The Expansion and Contraction Song -- Another Oldie - Mr. Edmonds -Brand New 11/13/11

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Students have a tough time remembering how expansion and contraction affects volume and density. This goes especially well with Properties of Matter STC/MS Lesson 5. Hopefully this song will help!!
Here are the lyrics:
When you heat a solid, a solid piece of mat-ter,
The particles stay fixed but then they will start to vibrate more and more.
For gases or liquids, the particles move farther apart,
Yes, they EXPAND, increasing volume.

CHORUS: When volume increases, then density will decrease, But when volume decreases, then density in turn will increase. Now mass, it stays the same, unless you add more matter or take some matter away!

And when you cool the substance, the particles move - closer together, so the substance contracts.
The volume decreases but the density does the opposite thing and it will increase -- the density increases !

Do, do do do ....

It seems so very simple but our brains like to trick us!
You have to think, so very very clearly now.
If volume goes up, or if the volume goes down, density does the opposite of volume.

CHORUS: When volume increases, then density will decrease, But when volume decreases, then density in turn will increase. Now mass, it stays the same, unless you add more matter or take some matter away!

And when you cool the substance, the particles move - closer together, so the substance contracts.
The volume decreases but the density does the opposite thing and it will increase -- the density increases !

Sing it!
VOLUME, WHEN VOLUME INCREASES then DENSITY, DENSITY DECREASES.
VOLUME, WHEN VOLUME DECREASES. then DENSITY, DENSITY INCREASES.
VOLUME, WHEN VOLUME INCREASES then DENSITY, DENSITY DECREASES.
VOLUME, WHEN VOLUME DECREASES. then DENSITY, DENSITY INCREASES.

Yeah!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• density
• volume
• heating
• cooling
• substances
• physical science
• matter
• heat
• particles
• physics
• middle school
• STC/MS
• Properties of Matter
• Mr. Edmonds
• Singing Science Teacher

[dsecms]

Sure - feel free to use these. I am glad they can be of help! Doug Edmonds

[picklywaffles]

I didn't see he wrote the lyrics. That's cool.

[TheLamborghini84]

Lol.

[schultzcourtney]

*Know

[schultzcourtney]

I would love to be your student sir! You are very creative and now how to make chemistry enjoyable!

[pls217]

Love your teaching method. I am an instructional designer student and I would love to include two of your mass, density and volume "song" in one of my reusable learning object projects. My husband will use in his science class if you approve this.

[MrBeatlesareawsome]

I LOVE THIS GUY I WATCH HIM IN SCIENCE CLASS

GET A ALBUM



[smalltownmiss]

I love this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always sing along in my science class =3D

[MrDjek34]

First!