Friday, September 25, 2009

1st Grade - Solids

First graders began their investigation of matter with a look at solids.

Though students know much about solids through everyday experiences, it is important to develop skills of observation and classification in order to start viewing the everyday world with a scientist's eye.

We explored properties of solids such as length, mass, hardness, texture and shape.

Ask you student to pick four solids in your home.

Have them compare the solids. How are they the same? How are they different?

In coming weeks we will examine liquids and gases and how they are the same and different from solids.

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