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Explain that everything in the world is made of particles – simplistic but effective at this stage – ask if anyone knows the names of some of the particles. Children may suggest atoms, cells, etc. Accept all of those and explain that all of those have an amount of energy. | Explain that everything in the world is made of particles – simplistic but effective at this stage – ask if anyone knows the names of some of the particles. Children may suggest atoms, cells, etc. Accept all of those and explain that all of those have an amount of energy. | ||
Ask the children to use the Hall to move around as if they had lots of energy – expect running. | Ask the children to use the Hall to move around as if they had lots of energy – expect running. Then as if they had only a bit of energy – expect slow walking/crawling etc. | ||
Then as if they had only a bit of energy – expect slow walking/crawling etc. | |||
Ask the children to show you what happens when they have no energy at all – expect stillness with a very little movement. | Ask the children to show you what happens when they have no energy at all – expect stillness with a very little movement. | ||
Show the children the ‘container’ and show them the open top, the sides and the bottom. | Show the children the ‘container’ and show them the open top, the sides and the bottom. Explain that particles are similar to how the children have just been in their movements and that the children are all going to be particles. | ||
Explain that particles are similar to how the children have just been in their movements and that the children are all going to be particles. | |||
Start with the liquid state – guide the children in to the container. The children within the container are in the liquid state, which means they have a bit of energy – ask them to move around each other inside the container but say that they don’t have enough energy to move far at all. | Start with the liquid state – guide the children in to the container. The children within the container are in the liquid state, which means they have a bit of energy – ask them to move around each other inside the container but say that they don’t have enough energy to move far at all. | ||
