Water (physical sciences)

Physical Sciences
Standards
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Standard Set 1. Physical Sciences
1. Properties of materials can be
observed, measured, and predicted. As
a basis for understanding this concept:

1.c. Students know water left in an
open container evaporates (goes into
the air) but water in a closed container
does not.

Water

1.b. Students know water can be a
liquid or a solid and can be made to
change back and forth from one form
to the other.

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Comprehension Skill

Classify and
Categorize

Science Content

Water

Scott Foresman Science K.2

ISBN 0-328-23483-4

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by Tad Stevens


Vocabulary
freeze
ground
melt
water

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Water
by Tad Stevens


Water is a liquid.

2

A liquid can change shape.

3


Water can freeze.

4

Water can change to a solid.

5


Ice can melt.

6

Ice can change to a liquid.

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What did you learn?
Classify and Categorize Which things are
solid? Which things are liquid?

Some rainwater goes
back into the air.
Some rainwater goes
into the ground.
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