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Water 1: Water and Ice

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Students experiment with states of matter with water and ice. In this states of matter lesson plan, students experiment to discover what happens to water as it freezes to become a solid, ice. They observe what happens when ice melts back to the liquid, water. They write about the results of the experiment.

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states of matter, matter, states of water, water

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liquids solids, states of matter, states of water, water ice, science
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Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
2001
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