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States of Matter

By Janice VanCleave

The waterfall fills a pool and when the pool fills the water spills over the top, thus water takes up space.

What is Matter? Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, such as water. The photo shows water first falling and filling and collecting at the bottom of the waterfall. When the collected water increases in volume, the water spills over a rock boundary. Water takes up space. Volume is the amount of […]

Filed Under: Chemistry Tagged With: cohesion, gas, heat, inertia, liquid, mass, matter, solid, volume

Melting for Young Learners

By Janice VanCleave

Science Investigation that Encourage Kids to Observe, Predict, and Experiment. Let’s Find Out About Melting The two states of matter that kids need to identify in this investigation are: Solid and Liquid. With help from your students, make a list of examples for each, such as: Solids–chocolate candy, ice, candles, etc..Liquids-water, soda, milk, etc… Explain […]

Filed Under: Chemistry Tagged With: change of state, liquid, melting, solid, young learners

States of Matter: Solid

By Janice VanCleave

Matter exists naturally in four states. These states in order of energy from least energy to greatest energy are: Solid Liquid Gas Plasma A SOLID is the state of mater with the least amount of energy and the most structure. Solids exits in two basic forms: 1. Crystalline solids are those in which the particles […]

Filed Under: Chemistry, Physics Tagged With: crystals, solid, states of matter

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