Describing Matter: Measurement, Properties, and Classification: Science Unit 1, Grade 10 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

Describing Matter: Measurement, Properties, and Classification is Unit 1 of Chemistry in the Kitchen and Beyond: Matter, Energy, and Change (Part 1) (Grade 10), the Letters & Devotion Science course, complete in one printable PDF: 9 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 72 pages.

• Significant figures as a claim about instrument precision
• Significant figure rules in calculated (derived) quantities
• The element/compound/mixture/pure-substance classification scheme
• The distinction between physical and chemical change based on identity of substance
• The insufficiency of surface indicators as evidence for chemical change
• Density as an identifying physical property
• Separation techniques matched to the physical property each exploits
• Claim-evidence-reasoning structure applied to component identification via density
• Instrument-limited precision as a general principle of quantitative claims

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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