To prepare for this activity, read pages B 76-85 in your Scott Foresman fifth grade science text. Be prepared to draw a conclusion based on the evidence you observe while working with your lab partners.

Observing Properties of Matter
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Mrs. Eldridge gave us things out of a bag and we had to observe three properties of our object. My object (a bracelet) was shiny, and it could bend, and it was copper. We had to tell what was useful about it. I said you could wear it, and you could melt it and make other jewelry. And you could carve designs into it and polish it. Observing properties is interesting.
(Teacher Note: The "observing properties" activity was presented as a game. It encouraged students to describe the properties of their object--wooden, metal, glass, etc.-- and tell how it could be useful. The activity was suggested on the site http://www.ScienceExplosion.com ) December 2001

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