Chemistry: Introduction
QUICK VIEW
CW: Finish Periodic Table Valentine’s Card message and decorate. Quality matters.
DN: Label p51-53 as ‘Do Now’ at the top. Then answer the question, “What are chemicals?”
EQ: How do atoms connect to form molecules?
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the questions in their notebooks.
10min Chemicals in Food Activity. Separate into ‘healthy’ and ‘not healthy,’ then ‘chemicals’ and ‘no chemicals,’ and then ‘has atoms/molecules’ and ‘no atoms/molecules.’
10min Chemicals in Food CER. (A=Food; B=Atoms/Molecules; C=Chemicals) SKIPPED FOR TIME.
20min Valentine Cards. Students use the periodic table to create a Valentine’s message on the cover of the card using the names or atomic numbers only. Example (Do not copy): Uranium, Copper, Tellurium (on cover) and U CuTe (inside card).
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.