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Key Concept: Change Related Concepts: Model, Evidence
Global Context: Orientation in Time and Space
ATL Skills: Communication
Statement of Inquiry: Explore how properties and evidence can be used to explain why changes occur for more accurate and justified predictions.
Unit Objectives
Matter is anything with mass and volume
Properties of matter are observable and/or measurable
Matter can be classified as pure substances or mixtures
Elements and compounds are pure substances
Some elements are compounds form crystalline structures while others form molecules
Chemical changes involve changes in bonding, physical changes do not
Lessons:
Lessons: Part (I) Lab Safety Focus
Safety and Introduction to Science 6
Describing Matter (Qualitative Properties)
Formative LAB: Qualitative Observations
Describing Matter (Quantitative properties)
Volume and Mass
Formative LAB: Measuring Volume & Mass
Volume Displacement Method
LAB: Volume Displacement (Criteria A, C)
Particle Model of Matter
Chemical vs Physical Changes
LAB: Physical Change vs Chemical Change
RESEARCH: Elephant Toothpaste; Coke and Mentos
Lessons: Part (II) Research Focused
Elements & the Periodic Table
Atoms and Molecules
Pure substances and crystalline structures
Information Literacy - Paraphrasing and Scientific Writing, MLA, In-Text citation and Works Cited
PAPER: Adopt an Element (Criterion D)
Assessment: There will be a variety of assessments during these units. Specific instructions for the research and reports will be provided when the assignment is introduced.
Criterion C: Volume Displacement Lab
Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding- Volume Displacement Lab
Criterion D: Reflecting on the impacts of science: Adopt an Element Project
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