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Grade 1 - How the World Works

What's The Matter?

Central Idea:
Matter is everything and it comes in different forms.

An Inquiry Into:
- What are the properties of solids, liquids, and gases
- How temperature and time change solids, liquids and gases

Online Catalogue

Call Number, Title by Author

  • VID 530 Solid, liquid, gas. Explores the three forms of matter-solids, liquids, and gases and illustrates basic concepts about their properties as children experiment with everyday materials; including observations of bicycles, waterfalls, weather vanes, and balloons.
  • VID 530.4 All about properties of matter. Learn that all objects are made of matter, and all matter can be described with these basic scientific properties: mass, weight, volume and density. Each property is described. Hands-on activity.
  • VID 530.4 All about solids, liquids & gases. See how and why substances such as water change from one state to another. Learn the role of atoms and the factors that cause matter to change form. Hands-on activity.