Will It Form a New Substance?

by: Page Keeley and Susan Cooper

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when matter undergoes a change.

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