Reversible and irreversible changes: Science integrated program summary

Phase Lesson Overview

Engage

Lesson One (double
period):
Whats happened?

Students explore a range of materials that have undergone
physical or chemical changes and compare the materials in
their original form.
In groups students can suggest reasons as to how these changes
have occurred and whether they think they are reversible or
irreversible.
Explore Lesson Two (double
period):
Changes through
heating and cooling
To provide students with shared hands-on experiences with
reversible and irreversible changes when different materials are
heated and cooled.

Lesson Three:
Burning Candle
To provide students with shared experiences with burning and
how this is an irreversible change.
Lesson Four and
Five:
Magic Mixing
To provide students with shared hands-on experience that
demonstrates that some solutions are reversible and others
irreversible as they cannot be separated into their original
materials.
At Home/Outside of
School Task:
Search for materials
that have undergone
change.
To provide students with shared hands-on experiences with
reversible and irreversible changes.
Students are required to identify materials at home and outside
of school that have undergone change. They need to document
these using their tablets. This is done over a one week period.
Explain

Lesson Six (double
period):
Classifying
reversible/Irreversible
changes
Students with the support of the teacher should represent their
understandings of physical/chemical changes, and the
reversibility of these changes, in relation to their observations
of this phenomenon.
This lesson should provide students with scientific conceptions
about the topic.
Lesson Seven:
Changes in everyday
situations
Students will complete reading comprehension and research
different physical and chemical changes that occur in everyday
life.
Elaborate Lesson Eight:
Rusting nails
Students plan and conduct an investigation on whether a
stronger salt solution will affect the rate that a nail rusts.
*This investigation will be monitored and the results recorded
for 1 week.
Lesson Nine:
Rusting nails
(continued)
Students collect, analyse and interpret the results of the
investigation and reflect on this process.
Evaluate

Lesson Ten:
Reporting about
reversible/irreversible
changes
Students are to reflect on their knowledge about chemical and
physical changes and the reversibility or irreversibility of these
reactions by presenting their findings in a meaningful context
and to reflect on their learning.
Students use this lesson to plan a 5min PowerPoint presentation
on what they have learned during this unit.
Lesson Eleven:
Reporting about
reversible/irreversible
changes
Students are to reflect on their knowledge about chemical and
physical changes and the reversibility or irreversibility of these
reactions by presenting their findings in a meaningful context
and to reflect on their learning.
Students present their PowerPoint presentation and give an oral
presentation along side it.
Lesson Twelve:
Written Test
Students will demonstrate their knowledge about physical and
chemical changes through a written test.