States Of Matter

States Of Matter

Purpose: Did you know that oobleck is non-newtonian? This means that it does 
not follow the rules of the three states of matter. Today, we are going to find out 
which state of matter oobleck is.

Materials: Cornstarch, water, bowl, spoon and a flat surface.

Steps:
1. Get your cornstarch and place it on your flat surface or your bowl if you want.
2. Then, put in some water to make it like dough. Don’t put too much or it will
become liquidy and put enough in because if you don’t, it will become hard.
3. Watch what happens to the oobleck when you put lots of pressure on it and
watch when you press on it very softly/lightly.

Results: I noticed that when we put lots of pressure on it, it becomes solid and
when we put it down very softly, it becomes liquid.

Conclusion: The three states of matter are liquid, solid and gas. They are all
made out of little particle. In solid state, the particles are very close to each other. 

The particles hold each other very tightly. Solids have a shape and a volume too.
In liquid state, the particles are also very close to each other but are farther apart. 

Liquids have a volume but not a shape. The last state of matter is gas. Gas are
very far apart from each other and their force is very weak. Gas does not have a
definite volume nor a shape.