Property Changes Lesson Plan: Matter and its Interactions
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Property Changes. It supports the standard of analyzing data on the properties of substances before and after they interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Display an image of rusted metal, like this one:
Ask students: What do you think happened to the metal on this car? What may have caused this change?
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Read the description on the Property Changes topic page.
- Play the Movie, pausing to check for understanding.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Assign the Property Changes Quiz, prompting students to apply essential literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.
Step 4: EXTEND and DEEPEN
Students express what they learned about property changes while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.
- Make-a-Movie: Produce a cooking show that describes the physical and chemical changes necessary to make a cake.
- Make-a-Map: Create a concept map identifying evidence that indicates a substance has undergone a chemical change.
- Creative Coding: Code a true or false game about chemical changes.
More to Explore
Matter and Chemistry Unit: Continue to build understanding around chemical and physical changes by exploring more BrainPOP matter and chemistry movies.
Teacher Support Resources:
- Pause Point Overview: Video tutorial showing how Pause Points actively engage students to stop, think, and express ideas.
- Learning Activities Modifications: Strategies to meet ELL and other instructional and student needs.
- Learning Activities Support: Resources for best practices using BrainPOP.
