properties

Explores the three phases of matter. Features an interactive question-and-answer format and hands-on activities.

Presents an introduction to the periodic table of elements, showing how the underlying atomic structure connects elements with similar properties.

Explores changes in properties of matter, such as melting, freezing and vaporizing.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to the properties of matter, such as color, shape, size, mass, weight, volume, and density; identifies the four phases of matter; and discusses the idea of chemical properties. Includes experiments and reviews.

Bill explains fluids as stuff that can bend, squish, flow, move, dodge or mosey out of the way without breaking or separating. He offers the examples of ocean currents and weather patterns.Comedy, interviews with scientists and hands-on experiments.

Discusses solid and liquid matter using pictures and simple text.

Learn about the form and function of the objects and materials that make our lives easier. Swim with divers looking for sunken treasure and discover a use for magnets; learn how the Earth is like a giant magnet; travel over a bridge made of plastic and glass, and venture to an ice hotel where even the beds are made of ice.

Discusses solids, liquids and gases; changing states of matter; water and the weather; evaporation; volcanoes and lava; particle theory and is ice a special solid.

Explores the states of matter and the roles they play in science. Discusses solids, liquids, gases, mixing matter, and how matter changes. Includes a comprehension activity, glossary, index, Common Core connection, and resources for further information.

Introduces the basic forms of matter, solid, liquid and gas.