MS-PS1-2 Chemical Reactions Lab

Description

MS-PS1-2 Chemical Reactions Lab Preview

SNAPs Lab Stations Activities require students to use science, math, literacy, problem-solving and engineering skills. They are designed to enhance students’ understanding of scientific concepts and help students apply scientific ideas to the real world. Each station activity promotes skills so to develop students into proficient and competent scientific thinkers.

SNAPs lab activities have five components:
• Science Skills Station to develop science skill proficiency
• Narrative Station to build science literacy
• Assessment Station to evaluate learning and understanding
• Problem-Solving Station to foster engineering design
• Synthesis Station and Project to inspire higher-order learning

DIGITAL LABORATORY – DISTANCE LEARNING & DIGITAL CLASSROOMS
• This lab is offered in a digital format to support digital classrooms & distance learning.
• The digital lab activity is designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint
• The digital lab activity CANNOT be edited. However:
– Students can manipulate text boxes
– Students can create tables, graphs and diagrams
– Students can insert images and drawings

GOOGLE FORM ASSESSMENT STATION
• The assessment station is offered as a self-grading Google Form.
• Questions are all short answer and are 100% editable.
• Suggestions for use are included in the download.

DISTANCE LEARNING COMPATIBILITY
SNAPs lab activities are rated for their ease with distance – independent learning. Refer to the preview for more information about how well this laboratory works in a fully digital classroom and with distance learning.

EDITABLE DOCUMENTS
This download includes an editable word document (docx file) of all lab components:
• Pre-Lab and Post-Lab Activities
• The Lab Overview
• Lab Station Activities and Questions
• Directed Synthesis Project (when applicable)

Important Notes:
• Diagrams, illustrations, tables and graphs essential to lab activities are included
• Illustrative clipart is NOT included
• Editable documents and rubrics are included with the FREE SNAPs Setup Guide

Editable files allow you to:
• Edit the scope of the activities so to suit your students’ needs
• Edit the materials required based on resource availability
• Create single-period “mini-labs” using activities at the individual skills stations

The activities at each station in this lab are detailed below.

Chemical Reactions Lab Stations Activity Learning Objectives
1. Identify signs that a chemical reaction is taking place.
2. Use a chemical equation to represent a chemical reaction.
3. Describe the changes in the chemical and physical properties of substances that undergo a chemical reaction.

Science Skills Station
Students will conduct an experiment to determine whether two substances undergo a chemical reaction. Students will look for signs of a chemical reaction for each set of substances combined.

Narrative Station
Students will read an informative text about chemical reactions and the signs to look for that indicate a chemical reaction has taken place. Students will also read about chemical equations so to describe the chemical change of substances during a chemical reaction.

Assessment Station
At this station, students will answer questions about key terms and ideas relating to chemical reactions. Students must employ lower, mid and higher order thinking skills to answer these questions.

Problem-Solving Station
Students will problem-solve how to remove rust from nails. They will evaluate how effectively everyday household substances remove rust. Students will determine how they could improve the process of removing rust by manipulating other factors important to this problem.

Synthesis Station
Students will compose a CER (claim-evidence-reasoning) report to summarize the lab. Students are provided the claim statement and must support the claim with observations, data and other information gathered in the lab. Students will explain how the evidence supports the claim using scientific reasoning.

Synthesis Project
Students will have a choice of 11 projects. Refer to the SNAPs Lab Stations Best Practices and Setup Guide for directions and suggestions on how to conduct the project.

This download includes:
• A pre-lab assignment and post-lab reflection
• Directions and questions for each lab station
• Student recording sheets
• Teacher Key

Additional Materials Required:
Baking Soda
White vinegar
Water
Lemon Juice
Milk
Tea
Salt
1 package of clear plastic cups and bowls
1 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon
Thermometer and stopwatch
Scouring pads (1 per lab group)
1 package of paper or plastic bowls
Rusty Nails (4 per lab group)
Rubber gloves
Rust remover (not for actual use)

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS
This laboratory satisfies NGSS MS-PS1-2. It combines the three dimensions of science learning – science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts – to meet the standard. This lab also makes interdisciplinary connections to STEM, Math CCSS and ELA CCSS to build the appropriate skills.

TERMS OF USE
• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.
• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.
• Intended for classroom and personal use only.
• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.
• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.
• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).