What are chemical transformations?

Chemical transformations are when things change into something completely new, just like how a cookie changes when it goes into the oven.

Imagine you have butter, sugar, and flour, they're all separate, but when you mix them together and bake them, they become a cookie. That’s a chemical transformation! The ingredients are still there, but they’ve turned into something totally different.

Sometimes the change is obvious, like when water becomes ice, that’s easy to see. But other times, the change happens inside the stuff, like when baking powder makes dough rise. It’s not just getting bigger, it’s changing into something new because of a little chemical reaction happening inside.

You can think of chemical transformations as the secret recipe that turns simple ingredients into something amazing, just like your favorite snack!