Lesson 50 of 84 · Matter

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion Kitchen

Materials All Around Us (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #50

Materials All Around Us (Part 2).

🎯 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

Materials Needed

balloons
measuring cups
paper towels

Safety First

Adult supervision recommended.

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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