Lesson 44 of 84 · Matter

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion Kitchen

Water Can Change! (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #44

Water Can Change! (Part 2).

🎯 Your mission

Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).

⚡ The twist

Mixing two safe things doesn't always make a safe thing.

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Mind = Blown

💧 Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under the right conditions. Nobody fully understands why.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: will the mixture get hotter, colder, or stay the same?

What You'll Learn

A sponge soaks up water. Squeeze it and the water comes back out!

Key Words

light
hard
soft

Materials Needed

thermometer
strainer
ice cubes
salt
sugar
vinegar

Safety First

Do not taste any materials.
Wear safety goggles when mixing liquids.
Wash hands after handling materials.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Listen carefully and repeat the new words about Matter.

Step 2 — Do

Sort objects into groups: hard things and soft things.

Step 3 — Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 — Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Does wood float in water?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.

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For the dinner table

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

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