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Remembering the Difference Between Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter

We know that organic (what does that mean again?) compounds contain carbon and other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, sulfur, etc. But how can we remember how to distinguish the differences between physical and chemical properties and the physical or chemical changes that they undergo?

Breaking Down Matter into the "Elements"

So, after a week of studying Matter and Energy, we are going to go a little deeper into what this "stuff" is actually composed of and why it makes a difference to us anyway! Video and text below...check out the EXTRA CREDIT page to find out how you might be able to apply this in class this week.

Element Song Lyrics: There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium, And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium, And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium, And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.

There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium, And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium, And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.

There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium, And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium, And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium. And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium, And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.

There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium, And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium, And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium, And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium.

These are the only ones of which the news has come to Ha'vard, And there may be many others, but they haven't been discavard. 

Who composed the lyrics to this song???

Matter and Energy

MATTER AND ENERGY!
RE: TEKS 7.5A-C and 7.6A-C

Ok, gang, for the next two weeks we are going to be focused on the interactions that occur between matter and energy. We are are going to investigate the differences between the physical and chemical properties of matter and how these changes occur.

Here are a couple of videos to get you started!  Extra credit will be given to students who can gather 5 new vocabulary words and their definitions from the videos.  As always, if you don't have access to these from a home computer, utilize our classroom computer to check them out.  Be sure to take the notes and place in your journal!