How does matter behave in different states?
To examine this question we explored matter as a gas (air), liquid (water) and solid (ice) all inside the same container --a balloon.
We began by seeing how gas behaves. We saw that the gas took up the entirety of the container, and when released, the gas spread out everywhere:
We then examined how liquid behaves in the same container. The first thing we noticed is that it wiggled and we could see it moving around, but it only moved when we touched it. We also noticed that the liquid did not take up the whole container (balloon) as there was a little space left on top that was filled with air. We realized that the liquid was at the bottom of the balloon. The liquid behaved differently when we released it:
Finally, we explored solids by seeing how ice behaves in balloons. We saw that the ice kept its own shape, even when the balloon broke, and then the ice itself broke upon strong impact. The ice behaved entirely differently when released as it did not spread out.
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