Changes Matter!

Autor/inn/en	Lott, Kimberly; Jensen, Anitra
Titel	Changes Matter!
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 50 (2012) 2, S.54-61 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Chemistry; Elementary School Students; Classrooms; Misconceptions; Grade 5; Science Instruction; Elementary School Science; Scientific Concepts; Physical Sciences; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemie; Classroom; Klassenraum; Missverständnis; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Natural sciences; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Being able to distinguish between physical and chemical changes of matter is a foundational chemistry concept that at first seems like a simple elementary concept to teach, but students often have misconceptions that hinder their understanding. These misconceptions are seen among elementary students, but these ideas are perpetuated throughout school and into adulthood. These misconceptions are often inadvertently conceived during the teaching of this topic in elementary classrooms. Traditionally, students explore various changes in matter and are then asked to distinguish which among them are physical and which are chemical. Students often focus on one or two key points and then generalize that to all changes of this type (e.g., reversibility for physical changes or new substance formed for chemical changes). This article describes a 10-day (approximately 45 minutes each day) unit on physical and chemical changes that was presented in a fifth-grade classroom. Throughout the unit, the students were given multiple examples of both physical and chemical changes. In order to make a claim of physical or chemical change, the students had to cite multiple indicators as evidence of that change. They were also given experiences that specifically addressed misconceptions about the reversibility of changes and the conservation of matter during changes. (Contains 2 tables, 2 figures, 2 resources and 2 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10