Physical States of Matter Scenarios

After a long rain, the sun came up and dried the play ground.

• condensation

• evaporation

• melting

• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Molten candle wax became hard after it fell onto the floor so I could scrape it up.

• evaporation

• condensation

• melting

• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

I tilted a lit candle and wax ran down the side of the candle.

• melting

• freezing

• boiling

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

When riding on the bus, Sarah blew onto the cold window and wrote her name in the cloudy substance.

• evaporation

• melting

• condensation

• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

I accidentally placed ice cream in the refrigerator. When I open the fridge door, I found puddles of ice cream all over.

• freezing

• condensation

• evaporation

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Michael created an ice rink in his back yard by first flooding an area with water. Then he waited.

• melting

• freezing

• evaporation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

As the rain fell from the sky it turned into little balls of ice called hail.

• evaporation

• melting

• condensation

• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Maria went swimming. After she got out of the pool, she dried off quickly even though she didn’t use a towel.

• evaporation

• condensation

• melting

• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Mr. Jones put ice in his lemonade. After it sat for a little while, the ice had disappeared.

• evaporation

• freezing

• condensation

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

After cooking pasta in boiling water, Mrs. Paul noticed that she could not see out her window. It seemed to be clouded with tiny water droplets.

• evaporation

• condensation

• melting

• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4