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Thinking sheet · Math and science
Solid, Liquid or Gas?
Sort everyday things into solids, liquids and gases, then draw water in all three forms.
- Grades
- 1–4
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Math and science
- Kids practice
- states of matter, classifying, science words
What kids do
“Everything is a solid, a liquid or a gas. Can you sort them?”
- Tick one for each
- Water as a solid
- Water as a liquid
- Water as a gas
- A solid keeps its shape. A liquid…
How to run it
- Show an ice cube melting and a kettle steaming (grown-up only).
- Gases are tricky because they’re often invisible.
- Ask kids to find one of each in the room.
Talk about it
- Can something change from one to another?
- Is sand a solid or a liquid? It pours!
- What gas do we breathe?
Take it further
Freeze juice into ice pops and watch it change.
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