Unit 4 (Chemical Equations & Reactions)

Students will be able to...

Unit 4 (Chemical Equations & Reactions)

Students will be able to...

recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances

recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances

determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical

formulas containing substances

determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical

formulas containing substances

recognize whether a chemical equation containing coefficients is

balanced or not and how that relates to the law of conservation of
mass

recognize whether a chemical equation containing coefficients is

balanced or not and how that relates to the law of conservation of
mass

investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new

substances with different properties are formed

investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new

substances with different properties are formed

Essential Questions

How do elements, compounds and mixtures differ?

How are chemical formulas used to identity substances?

How do you determine that an equation is balanced?

How is conservation of mass represented in a balanced equation?

What evidence indicates that a chemical reaction has occurred?

Essential Questions

How do elements, compounds and mixtures differ?

How are chemical formulas used to identity substances?

How do you determine that an equation is balanced?

How is conservation of mass represented in a balanced equation?

What evidence indicates that a chemical reaction has occurred?

o balanced chemical
equation
o chemical equation
o coefficient
o conservation of
mass

Vocabulary
o product
o reactant
o subscript
o yields
o Molecule

o valence electron
o precipitate
o physical change
o chemical change
o compound
o mixture

TEKS

8.5 Matter and energy. The student knows that matter is composed
of atoms and has chemical and physical properties. The student is
expected to:
8.5D recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances
and determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical
formulas containing subscripts
8.5F recognize whether a chemical equation containing coefficients is
balanced or not and how that relates to the law of conservation of mass
8.5E investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new
substances with different properties are formed

o balanced chemical
equation
o chemical equation
o coefficient
o conservation of
mass

Vocabulary
o product
o reactant
o subscript
o yields
o Molecule

o valence electron
o precipitate
o physical change
o chemical change
o compound
o mixture

TEKS

8.5 Matter and energy. The student knows that matter is composed
of atoms and has chemical and physical properties. The student is
expected to:
8.5D recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances
and determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical
formulas containing subscripts
8.5F recognize whether a chemical equation containing coefficients is
balanced or not and how that relates to the law of conservation of mass
8.5E investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicate that new
substances with different properties are formed