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What Is the Matter with Water? Lesson PlanWhat Is the Matter with Water? Lesson Plan
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What Is the Matter with Water?

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Second graders observe matter in all 3 states : liquid, solid and gas, in an ice cream soda. In teams, they are given ice and teams compete to be the first to melt their ice. Winner gets the ice cream soda. They draw examples of 3 states of matter.

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gases, liquids, matter, solids, water

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gas, liquid, matter, melt, solid, water, science

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