Learning Intentions

Content Standards being covered:

Students can identify types and phases of matter, physical and chemical properties of matter, various changes in matter and how those changes occur.
    35. Physical properties are characteristics of matter that are observable and measurable that describe the physical state of the matter
    36. Chemical properties are characteristics that describe the possible chemical changes of matter and can only be determined when substance becomes something new
    49. A physical change is when the structure of a substance changes but not the identity. Intermolecular forces are modified.
    50. A chemical change is the structure of a substance changes in such a way that the identity also changes. Intramolecular forces are modified.

Student can create mathematical representations of chemical reactions and use them to make calculations about products and reactants.
    154. In a chemical reaction, the reactants are the initial chemicals, written on the left side of an chemical equation, and the products are the resulting chemicals after the reaction and written on the right side of the chemical equation.
    155. An arrow stands for “yields” and is in the middle of a chemical reaction equation to show the direction of the reaction

Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered:

Gathering Data Using all Senses

Responding with Wonderment and Awe

 

Journal Entry:

What are some signs a chemical change has taken place?