A 60-minute lesson in which students will recognize that not all substances can be easily classified on the basis of their observable properties.
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Slime - Solid, Liquid, or Gas?
60 mins
| Suitable for grades:
3 - 5
Curriculum
Science 3.2(A)
Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed, to solve a specific problem in the natural world;
Science 3.2(F)
Communicate valid conclusions supported by data in writing, by drawing pictures, and through verbal discussion.
Science 3.5(B)
Describe and classify samples of matter as solids, liquids, and gases and demonstrate that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container;
Science 3.5(C)
Predict, observe, and record changes in the state of matter caused by heating or cooling such as ice becoming liquid water, condensation forming on the outside of a glass of ice water, or liquid water being heated to the point of becoming wa...
Science 4.2(A)
Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking well defined questions, making inferences, and selecting and using appropriate equipment or technology to answer his/her questions;
Science 4.2(F)
Communicate valid oral and written results supported by data.
Science 4.5(A)
Measure, compare, and contrast physical properties of matter, including mass, volume, states (solid, liquid, gas), temperature, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float; and
Science 5.2(A)
Describe, plan, and implement simple experimental investigations testing one variable;
Science 5.2(F)
Communicate valid conclusions in both written and verbal forms; and
Science 5.5(A)
Classify matter based on measurable, testable, and observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state (solid, liquid, and gas), relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point), solubility in wa...
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