Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 2 · Combustion and Energy
Fire and Fuel
Balancing combustion equations to show conservation of mass and breaking a hard goal into balanced small steps.
- Students will
- Students count atoms and masses before and after methane burns to show that mass is conserved, and describe a hard goal as a set of balanced small steps.
- SEL skill
- Break a hard goal into small steps and track each step like a balanced equation
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by breaking a hard goal into small steps they can finish.
- Content focus
- Conservation of mass in combustion
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management is the skill of handling your emotions and behaviors, even when things are hard, to work toward a goal. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-PS1-7: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP5 Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Crosscutting concept: CCC5 Energy and matter
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.3 Follow a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments or taking measurements.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 8: Thermochemistry
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 1: Matter and Change
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 8: Chemical Equations and Reactions
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 9: Stoichiometry
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 16: Reaction Energy
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 19: Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 22: Organic Chemistry
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 4: Chemical Attractions
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 5: Reaction Energy
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More self-management activities for Chemistry in the Earth System
- Heat on the Move Self-managementInvestigating how heat flows toward equilibrium and practicing strategies to bring heated emotions back to balance.
- Structure Shapes Function Self-managementCommunicating why molecular structure matters for designed materials and connecting personal structure, like routines, to how well we function.
- Conservation of Mass Self-managementUsing mole ratios to show mass is conserved and tracking how effort adds up even when results are not yet visible.
- Equilibrium and Balance Self-managementRefining a design that shifts a reaction's equilibrium and practicing ways to restore emotional balance after stress.
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