Scientists at Work!

We been learning about matter!  We know that matter is anything that takes up space.

Last week in Science we talked about the ways
you can describe matter.  We learned what the word "properties" meant, and then we brainstormed for a list of words that we could use to describe different types of matter . . . . we came up with some very descriptive words:




















 Next we were challenged to find one type of matter that would fit on our desk.  We had to  take a picture of it and then import our picture into Skitch.  We labeled  the matter with at least four words that described the object we had chosen.  We could identify the matter by the feel, the shape,the size, the colour, or any other specific identifying features it had.

 After that we talked about  how the different types of matter - solids, liquids and gasses - are similar yet different. 

 Then Mrs. Betts introduced us to the term "molecules."  Molecules are small particles of matter!  She explained that in solids the molecules are packed tightly together so things can't pass through them, in liquids they are spaced out a bit so that some things can pass through them (like when we dive in a pool) and in a gas they are spread really far apart!  We got to act like molecules.  Mrs. Betts would say either "solid, liquid or gas" and we had to move like the molecules in that type of matter!  It was so much fun.

Can you guess what type of matter we are?

What are we now?

Finally we recorded our new knowledge in Book Creator! We are starting to make an "All About Matter" book.

What are you learning about in Science?