" We are matter & matter surround us "

Introduction

    In this section you will have the oportunity to complement the contents that we see in the classroom about this unit. It will help you to understand better the contents and to learn more new things with less effort...

In this unit we propose to you:

1. To see several videos to review most of the contents of the unit, throught nice cartoons.

2. To visit some interesting websites for children about science in English so you can see more extra interesting information about the unit (videos, photos, readings, games, ...).

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  In this unit we will deal with the matter and its properties (mass, volumen & density), the changes in matter, and some commun materials, forces and their effects, magnetism, gravity, ...

* MATTER

CHANGES OF STATES OF MATTER

VIDEO: MELTING, WHY DOES IT HAPPEN?? 

 

* MASS, VOLUME AND DENSITY   

 

 

* IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MATTER AND MATERIALS ...

WE PROPOSE YOU THE FOLLOWING GAMES:

 

A) Go into THE MATERIAL WORLD.

   It is an interesting website about A MUSEUM NETWORK where you can read and play with different materials to find out more about their characteristics, their uses, the way people use then.... and many more interesting things. Try it you will ENJOY IT !!!!!

 

B) Go through  SCIENCE ESSENTIAL.

    This is a very interesting website about science for kids from channel 4 learning. Click on the things that you want to learn, to read, to play, or to research.

This is a very interesting way for you to learn to look for meaningful and interesting information to you.

 

C) Go to BITESIZE

   Learn about the experiments that make the properties of solids, liquids and gases change.

You can read, make experiments and quizes

 

D) GAMES

1. Testing material machine	This is an Excellent game that you shouldn´t avoid doing.  An incredible machine that can test  differnt Materials characteristics ! ! ! Don´t forget to click on the WORKSHOP and on TESTING ROOM and the QUIZ buttons. Use speakers to listent to it, and clik on the speaker to.
2. Change of state machine	(Solid - liquid - gas, by heating or cooling water) Use speakers, and click on the speaker icon to listen to it
3. Change it	What does it happen if you put some objects into the oven and heat them? or into the freezer and you cool them? Do you want to try? Please use this game and don´t do it in real life.
4. Gases around us	This game will help you to learn more about gases, their properties, about what happens when they are heated or cooled, ...
5. Reversible and irriversible change	With this game you can play to disolve different solid materials into a wáter.... and then, see what happens...

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WHAT IS ENERGY AND TYPES OF ENERGY

    This is a basic, easy and worderfull video where you can review all basic contents that we have seen about energy. 

Energy = hability to work

Different types of energy: electrical energy, heat energy, solar energy, water energy = hidel energy, wind energy muscular energy,

  I think that this is a really good way to study and learn with no efford... Don´t you think so??? :-))

 

Sing and have fun with the Heat Energy song

* Three connected concepts, which are not so easy to understand.

Energy - force - work

Energy = hability or capacity to work; it can make things change.

Force = can start moving things, or stop things moving, they can change their characteristics too.

Work = it is the effect of a force, when this one produces movement or change of something.

(Not all forces produce movement, or a change on things. For example if you make a force pussing a wall, it doesn´t move despite you are pussing. But on the other hand if you puss a table, your force produce a movement, and this one example of work)

 

 

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 If you want to know more and enjoy learning, then go to the next section: GAMES AND ADDITIONAL VIDEOS

=> VIDEOS:

 *  Kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy.  Interesting interactive video.