Lesson 59 of 84 · Matter
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenSolubility and Concentration (Part 2)
Solubility and Concentration (Part 2).
🎯 Your mission
Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.
⚡ The twist
If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.
Mind = Blown
💧 Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under the right conditions. Nobody fully understands why.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?
What You'll Learn
Solubility describes how much of a substance can dissolve in a solvent at a given temperature. Most solids dissolve better in hot water, while gases dissolve better in cold water.
Key Words
- chemical change
- temperature
Steps
Review the background information on Matter before starting.
Conduct a chromatography experiment: use a coffee filter and markers to separate the pigments in different colored inks.
Use your senses (except taste) to describe what you notice.
Write a summary of your findings in 3-5 sentences.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is condensation?
Where you see this in real life
Your toothpaste, your soap, even your breakfast involves this.
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.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
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