Classification of Matter

   

Text: pages 218-239. 5 day unit.

Objectives

After completing this section, students will:

1.    be able to compare and contrast an element and a compound,

2.    be able to explain the difference between a heterogeneous mixture and a homogenous mixture,

3.    be able to compare and contrast a solution, a colloid and a suspension,

4.    be able to compare and contrast a physical property and a chemical property,

5.    be able to compare and contrast a physical change and a chemical change,

6.    be able to explain the law of conservation of mass.

Activities

1.    Classification of matter exercise

2.    Physical/Chemical property/change exercise

3.    Project demonstrating knowledge of physical properties of matter

4.    Concentration and solubility

5.    A conservation of mass demonstration (dissolving coins in acid)

6.    Kinetic Theory and Dolomite Observation Projects.

Web Research Links 

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Hints for questions        http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/matter/faq.shtml

Conservation of mass    http://www.sellipi.com/science/chemistry/conservation-of-mass.html

Solutions/mixtures        http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/wv/09/0009-001-mix-solut.html

Physical vs. Chemical    http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae244.cfm

Solutions                      http://www.tg.rim.or.jp/~kanai/chemistry/colloid-e.htm

                                   http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/psolut.htm

                                   http://www.orst.edu/instruct/nfm236/system/index.cfm

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