Lesson 9 of 84 · Properties of Matter
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenAtoms: Building Blocks of Matter
Properties of Matter.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
Mixing two safe things doesn't always make a safe thing.
Mind = Blown
💧 Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under the right conditions. Nobody fully understands why.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: will the mixture get hotter, colder, or stay the same?
What You'll Learn
Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter. Each element is made of one type of atom. Hydrogen has the simplest atom with just one proton and one electron.
Key Words
- mixture
- solution
- evaporation
Steps
Review the background information on Properties of Matter before starting.
Test how temperature affects dissolving: dissolve sugar in cold, warm, and hot water. Count stirs needed for each and create a data table.
Watch carefully for any changes and note the time.
Create a data table to organize your measurements.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is mass?
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?”
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