Materials and Their Properties

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🔬 Part 1: States of Matter

1. Circle the correct state of matter for each material:

Stones: solid / liquid / gas

Icing Sugar: solid / liquid / gas

Play-doh: solid / liquid / gas

Elastic bands: solid / liquid / gas

Cooking oil: solid / liquid / gas

Honey: solid / liquid / gas

Air: solid / liquid / gas

Mystery material: solid / liquid / gas

2. Which properties describe solids? Tick all that apply:

Keeps its own shape

Takes the shape of its container

Hard or soft texture

Flows easily

3. What happens to liquids when you pour them into different containers?

They keep their original shape

They take the shape of the new container

They disappear

They become solid

📝 Part 2: Material Properties

4. Fill in the blanks using these words: invisible, flow, shape, hard, volume, rough

Gases are usually _____________ and can move around freely.

Liquids can _____________ from one container to another.

Solids keep their own _____________ and don't change easily.

Some materials feel _____________ while others feel smooth.

All matter takes up space and has _____________.

A rock feels _____________ when you touch it.

5. Look around your classroom. Write one example of each state of matter:

Solid: _________________________

Liquid: _________________________

Gas: _________________________

6. Describe two properties you could observe about a wooden ruler:

7. Why do you think different materials have different properties? Write your ideas:

🎯 Part 3: Thinking Like a Scientist

8. A student finds an unknown material. What three questions could they ask to identify if it's a solid, liquid, or gas?

Question 1: _________________________________________________

Question 2: _________________________________________________

Question 3: _________________________________________________

9. Reflection: I had trouble describing ______________ because ______________________________________________________________

10. Extension Challenge: Can you think of a material that can change from one state to another? Describe what happens:

11. Success Check: Tick what you can do now:

I can name the three states of matter

I can give examples of solids, liquids and gases

I can describe properties of different materials

I can ask scientific questions about materials

Materials and Their Properties

Materials and Their Properties

🔬 Part 1: States of Matter

📝 Part 2: Material Properties

🎯 Part 3: Thinking Like a Scientist

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