Chemistry: Introduction

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• CW/HW: Finish Period 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

Periodic Table of Elements

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the questions in their notebooks.

15min 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)

10min 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.