Chemical Change: Baking Worksheets is an interactive and visual activity set designed to introduce students to the concept of chemical change through the familiar and engaging context of baking. By sequencing the stages of making cookies and cakes, students explore how ingredients transform through the chemical change of heating. This hands-on approach supports young learners in recognising that some changes to materials are irreversible and result in the formation of new substances.

Designed for use in early primary classrooms, these worksheets align with the Australian Curriculum v9 and provide a concrete, real-world example of chemical change. With cut-and-paste options and writing components available for both the cookie and cake versions, the activity encourages students to sort, sequence and explain the changes they observe or imagine. This resource supports hands-on investigation, class discussion and cross-curricular links with English and Health through procedural writing and food-based exploration.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and describe a chemical change through the context of baking
• ✅ Recognise that heating can cause materials to change in irreversible ways
• ✅ Sequence events to show how raw ingredients transform into new substances
• ✅ Use scientific vocabulary to explain observable changes in matter
• ✅ Develop early scientific thinking through visual representation and explanation

What’s Included:

• Cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet: Baking Cookies version
• Cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet: Baking Cake version
• Cut, paste and write version for extended writing and explanation
• Black and white format for easy printing, colouring and student interaction

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheet pages for selected baking task
• Scissors, glue sticks and pencils
• Optional: Real baking materials, photographs, or videos to demonstrate the process

How to Use:

• Select the version of the worksheet best suited to your students' needs and your lesson goal
• Introduce the concept of chemical change using real-life examples like baking or frying an egg
• Guide students through the sequencing task with visuals or a shared discussion of the steps
• Students cut, paste and order the stages from raw ingredients to finished baked goods
• If using the writing version, encourage students to describe the change using sequencing and scientific vocabulary

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during a science unit on changes to materials or chemical reactions
• 💡 Pair with a real or virtual baking demonstration to observe irreversible changes in action
• 💡 Encourage students to create their own procedure booklets explaining the baking process
• 💡 Extend with class discussion about the difference between physical and chemical changes

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Let students personalise the worksheets by colouring each stage and decorating their baking process
• 💛 Select the writing version to integrate literacy outcomes like sequencing words and sentence structure
• 💛 Send a simplified version home so families can complete it together after a baking activity

Chemical Change: Baking Worksheets supports foundational science understanding by connecting classroom learning to everyday experiences. Through sorting, sequencing and explaining, students develop confidence in identifying irreversible changes in a fun, relatable and age-appropriate way.