Liquids and Solids

What happens to a solid when you put it in water?  That is a question we set out to discover the answer to.  We began by taking a variety of solids and placing them in a baggie.  Then we added water to the baggie.

  We waited overnight to see what would happen...

We found out that many different things can happen when you put a solid in water!  The water might change colors, the solid might grow, it might soften, it might fall apart, it might dissolve, or it might not change at all!

We then set the items out for the water to evaporate.  Some of the solids, like rice, beans, and raisins, returned back to the same as before we added water.  Others changed completely - our candy and our cookie both turned in to a sticky, goopy mess that we would NOT want to eat!!

You can continue this experiment at home by putting different solids into water and then seeing what happens!