Who wants a million points? - Terms related to states of matter - State of Matter - Year 4

In an engaging educational game titled "Who wants a million points?", Year 4 students are invited to explore and explain terms related to states of matter, starting with the most basic concepts and progressing to more complex ones. The game is structured so that each correct explanation of a term earns the students a set number of points, beginning with 'water' for 100 points. As they move up the ladder, the points increase and so does the complexity of the terms. They encounter 'wind' for 250 points, followed by 'boiling' for 500 points, and 'freezing' for 1,000 points, delving into the processes that change the state of matter from liquid to gas and from liquid to solid, respectively.

Further up the scale, students explain 'oxygen' for 2,000 points, a fundamental gas in our atmosphere, and 'melting' for 5,000 points, the process of a solid becoming a liquid. The game intensifies with 'evaporation' for 10,000 points, 'water vapour' for 25,000 points, and 'temperature' for 50,000 points, all of which are key factors in the transformation of states of matter. The 100,000-point term is 'condensation', the change from gas to liquid, followed by 'precipitation' for 250,000 points, which involves the formation of liquid or solid water from water vapour in the atmosphere. The penultimate term, 'vaporisation', worth 500,000 points, covers the process of a liquid turning into a gas. The ultimate one-million-point question challenges students to explain 'kinetic energy', the energy of motion, which is fundamental to the changes in states of matter. This interactive game not only makes learning fun but also encourages students to understand how solids, liquids, and gases can change from one state to another.