SOLIDS AND

LIQUIDS
HOW CAN YOU CHANGE A LIQUID TO A
SOLID?
WHAT IS A SOLID?

• A solid is an object that has atoms that are very

tightly packed together making them very hard to
move.
• An example is a brick
• If you think about it, you cannot break a brick with
your own two hands.
WHAT IS A LIQUID?

• A liquid is a material that’s atoms are not tightly

packed making it easy to move.
• An example is water.
• Water is a liquid because you can move it with your
own two hands and you can pour it.
HOW CAN YOU CHANGE A SOLID TO A
LIQUID?
• To change a solid to a liquid you simply apply heat.
• Applying heat melts the solid making it pourable
making it a liquid.
HOW CAN YOU CHANGE A LIQUID TO A
SOLID?
• To change a liquid to a solid you freeze it.
• By freezing it, it makes the liquid hard like a solid.
EXPERIMENT TIME!!!

• Materials
1. 200g of cooking chocolate
2. A stove/microwave
3. A wooden spoon
4. A heat proof bowl
EXPERIMENT TIME!!

• Method
1. Gather materials
2. Put the cooking chocolate into the heat proof bowl
3. If you are doing this on the stove put it on the stove
and continue mixing until melted
4. If you are doing in the microwave put it in the
microwave in 30 second intervals until melted
EXPERIMENT TIME!!

• Extension
1. If you are curious to see how a liquid turns into a
solid, place the chocolate onto some baking paper
on a pan and place in freezer for 10 minutes.
OUTCOME

• What should of happened by the end of this

experiment is that the chocolate should of melted into
a liquefied form.
• If you did the extension part of the experiment you
would of seen how the chocolate turned back into a
liquid.