S3Topic5:Elements,MixturesandCompounds 2
Language
Objectives:
After completing the activity, students should be able to:
understand and use the English terms related to this topic (e.g., elements,
pure substance, chemical methods, physical methods, compound, mixture,
chemically bonded, properties, constituent elements, decompose,
separate, retain, mixing):
read an English text on elements, mixtures and compounds and use the
information from the text to discuss the characteristics of elements,
mixtures and compounds, e.g..
- An element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into
anything simpler by chemical methods.
- Each element is different from another element.
- A compound is a pure substance that consists of two or more elements
chemically bonded together.
- The properties of a compound are different from those of its constituent
elements.
- We may decompose a compound into its constituent elements using
chemical methods such as heat or electricity.
- A mixture consists of two or more pure substances, which are not
chemically bonded together.
- Each constituent substance in a mixture retains its own properties.
Constituents can be separated by physical methods.
draw on their prior knowledge and suggest in English some physical
methods suitable for separating the constituents of a mixture
draw on their prior knowledge and suggest in English some chemical
methods for decomposing a compound,
In making suggestions, students should be able to use the sentence
pattern: may + infinitive + by + present participle
(e.g., We may separate a mixture of iron and sulphur by putting a magnet
near the mixture, because iron will be attracted by the magnet but sulpur
will not.);
[e.g., We may decompose iron (ii) sulphide by heating it at a very high
temperature, say 1000°C).]
Activities: 1. Reading a passage – whole-class activity (20 - 25 min)
2. Experiment – group work (40 min)
3. Discussion on experiment results – whole-class activity (5 - 10 min)
Materials: 1 worksheet (WS1: Elements, Mixtures and Compounds)
1 quiz
1 homework assignment
Apparatus for the experiment: please refer to WS1
Steps:
Reading a passage – whole-class activity (20 - 25 min)
1. Ask students to read the passage on p.1 of WS1 and underline the words they do not
understand.
Please refer to Teacher’s note (TN1)