Solid, Liquid and Gas Worksheets

Solids keep their shape, liquids flow and gases spread out: sort them, watch ice melt, and test what sinks and floats, in black and white for kindergarten to 2nd grade.

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Free reader · Kindergarten

Ice Pop Day

A six-page picture book to print, cut and staple: one short line on every page, and three questions to talk about on the back.

Ice Pop Day, page 1: The ice pop is hard.Ice Pop Day, page 2: It is a solid.Ice Pop Day, page 3: Drip! It melts.Ice Pop Day, page 4: Now it is a liquid.Ice Pop Day, page 5: The puddle dries up.Ice Pop Day, page 6: The water is a gas now!
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Free Solid, Liquid and Gas worksheets

Each is a PDF to print right away, in black and white. Sheets with right answers have the answer key on page 2.

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Solid, Liquid and Gas

K-2

Solid, liquid, gas and melting: four pictures to color, each with one sentence to read.

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Solid, Liquid or Gas? worksheet preview

Solid, Liquid or Gas?

K-2

Eight cards to sort into solids, liquids and gases. Answer key on page 2.

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Sink or Float? worksheet preview

Sink or Float?

K-2

Eight cards to sort into things that sink in water and things that float. Answer key on page 2.

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Sink or Float Test

K-2

Six things to test in a tub of water: circle your guess, then circle what really happened. Answer key on page 2.

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The whole unit in one place: all 8 Solid, Liquid and Gas worksheets in one print-ready file with every answer key, and the Ice Pop Day reader in both editions, kindergarten and grades 1-2 (the grades 1-2 book has fuller sentences on every page).

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Teaching states of matter in K-2

Read the free Ice Pop Day book first. Hal the hedgehog watches his ice pop melt from a solid into a liquid, and sees a puddle dry up as the water turns into a gas.

Then sort the cards into solids, liquids and gases. Watch It Melt is a simple experiment: put an ice cube in a cup and draw it before and after.

Sink or float

Fill a tub with water and gather the things on the Sink or Float Test page. Children circle a guess for each, test it, and circle what really happened. The sink or float sort checks what they learned.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a solid, a liquid and a gas?
A solid keeps its own shape, like a block or an ice cube. A liquid flows and takes the shape of its container, like milk in a glass. A gas spreads out to fill any space, like the air in a balloon.
What things sink and what things float?
On these sheets a coin, a key, a rock and a marble sink; a leaf, a rubber duck, an apple and a feather float. Try them yourself in a tub of water.
Are the solid, liquid and gas worksheets free?
Yes. Solid, Liquid and Gas, the states of matter sort, the sink or float sort and the sink or float test are free PDFs in black and white.