Lesson 78 of 84 · Matter
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenRocks and Minerals (Part 3)
Rocks and Minerals (Part 3).
🎯 Your mission
Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.
⚡ The twist
Color changes mean atoms are rearranging — even if you can't see them.
Mind = Blown
🌈 Every color you see is your brain inventing a translation of light frequencies.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you mix: what color do you think it'll turn?
What You'll Learn
Rocks are made of minerals. Different minerals make rocks look different colors and textures.
Key Words
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Steps
Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?
Mix salt into warm water and cold water. Stir 20 times each. Which dissolves faster?
Look for something that changed. What is it?
Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which is a solid?
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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