Lesson 32 of 84 · Chemical Reactions
Simulation⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenWater as a Universal Solvent
Chemical Reactions.
🎯 Your mission
Play with the model. Break it. Understand it.
⚡ The twist
If it bubbles, something invisible is escaping.
Mind = Blown
💧 Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under the right conditions. Nobody fully understands why.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: will the fizz be loud, soft, or none at all?
What You'll Learn
Matter exists in three common states: solid, liquid, and gas. Solids have a fixed shape and volume, liquids have a fixed volume but take the shape of their container, and gases fill any container.
Key Words
- concentration
- plasma
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Conduct a chromatography experiment: use a coffee filter and markers to separate the pigments in different colored inks.
Look for patterns in your observations.
Make a graph or chart showing your results.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?
Where you see this in real life
Your toothpaste, your soap, even your breakfast involves this.
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.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
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