Use informational text to illustrate that materials maintain their composition under various kinds of physical processing; however, some material properties may change if a process changes the particulate structure of a material.
In this unit, students explore phenomena on the relationship between matter’s structure and its function, and how people can use this knowledge to manufacture new materials and products with specific purposes. Students begin by investigating how matter is changed, but always conserved, in both endothermic and exothermic reactions. In this lesson, students use a manufacturing process to turn raw materials into a finished product. This page showcases key components of this lesson.
