Solids and Liquids

First graders have been spending the last month learning about solids and liquids (and some about gas) to have an introduction to matter and its states! Try asking your child to explain to you what the words solid, liquid, gas, and matter mean. They should all be able to describe these four things now!

During this unit our class explored different solids and learned about their properties. We then explored different liquids and their properties and took time to compare how the properties of solids and liquids are quite different from one another. Yesterday we read the Dr. Seuss book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, then made our own oobleck by mixing corn starch and water. The kids had fun with this experiment because the oobleck appears to have both properties of a solid and a liquid and it becomes more solid throughout the day. The kids got to play with it a few times throughout the day describing its properties as they did so.

Students made another lapbook for this theme, which is a folder of all the different things they learned throughout the unit. We will wrap up our unit this Thursday with a field trip to the Ben and Jerry's factory in Waterbury where we will get a tour focused on solids and liquids in the ice cream making process!

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