Science Content Standard(s) being addressed: 
E. Students will understand the structure of matter and the changes it can undergo. 
 

 Grade Level 4 

Habits of the Mind Skills:  Self -Regulation Being aware of your own thinking  Planning  Being sensitive to feedback  Evaluating the effectiveness of your actions.  Being aware of necessary resources Critical Thinking  Being accurate and seeking accuracy  Being clear and seeking clarity  Taking and defending a position  Being sensitive to others Creative Thinking  Engaging intensely in task  Pushing the limits of your knowledge and ability   Generating new ways of viewing situations   Apply past knowledge to new situations

 

Thinking and Reasoning Skills  Comparing  Classifying  Deductive Reasoning

Benchmarks/Performance Indicators: 
2. Students will be able to explain how matter changes in both chemical and physical ways. 
 

Performance Task (Assessment of Benchmark): 
Working singly or in pairs, students will create an oral and visual explanation of a chemical and a physical change. 
  

Procedure/Directions: 
Students will have been presented with many opportunities to discuss, explore, observe and record examples of chemical change and physical change (including the lesson using markers and the lesson using steel wool). They will help to develop the rubric to be used in assessing this task. Students will then be given class time to create and present their explanations of chemical and physical change. 
 

How work was performed: 
In class 
With teacher input/feedback 
With peer feedback

Teacher Notes: 
Time-consuming task!