Lenora Henderson
Chemistry 1 Honors
Weekly Lesson Plans
Lesson Topic : Thinking Like A Scientist
Matter and Change
SC.912.N.3.5
Benchmarks
Describe the function of models in science and identify the wide range of models
used in science.
SC.912.N.2.4
Explain that scientific knowledge is both durable and robust and open to change.
Scientific knowledge can change because it is often examined and re-examined
by new investigations and scientific argumentation. Because of these frequent
examinations scientific knowledge becomes stronger, leading to its durability.
Sc.912.P.8.1
Differentiate between the four states of matter.
Sc.912.P.8.2
Differentiate between physical and chemical properties and chemical and
physical changes of matter.
Session
Session 1
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Essential Questions
What are the steps to the scientific method?
Can a scientific theory ever become a scientific law?
Can a scientific theory ever change?
What role do collaboration and communication play in science?
What place does bias have in a scientific experiment?
How many variables should a scientist test at one time?
What is a constant?
What are the three states of matter?
How can physical changes be classified?
Session 2
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How can mixtures be classified?
What is another name for a homogeneous mixture?
What is a phase?
Can you classify mixtures as heterogeneous or homogeneous? How are
elements and compounds different?
Session 3
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Sessions 4 and
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What always happen during a chemical change?
What are the four possible clues that a chemical change has taken place?
How are the mass of the reactants and the mass of the products related in
a chemical reaction?
What are the steps to the scientific method?
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Session
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Sessions 4 and 5
Can a scientific theory ever become a scientific law?
Can a scientific theory ever change?
What role do collaboration and communication play in science?
What place does bias have in a scientific experiment?
How many variables should a scientist test at one time?
What is a constant?
What are the three states of matter?
How can physical changes be classified?
How can mixtures be classified?
What is another name for a homogeneous mixture?
What is a phase?
Can you classify mixtures as heterogeneous or homogeneous?
How are elements and compounds different?
What always happen during a chemical change?
What are the four possible clues that a chemical change has taken place?
How are the mass of the reactants and the mass of the products related in
a chemical reaction?
Learning Goals
The student should be able to:
 Identify the independent and dependent variables in a scientific
experiment.
 Write and interpret hypotheses.
 Distinguish between a scientific theory and a scientific law.
 Identify bias data, and explain why it is so.
 Apply and interpret the scientific method.
 Distinguish between chemical and physical properties, and chemical
and physical properties.
 Classify physical and chemical properties, and physical and chemical
changes.
 Use particulate illustrations to identify the 3 major states of matter.
The student should be able to:
 Distinguish between heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures.
The student should be able to:
 Know the composition of a substance changes when it undergoes a
chemical change.
 Identify the reactant and the product in a chemical reaction.
 Identify the four clues that indicate a chemical reaction.
 Know that mass is conserved in all chemical and physical changes.
The student should be able to:
 Identify the independent and dependent variables in a scientific
experiment.
 Write an interpret hypotheses.
 Distinguish between a scientific theory and a scientific law.
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Session
Session
1
Resources
HendersonPowerpoint
and Study
Guide
Identify bias data, and explain why it is so.
Apply and interpret the scientific method.
Distinguish between chemical and physical properties, and chemical
and physical properties.
Classify physical and chemical properties, and physical and chemical
changes.
Use particulate illustrations to identify the 3 major states of matter.
Use particulate illustrations to classify mixtures as heterogeneous or
homogeneous.
Know the composition of a substance changes when it undergoes a
chemical change.
Identify the reactant and the product in a chemical reaction.
Identify the four clues that indicate a chemical reaction.
Know that mass is conserved in all chemical and physical changes.
Activities
PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED: 1.3 and 2.1
Lecture, Study Guide, and Cornell Notes
Cornell- Thinking Like a Scientist
Assessments
X
HendersonActivities 1
and 2
Activity 1: Thinking Like A Scientist (10
minutes)
Activity 2: States of Matter-Marble Style
(10 minutes)
Colorado pHet Activity 3: pHet Simulation-States of
Simulation
Matter (25 minutes)
Cornell Notes
Template
Session
2
HOMEWORK: 2.2 and 2.3 Lecture,
Study Guide, and Cornell Notes
HendersonPowerpoint
and Study
Guide
Cornell-2.2 and 2.3
HendersonActivity 1
HOMEWORK: 2.4 Lecture, Study Guide,
and Cornell Notes
Cornell Notes
Activity 1: Classifying Mixtures
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Session
3
Template
HendersonPowerpoint
and Study
Guide
HendersonActivities 1
and 2
Cornell-2.4
Activity 1: Flashcards 1.3-2.4
Activity 2: Clues of A Chemical Reaction
HOMEWORK: LABORATORY – Physical
and Chemical Changes (SETUP
NOTEBOOK)
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Cornell Notes
Template
Sessions
4 and 5
PearsonLaboratory
(HigherOrdered
Henderson)
PearsonLaboratory
(HigherOrdered
Henderson)
Formative
Assessment
X
Laboratory:
Physical and
Chemical
Changes