Learning About Matter

We just wrapped up our science unit on Matter and the kids did a great job!  I was blown away by the depth of the questions that this group of budding scientists asked on the first few days of the unit, and I had a lot of fun tweaking my lesson plans and coming up with ways to extend our learning based on their interests.  I have never had a class of first graders express such a fascination with molecules -- wow!  We spent 2 weeks learning about the properties of solids, liquids, and gases and exploring how matter changes between the different states.  


Be sure to ask your son or daughter about our ice cube investigation, putting the mentos in the diet coke (!!!), and making root beer floats with our 3rd grade buddies.  All of our special activities revealed something new for us to learn about matter!