In this activity, students differentiate between a gas, a solid, and a liquid. The activity serves as a quick assessment of which students have some background knowledge about the states of matter.
For each student:
For each student prepare the following:
Gather the materials for this lab and place each of the states of matter in a bowl for each student as the class enters the room.
The APH product Basic Science Tactile Graphics includes tactile graphics of the states of matter.
When I did this activity originally, the solid material (a marble or washer) was not in a bottle.
For students with hearing impairment, the water should be poured out of the bottle and the marble should be also taken out of the bottle.
2nd Grade
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties. (2-PS1-1)
By Laura Hospitál
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