Name: Group:

Activity 1.3 Activity Name: Physical and Chemical Properties

Objectives: To develop research skills by identifying some properties of different materials,

differentiate between chemical and physical properties and to make an analytic lab report
about it.

I.PRE-LAB. Previous the lab complete the following tasks in your lab diary by hand.
Remember this will be check by your teacher before your practice individually.

1. Make a deep research on different encyclopedias, webpages or scientific articles

and complete the following tasks:

a. Using a Concept Map, represent the concepts of Chemical and Physical Properties
and Changes.

b. Fill the following Induction Matrix with the required information:

Properties
Substances Chemical Solubility in Effect of Health
Boiling Point Melting Point Density
Formula Water and Enviroment

Table salt

Sugar

Sodium
Bicarbonate

Chloridic Acid

Paraffin

Magnesium

Water

II. Lab Report. Individually, make a lab report that includes the following:

1. Cover page: Logos, school, name of the topic, name of the teacher, title, students’
names, ID, group, and delivery date.

2. TiHle: The tittle says what you did. It should be brief (aim for ten words or less)
and describe the main point of the experiment or investigation.

3. Introduction: Relevant background information about your practice. Introduce the

reader to your work at the lab using a brief summary about what was done in the lab
session. Be sure your introduction includes at least the following terms:
 o Properties of a substance
o Physical and Chemical Properties
o Physical and Chemical Changes

4. Purpose and hypothesis or research question: Mention in one paragraph the

objectives of the lab practice and then in one sentence what you may see as a
results using your background information. Make a coherent research question.

5. Variables identification: Identify the variables used in the experiment.

6. Materials and Reactants: List everything needed to complete your experiment. For
chemical substances include the name and the chemical formula.

7. Procedure: Explain using diagrams, images and in a detailed way all the steps you
followed to make your lab practice. Be sufficiently detailed that anyone could read this
section and duplicate your experiment. Use a figure or diagram to your
experimental setup.

8. Results: Represent you results using a table in which you explain you observations of
each one of the reactions seen at the experiment, characteristics and add a
representative evidence of each experiment.

Experiment
Experiment Observations Change Property
Evidence

9. Discussion or Analysis: This is where you interpret the data. Include statements that
explain why you got those results. Use your bibliography and deep research to
compare your results (positive or negative) to what they suppose to be. Add the
references of all your research using APA.

10. Conclusion: Is a single paragraph that sums up what happened in the experiment,
whether your hypothesis was accepted or rejected, and what this means. Make at least
3 conclusions in total about your experiments, your results and about your research.
Just one conclusion by team. You may wish to describe ways the study might have
been improved.

11. Final Reflections: Write an individual reflection about your work at the lab practice
and what you learned during the activity and during your research.
12. References: If your research was based on someone else’s work or if you quote
facts that require documentation; you should list these references. Use the APA style
to report the bibliography. In case you have problems with citation format
consult: http:// pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~socius/publicacoes/APA_rules.pdf