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Lesson⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenWater Turns to Steam (Part 3)
Water Turns to Steam (Part 3).
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.
Mind = Blown
🧪 If you could remove all the empty space from atoms, the entire human race would fit in a sugar cube.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?
What You'll Learn
Steam rises from hot water. It is water that has turned into a gas.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Collect 10 small objects. Sort them into groups: solid, liquid, or gas.
Draw a picture of what you observe.
Share your results with a partner.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Does salt dissolve in water?
Where you see this in real life
This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
Next Smart Experiment
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