CompoundsScience Anytime-Harcourt Brace
Write On Grade 5
Learner Expectations:• Content Standard: 13.0
Interactions of Matter
• The student will investigate the interactions of matter.
• Learning Expectations:
• 13.1 Describe the types of changes that result from interactions of matter.
In this activity you will:
• learn about compounds and how they are formed.
• write a paragraph using the facts that you find.
Compounds
• Compounds are formed when atoms of different elements are combined.
•When the elements are combined their identities change.
Water:
• Water is formed from hydrogen and oxygen.
• Both elements are gases.
• When combined they turn to a liquid.
• Hence their identities change.
Analogy:
• Think of elements as letters of the alphabet and compounds as words formed by combining the letters.
• We can spell all of the English words with just 26 letters.
• We can form millions of compounds with just 109 elements.
• Ex: Sodium(Na) + Chlorine(CI) = Salt(NaCI)
Forming Compounds:
• What type of change occurs when forming compounds?
• Chemical changes• Do the characteristics of an element change when
combined with another?• Yes• What happens when 2 or more elements combine
and their properties change?• A compound is formed
Writing Activity
• Write a paragraph explaining how a compound is formed.
• Include the components combined to form the compound.
• Use the periodic table and give an example of a compound.