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In this lesson, students will use the Material Reducer to better understand that natural and synthetic objects are all made of elements.
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Understand that natural and synthetic objects are all made of elements.
Gather information about the elemental composition of Minecraft blocks.
Understand that synthetic materials and chemicals can be made from natural resources.
Be aware that some elements are much more common than others.
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Critical thinking
All natural and synthetic materials are composed of chemicals, be they elements, molecules or compounds.
Many materials have similar elemental compositions but different properties. For example most stone-like materials are composed of silicon and oxygen.
Whilst living things are largely carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen. The material reducer is similar to real word instruments used to measure the elemental composition of materials.
Students collect materials (blocks) from the world around them and analyze them, to find their elemental composition, using the material reducer.
Students can categorize the materials (blocks) based on their elemental composition and then discuss what types of materials have similar compositions and why. For example students may wish to discuss why coal, which looks like a stone has the same composition as wood.
Students can try and construct new compounds and materials made from the sourced from the 'natural' materials.
What materials have similar elemental compositions and why?
What can be constructed from natural materials and what can they be used for?
What materials are common in nature?
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Unit B: Matter and Chemical Change
Students will:
Describe and apply different ways of classifying materials based on their composition and properties.
Demonstrate understanding of the origins of the periodic table, and relate patterns in the physical and chemical properties of elements to their positions in the periodic table – focusing on the first 18 elements.
Identify/describe chemicals commonly found in the home, and write the chemical symbols.
Identify needs and opportunities for designing, through exploration
Generate ideas from their experiences and interests
Add to others’ ideas
Choose an idea to pursue.
Making
Choose tools and materials
Make a product using known procedures or through modelling of others
Use trial and error to make changes, solve problems, or incorporate new ideas from self or others
Sharing
Decide on how and with whom to share their product
Demonstrate their product, tell the story of designing and making their product, and explain how their product contributes to the individual, family, community, and/or environment
Use personal preferences to evaluate the success of their design solutions
Reflect on their ability to work effectively both as individuals and collaboratively in a group
Use materials, tools, and technologies in a safe manner in both physical and digital environments
Develop their skills and add new ones through play and collaborative work
Explore the use of simple, available tools and technologies to extend their capabilities
Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to know the following:
Atomic theory and models
Students are expected to know the following:
Element properties as organized in the periodic table
Cluster 2: Properties of and Changes in Substances
Students will:
Identify characteristics and properties that allow substances to be distinguished from one another
Cluster 2: Properties of and Changes in Substances
Students will:
Define element and identify symbols of some common elements.
Properties and Changes of Materials
Students will be expected to:
identify properties that allow materials to be distinguished from one another.
Properties of Matter
Students will be expected to:
investigate materials and describe them in terms of their physical properties and chemical properties.
identify and write chemical symbols for common elements.
Physical Science: Properties and Changes of Materials
Students will be expected to:
observe and identify changes in an object’s appearance, state and/or reversibility and classify it as a physical change or not.
Atoms and Elements
Students will be expected to:
Identify examples of common elements, and compare their characteristics and atomic structure.
Use the periodic table as a classification system and compile data bout its structure.
Material World
Describes various other physical properties of an object, a substance or a material.
Recognizes the materials of which an object is made.
Material World
Associates a characteristic property of a substance or material with its use.
Defines an element as a pure substance made of a single type of atom.
Describes the periodic table as a structured classification of elements.
Physical Science: Properties and Changes of Materials
Students will:
Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of materials in solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter.
Physical Science: Atoms and Elements
Demonstrate an understanding of the classification of pure substances (elements and compounds), including the development and nature of the Periodic Table.
Chemistry: Atoms, elements, And Compounds
Students will:
use appropriate terminology related to atoms, elements, and compounds
identify and use the symbols for common elements (e.g., C, Cl, S, N) and the formulae for common compounds (e.g., H2O, CO2, NaCl, O2)
describe, on the basis of observation, the react- ants in and products of a variety of chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions
Physical Science: Properties and Changes of Materials
Students will be expected to:
identify the source of the materials found in an object and describe the changes to the natural materials required to make the object.
Physical Science: Properties and Changes of Materials
Students should be able to:
recognize that the 92 natural elements that exist on Earth are represented in the periodic table.