ELEMENTARY TEACHERS!! PLEASE COME IN!

Hi ladies! I need your help I have a assingment and I would love for any suggestions and or help! I need to come up with a science lesson using an object of some sort as a motivation. The object must be liquid or solid . My mind is drawing blank

THANK YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH for any input or suggestions I TRULY appreciate any help I can get- even if its something to get me started!

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Posted by Jackie&Justin

What grade? You can do something with density...ice melting, ect.

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That would be my thought too...or too see what insulators you could use to keep the ice cold.

Or when I was working at Science Camp over the summer we did a lesson where we made ice cream but the point was to show that salt slowed the meltiing of the ice because it lowered its freezing point

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Posted by re21581

You can make something called Oobleck. Its made of corn starch, water, and food coloring. Its properties makes it behave like a solid and aliquid. FM if you want more info, I think I have the lesson plan somewhere. I used it with 6th grade last year and they loved it.

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Oobleck is great- the kids love it and you can totally talk about the properites of solids and liquids. However, I would only use it if you have already taught solids and liquids - if they are not familiar with the properites it will be difficult for them to understand the priciple you are trying to get across.

what about jello?
First its a powder, then a liquid, then kind of a solid,
Or pudding.
Plus its yummy

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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ

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Posted by re21581

You can make something called Oobleck. Its made of corn starch, water, and food coloring. Its properties makes it behave like a solid and aliquid. FM if you want more info, I think I have the lesson plan somewhere. I used it with 6th grade last year and they loved it.

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Oobleck is great- the kids love it and you can totally talk about the properites of solids and liquids. However, I would only use it if you have already taught solids and liquids - if they are not familiar with the properites it will be difficult for them to understand the priciple you are trying to get across.

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oooooh, I forgot about this stuff.
Its great!!!!!!