Learning Intentions

•  You can observe properties of a substance before and after a change takes place and evaluate whether the change is physical or chemical using evidence.

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.

Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered:

Collect data using all senses

Journal Entry:

What forces are affected when a physical change occurs? What about a chemical change?