Cooking in the Chemical Kitchen

This is a 5-day unit using the 5E Model of instruction to explore evidence of chemical changes.  Inquiry, stations, and incorporating literature are included in this lesson. Click on the Lesson Content to get to the lesson. This resource also offers a formative and summative assessment. On Day 3 the teacher could replace United Streaming video with brainpop video Physical and Chemical Changes.

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Cooking in the Chemical Kitchen

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 
  • Students will be able to distinguish between physical and chemical changes of matter. Students will describe and explain evidence of chemical changes.
Essential and guiding questions: 
  • How can temperature influence a chemical change? 
  • What is the difference between a chemical and physical change? 
  • What evidence is there to prove that a chemical change has taken place?

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Applying
Differentiation suggestions: 
  • When the teacher develops the lab groups he or she will need to take into account the students' ability and form groups accordingly.
     
Extension suggestions: 
  • The Teacher may want to read or have the students read the book "The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A book about kitchen chemistry" by: J. Cole

Helpful Hints

There are broken up material list found for eacd day.

References

Contributors: 
Lisa Courson
Originator: 
Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation