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Activity Summaries |
Chemistry Principles |
Activity 1: Chemical and Physical Changes
This activity explains the difference between chemical and physical changes. They are able to show what properties are necessary to have a chemical change. |
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Chemical change
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Physical change
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Activity 2: More Chemical Changes
This activity helps to identify the special properties of a chemical change or chemical reaction. |
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Activity 3: Chemical Names and Formulas
This activity focuses on the element’s symbol and how they can combine with each other to make compounds. The students also learn how to write the correct formulas of these compounds. |
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Elements
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Chemical compounds
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Chemical formulas
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Activity 4: Chemical Equations
This activity introduces the students to single-and double-displacement reactions. Also, some simple tests to identify the products that are formed. |
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Activity 5: Chemical Energy
This activity requires the students to determine what type of reactions produce heat. They will discover that both physical and chemical changes produce heat. |
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Chemical Thermodynamics
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Endothermic reactions
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Exothermic reactions
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Activity 6: Reaction Rates
This activity reviews some of the properties that affect the rate of a chemical reaction. Concentration, temperature, nature of the compound, and the use of catalysts are examined in different chemical reactions. |
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Reaction Rates
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Kinetics
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Concentration
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Catalysts
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Activity 7: Acids, Bases, and Indicators - Colorful Chemistry
This activity discusses the properties of acids and bases. Students will also learn how to use an indicator to determine the acidity of a solution. |
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Acids / Bases
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Arrhenius Acids
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Indicators
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pH
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Activity 8: Color Reactions that Involve the Transfer of Electrons
This activity is used to determine the pH and also what the pH scale is. It also looks at different indicators and what pH range they change color.This activity involves oxidation and reduction reactions between metals. The activity of metals is used to determine which metals will react. Metal plating out and color changes of solutions are evidence of chemical reactions taking place. |
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Buffered Solutions
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Transfer of Electrons
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Activity of Metals
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Metal plating
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Rust
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