Cool Stuff
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
- Terms 1 to 4, Monday to Friday
- Duration
- 30 minutes in the Energy Lab
- Year level
- Years 3 to 8
- Minmum student numbers
- Minimum 15 students
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 100 students
- Cost
- $9 per student + education service fee
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
This Very Cool liquid nitrogen show includes demonstrations to illustrate the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
Changes of state, expansion and contraction are all demonstrated using lots of fog, froth and fun.
Related Links
Victorian Curriculum links
Victorian curriculum links
- A change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat (VCSSU059)
- Solids, liquids and gases behave in different ways and have observable properties that help to classify them (VCSSU076)
- Changes to materials can be reversible, including melting, freezing, evaporating, or irreversible, including burning and rusting (VCSSU077)
- The properties of the different states of matter can be explained in terms of the motion and arrangement of particles (VCSSU096)
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