Soaks Up or Stays Dry

Lab Brief #28

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.

What you'll learn

Cotton absorbs water, but plastic does not. That is why raincoats are made of plastic!

Key words

Make a hypothesis first

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

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Step 1 of 3 · Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 of 3 · Observe

Use your senses to describe what you notice.

Step 3 of 3 · Record

Write 1-2 sentences about what happened.

Question 1 of 3

Which material absorbs water?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 3

Why are raincoats made of plastic?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 3 of 3

A towel dries you because it:

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

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

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

🎯

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you see this in real life: Your toothpaste, your soap, even your breakfast involves this.

🏆 Stretch challenge (try it this week): Ask a grown-up to help you mix two safe kitchen things. Predict what will happen first.

👨‍👩‍👧 For the dinner table: “What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”

Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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