Ages 6–7🔬 ScienceBeing planted

Changing Shapes of Solids

Investigate how the shapes of solid objects can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting, and stretching

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Question 1 of 3

Which of these objects can be stretched most easily?

Question 2 of 3

Mia has three solid objects: 1) a ball of soft modeling clay, 2) a short piece of dry spaghetti, 3) a thin rubber ribbon. She tries to change each one: - She presses the clay flat with her hand. - She tries to bend the spaghetti into a curve. - She pulls the rubber ribbon to make it longer. Which description correctly tells what happens to each object?

Question 3 of 3

You have a soft clay cube. You want to change it into a thin, curly worm shape (a long rope that is spiraled). Which sequence of shape‑changing actions will let you do this, using each of the four ways – squashing, bending, twisting, and stretching – exactly once?

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