Cosmic Beginning
This is the star at the center of our solar system.
What is the Sun?
Name the three common states of matter we discussed.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
These are incredibly tiny building blocks that make up matter.
What are atoms?
In Montessori place-value materials, this color represents units, thousands, millions, and other families of ones.
What is green?
In our Montessori classroom, you have the right to make choices, but choices come with these.
What are responsibilities?
Our Sun is located inside this enormous group of stars.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
In this state of matter, particles stay close together and mainly vibrate in place.
What is a solid?
When two or more atoms are bonded together, we call the group this.
What is a molecule?
In Montessori place-value materials, this color represents tens.
What is blue?
You have the right to move around the classroom, but you have the responsibility to do this while moving.
What is move safely and without disrupting others?
This process inside stars creates new elements from lighter elements.
What is stellar nucleosynthesis?
In this state, particles remain close together but can slide past one another.
What is a liquid?
Which is larger: an atom or a molecule?
What is a molecule?
In Montessori place-value materials, this color represents hundreds.
What is red?
You may choose where you work as long as your choice allows you and others to do this.
What is learn / focus / work successfully?
The early universe began mostly with very simple elements. Stars later helped create many of these heavier building blocks of matter.
What are elements?
In this state, particles are far apart and move freely and quickly.
What is a gas?
Which is larger: our solar system or our galaxy?
What is our galaxy?
Every time we move one place to the LEFT on the place-value chart, the value becomes this many times greater.
What is 10 times greater?
When someone else is speaking or receiving a lesson, one responsibility we have is to do this.
What is listen respectfully / avoid disrupting the lesson?
Carbon, oxygen, iron, and many other elements in our bodies and on Earth were once created inside these.
What are stars?
When matter is heated, its particles usually do this.
What is move faster?
Clue: Put these in order from smallest to largest:
star
atom
galaxy
molecule
planet
What is atom → molecule → planet → star → galaxy?
How many times greater is 1,000 than 1?
What is 1,000 times greater?
Montessori gives students freedom, but freedom is earned and maintained through this.
What is responsibility?