Solids and Liquids

Our class is wrapping up our unit on solids and liquids! We began before February break with a week reading about solids and liquids, learning what matter is, and listing solids and liquids we know. We then spent three weeks experimenting with both solids and liquids! We experimented to learn many of the physical properties of solids (flexible, rigid, rough, smooth, transparent) and liquids (transparent, transluscent, opaque, bubbly, viscous) so now if you ask, your child should be able to tell you what these big vocabulary words mean! We experimented to learn how solids move and behave when we change the quantity of the solid in a container, how different liquids behave when shaken or rotated in containers, and how the level of a liquid changes when we pour it into different containers. We have worked on several other projects to learn about solids and liquids including a lapbook where students recorded findings from their experiments and a hands-on discovery where we made ice cream from scratch! We have had a lot of fun and learned many new things during this science unit! Below are a few pictures of children in our class experimenting with solids and liquids.

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