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Water 1: Water and Ice Lesson Plan

Water 1: Water and Ice Lesson Plan

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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, 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

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Instructional Strategy

Inquiry-Based Learning

Year

2001

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