Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Wednesday, 12 September, 2012



These are the handouts that accompany the lab. Be sure to answer all questions using complete sentences.

Students will be able to:
-identify characteristics of physical changes of matter.
- identify characteristics of chemical changes of matter.
-recognize examples of physical and chemical changes.
-record observations of physical and chemical changes of matter.

Students completed the following bell ringer:

When an object moves, its energy changes form. When a ball bounces, it has changing amounts of potential energy and kinetic energy. Eventually, however, the ball will stop bouncing. Why does the ball stop bouncing?

A. The ball's energy gets used up each time it bounces.
B. The mass of the ball is too small to allow it to continue its own motion.
C. The ball's energy gets transferred to other energy types like heat and sound that don't help it bounce.
D. The pull of gravity is stronger than the energy in the ball, which makes the ball slow down to a stop.

Students reviewed HL 5.

Students completed a virtual lab on physical and chemical changes. The lab can be found at the following site:How are physical and chemical changes distinguished? You can see me for a copy of the handout for the lab. You