FREE PRIMARY SCIENCE · Year 5
Solids, liquids and gases
Why do solids, liquids and gases behave so differently?
Students explore a particle model of ice, water and water vapour on the iPad, test samples for shape, flow and squashing with cups, water and bottles, then track a smell spreading across the room and warm air filling a balloon. Lesson 1 needs only iPads; lessons 2 and 3 need household items.
3 free lessons · Australian Curriculum v9
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Zoom into water
What are the particles doing in ice, water and water vapour?
Open free interactive lesson →Shape, pour and squash
How can we tell if something is a solid, a liquid or a gas?
Open free interactive lesson →Smells on the move
How do gases spread, and what happens when a gas warms up?
Open free interactive lesson →
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