Natural and Synthetic Products

Where do the resources come from to make the products? trees petroleum

What changes need to be made to the materials to make the final product? Cut and sand Connect pieces Get needed material from petroleum (monomer) Attach parts with a chemical reaction (polymer)

Which changes are physical and which are chemical? Physical Change Chemical Change

True Quiz Time: True or False Both natural and synthetic products come from natural resources. True

Quiz Time: How can you decide if something should be classified as natural or synthetic? Find out if the processes used to make the product require physical or chemical changes.

Will Synthetic Vitamins Make Me Explode? Video Time: Will Synthetic Vitamins Make Me Explode? Professor Dave Explains

Follow up questions… Is vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin,” natural or synthetic? What are some reasons it might be useful for scientists to synthesize a compound that can be found in nature?

Your job: You will be choosing and researching a synthetic product to answer the question… “Is it worthwhile to make this synthetic product?”

Research Focus Questions: What natural resources are used to make the synthetic product? What basic chemical processes are used to make the synthetic product? What are the negative and positive impacts on society of making and using the synthetic product compared to making and using a more natural product with a similar function?

But first we’ll practice it together…