For a kid, watching a solid turn into a liquid or a liquid into a gas is
nothing short of magic. In Explore Solids and Liquids! With 25 Great
Projects kids experience the wonder of different states of matter.
They'll learn what matter is made of, how it can change, and how these
interactions really work in our universe. With plenty of activities and
projects, young readers gain a solid understanding of the matter they
touch, see, feel, and experience every single day.
As young readers discover the basic concepts and vocabulary of
chemistry, they will experiment with household objects to discover how
solids, liquids, and gases occupy space. Kids will dissolve solids into
liquids and bring them back again, use salt and pepper to demonstrate
water's surface tension, and fly helium-filled balloons to see what
happens to molecules at different temperatures. Illustrated with cartoon
illustrations and filled with fun facts, Explore Solids and Liquids!
makes science entertaining and exciting.
Explore Solids and Liquids! meets common core state standards in
language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and
is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels
and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.