Chemical Reactions Stations 5th Grade Reactants Products Lab Worksheet 5-PS1-4

The station is aligned to NGSS 5-PS1-4 and strengthens understanding of reactants, products, chemical equations, and the five clues of a chemical reaction. It also integrates ELA through reading comprehension and written responses.

What’s Included

• Teacher notes with background information and the chemical equation
• Detailed student investigation directions
• Hands-on lab activity using baking soda and calcium chloride
• Student reading passage (5 pages)
• Investigation data table for before and after observations
• Comprehension questions: short answer and fill-in-the-blank
• Multiple choice task cards
• Challenge question extension
• Complete answer key
• Google Forms link for the reading and questions
• Google Slides link for activity directions and worksheets

Skills Covered

• Understanding chemical reactions and chemical changes
• Identifying reactants and products
• Recognizing the five clues of a chemical reaction
• Reading and analyzing informational science text
• Conducting and documenting an investigation
• Recording observations and temperature data
• Using evidence to support scientific claims

Ways to Use This Resource

• Use as a science station rotation
• Run as a small-group guided investigation
• Use during a matter unit
• Assign the digital version for paperless practice
• Use the challenge question as an extension

Why Teachers Love It

• Clear teacher notes
• Students collect real evidence
• Aligned to NGSS 5-PS1-4
• Print and digital options
• Includes an extension

This calcium chloride reaction lab gives students real evidence of a chemical change, and it asks them to explain it the way scientists do.