Classroom Resources: Molecules & Bonding

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  Physical Properties, Intermolecular Forces, Elements, Covalent Bonding, Ionic Bonding, Polymers, Matter, Chemical Properties | Middle School, High School

  Project: The Chemistry of Toys

  In this project, students will study the chemistry behind a toy or novelty item of their choosing. They will look at the parts that make up their item and determine what materials each part is made of; the types of atoms, molecules, and bonds present in those materials; and their physical and chemical properties.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Polarity | High School

  Lesson Plan: Potential Energy Introduction

  In this activity, students will follow a guided inquiry introduction to potential energy. Students begin by investigating a video model of magnetic water molecules and review their ideas about charge, and attraction or repulsion due to charge. Then, using a Google Drawing manipulative box, students place their digital water molecules into attraction and repulsion orientations. Next, they indicate the direction of force and show how potential energy is increasing when the molecules are moved in a direction opposite to the force.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Molecular Structure, Molecular Structure , Functional Groups | High School

  Lab: The Chemistry of Hand Sanitizer and Soap

  In this lab, students will model the interaction between hand sanitizer particles and virus particles, as well as between soap particles and virus particles. They will apply their understanding of molecular structure and intermolecular forces to analyze their observations and behavior of the particles, in order to gain a better understanding of how soaps and sanitizers work.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Molecular Structure, Measurements, SI Units | High School

  Activity: Designing an Effective Respiratory Cloth Mask

  In this activity students will use unit conversion to help compare sizes of molecules, viruses, and droplets and then use them to interpret graphical data. They will then use their findings to design a cloth mask that helps protect its wearer against infection by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Covalent Bonding, Ionic Bonding, Lewis Structures | High School

  Demonstration: Interactions Between Particles

  In groups of six to eight, students will observe the behavior of substances and mixtures to determine the relative strength of intermolecular forces between the particles in each substance or mixture. They will then arrange different cards representing ions and molecules based on intermolecular forces to determine the best molecular level representation of the physical samples they observed.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Elements, Interdisciplinary, Percent Composition | High School

  Activity: Investigating how the Chemistry of Plate Tectonics Affects Volcanoes

  In this activity, students will learn about the impact chemistry has on plate tectonics and volcanoes. Students will analyze graphs and charts in order to better understand these topics during this investigation.

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  Intermolecular Forces | High School

  Simulation: Intermolecular Forces

  In this simulation, students will review the three major types of intermolecular forces and answer quiz questions using the relative strengths of these forces to compare different substances given their name, formula, and Lewis structure.

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  Physical Properties, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Covalent Bonding, Molecular Geometry, Lewis Structures | High School

  Activity: Simulation Activity: Intermolecular Forces

  In this simulation, students will review the three major types of intermolecular forces – London dispersion forces, dipole-dipole interactions, and hydrogen bonding – through short video clips and accompanying text. They will then answer quiz questions using the relative strengths of these forces to compare different substances given their name, formula, and Lewis structure, and put them in order based on the strength of their intermolecular forces, their boiling point, or their vapor pressure. The simulation is designed as a five question quiz for students to use multiple times.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Molecular Structure, Molecular Structure | High School

  Lab: Intermolecular Attractions in Organic Liquids

  In this lab, students will analyze the molecular structure of substances in order to predict how different types of intermolecular attractions will affect the boiling points of various organic liquids. Students will then complete laboratory testing in order to collect data and compare their results with their predictions.

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  Mixtures, Intermolecular Forces, Polymers, Molecular Structure, Solute & Solvent, Intermolecular Forces, Electromagnetic Spectrum | Middle School, High School

  Activity: What is Paint? Video Questions

  In this activity, students will watch a video and answer related questions about the composition of paint. During the video, students will learn about the differences between three common paint types, water colors, oil-based and acrylic paint as well as the chemistry of each.

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  Physical Properties, Intermolecular Forces, Molecular Structure | Middle School, High School

  Lesson Plan: Structure Matters

  In this lesson, students will explore the atomic level structure of various elements and compounds to determine how arrangement of atoms at the microscopic level affects macroscopic material properties.

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  Physical Properties, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Interdisciplinary, Covalent Bonding, Ionic Bonding, Culminating Project, Molecular Structure, Chemical Properties, Metallic Bonding, Intramolecular Forces | High School

  Project: Problem-Solving with Materials

  In this project, students will develop a presentation to explain how and why a specific material can solve a problem. The explanation will involve researching the properties of the material and how its properties are suited for solving a specific problem.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Covalent Bonding, Lewis Structures | High School

  Lab: Exploring Intermolecular Forces and Properties of Liquids

  In this lab, students will compare and assess the effects of polarity and intermolecular forces of different liquid samples.

