What happens to an apple when you cut it into pieces? What happens to an apple when you cook it? How does an apple change when you do something to it? What stays the same?

Circle the word that rhymes with the first word in each box.

Things Can Change

wood way good toad

cake take cut like

blow black long snow

Invisible InkWhat You Need• bottled lemon juice • a small bowl• a paintbrush • a piece of paper• a lamp without a shade • an adult helper

What to Do1. Pour some of the juice into the bowl. 2. Dip the paintbrush in the juice. Draw a

picture or write a note on the paper. Let the paper dry.

3. Turn on the lamp. Hold the paper near the light bulb, but don’t let it touch. Move the paper back and forth. Be careful not to burn yourself! What do you see?

What Happens - The heat from the lamp changes the color of the lemon juice, and you can see what you wrote.

Name_____________________________________

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When people burn wood, the wood changes into ashes. There is no way to change the ashes back into wood.

When you blow up a balloon, it gets bigger. The material the balloon is made of stretches and gets thinner. You changed the shape of the balloon, too. Does the color change? How is it different?

You can use flour, sugar, eggs and other things to make a cake. You can not change a cake back into the things you mixed together.

Nature can change things. You can swim in a lake in the summer. You can skate on a lake in the winter. In the winter, the water can freeze and change into ice. In the spring, the ice melts.

Look at these pictures. Why is one nail shiny? Why is one nail rusty?

The shiny nail may be new. The rusty nail may be old. Oxygen can make things that are made of iron or steel turn rusty.

Things Can ChangeSometimes the size and shape of a thing can change. Sometimes the color can change. Sometimes things are changed forever.

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Science Studies Weekly Adventure

What happens to an apple when you cut it into pieces? What happens to an apple when you cook it? How does an apple change when you do something to it? What stays the same?

Circle the word that rhymes with the first word in each box.

Things Can Change

wood way good toad

cake take cut like

blow black long snow

Invisible InkWhat You Need• bottled lemon juice • a small bowl• a paintbrush • a piece of paper• a lamp without a shade • an adult helper

What to Do1. Pour some of the juice into the bowl. 2. Dip the paintbrush in the juice. Draw a

picture or write a note on the paper. Let the paper dry.

3. Turn on the lamp. Hold the paper near the light bulb, but don’t let it touch. Move the paper back and forth. Be careful not to burn yourself! What do you see?

What Happens - The heat from the lamp changes the color of the lemon juice, and you can see what you wrote.

Name_____________________________________

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