Work with your partner to sort the solids into groups of different COLORS on your paper. Write words to describe the groups.

Think and Wonder

How many different groups do you have?Do other partners have different groups?

Work with your partner to sort the solids into groups of different SHAPES on your paper.

Write words to describe the groups.

Think and Wonder

How many different groups do you have?

Do other partners have different groups?

Challenge:

Pick one solid and decide how many

groups it was placed in today.

Challenge:

How did you and your partner describe the acrylic cube, the

acrylic cylinder, and the plastic cup lid?

They are all !

Transparent

In Your Laboratory Record Book:•Turn to the Properties of Solids chart.•Record the names of the properties we used today to sort the solids on lines 1 and 2 in the first column.•Record what question we can ask to help us observe this property on lines 1 and 2 in the second column.

Link to LRB

In your LRB:

Today I investigated a ______.

Some PROPERTIES that my solid has are _____________.

Link to LRB

Partner Groups:

Take inventory of your bag of 20 solids:

Blue objects: plastic spoon, rubber ball, wood cube bead, Unifix CubeRed objects: wood golf tee, pipe cleaner, octagon jewel, plastic buttonMetal objects: steel ball, steel washer, steel nut, paper clip, brass washer, bobby pinWhite objects: Ping-Pong ball, small taster spoonTransparent objects: plastic cup lid, acrylic cube, acrylic cylinderCork

Return your materials to the Blue Science Bins.