Lesson Plan: 4C.1.05

Hamble Lesson Observation Plan

Learning About
What happens during 'Thermal Decomposition' reactions?

Keywords:

Molecule: More than one atom bonded together (1)
Chemical reaction: A process in which one or more substances, the reactants, are converted to one or more different substances, the products. (1)
Thermal decomposition: Large molecules breaking down into smaller molecules when heated. (1)
Decomposition: Large molecules splitting into smaller molecules (1)
Thermal: Heat (1)

Memory Anchor:

Method	Precise Learning Objective	Linked	Question / Activity (Designed for maximum working out)	Stepping Stones	Pitstop Check (Thinking Map)
	In thermal decomposition reactions, large molecules break down into smaller molecules when heated.		What happens in a thermal decomposition? Heating Carbonates Only demo unless class will be able to complete it without suck back happening. Use boiling tubes rather that test tubes as we have large diameter delivery tubes. http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/resource/res00000450/thermal-decomposition-of-metal-carbonates?cmpid=CMP00005971

Links To the Big Ideas
Forces	Particles	Energy	Cells