Week 12

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 This week we continued our talk on matter. We came up with properties of matter, and said that color, density, shape, height, texture, odor, and weight/mass were all properties. We then did five experiments with different matter small vs big to see if they each float or sink, have the same volume, same mass, conduct electricity, and if they would be attracted to a magnet. We got to choose five pieces. My group chose a cork, aluminum foil, a candle, chalk, and a marble.  

Sink or Float?: 

We recorded that the chalk and marble of both sizes sank. Everything else floated. We did notice that the smaller chalk floated for a bit but then sank. 

Same Volume?: 

We recorded that the candles were the only one that had the same volume.

Same Mass?:  

We recorded that they all had different masses.  

Conduct electricity?:  

The saw that the aluminum foil big and small were conductors of electricity. 

Magnetic?: 

None of them were magnetic  

In my future teaching, I can use this activity to show how properties change when objects are broken into pieces. 



Materials to choose from
 

Mass of the Big Cork
 

Electricity created by aluminum foil
 

Records of findings







Comments

  1. Hannah MuethApril 10, 2024 at 5:01 PM

    Hi Maggie!
    I still want to know why the small chalk floated for a couple of seconds and then sank, but it also had bubbles form when it ended up sinking. I also want to use this activity in my future classroom because each student could have a different role in the activity, but it is also very engaging. I would definitely do this activity with older students though, like 5th graders.

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  2. IsabelleApril 10, 2024 at 9:21 PM

    Hi Maggie! I like how you mentioned the properties we learned about, there are so many for our future students to learn from! It is interesting how some of the properties change based on if objects are broken into smaller pieces. My group found that everything was pretty similar, but we were not very observant on the sizes. Great post!

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