Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Properties of Liquids






Today we did experiments with liquids to test their properties. We looked at fabric softener, cooking oil, plain water, colored water, liquid soap, corn syrup, and detergent. We tested to see if each was colored, transparent, viscous, bubbly, translucent, foamy, and/or opaque.

Kaylee learned that liquids take the shape of their container. Evan learned about properties of liquids like viscous, translucent, transparent, foamy, and bubbly. Robert learned that gases will take up any amount of space that you'll let it. Gases have volume that changes. Kendall said that the volume of liquids stays the same, no matter what container you put them in. Jacob learned that a solid has its own shape.

Ellen said we used bottles to look at properties of liquids. Elizabeth learned that sometimes liquids are viscous and stick to the sides of bottles. Caroline says that liquids take the shape of their containers. Samantha found out that solids stay the same shape unless they undergo some type of change. Owen learned that a solid can turn into a liquid and a liquid can turn into a solid. Daniel learned that liquids can be different colors.

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