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Chapter 1: Scientific Skills
Chapter 2: Science Room Rules
Chapter 3: Living Things and Non-Living Things
Chapter 4: Humans
Chapter 5: Animals
Chapter 6: Plants
Chapter 7: Magnets
Chapter 8: Absorption
Chapter 9: The Earth
Chapter 10: Basics of Building
Chapter 8: Absorption
What you need to learn in this chapter
In this chapter, we will learn about absorption.
We will explore how some materials can soak up water, while others cannot.
We will do investigations to find out which objects can absorb water and which cannot. We will also learn how to classify objects based on their ability to absorb water.
Let's have fun discovering how different materials behave when they come into contact with water!
Topics in this chapter
1. The Ability of Materials to Absorb Water
What you will learn in this topic
- Identify the objects that absorb water and cannot absorb water through investigation
- Classify objects that absorb water and cannot absorb water
- Describe the ability of objects to absorb water based on types of materials through investigation
- State the importance of objects that absorb water and cannot absorb water in daily life
- Design an object based on the ability to absorb water
- Explain observations about the ability of materials to absorb water using sketches, ICT, writing or verbally
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