Just how many phases of matter can be identified? Can they be found on earth? How much observable matter in the universe is composed of plasma?

This program interactively walks the participants through the four states of matter. Students will learn to distinguish the physical properties of solids, liquids, gases, and plasma. They will learn about atoms, the smallest particle an element can be broken into. Through special funding, we are excited to bring to your classroom a custom designed device that can produce plasma and demonstrate the physical properties of this fourth state of matter.

Support for this program was made possible from the Space Science Institute, Colorado Space Institute and Lockheed Martin Astronautics.

Limited grant funds are available to qualifying schools. Please call for details.

This program supports the Colorado Model Content Standards for Science: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.3