Lesson 11 of 84 · Matter

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Making Mixtures

🧪Lab Brief #11

Making Mixtures.

🎯 Your mission

Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.

⚡ The twist

If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.

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Mind = Blown

🧪 If you could remove all the empty space from atoms, the entire human race would fit in a sugar cube.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?

What You'll Learn

Everything around you is made of matter. Matter is anything that takes up space and has weight.

Key Words

heat
cool

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read about Matter with a partner or grown-up.

Step 2 — Do

Test 5 objects from your house: put each one in water. Make a chart of which sink and which float.

Step 3 — Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 4 — Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Can you separate sand from water?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Your toothpaste, your soap, even your breakfast involves this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Ask a grown-up to help you mix two safe kitchen things. Predict what will happen first.

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For the dinner table

“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”

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