Click on the link below. What is the definition of "matter"?

http://dknet.lineone.net/encyclopedia/science/c--matter-d.html

What are the "three phases of matter"? What is the difference between them?

http://www.omsi.edu/sln/air/science/glossary.html#phase

Play the on the Selecting Materials Quiz Machine. What is the best material to make hip joints out of?

http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/on-line/challenge/selecting/selquiz.html

Rock is one of the most important materials. What are the three main types of rock?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/primer.shtml

Why is water called the "universal solvent"?

http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/waterproperties.html

How much water is there in your body?

http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/modules/environm/water/

Which material is best for conducting electricity?

http://www.freeserve.net/reference/encyclopaedia/articles/00101/0010106/001010669.html

What name is given to the big layer of gas that surrounds the Earth?

http://www.chem4kids.com/matter/gas.html

View the "Water Cycle Movie". What is precipitation?

http://www.brainpop.com/watercyc/

Investigate air. What is air made up of?

http://www.bbc.co.uk//sia/home.html

Thanks to Tony Poulter of Hugo Meynell Primary School for this Cyberhunt.