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Questions for Discussion: Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter
How does mystery mud help you understand the nature of a solid?
How does mystery mud help you understand the nature of a liquid?
What evidence shows that mystery mud has changed state? Choose another kind of matter and explain what evidence would show that it has changed state: from a solid to liquid or a liquid to a solid, and from a liquid to gas or a gas to a liquid.
How do the simulation of the particles of mystery mud and the views of mystery mud under a microscope help explain what happens to this material that causes it to change state?
What property of iron explains the way mystery mud changes state?
Do you think a stronger magnet would make the material look or act differently?
What kind of invention do you think could make use of mystery mud?
