Making glue

Making glue:

A LESSON PLAN ON THE CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT CARRIED OUT BY SPANISH STUDENTS OF “ESCUELA PROFESIONAL LA SALLE”, PATERNA (VALENCIA)

CHEMISTRY LESSON PLAN

  1. PURPOSES
  • Establish elementary and clear ideas about chemistry
  • Establish the experimental activity and reflect on this activity
  • Investigate events that surprise students
  • Communicate the results of this research
  1. OBJECTIVES
  • Consolidate the scientific method based on observation
  • Make scientific models from intuitive models
  • Encourage students to ask questions
  • Approach everything around from a ¨chemical point of view¨
  1. CONTENTS
  • Introduction to chemistry

Chemistry is the science that studies matter, energy and their changes.

The purpose of chemistry is to create materials.

Relationship of chemistry with other experimental sciences such as physics and biology.

  • Branches of chemistry

Biochemical. Chemistry-physics. Industrial chemistry.  Analytical chemistry. Applied chemistry. Organic chemistry. Inorganic chemistry

  • Scientific method

Methodology to obtain new knowledge.

Steps: observation, problem, investigation, hypothesis, experimentation, results, data analysis and conclusion.

  • Relationship of environment and chemistry

Chemistry makes it possible to use the natural resources of our planet in a rational way. Chemistry allows us to live in a sustainable way.

  • Chemical reactions

Thermodynamic processes in which two or more substances, called reactants, are transformed into other substances, called products.

  1. ACTIVITIES
  • Apply the scientific method

Observe a problem and seek a solution

  • Learn basic laboratory techniques

Use laboratory equipment

  • Perform simple chemical reactions

Learn simple reactions with everyday products

  • Learn to draw conclusions

Take a full lab

  1. EXAMPLES
  • Chemistry can be found everywhere, since it is part of our day-to-day lives. Some examples of chemistry in everyday life are:
    • Livings beings; Crying when peeling onions, digestion.
    • Plants: Photosynthesis, cellular respiration.
    • Objects: Iron rusting, wood burning.
    • Compounds: sodium chloride, sucrose.