Journal Entry:

Long ago, early scientists tried to turn ordinary things into gold. This pursuit was called alchemy, and the people who engaged in alchemy were called alchemists. Do you think these early scientists were successful in turning things into gold? Explain you thinking.

Learning Intentions

• You will learn what alchemy is and different historical experiments alchemists from different regions have done in the past.

• You will describe observations and compare with inferences

Closing Task:

You can define alchemy and write observations for an alchemy exploration.

Content Standards being covered:

Students understand proper lab safety to use in the chemistry classroom.

Students can identify basic lab equipment and what it is used for.