Unit 1: Chemistry (Part I) Matter

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

  1. Safety and Introduction to Science 6

  2. Describing Matter (Qualitative Properties)

Formative LAB: Qualitative Observations

  1. Describing Matter (Quantitative properties)

  2. Volume and Mass

Formative LAB: Measuring Volume & Mass

  1. Volume Displacement Method

LAB: Volume Displacement (Criteria A, C)

  1. Particle Model of Matter

  2. Chemical vs Physical Changes

LAB: Physical Change vs Chemical Change

RESEARCH: Elephant Toothpaste; Coke and Mentos


Lessons: Part (II) Research Focused

  1. Elements & the Periodic Table

  2. Atoms and Molecules

Pure substances and crystalline structures

  1. 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