ST.

PETER’S COLLEGE
Iligan City

LESSON PLAN IN INTEGRATED SCIENCE

Prepared by: Annie Rose A. Dela Cruz

Chemical Changes in Matter

Time Frame: I period
Date: August 13, 2010

I. OBJECTIVE
At the end of the activities, the students should be able to:
1. Describe the indicators of chemical change.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Topic: Chemical changes in Matter
B. References: Any Physical Science or General Chemistry textbook
C. Materials: Refer to the Student Activity Sheet

III.LEARNING TASKS

A. Motivation
1. Ask the questions “When do we say that matter has
undergone a physical change?
2. Give situations that illustrate matter undergoing physical
change.
3. Give the difference between elements and compounds and
the kinds of elements.
4. Ask the students “What did you have for breakfast this
morning? List at list three” (Answers may vary : e.g. rice, fish,
meat, bread)
5. Describe how food was prepared. Cite some of the changes
before and after the preparation of each food.

Pre- laboratory Activity

1. Prepare 5 stations for observations of the following changes:
a. Changes on food coloring and bleach
b. Changes on egg shell and vinegar
c. Changes on baking soda and vinegar
d. Changes on eggplant
e. Changes on hydrogen peroxide and potato
2. Arrange the students in 5 groups.
3. Give each member a specific task.
4. Distribute student activity sheet.
5. Discuss objectives of the activity.
6. Give instructions on how students will go about performing
the activities.
B. Activity Proper
1. Ask the students to perform activity on Chemical Changes
2. Move around and check if the students are doing the activity
properly and every group member is busy.
3. Ask questions to check if they understand what they are
doing.

C. Discussion
1. Ask each group to present their data to the class.
2. Process the data. Point out the similarities and differences
among the data.
3. Discuss the answers to the following questions (also found in
the student activity sheet).
In what ways did the following materials in the activity
changed?
a. food coloring and bleach
b. egg shell and vinegar
c. baking soda and vinegar
d. eggplant
e. hydrogen peroxide and potato
Was there a new material formed after each change?
When do we say that a change is chemical?
Which of the materials underwent chemical change? Give
your reasons.
What are some of t he evidences of a chemical change that
can be observed?
State an operational definition of a chemical change.
Name some useful chemical changes and those that can
bring beneficial effects to humans.

D. Generalization
The visible and readily observable indicators of chemical
changes are:
evolution of light and heat
release of a gas
formation of solid particles that separate from the liquid
formation of bubbles
formation of new substances

E. Valuing/ Application
There are many chemical changes which have useful and
beneficial effects on humans. Name some of these changes and
explain why you consider them useful or beneficial.
However, there are some chemical changes that can have
harmful effects on humans and properties. Name some of these
changes and explain why you consider them harmful.

Sample answers could be:

 Useful:
Process of digestion of food
Photosynthesis
Fireworks in the sky
Cooking of food (frying fish, boiling egg)
Burning of fuel
Harmful
Pollution of waterways
Air pollution
Taking in highly acidic foods
Rusting of furniture, utensils and other materials that are made
of iron
Decolorizing of cloth
Decaying of foods

F. Assessment
Discuss why the following changes are considered useful.
Taking in antacid
Bleaching of cloth
Discuss why the following are considered harmful
Burning of gasoline in old vehicles
Decaying of garbage in open garbage cans

IV. Evaluation
Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. When there is a new substance that is being formed, what
change occurs?
a. Physical change b. chemical change c. nuclear change
2. A change from solid, liquid or gas is a
a. Physical change b. chemical change c. nuclear change
3. When a new substance is made in a chemical change, signs of this
could be:
a. Melting or freezing of the substance
b. dissolving or filtration of a substance
c. color change or bubbles
4. An example of a chemical change or reaction is:
Mixing salt in waterburning wood defrosting frozen food
5. Spoiling of food is an example of
a. Physical change b. chemical change c. nuclear change

V. Agreement/ Assignment

1. List down at least naturally occurring chemical changes in the

environment.
2. Project For You.( Technology)
“Magic with Chemical Change”
Dissolve 1 tablespoon of sugar in 1 tbsp. of water.
Dip the end of the matchstick on the solution. Write a word on a
sheet of paper.
Dry the paper. To make the word appear, place the paper over
the flame. As the sugar in the solution used to write on the paper
burns, the word will appear.
Investigate: Look for other materials that can replace sugar.

Student Activity Sheet

Chemical Changes

Materials:
Red food coloring measuring cup
Bleach hydrogen peroxide
Small pieces of egg shells potato/ apple
Vinegar eggplant
Baking soda knife
Clear bottles or glass

Procedure
1. Changes on bleach and food coloring
Pour ¼ cup of red food coloring solution on a clear glass.
Add about 20 drops of bleach into the glass. Observe what
happens. Did the food coloring react to the bleach?
2. Changes on egg shells and vinegar.
Pour ¼ cup of vinegar into a clear glass. Drop a few pieces
of eggshells into the glass. Observe the mixture. What
happens to both vinegar and eggshells? Is there a new
substance formed? If so, what do you think is this new
substance?
3. Change son baking soda and vinegar
Pour ¼ cup of vinegar into a clear glass. Add some baking
soda powder into the glass
4. Changes on eggplant
Cut a small piece of the eggplant and observe its
characteristics particularly the cut section. Leave this cut
section exposed to the air. Observe it again after about 5
minutes. Does the cut section have the same color as
before? What do you think will happen if the eggplant was
exposed for a longer time?
5. Changes on hydrogen peroxide and potato
Pour ¼ cup of hydrogen peroxide into a clear glass. Add a
small sliced of peeled potato to the glass. Observe the slice
of potato for a few minutes and note down any change.
What happens to the slice of potato? Is there any indication
that another substance is present? What do you think is
this substance?
Data
Materials observed Initial observations Final observations
Food coloring and
bleach
Egg shell and vinegar
Baking soda and
vinegar
Eggplant
Hydrogen peroxide and
potato

Questions:

In what ways did the following materials in the activity

changed?
a. food coloring and bleach
b. egg shell and vinegar
c. baking soda and vinegar
d. eggplant
e. hydrogen peroxide and potato
Was there a new material formed after each change?
When do we say that a change is chemical?
Which of the materials underwent chemical change? Give
your reasons.
What are some of t he evidences of a chemical change that
can be observed?
State an operational definition of a chemical change.

Generalization
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
____