School Blog

This week in Laburnum we investigated states of matter. We had already learned about solids retaining their shape, liquids moving to fill the container they were in and gases spreading out as far as they could go. We knew how all matter was made up of particles and how these particles stuck together in a solid, liked to move in between each other in a liquid, and wanted to be as far apart from each other as they could in a gas. We thought we had mastered our knowledge - until Mrs Herron presented us with substances that didn't quite fit the criteria! How could something that was hard when we hit, it flow through our fingers when we picked it up? How could something that could be poured, suddenly be floating in front of us? And where did all the water disappear to when we put a sponge in the bowl? It really got us thinking and we had some great discussions. Ask us what we found out!