Changin'

Goals:

• Define the Law of Conservation of Matter.
• Describe the types and observable properties of changes that can happen to chemical elements. 
• Use chemical equations as a model to classify chemical, physical, and nuclear changes. 

Agenda:

Warmup

Notes

Card Sort

CER

Warmup

In your "Counting Subatomic Particles" Exit Tickets last week some of you stated that the penny did not change into gold. What evidence did you use and why did you think that?

Notes

1. Create a new journal entry entitled "Changes." 
2. Create the following table in your journal
   

   Change	Micro	Macro
   Physical
   Chemical
   Nuclear

3. Complete the table using these slides.

Card Sort

1. Grab a whiteboard.
2. Divide it into 3 sections.
3. Label the sections "Chemical," "Physical," and "Nuclear."
4. Sort the cards into the appropriate section.

CER

In your journal under your table, answer the following question using what you learned today as evidence and reasoning: 

What type of change would the penny need to undergo to become gold?