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Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 5D: Changing state
Section 11: Reversible changes of state

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Objectives

Children should learn:
  • that melting, freezing, condensing and evaporating are all changes of state which can be reversed

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Review work on changing state by presenting children with pictures or descriptions of simple situations eg breathing on a mirror, a picture of a kettle boiling, clouds forming, wax running down the side of a lighted candle, a wet hand print on a suitable surface eg blackboard, molten lava from a volcano solidifying, leaving an ice cube in a warm room and asking them to link the situation to the process involved. Re-introduce the terms 'state' and 'changes of state'.
  • recognise that melting, freezing, evaporation and condensing are all changes which can be reversed and all changes which involve a change of state
  • identify correctly examples of the above changes

Points to note


Sections in this unit

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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Introduction
2. Water evaporation
3. Evaporation of other liquids
4. Planning to investigate evaporation
5. Interpreting results on evaporation
6. Drying and evaporation
7. Condensation
8. Finding condensation
9. Boiling
10. Observing melting
11. Reversible changes of state
12. The water cycle