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Years 5 and 6: Physical and Chemical Change

Online Resources

Remember to search for information about chemical reactions, physical change and chemical changes on World Book Online, Britannica and ClickView.

Go to MyLoreto - Online Resources to access these websites.

Types of changes

What is Chemistry? by Britannica Online. An introduction to chemistry and related concepts, including information about different types of changes. 

Changes in Matter by Natural Geographic. General information about physical and chemical changes, and the differences between them. 

Reversible and Irreversible Changes by Britannica Online. An introduction to how substances can change, and some changes which can be undone. 

ClickView Videos

Physical and Chemical Change

Physical and Chemical Changes by Generation Genius. A website with videos, explanations and lists of key vocabulary related to physical and chemical changes. 

Physical and chemical changes by BrainPOP. This website will show you animation videos explaining physical and chemical changes. 

Game: Types of change by WordWall. An interactive quiz where you decide if examples are physical or chemical changes. 

Video: Physical and Chemical Changes on YouTube. This 5-minute video explains what physical and chemical are in chemistry and provides examples of both types of changes. 

Video: Fireworks by TigTag. Short video about how fireworks are created using chemistry. 

Video: Changing properties by TigTag. A brief video with information about how physical and chemical changes occur while baking. 

Video: You are one big chemical reaction! by TigTag. A 3-minute video about how chemical reactions happen inside the human body. 

Video: Spot the chemical reaction by TigTag. Can you spot the chemical reaction in the video? 

Video: Why is the Statue of Liberty green? by TigTag. A short video about the changes that caused the Statue of Liberty to turn green.