Lesson 54 of 84 · Matter and Atoms
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenMetals and Nonmetals (Part 2)
Matter and Atoms.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Mixing two safe things doesn't always make a safe thing.
Mind = Blown
🌈 Every color you see is your brain inventing a translation of light frequencies.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: will the mixture get hotter, colder, or stay the same?
What You'll Learn
Metals are generally shiny, conduct heat and electricity, and can be bent without breaking. Nonmetals are often dull, poor conductors, and brittle in solid form.
Key Words
- base
- endothermic
Steps
Review the background information on Matter and Atoms before starting.
Create a density column: carefully layer honey, dish soap, water, vegetable oil, and rubbing alcohol in a tall glass. Drop small objects in to test where they float.
Draw a detailed diagram of what you observe.
Write a conclusion: what did your results show? Did they match your prediction?
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Why does oil float on 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?”
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