Students will use hands-on demonstrations and animations to learn how chemical reactions take place.
- Subject:
- Science
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- American Chemical Society
- Author:
- Patti Galvan and Jim Kessler
- Date Added:
- 02/26/2019
Students will use hands-on demonstrations and animations to learn how chemical reactions take place.
Students make a 2-D model of a salt crystal and use water molecule cut-outs to show how water dissolves salt. After seeing an animation of water dissolving salt, students will compare how well water and alcohol dissolve salt. They will relate their observations to the structure of salt, water, and alcohol on the molecular level.
Students will be able to explain, on the molecular level, how the polar characteristic of water and sugar interact so that water dissolves sugar.
This resource is an animation that accompanies the lesson, "Why Does Water Dissolve Sugar?"
Students will see a demonstration of color change using a pH indicator, test acid and base concentrations in a hands-on experiment, view and animation and understand the relationship between pH and ion present in water.