Lesson 23 of 30 · Matter

Lesson⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion Kitchen

Air Fills Balloons

🧪Lab Brief #23

Air Fills Balloons.

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Color changes mean atoms are rearranging — even if you can't see them.

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Mind = Blown

🌈 Every color you see is your brain inventing a translation of light frequencies.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you mix: what color do you think it'll turn?

What You'll Learn

When you blow up a balloon, you fill it with air. Air is a gas!

Key Words

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Steps

Step 1 — Read

Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?

Step 2 — Observe

Use your eyes, ears, and hands to explore. What do you notice?

Step 3 — Record

Color a picture to show what happened.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is inside a balloon you have blown up?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Your toothpaste, your soap, even your breakfast involves this.

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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.

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For the dinner table

“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”

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