Ever wondered what everything is made up of? What your grandma's favorite old couch is made up of? Well, a couch needs materials such as wood, fabric, and stuffing but where do we get those materials from? 

Well, your grandma's favorite old couch is made up of something called matter! Matter is everywhere you look and in everything you see.

Matter is anything that takes up space. Yes, anything! Your teddy bear, pillow, and even your mattress! Crazy Huh? 

All matter has physical properties and these physical properties can be measured!

Some examples of physical properties are solid, liquid, or gas, color, smell, or taste. Physical properties help us categorize matter!