Particles...sss...ss...s

I am a very visual person and I especially love to get to get up and move.  So to incorporate that with my students, I saw an amazing way to teach particles of solids, liquids, and gases.

Ask a group of students to come up front of the room.  They are to be slightly moving...vibrating, to be more exact.  They are the particles of solids.

Then, have another group to demonstrate liquids.  This group moves around, yet they are contained in some sort of "container" within the room.  These particles bounce off when they hit the "edge" of the container (these can be desks, walls, etc).

Last but not least, you have your group of gases get up and show gas particles.  These "particles" can move anywhere around the room, but when they bump into something, they bounce back and keep moving in that same direction.  These particles are also spread out throughout the room with no container.

Isn't this a cooler way to teach particles and show them HOW the particles really move?!  I think so!