Changing Matter
Tanner is playing with playdough. What is he changing about the matter?
What is it's shape?
Matthew has a table on his patio. He noticed that the table's metal legs have changed color. The glass top has not changed. What questions might Matthew ask about the table?
Why did the table parts react differently?
Which object can bend without breaking?
pencil, straw, crayon, glass
What is a straw?
Luna used a hammer to hit rocks. She recorded what she found. What observation did she make about the rock?
The rocks broke into pieces.
Solid matter can change into a liquid. What solid can change into a liquid? (through melting)
butter, chocolate
True or False: A ruler can tell you how much mass an object contains
What is False.
Jaylen observed a paper, a cracker and a rock. He tried to crumple them. What observation did he make about the rock?
The rock did not change shape.
Materials can be changed in different ways. What is one change that changes the temperature of a material?
melting, freezing
This is the measure of how much space matter takes up.
What is volume?
Layla folded a piece of paper. What did she change about the paper?
It's shape.
Ze'kai grew a plant in class. He said the plant grew two inches each week. How did he know this?
He measured the plant each week.
Patrick wants to change water into ice. How can he do this?
Put it into the freezer.