Lesson 22 of 84 · Matter
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🧪 Potion KitchenElements and Compounds
Elements and Compounds.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Mixing two safe things doesn't always make a safe thing.
Mind = Blown
🌈 Every color you see is your brain inventing a translation of light frequencies.
Make a hypothesis first
Predict: will the mixture get hotter, colder, or stay the same?
What You'll Learn
Elements are pure substances made of only one type of atom. Compounds are substances made of two or more elements chemically bonded in fixed ratios.
Key Words
- physical change
- chemical change
- temperature
Steps
Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.
Mix baking soda and vinegar in a sealed bag. Weigh the bag before and after. Did the mass change? Explain why or why not using the law of conservation of mass.
Observe what happens and describe it in detail.
Record your observations in your science journal with measurements and descriptions.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is a compound?
Where you see this in real life
This is happening in your kitchen right now — every time food cooks.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one ingredient in a snack and look up what it does.
For the dinner table
“What's something we cook that mixes things together this way?”
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