Changes In State

Dear Parents and Students,

We are now learning about changes in states of matter by adding or reducing heat energy. This a difficult concept to grasp and these sites will help the students understand in a fun way.

The adding heat website allows the students to control the amount of temperature they add and then change the state of the material themselves. The student also has the option to sort different objects into categories of solids, liquids, and gases.

The melting site allows students to choose different objects and melt them using heat and then cool them to make them solid again. This activity allows student to observe the melting points of different objects and also see at what temperature they cool off and become solid.

At the changing states of matter site the students can read in more detail about solids , liquids, and gases and observe diagrams of matter being changed. This site discusses freezing and boiling points and the energy of atoms.

I hope everyone will enjoy playing around on these sites!