# The Particle Model Maze

Get ready to test what you know about how matter is built from particles. In Alberta Grade 5 Science, you investigate the particle model of matter and how it explains the physical properties of solids, liquids, and gases ([Topic](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36471), [Guiding question](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36472), [Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36473)). This maze is full of science words. Some belong to the particle model story, and some are decoys meant to trick you.

## How to play

- Start at the marked entrance and draw one path through the open corridors to the marked exit without crossing a wall.
- Each time you pass through a cell that carries a word, read it and write it down in order. The right route passes 4 words; the grey words sit in dead ends.
- The shortest path passes through 147 cells. The answer key shows the route and the 4 words in order.

## The maze
![Maze](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/api/generate/b9d4aa1b-9743-42af-a27f-6ad76face07d/asset/1932)

## Answer key
![Maze solution](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/api/generate/b9d4aa1b-9743-42af-a27f-6ad76face07d/asset/1934)

Path: down 5, right 2, down 1, left 2, down 2, right 2, up 1, right 1, down 2, left 1, down 2, left 1, down 1, right 2, up 1, right 2, up 1, left 1, up 4, left 1, up 3, left 2, up 1, right 1, up 2, right 2, down 1, left 1, down 1, right 3, up 1, left 1, up 1, right 4, down 1, left 1, down 1, right 1, down 1, left 2, down 4, right 1, down 1, right 3, down 1, right 3, up 1, left 1, up 1, left 1, up 1, right 2, up 2, left 3, down 1, left 3, up 1, right 2, up 1, right 2, up 1, left 2, up 2, right 1, down 1, right 3, up 1, right 1, down 2, left 1, down 1, right 1, down 8, left 1, down 3, left 1, up 2, left 1, down 2, left 1, up 1, left 1, down 2, right 5

Words along the route, in order: particle, vibrate, density, compress.

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*AILI game · language en · model claude-sonnet-5 · generated 2026-09-17 · id b9d4aa1b-9743-42af-a27f-6ad76face07d*

### Sources

- node:n1: Matter: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy. (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36471)
- node:n2: How can states of matter and other physical properties be explained using the particle model of matter? (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36472)
- node:n3: Students investigate the particle model of matter in relation to the physical properties of solids, liquids, and gases. (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36473)
- node:n4: Details (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36475)
- node:n5: Matter: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy. (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36575)
- node:n6: How can the particles of matter be influenced by heating or cooling? (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36576)
- node:n7: Students investigate how particles of matter behave when heated or cooled and analyze effects on solids, liquids, and ga (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36577)
- node:n8: Details (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/36579)
- node:n9: Unit A: Mix and Flow of Matter (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17299)
- node:n10: Outcomes for Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Knowledge (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17300)
- node:n11: *Students will:* Investigate and compare the properties of gases and liquids; and relate variations in their viscosity,  (https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/17303)