Summary of Updates
SMALL UPDATES IN LATE OCTOBER 2025
● A number of small updates were made to provide additional scaffolding and supports for students, more small opportunities to apply concepts to new applications to both review and assess understanding, and additional notes in lesson plan on what to look for in models and discussions (see details)
UPDATES IN SEPTEMBER 2025
● NEW- Lab added to Lesson 1.1
● NEW- Lesson 1.2
● NEW- Lesson 1.3
● NEW- Lesson 1.4
SMALL UPDATES IN LATE OCTOBER 2025:
● Lesson 1.1- Scaffolds/Supports- Checklist of "what to look for" in student initial models and observations
● Lesson 1.3- Exit ticket (Why shouldn't you put hot soup in the fridge?)- to review and formative assess understanding with new application
● Lesson 1.4- New warm up to review and formatively assess understanding (melting ice cream); Added new instructional step-by-step video on how to use simulation (student-facing)
● Lesson 1.5 (Assessment)- Added more scaffolded/specific template for rice krispie treat model to better focus and assess student understanding of core concepts
LARGE UPDATES IN SEPTEMBER 2025:
● NEW- Cooling Butter Lab added to Lesson 1.1
● NEW- Lesson 1.2 -Act it Out Activity + Simulation Activity --> drives home particle models for each state of matter
● NEW- Lesson 1.3- New Demo (Aluminum Foil + Butter) + Simulation Activity --> introduction to thermal energy transfer
● NEW- Lesson 1.4- Investigation rooted in Simulation --> factors in thermal energy transfer
SMALL UPDATES IN SEPTEMBER 2025:
● Adjustment- More time/scaffolding for initial models in Lesson 1.1 and 1.2 + reviewing/building lab safety skills in Lesson 1.1
● NEW- Student Choice: Recipe Analysis [Partial HW Assignment] (in Lesson 1.5)
● Small Adjustments/Reordering of Activities to unpack bubbles and color change (Lesson 2.1- Optional)
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Simulations for this Lesson
Lewis Structures
Equilibrium
Exploring Gases
Magnesium and HCl
Comparing Gases & Liquids
Maple Syrup Video
Umami & MSG (Video)
Elements & Compounds
Exploring Cheeses
Mixing & Polarity
Chlorine & Electronegativity
Sodium in Nature
Salt Composition Analysis
Methane Cycle
Anthocyanins & Equilibrium
Energy and Fuels
Flavor Compounds in Vanilla
Tea and Temperature
Cathode Ray Experiment
Periodic Table Trends
Elements & Chemical Formulas
Exploring Bond Types
Exploring Steaming
Salts Dissolving in Water
Tea around the World
Electrolyte Drink Analysis
Landfill Data Investigation
Sodium in Water Video
Types of Fuel
Vanilla & Gas Chromatograms
Modeling Smell
How is Tea Made?
Molecules in Milk
Tea and Energy
Heating a Liquid
Ionization Energy
Salt around the World
Particles and pH
Greenhouse Gases
Ammonia & Stoichiometry
Acids in Water
Observe: Vanilla Products
Conduction in Solids Instructional Video
Water's Heating Curve
Trace Minerals in Salts
Exploring Syrups
Comparing Atoms and Ions
Ingredients in Electrolyte Drinks
Periodic Table (Charges, Valence Electrons)
Ions and Charges
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