Everything around you - and even your body - is made up of the three phases of matter. Let's find out more. The whole world and everything we can see around us is made up of matter. Matter can be ...

Grab a powerful magnifying glass and have a look at what's really going on in motley assortment of substances on a patio. Pick each substance, and magnify it right down to the atomic level so that you ...

Elisa Oviedo transforms water from liquid to solid. Elisa Oviedo and her niece change water from liquid to solid using a freezer. Then they heat water up on the stove until it turns into gas. Elisa ...

Conduct investigations to identify characteristics of gases, and learn about the gases that make up our atmosphere. Explore features of solids, liquids, and gases while noticing that substances can ...

The change in temperature of a body causes expansion or contraction of that body. Most of the substances expand on heating and contract on cooling. This is called thermal expansion. It is interesting ...

A compilation of clips set to background music and based on the theme of solids, liquids and gases. It includes ice, steam, clouds, exhaust fumes, flour, molten glass, steam produced by a train, a ...

Explore the intriguing world of materials in their semi-solid state, where substances display properties of both solids and liquids, and discover the science behind this mysterious state of matter.

Solid, liquid, gas … and something else? While most of us learn about just three states of matter in elementary school, physicists have discovered several exotic varieties that can exist under extreme ...

A compilation of clips set to background music and based on the theme of solids, liquids and gases. It includes ice, steam, clouds, exhaust fumes, flour, molten glass, steam produced by a train, a ...

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