Title: What is Matter? by Emma part 1
1Matter! Matter ? Wheres some matter? I dont
see any matter!
Its everywhere! In fact , Im lying on some
right now.
What Is Matter ?
A science lesson on matter with Emma
2Have no fear I am here to tell you
about matter and its not hard at all.
3Matter is anything that takes up space!
4Wow! Thats a lot of stuff!
Anything that takes up space?
5Big deal
Is my pet made of matter ?
I have more matter than you, Evan.
Yes, and so are we. We take up space
too!
Just look at us. Some of us have more
matter than others because we take up
more space.
6You can usually see matter, but not always.
Air is matter. It takes up space.
7Did you know that matter can change ? We
change matter all the time. In fact, every
time we cook, we change matter!
8Think about it! When we build something ,
we usually build it with wood. So, we
have to change the size and shape of the
wood to do that.
9Temperature , like hot and cold, can
change some kinds of matter
heat
cold
10 Boil water and watch it change . The water
bubbles until it becomes steam. Add
enough heat and the water will completely
disappear.
11Look at what Evan did to his matter (the
marshmallows) when he added heat maybe a
little too much heat.
Yummm. This is just the way I like them black
and crunchy on the outside and gooey in the
middle.
12Freeze water and watch it change. Freezing
temperatures can change water into ice that
is hard as rock!
.
13Cold temperatures change the water vapor in
the clouds . Water can become rain, or
snow, or hail, or even sleet!
14Thats right! Cold temperatures cause water
to freeze into snow and ice. Then when
the temperature turns warm, the ice and
snow melt back into water again.
15Temperature isnt the only thing that can
change matter. Force and cutting can
also change matter. Remember what I said
about the trees and building things with
wood?
16How is force and cutting used here to
change matter?
17This is my cousin, Tyler. He is trying to
use force to make this rock into sand. (
Grandma says it will take him ten years
to do it . )
18Look at Libby ! She is using her force
to make something in the sand. What
do you think it will be?
19Oh no! Now she is using her force to
smash it down ! Oh well, sooner or later
the ocean waves would have used their force
to wash the sand away. Thats force for
you.
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