Postcards from My Trip

Explore on Your Own Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Chicago
Illinois

from My Trip

by Fawn Bailey

Greetings from MiamiGreetings from Florida

SeattleWashington



from My Trip

by Fawn Bailey

Do you want some science fun on your
next trip? Why not look for solids, liquids,
and gases? Send postcards from the cities
you visit. Use them to show what you find!

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rfreoemtings

liquid

Tour New York City by ferry.
The ferry floats
It stops near the in liquid water.
Statue of
Liberty. The statue is a solid.

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NEW YORK

solid

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Greetings from

Chicgas

liquid

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cago
Illinois
Don’t miss this fountain in
Chicago. It sprays water high
into the air! The water is a
liquid. The air is a gas.

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SeattGreetings from

solids Washi

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ington
gas

Go up in the Space Needle if

you travel to Seattle. Outside

the windows there is only a

gas - air! Take in the view.

Do you see any solids?

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Greetings from

liquid

,Visit the Port of Miami in

Miami Florida. Watch the
solid ships. They float in the
liquid water. Where is there

a gas?

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gas

Miami Florida

solid

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Solids, liquids, and gases are everywhere.
Where did you see them in each of the cities?

Solids

Liquid

Gas

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Education and Associate Professor of Science Education, Department of Mathematics
and Science Education, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois; Randy Bell, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Science Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia;
Kathy Cabe Trundle, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Early Childhood Science Education, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Nell K. Duke, Ed.D., Co-Director of the Literacy
Achievement Research Center and Professor of Teacher Education and Educational
Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; David W. Moore, Ph.D.,
Professor of Education, College of Teacher Education and Leadership, Arizona State
University, Tempe, Arizona

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