Summary
What are property changes? No, it doesn’t involve moving from one apartment to another! In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby will tell all about physical and chemical changes — and also give you lots of examples of these changes that we encounter every day. You’ll learn about the similarities between quick physical changes, like melting ice cream or a shattered watermelon, and slow ones, like the weathering that’s shaped the earth’s surface for millions of years. You’ll also find out about chemical changes, which include iron turning into rust, and how the food in our stomachs turns into life-sustaining nutrients. You’ll really feel at home with this movie!
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Property Changes:
- What is one new thing you learned about property changes?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining property changes.
- Draw or give one example of your own.