Mira's Science Blogs

Link Link Summary What is matter? Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.  Three forms that matter can be in are solids, liquids, and gases. You can change one form of matter into a different form. Read on to find out more. Some properties of matter:           How it... Looks (shiny, black, colorful, dull, etc.) Feels  (smooth, sharp, rough, bumpy, etc.) Smells (good, sweet, bad, rotten, etc.) Sounds (loud, quiet, echo, soft, etc.) What it  Does (rolls, bounces, walks, crawls, etc.) One state of matter is a solid. Some examples of solids are pencils, books, computers, etc.  A solid is a matter that has a size that always stays the same. The shape cannot change, and it does not take the shape of its container. Do you think an ice cube is a solid? Another type of matter is a liquid. Some examples of liquids include juice, water, milk, rain, etc. A liquid takes the shape of any container that it is in. It has no definite shape. (In other words..

These are the steps of the Scientific Method I made this image on google draw, so there is no link!!! Summary: This week in science we refreshed our knowledge on the scientific method. There are 7 steps to this method. 1.        Observe what is around you 2.        Make a hypothesis (educated guess) 3.        Ask enough questions 4.        Do your experiment 5.        Record your data from the experiment 6.        Analyze the data that you have from the experiment 7.        Share and show other people your data. The first step is to observe what is around you.  Find something that is wrong, or something that you have a question about. Ex: What makes grass green? Why is grass dying?  The next step is to make a hypothesis with what you already know. Make sure that this is an educated guess. Example of a non-educated guess:  The grass is green because people dye the grass. We already know this is not true. An educated guess would be: I think that the grass is

  About This Project: In science we were learning about severe weather. We worked on a project and were assigned to either make trading cards, a photo montage, write a story about severe weather, or make a weather broadcast. I decided to make trading cards. I had to make a trading card for  drought, hailstorm, flood, hurricane, snowstorm, tsunami, typhoon​, and tornado. You can see a picture of a few of my trading cards above. For the website that I used to make the trading cards, click here Summary: From this project I learned a lot of things about different kinds of severe weather. The first card I did research on was a drought. A drought happens when there is a long period of time without precipitation. It would be most likely for a drought to happen in places that have less rainfall. It would be unusual for a flood to happen in places with droughts. During a drought, you should try to save water. For example, In 4th grade I got a sand timer for 5 mi