Physical and Chemical Changes Worksheets
- 25 pages
- 6th, 7th, 8th
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About this resource
EVERYTHING INSIDE (25 pages)
- 11 student pages in 11 page types: Two Kinds of Change, Name the Clue, Fill In the Blanks, Conservation of Mass, Multiple Choice, True or False? Fix It, Read the Data and Draw the Graph, Trace the Candle, Cut and Paste Sort, Short Answers and Explain It
- 70 scored items on 10 pages, every answer read from the same lists that draw the pages
- 6 changes to name a clue for (gas bubbles, color change, precipitate, light given off, new odor, temperature change), with a word box of 8 (two are not used), plus 2 explain-it questions (boiling water, food coloring)
- 10 blanks in a paragraph from a word box of 12 (two are not used), plus a 3-part word equation for rust
- Conservation of mass: 4 short answers worked from invented class data (a sealed bag, an open cup and salt dissolving) and 1 written explanation
- 8 multiple-choice questions and 8 true-or-false statements (with a line to fix each false one)
- 1 table of invented class data (5 water temperatures, grams of sugar dissolved) and a graph grid to draw on
- 8 cut-and-paste pieces on one two-box sort mat, edge to edge, each piece 1.75 in by 1.15 in
- 5 short-answer questions with 4 writing lines each, and 3 explanation prompts with 5 or 6 writing lines each
- 2 answer keys, checked against the questions
- 1 tracker (page, page type, items right, date) and 1 whole-class progress grid
- 1 progress note (a hand-off page between team meetings) and 1 family page
- 1 filled example (an invented student, Jordan T.), 1 phrase bank (15 starters in 5 groups), 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
- Start Here page
The Page Types
1. Two Kinds of Change: physical and chemical change side by side, the clues for a chemical change, six key words (physical change, chemical change, reactant, product, precipitate, conservation of mass) and lines to write what the student knows.
2. Name the Clue: six changes, a word box of clues, and two questions that show a clue is not proof.
3. Fill In the Blanks: a paragraph with 10 numbered blanks, then the word equation for rust, then a short written question about a word not used.
4. Conservation of Mass: add up the mass before, compare with the scale after, find the mass an open cup loses, and explain why using the word gas.
5. Multiple Choice: 8 questions with four lettered choices each. The right letter moves from question to question.
6. True or False? Fix It: 8 statements, a T or F box, and a line to rewrite each false one.
7. Read the Data, Draw the Graph: invented class data, a graph grid, two short answers and three written answers.
8. Trace the Candle: decide whether melting, cooling and burning wax are physical or chemical, name the reactants and products, then explain in 8 lines using words from a box.
9. Cut and Paste: Sort It: 8 pieces to sort into Physical change or Chemical change, then a sentence explaining one choice.
10. Short Answers: 5 recall questions with 4 lines each.
11. Explain It: 3 short scenarios (a rusting nail, butter in a pan, a burning log) with 5 or 6 lines each and sentence starters.
Built For The Student Holding The Page
A big "My name" line, one short instruction, body text at 11 point or larger, answer boxes you can type in or write in, and writing lines at a size that fits middle school handwriting. There are no cartoon characters or baby-ish borders. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult; the keys, tracker and notes are on separate teacher pages. The file prints clean in black and white.
No Guessing The Answer
Wherever a student picks among printed spots (the lettered choices, the order of true and false, the order of the cut pieces) the position of the right answer is checked in code so it does not sit in the same spot three times in a row.
Type In, Or Print
The name line, every answer box, blank and writing line is a type-in field in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. The same goes for the tracker, the class grid, the progress note and the family page. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file. The graph and the cut-and-paste sort are for pencil and scissors.
Who This Is For
Middle school science classes, resource rooms, co-taught classrooms and special education teachers who need a complete physical and chemical changes unit at grades 6-8 content with room for support: a word box, sentence starters and a reference page. It can be used as a unit, as stations, or one page a day.
What This Is, And What It Is Not
A physical and chemical changes worksheet set with the record-keeping around it. The science is the standard middle school textbook version. It is not a timed test, a screener, a clinical tool, or a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. There is no IEP goal language or eligibility wording anywhere in the file.
