ACSSU095

Changes to materials can be reversible or irreversible

Elaborations

• describing what happens when materials are mixed (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• investigating the solubility of common materials in water (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• investigating the change in state caused by heating and cooling of a familiar substance (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• investigating irreversible changes such as rusting, burning and cooking (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• exploring how reversible changes can be used to recycle materials (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• investigate reversible reactions such as melting, freezing and evaporating (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)

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