Physical and Chemical Changes Lab Activities and Experiments

Reinforce characteristics and concepts related to physical and chemical changes with these 8 hands-on lab activity experiments. Each activity will further help students learn about physical and chemical changes. Students will make observations and demonstrate their knowledge by making predictions and answering comprehension questions.

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These lab activities will have students understand:

• How matter changes state
• Examine how our bodies need both changes for digestion to occur
• How a chemical change can remove the shell of an egg while keeping the insides intact
• Different variables lead to decomposition
• Demonstrate that gas is created from baking soda and vinegar
• Illustrate how different substances will produce a color change
• Reaction can produce heat
• Forming new substances - gasses and heat

This physical and chemical changes lesson includes:

• Teacher tips and background information
• Eight hands-on activities

1. Naked eggs: Students will remove the shell of an egg while keeping the insides intact.
2. Baking soda and vinegar: How does this create a chemical change?
3. Hydrogen peroxide and yeast: How does this create a temperature change?
4. Color change: Which liquids will produce a color change; hydrogen peroxide, bleach, or vinegar?
5. Formation of gas: What happens when you mix hydrogen peroxide, yeast, dish soap, and water?
6. Surface area: How does the surface area effect the rate of melting?
7. Digestion: Discover how our bodies use physical and chemical changes while digesting our food.
8. Decomposition: Learn how different materials change the rate of deterioration in bananas.

• Answer keys

Brand new! The first five activities are available in two versions. The second version will ask students to answer by stating a claim and using evidence from their observations to support their claim. This allows you to integrate ELA skills into your science classroom.

Teacher feedback:

• Learning chemical and physical changes always seems to confuse some of my students. This will definitely help them! Your activities are always so great!
• This is a great bundle of lab activities on chemical and physical changes! These activities look like they will be a lot of fun. I can't wait to try them out!
• Great resource for teaching the core content in the special education classroom!

Other lessons and activities to support this chemical and physical changes unit:

• Science Packet and Activity
• Graphic Organizers
• Chemical and Physical Changes Assessment

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