Grades 2–5
Ice Cube Melt Race
An experiment: predict where ice melts fastest, time three ice cubes and write a conclusion.
Science worksheet · States of matter
Matter Scavenger Hunt
Find four solids, four liquids and four gases at school or at home.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–4
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Topic
- States of matter
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- States of matter, Properties, Changes of state
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Which state of matter was hardest to find? Why?
Teacher tip
Gases are hardest to find. Hint: the air in a ball or the bubbles in soda.
How to use it
- Show ice, water and steam from a kettle (at a safe distance) before the sheet.
- Pass around a solid, a liquid in a bottle and a balloon full of air.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
Kids who think gases weigh nothing. Weigh a flat and a blown-up ball to show air has mass.
Talk about it
- What makes ice melt faster?
- How could we find out if that is true?
Take it further
Make ice pops and record how long they take to freeze and to melt.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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Matter Up Close
Draw the particles in a solid, a liquid and a gas, then check the facts that are true for each state.
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Changes of State
Label melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation on the water diagram, then fill in five sentences.
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