What's the Matter???
QUESTION: What’s the Matter? ANSWER: Everything!!
Everything is made of matter! That's right, everything around you, including
invisible things like the air you breathe, is matter. Matter is anything that
takes up space. Did you know that your body is made of matter too?
There are three main states of matter, which are made of tiny particles
called molecules!
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Gas
A gas is a state of
matter that spreads out to fill any container.
Gas has no shape or
size of its own. Gases have no color.
Gases are made of
particles that are so far apart that you can hardly even see them.
The air around you is
made of many gases including oxygen. You can feel this gas when the
wind blows. Also the helium that fills your birthday balloon is a
gas. Gas helps a hot air balloon fly high into the sky!
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Solid
A solid is a state of
matter that does not change shape.
Solids are made of
particles that are packed tightly.
Your pencils,
scissors, books and the tables in our classroom are all examples of
solids.
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Liquid
A liquid is a state of
matter that takes the shape of its container.
Liquids can flow, be
poured, and spilled.
The particles that
make up a liquid move more than those of a solid allowing them to
flow like a river.
Water, juice, and milk
are all liquids.
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Properties of
Matter (website)
(Tune "Oh, Dear What Can the Matter Be?")
(Chorus)
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Sol-id or li-quid or gas?
A sol-id has weight, takes up space,
Has a cer-tain shape.
Li-quid has weight, takes up space,
But con-forms to the ves-sel in which it is put.
So a sol-id and li-quid
Look dif-f'rent to me.
(Chorus)
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Sol-id or li-quid or gas?
A gas is in-vis-i-ble, but we can
prove
It has weight, takes up space,
Have you seen a bal-loon filled with gas,
Where the mol-e-cules spread and they spread
In-to all of the spa-ces you see?
(Chorus)
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Oh, dear, what can this mat-ter be?
Sol-id or li-quid or gas?
States of
Matter Poems
What Is
Matter?
(Sung to Three Blind
Mice)
What is
matter?
What is
matter?
A solid,
liquid, or gas.
A solid,
liquid, or gas.
It takes up
space and weighs something, too.
It's
everywhere--that includes me and you.
Did you ever
think such a thing could be true?
That is
matter.
That is
matter.
Solids
A solid is a
solid,
It doesn't
change its shape.
It cannot move
around,
It stays in
just one place.
Your desk is a
solid,
And so is your
chair.
Just look in
your classroom--
Wow! They're
everywhere!
Liquids
A liquid moves
smoothly.
We say that it
flows.
From one place
to another--
How quickly it
goes!
We know that
most liquids
Are easy to
see.
With no shape
of their own,
They're not
like you and me.
Gases
Air is a gas.
We can't see
it, that's true;
But often we
feel it
In things that
we do.
It keeps up a
kite.
Air fills up a
bubble.
Without it to
breathe,
We would be in
BIG trouble!
What's the
Matter?
by Tom McGowen
What's the
matter, do you ask?
I'll tell you
right away.
It's
everything around you,
As you work or
sleep, or play.
A chair is
matter, a table, too,
And so is a
rock or tree.
A cloud, a
star, a blade of grass,
A raindrop, a
bumblebee.
The earth is
matter, so is the sea,
And the sky is
matter, too.
(Of course
what matters most of all
Is the matter
that is you!)
There's matter
almost everywhere,
Except in one
special place--
The vast,
black, lonely emptiness,
That we call
outer space.
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