Discovery: States of Matter

We have been learning about the states of matter during Discovery time..  We have been finding out new information about solids, liquids, and gases.  We have also been connecting this to our previous study of the water cycle during our weather unit.

Students did a great job moving like water atoms during a recent movement activity.  They found out what happens to water as heat is added or taken away.  We are also working on states of matter posters that include lots of examples of each state.

We used our great observation and science thinking skills during a Colorful Water demonstration. During this experiment, we wanted to see what would happen when we added food coloring tablets to three jars of water.  The variable (the part that changes) in this experiment was the temperature of the water.  Ask your child what the controls (the parts that stayed the same) were in this experiment. Also, find out what happened as we added the tablets to each jar.  We tried this experiment twice, first with blue and red tablets and the second time with blue and yellow.  I was impressed with the observations and ideas that students expressed in our discussion.