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Physical Properties Investigation

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Physical Properties Investigation

Physical Properties Investigation

Scientists investigating objects with magnifying glass and thermometer

🔬 Part 1: Physical Properties

1. Circle the tools scientists use to investigate objects:

Magnifying glass

Thermometer

Scissors

Toy car

2. What does texture mean?

How hot or cold something is

How something feels when you touch it

How much something weighs

3. Draw an object that feels rough:
4. Draw an object that feels smooth:

🧊 Part 2: States of Matter

5. Circle if each item is a SOLID or LIQUID:

Water:

Solid
Liquid

Ice cube:

Solid
Liquid

Modeling clay:

Solid
Liquid

Juice:

Solid
Liquid

6. What happens when you freeze water?
7. What happens when you heat ice?

🔄 Part 3: Changes to Objects

8. Match each action with what happens:
1. Cut paper
2. Fold paper
3. Sand wood
4. Heat clay
A. Makes it softer
B. Changes the shape
C. Makes it rougher
D. Makes smaller pieces
9. Draw what happens when you cut a piece of paper:
10. Check all the ways you can change an object:

Cutting

Folding

Sanding

Heating

Freezing

🌡️ Part 4: Temperature and Flexibility

11. Fill in the blanks with HOT or COLD:

Ice cream is ____________.

Soup is ____________.

Snow is ____________.

12. Circle the objects that can bend (are flexible):

Sponge

Paper

Rock

Modeling clay

13. What tool do we use to measure temperature?

📝 Part 5: My Investigation

14. Complete this sentence about your investigation:

When I _____________ (cut, fold, sand, heat, freeze) the _____________, it _____________.

15. Draw your favorite part of the investigation:
16. What safety rule is most important when investigating objects?
17. Circle the words that describe what scientists do:

Observe

Record

Ask questions

Use tools safely

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