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Elements, Compounds, Mix (1) Candy ActivityALPS

The document provides a lesson plan for teaching students the differences between elements, compounds, and mixtures. The lesson uses candy such as starbursts to represent atoms that can be separated into piles of elements, bonded together using toothpicks to form compounds, or mixed together to form mixtures. Students are given examples of each and asked to classify samples as elements, compounds, or mixtures in order to understand the key differences - elements are pure substances that cannot be broken down further, compounds are bonded combinations of different elements, and mixtures are physical combinations of elements or compounds without chemical bonds.

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Elements, Compounds, Mix (1) Candy ActivityALPS

The document provides a lesson plan for teaching students the differences between elements, compounds, and mixtures. The lesson uses candy such as starbursts to represent atoms that can be separated into piles of elements, bonded together using toothpicks to form compounds, or mixed together to form mixtures. Students are given examples of each and asked to classify samples as elements, compounds, or mixtures in order to understand the key differences - elements are pure substances that cannot be broken down further, compounds are bonded combinations of different elements, and mixtures are physical combinations of elements or compounds without chemical bonds.

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ELEMENTS, COMPOUNDS, AND MIXTURES

Lesson Plan
Rationale:
Students will need to be able to recognize the difference between
elements, mixtures, and compounds in future science classes.

Objectives:
₪ Students will be able to identify a substance as an element, mixture or
compound correctly

Materials:
Worksheet for each student, candy- starbursts, toothpicks ( 6 or 7 each
student).

Teacher Instructions
INTRODUCTION
• In class the last couple of days you have been thinking about MATTER.
o What is matter? (anything that has mass and takes up space)
o Today we are going to take a look at the three classes of matter:
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures.
• On the handout there is a list of about 15 substances, I would like you to
individually go through the list and write down what you think whether the
item is an element (E), compound (C), or mixture (M).
• After students are done go through a couple of items on the list
o Ask what they are – a lot of times the students will not agree (that is
why we are doing this)

CANDY ACTIVITY
• Give each student about 10 pieces of some type of soft candy (gum drops/
starburst) and 6 or 7 toothpicks
• Tell the students that each color of the candy represents a different type of
atom on the periodic table.
o What is an atom? (the smallest particle that has the properties of an
element)
• We are going to use these candies to show the difference between
elements, compounds, and mixtures
• ELEMENTS:
o Separate the different types of atoms into piles
o By separating the different atoms from each other we have created
piles of elements
o What is an element? (a substance that cannot be broken down into
a simpler substance by a chemical reaction)
o just like your candy – they cannot be broken down anymore and
still be candy!
• COMPOUNDS:
o How will we make compounds?
o What do the toothpicks represent? (bonds)
o Bonds hold compounds together so use your bonds to make a
compound of your choice
o Draw this compound on the handout (represent all the colors in the
compound)
o Have some students share with the class their compound – point
out many of the structures they have made occur in chemistry like
cubes and rings
o Define compound: a substance made of atoms of more than one
element bound together
o These elements and compounds can be known as PURE
SUBSTANCES
 If you only have iron with iron, it is pure
 If you have only water with water, it is pure
 TO BE PURE  ONLY ONE SUBSTANCE IS PRESENT
• MIXTURES:
o Using compounds and elements make a mixture
o Draw this mixture in the space provided on the handout
o What are the differences between mixtures and compounds?
(mixtures are many elements and/or compounds close together,
while compounds are held together by chemical bonds)
• Go through the list below again to determine if substances are elements,
compounds, or mixtures
• Tell them the correct answers

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