Lesson 78 of 84 · Matter

Simulation⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion Kitchen

Comparing Textures (Part 3)

🧪Lab Brief #78

Comparing Textures (Part 3).

🎯 Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

⚡ The twist

Mixing two safe things doesn't always make a safe thing.

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Mind = Blown

💧 Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under the right conditions. Nobody fully understands why.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: will the mixture get hotter, colder, or stay the same?

What You'll Learn

Rocks are made of minerals. Different minerals make rocks look different colors and textures.

Key Words

weight
measure
temperature

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?

Step 2 — Do

Mix salt into warm water and cold water. Stir 20 times each. Which dissolves faster?

Step 3 — Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4 — Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Which is a solid?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.

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For the dinner table

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

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