I gave Middle Brother the states of matter science journal I’d printed, and let him add some color to the cover. With a solid understanding of states of matter under his belt, we were ready to jump in and start experimenting! Then I grabbed a few kid-friendly magazines, a pair of scissors and a glue stick so Middle Brother could cut out pictures of objects and glue them onto his clip and sort chart. I wanted to give him a quick review the next day, so we pulled out our set of states of matter clip cards. The water spout and glass of milk were filed under liquid, etc. The hot air balloon and steaming tea kettle were examples of gas. Just below each particle snapshot, Middle Brother glued those pictures he’d cut out early. Middle Brother grabbed the glue bottle and a handful of Fruit Loops and started sticking his “particles” in place. Gas particles, for instance, spread apart to fill their container while particles in solids were packed closely together and wouldn’t change shape, even when they were put in a different container. Opening up one flap at a time, we talked about how the particles in each state of matter looked. Middle Brother colored the pictures and words and then cut apart some picture examples so he could glue them inside. Next came the step of applying what he’d learned in an interactive flap book.Īfter printing the pages front to back, I folded the paper along the solid line in the middle and cut the slits to make three separate flaps – one for each state. We say that it flows, from one place to another – how quickly it goes.” Our memorable rhymes and posters were the perfect introduction! Middle Brother loved the liquid rhyme the most: To start, Middle Brother (age 4.5) needed to learn what the word “matter” meant and the special characteristics that made each of the three types of matter unique. (There are actually FIVE states of matter but plasma and Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) are introduced much later.) One of the first science concepts many children learn are the three states of matter: gas, liquid and solid. Grab your States of Matter Activity Pack in our shop or on Teachers Pay Teachers! The molecules in a gas are loosely coupled and they are very far from each other compared to liquids and solids.Ī Root Beer float is made up of all of the three states of matter : Solid (Ice Cream), Liquid (Root Beer) and Gas (Creamy Foam).Teaching kids about states of matter? You’re in the right spot! These motivating, playful states of matter activities will keep young scientists learning and smiling for days. Gas – Like the carbon dioxide released in the experiment, Gas has no shape or form. Liquids still have their molecules close to each other but not as close as solids. Liquid – takes the shape of the container in which it is present (similar to the root beer in our experiment).
Solids have their molecules tightly coupled. Solid – has its own shape and form like the scoop of ice cream in our experiment. So from this experiment you can understand that there are three forms of matter:
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Since the root beer is trying to free up the air bubbles in the ice cream – it creates a bubbly foam which rises to the top of the jar. When you add ice cream (solid) into the root beer – the ice cream reacts with root beer and releases carbon dioxide (gas) bubbles. Root beer is a liquid that takes the shape of the container (Glass Jar). As you know Root Beer is a carbonated beverage.
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