model to Describe Changes of State
  • Use the Particle Model to Describe Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Checked learning resources

  • Energy and temperature

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 lesson video explains that higher temperature means particles vibrate faster in solids or move faster past one another in liquids and gases, and that energy must be transferred to raise temperature.

  • KS3 Thermal Processes Lesson Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    KS3 lesson pack uses an editable PowerPoint and differentiated activities to explain energy transfer by heating, the distinction between energy and temperature, and how particle motion changes as temperature changes.

  • The particle model of matter - KS3 Chemistry

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC Bitesize corpus page for Particle Model; supports the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will analyse how the particle arrangement changes when a substance changes state.

  • Oak: Solid And Liquid States

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 science lesson. I can describe the properties of substances that are in the solid and liquid states. A substance may have a solid, liquid and gas state In the solid state a substance has a fixed shape, it does not

  • Gas pressure

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Learn about gas pressure and how it is used in daily life in this KS3 Chemistry guide from BBC Bitesize. Key points What is gas pressure? Video - gas pressure Gases – the particle model Temperature effects Volume effects

  • Viscosity of Liquids

    YouTube — The Sci Guys · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Defines viscosity and demonstrates a fair liquid-flow race to compare how quickly different liquids move.

  • Oak: Particle Model Of Substances In The Gas State

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 science lesson. I can describe how the arrangement and movement of particles alters when a substance changes from the liquid to gas state. In the gas state a substance can flow, it fills the whole of a container a

  • Oak lesson slides: Solid And Liquid States

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 science lesson. I can describe the properties of substances that are in the solid and liquid states. A substance may have a solid, liquid and gas state In the solid state a substance has a fixed shape, it does not