Matter Chatter (audio)

CHORUS:
The stuff of life is matter
Here's some scientific chatter:
I'm gonna' give it to you nice and straight
When it comes to matter, there are 3 states
SOLID or LIQUID, or GAS!


Verse 1:
Solids stay put in a single place
When put in something else, they keep their own shape
Your chair is a solid
And so is a box
Your shirt is a solid
and so are your socks
A table is a solid
And so is your phone
A cookie's a solid
And so is a stone
Can you think of any more solids?

Verse 2:
Liquids flow when they move around
They take... the shape of their container now
Water is a liquid
and so is apple juice
Milk is a liquid- It's good for you
Soda is a liquid
and so is gasoline
Salad dressing is a liquid, you see
Can you think of any more liquids?


Verse 3:
A gas expands to fill any space
Now, a peculiar look may come to your face
because sometimes gases are invisible
Let me explain...

You can't really see it- but you know it's there…
All around you is a gas called air
(fast into)


The helium in a balloon is a gas
And so is the wind as it blows past
Smoke is a gas
and so is steam
You're blowing out gas when you use the AC
Can you think of any more gases?


Verse 4:
You can classify matter in other ways
like by color, or size, or texture, or shape

Like color:
red white blue orange black green
brown yellow pink purple gray, you see

Like size:
(wait) big, small, or medium
skinny or wide
thick or thin

Like Texture:
spiky or furry or smooth or bumpy
or soft or rough or lumpy

Like Shape:
Square……. Circle…….Rectangle
(wait) Starr-oval…… or triangle
Trap e zoids and Hexagons
Diamonds and Octagons!