Quicklook at two of the "States of

Solids Liquids and Gases Connect Four Game Board

Matter" activities.
It flows but is It does not It has a fixed You cannot
It can be It has a fixed volume but you squeeze it easily
does not have a have a fixed
squeezed. volume. cannot walk and you cannot
Solids Liquids and Gases Card Game (shown below) fixed volume. shape.
through it. pour it.
A card game for 3 players or 3 groups of players.
It does not It does not
Aim: You must try and collect all the cards which describe the state (solid, liquid or It does not It has a fixed It cannot be spread You can walk
gas) shown on your picture card. have a fixed
flow. volume and a squeezed easily. throughout the through it.
shape nor a
Instructions. fixed shape. whole room. fixed volume.
A. Short game.
1.There are three picture cards. Place them face down on the table. You can pour You can walk It flows, but it It has a fixed You can pour
2. Each player/group picks a picture card. it, but it does through it but it has a fixed It does not volume, but it and you can
3. Shuffle the other cards and spread them face up on the table.
not have a fixed does not have a volume. have a fixed you can walk squeeze it
4. Take it in turns to pick a card. If it describes your picture card, keep it. If not, you
volume. fixed volume. shape. through it. easily.
must give it to the player who needs it!
5. The game continues until all the players have completed their sets.
It cannot be
B. Longer game. It can spread It does not
squeezed easily, It has a fixed You cannot
throughout a have a fixed It flows.
Replace rule 5 with: If the statement describes your picture keep it. If not, put it but you can walk shape. pour it.
whole room. volume.
back on the table face up. through it.

It does not It has a fixed It flows, but it

You cannot walk It has a fixed spread through-
The particles are out the room, but
volume, but it It has a fixed does not have a
through it. volume. does not have a shape.
spread far apart. it does not have a fixed shape.
fixed volume.
fixed shape.

It spreads out in all

It has a fixed directions.
volume, but it
petrol
changes shape. the gas in fumes
an aerosol
It spreads to fill can
the bottom of a
container.
It flows from one
container to
another.
syrup paint

It has a fixed Connect Four

shape and size. The particles have A set of picture cards like these are
some movement printed in two colours to play Connect
energy Four on the board above

http://www.collaborativelearning.org/qlstatesofmatter.pdf