Solid, liquid or gas?
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Find five things at home and sort them into solid, liquid and gas. Draw a table.
Answers differ, for example solid: a spoon; liquid: milk; gas: air in a balloon.
2
You pour 150 mL of water from a cup into a bottle, then pour it all into a bowl. How many mL are in the bowl?
150 mL. Pouring changes the shape but not the volume.
3
Explain in two sentences why sand is not a liquid even though it pours.
Each grain is a solid with its own shape. The grains slide past each other, so the heap flows.
4
Draw the three states of water in order and write one word about the shape of each.
Ice keeps its shape; water takes the shape of the cup; vapour spreads out.
5
A friend shakes a closed box and it clunks. Write a prediction and one more clue you would want.
A solid such as a stone. Another clue: how heavy it feels.