Requires: two regular balloons, shape balloons and a balloon pump (optional),
a liquid measuring cup, a clear cup, water, a tall and thin, and a short and wide container,
a freezer (home assignment), marker or crayon
Defines matter and explores the characteristics of the states of matter: solid, liquid, gas and plasma
a clean flat area to do the projects:
on which
you walk,
in which
you sit
hard or soft, cold or hot,
rough or smooth, heavy or light.
wet and flowing,
with no fixed shape of its own.
different shapes.
a balloon with water.
a liquid takes the shape of its container.
Look at the shape of the liquid in . . .
the space it occupies.
of water.
wide container.
and the other is short and wide,
THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT: 1 CUP.
A cup is a cup is a cup.
has more water
TALL glass or jar.
of water.
the same space or volume,
NO matter where you pour it.
contained or flowing...
AIR! AIR! AIR!
Air is made of gases.
You use air to make
other gases all the time.
and burp
mostly air.
or inhale
oxygen (O2) gas.
also outgas
methane - CH4.
or exhale
carbon dioxide (CO2).
the balloon.
the balloon.
of the ballon, as the water did
a balloon.
the balloon
into many shapes? WHY
Let’s find out.
be in MORE than ONE of these
at least a few hours.
or crayon
with a permanent marker or crayon.
the cup
of liquid
into the
freezer.
liquid (mostly water) into solid ice!
It EXPANDS.
It is bigger.
or plastic container with water, seal it with a lid or cap and put it in the freezer
The plastic tends to stretch.
of the ice different from the marked height of water
be solid ice.
be a gas, a vapor.
of the matter in the observable universe is
our own SUN
is neither a solid,
a liquid or a gas.
It is PLASMA!
Plasma particles are
highly charged
and extremely energetic.
none of which are observed
under normal conditions here on Earth,
have been found.
Let's save these for another day!
