Over the past two weeks we've been learning about various states of matter! We started our journey with some fun...POPSICLES! The class went on a walk to the teachers lounge where the freezer was. We all got to feel and touch the popsicles and look at what state they were in. We all decided they were a liquid. We talked about what they'd turn in to when they were in the freezer. Everyone said they knew they'd become a solid. From there we had the conversation about how long it would take. Some friends thought right away some thought it might take a bit of time but they weren't sure how long. We tested the first theory. We put them in and counted by 10's up to 100 and then back to 0. We then checked the popsicles. They were sadly still liquid. We decided to check the next day. After 24 hours most were popsicles but some of the pops that were in the middle of the box were a slushy liquid. We waited until the next day and saw that they were all SOLIDS!!! Once they were solids we got to eat them. The students noticed as we ate them they gradually turned back to a liquid. We then discussed how we could turn the pop in to a gas. They decided if we put it in a pot and boiled it then it would become a gas. Since we couldn't try that we watched a video of how water can boil and turn to a gas! Overall we had a great time exploring states of matter through our pops!
