Lesson 20 of 84 · Matter

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion Kitchen

Materials All Around Us

🧪Lab Brief #20

Materials All Around Us.

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.

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Mind = Blown

🧪 If you could remove all the empty space from atoms, the entire human race would fit in a sugar cube.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?

What You'll Learn

Materials can be sorted by their properties: hard or soft, rough or smooth, bendy or stiff.

Key Words

measure
temperature
water

Materials Needed

paper towels
thermometer
strainer
ice cubes

Safety First

Wear safety goggles when mixing liquids.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Talk about what you already know about Matter.

Step 2 — Do

Stretch, bend, and tear different materials (paper, foil, rubber band). Record what happens to each.

Step 3 — Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 4 — Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Why does a heavy rock sink in water?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Your toothpaste, your soap, even your breakfast involves this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Ask a grown-up to help you mix two safe kitchen things. Predict what will happen first.

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For the dinner table

“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”

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