Lesson 1 of 10 · Mixing Things Together
Lesson⭐ 30 XPHard and Soft
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Mixing Things Together.
🎯 Your mission
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
⚡ The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
Some things are hard like rocks and some things are soft like cotton balls.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?
Sort objects into groups: hard things and soft things.
Look closely! What do you see?
Draw a picture of what you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Is a ball hard or soft?
Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
Ready?
Hard and Soft
Master the concept. Use it tomorrow.
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