Year 5 explore the particle model

Year 5 launched their new topic of the properties of materials by going outside to act out how particles behave in solids, liquids and gases.

We found out that particles in a solid are close together and cannot move, while in a liquid they are close together but can move freely. Particles in a gas can move randomly because the volume of a gas is not fixed. Here is a photo of the class being gas particles!