3 Cheers
for the 3 States of Matter
by Darcy Seitz
February 13, 2008
The 6th
grade students have been hard at work in science class learning
about the characteristics of matter. We've discussed how to
measure mass, volume, and density, and have learned all about the
different structures of matter. The picture above shows
Dakota's project for demonstrating what the particles look like in
a solid, liquid, and gas.
We've also been discussing the periodic table of elements.
Some students got creative and wrote puns using different
elements. Can you figure these out?
Example: What you do
to a wrinkled shirt: IRON (Fe)
This nationality loves
sausage:
What class do country boys take in high school:
The farthest place an alien could be from:
During our future science adventures, we will be learning about physical and chemical changes, atomic structures, and acids/bases. It should be an "explosive" time for all!
