In some situations, changing the same thing in the same way usually has the same result. Shapes, such as circles, squares, and triangles, can be used to describe many things that can be seen. Some events can be predicted well and some cannot. Sometimes people aren't sure what will happen because they don't know everything that might be causing an effect. Often a person can find out about a group of things by studying just a few of them.
Primary students explore the properties of liquids.
Students observe several bottles with liquids in them. Students then develop seven property descriptors for the liquids they have observed. At the conclusion of the activity, students develop a simple graph to show the properties of each of the liquids they observed. The proficiencies on this page were developed by the Indiana Department of Education from the Benchmarks for Science Literacy .