Lesson 48 of 84 · Matter

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion Kitchen

Comparing Textures (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #48

Comparing Textures (Part 2).

🎯 Your mission

Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).

⚡ The twist

Mixing two safe things doesn't always make a safe thing.

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Mind = Blown

💧 Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under the right conditions. Nobody fully understands why.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: will the mixture get hotter, colder, or stay the same?

What You'll Learn

Rocks are made of minerals. Different minerals make rocks look different colors and textures.

Key Words

weight
measure

Materials Needed

cups
spoons
food coloring
plastic bottles

Safety First

Protect your work surface with newspaper or plastic.
Adult supervision recommended.
Do not taste any materials.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?

Step 2 — Do

Mix salt into warm water and cold water. Stir 20 times each. Which dissolves faster?

Step 3 — Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4 — Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Which is a solid?

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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