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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Classifying Chemical and Physical Changes in Various Materials/substances

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this classroom lab, students will investigate the characteristics of a chemical change. Students will also provide a definition of what constitutes a physical change through observation of several examples. Students will use/create...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Camping Chemical and Physical Changes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how heat and temperature relate to phase changes.
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Interactive
Utah Education Network

Uen: Changes in Matter What Kind of Change Is It?

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you distinguish physical changes from chemical changes? After reading a brief summary of both types of changes, you'll be presented with some examples and asked to identify them.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Changes in Materials

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help solve the mystery and find the missing crystal. Following the activity, read more about chemical and physical changes, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Physical Change

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers reversible and irreversible physical changes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Physical Change

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of physical change and examples, and how physical changes can be reversed.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Physical Change

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of physical change and examples, and how physical changes can be reversed.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Changes in Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students identify the chemical properties of a substance and describe chemical changes and differentiate them from physical changes....
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Other

English Montreal School: Chemical vs. Physical Changes: Elements vs. Compounds

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A laboratory experiment where students classify matter into a homogenous mixture, heterogeneous mixture, solution, or pure substance. Also students will test for physical and chemical changes.
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Other

Elmhurst College: Virtual Chembook: What Are Physical Properties and Changes?

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief descriptions of physical properties, physical changes, and the process of sublimation. The three states of matter, melting point, and boiling point are described. There is one link on the page, which leads to an explanation of...
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Other

Science4 Us: Changes in Matter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Through an instructional video, games, and activities, students explore three types of change matter makes: physical change, in which only the shape of the matter changes; physical phase change in which matter changes to a different form...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Changes in Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will describe methods for separating mixtures, such as chromatography, distillation, fractional distillation, evaporation, and filtration. They will also...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Baggie Chemistry

For Students 6th - 8th
Observe chemical and physical changes with this lab using everyday household items. Lab includes procedure and online data collection tool where answers can be saved and graded by teacher.
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Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Production of a Gas: Controlling a Chemical Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Observe reactions that produce gases in this lab activity! Students observe chemical changes as they evaluate the amount of gas produced. This lab activity includes both student and teacher instruction sheets.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Physical and Chemical Changes

For Students 7th - 9th
Explore the differences between chemical and physical changes, including some examples at the atomic level.
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Lesson Plan
Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Changes in Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The goal of this activity is to develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen. You will be making observations of changes supported by a particle model of matter.
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Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Changing Matter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Matter changes both physically and chemically on a fairly regular basis. Through these activities students will challenge their understanding of the changes that may take place with different types of matter.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: What Is a Chemical Reaction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After observing a demonstration of a chemical reaction between a burning candle and the oxygen in the air, students use atom model cut-outs to model the reaction and see that all the atoms in the reactants show up in the products.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: The Phenomena of Physical Change Explained

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains what a physical change is and gives examples. The difference between a physical and a chemical change is also discussed.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Name That Change!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson teaches students to distinguish between physical and chemical changes. Students will view an interactive slideshow presentation and then conduct experiments to discern physical and chemical changes.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Physical and Chemical Changes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The teacher will conduct the whoosh bottle demonstration to engage students. The class will then begin discussion of endothermic and exothermic physical and chemical changes. The students will then conduct the Science in Motion lab...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mediterranean Sea: What Are Reversible and Irreversible Changes?

For Students 5th - 7th
Students will learn about reversible and irreversible changes in materials in this lesson.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Greek Theater: What Are Reversible and Irreversible Changes?

For Students 5th - 7th
Join Leander in his chemistry lesson, and learn about the change of different types of substances.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Physically Change Shape of Object

For Teachers 2nd
Science fair project tests whether students can construct a shape out of clay that will float.

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