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  Solubility, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Covalent Bonding, Solute & Solvent, Intermolecular Forces | High School

  Activity: T-Shirt Chromatography

  In this activity, students will learn about solubility, saturation, polarity, and intermolecular forces through chromatography techniques.

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  Melting Point, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Boiling Point, Molecular Geometry | High School

  Activity: Examining the Strength of Intermolecular Forces of Attraction

  In this activity, students will be able to understand the strength of the attractions of the three intermolecular forces (IMFs) and use this information to help identify physical properties of molecules (such as melting point, boiling point or states of matter).

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  Physical Properties, Intermolecular Forces, Molecular Structure | High School

  Lab: Solubility Plays a Role: Making Seitan from Flour

  This lab offers insight into a practical aspect of solubility and demystifies a common ingredient, wheat flour. In this lab students will read about the composition and observe some properties of whole wheat flour by preparing seitan, a vegetarian meat substitute made from the glutenin and gliadin proteins in flour. Gluten, formed from the interaction of the aforementioned proteins, has a unique property of elasticity.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Naming Compounds, Molecular Formula, Covalent Bonding, Ionic Bonding, Molecular Structure, VSEPR Theory, Molecular Geometry, Resonance, Electronegativity, Metallic Bonding | High School

  Lesson Plan: Chemical Bonding Unit Plan

  The AACT high school classroom resource library has everything you need to put together a unit plan for your classroom: lessons, activities, labs, projects, videos, simulations, and animations. We constructed a unit plan using AACT resources that is designed to teach Chemical Bonding to your students.

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  Physical Properties, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Physical Change, Molecular Structure, Molecular Structure , Chemical Properties, Molecular Geometry | High School

  Lesson Plan: An Exploration of Intermolecular Forces

  In this lesson students will explore intermolecular forces, and their associated effect on physical and chemical properties. Students will experiment with volatile liquids to investigate their predictions about intermolecular strength.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Physical Change, Intermolecular Forces | High School

  Demonstration: Intermolecular Forces & Physical Properties

  In this demonstration, students observe and compare the properties of surface tension, beading, evaporation, and miscibility for water and acetone.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Molecular Geometry | High School

  Lesson Plan: The Great Race: A Study of van der Waals Forces

  In this lesson students will investigate intermolecular attractive forces, van der Waals forces. They will construct models of specified molecules and use the models to identify the van der Waals forces that exist between molecules of each substance (London dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces and hydrogen bonds). Then, using manometers, teams will perform a series of races to determine which substance has the stronger van der Waals forces.

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  Intermolecular Forces, Molecular Structure, Reduction, Redox Reaction, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Law of Conservation of Energy, Oxidation, Half Reactions, Oxidation Number | High School

  Lesson Plan: Fading Away

  In this lesson students will explore photodegradation of color. First, students will view how fading of paint has affected Van Gogh’s great works of art and the efforts that are being taken to conserve these works. While exploring, students will actively engage in research to relate the fading process to redox reactions, X-Ray diffraction, solute-solvent interactions, and light/energy calculations. Students will then act as an Engineering Task Force and brainstorm to identify how photodegradation affects modern day objects and plan how to address their fading in an effort to market to the airliner Jetstar

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  Mixtures, Intermolecular Forces, Molecular Formula, Polymers, Molecular Structure, Solute & Solvent, Intermolecular Forces, Electromagnetic Spectrum | Middle School, High School

  Video: What is Paint? Video

  This video investigates the composition of paint, while analyzing the fundamental chemistry principles of its main components. Students will learn about the differences between three common paint types, water colors, oil-based and acrylic paint as well as the chemistry of each.

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  Mixtures, Solubility, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Solute & Solvent, Intermolecular Forces, Molecular Geometry | Elementary School, Middle School, High School

  Animation: Solubility Animation

  In an animation, students will have an opportunity to visualize on the particulate level how solubility works. Examples of ionic compounds and a polar covalent compound show how when water is attracted to charged parts, they dissolve, and when they're not attracted to charged parts they stay solid. **This video has no audio**

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  Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Covalent Bonding, Ionic Bonding, Electronegativity, Metallic Bonding | High School

  Activity: James Bonded

  In this activity, students create a video of collisions that represent chemical reactions.

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  Chemical Change, Intermolecular Forces, Polarity, Polymers, Molecular Structure, Intermolecular Forces, Scientific Method, Monomer | Middle School

  Lesson Plan: Watch the Baby! Superabsorbent Polymer

  In this lesson, students will learn about how polymers, specifically superabsorbent polymers, work. Through lab activities, students will investigate polymer properties.