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Chemistry 3
HS PS1-3 Bonding
Intermolecular forces
Phenomenon--how can you explain "water off a duck's back"?
What do you know before you see this source?
Raining on ducks video WildFilmsIndia
How does it add to your knowledge?
What do you still need to know?
BONDING:
Types of bonding related to electron configurations
Properties of materials with different bonding types
Intermolecular forces
HS-PS1-3 Bonding and imfs
Matter and its Interactions
Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the bulk scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.
Intermolecular forces and melting point, boiling point, vapor pressure and surface tension.
Prior Knowledge/Preview
Inquiry science
Printable activity
On-line activity
LAB experiments
Lab #1 Melting point lab
Lab #2 Intermolecular force lab with water WHLS Oppelt
Lab #3 Gak (Silly Putty) lab with bonding and intermolecular forces Washington International School
Lab #4 Shapes of molecules lab-- Washington International School
Lab #5 Polar or Non-polar Lab Washington International School
Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
Boiling point of water on Mars NASA
Bonding in aerospace examples
Surface tension demo in Space NASA
Metallic: fuselage alloys, etc.
Covalent: fuels
Ionic: crystals in Space
EXTENSION material for the curious
Even more about intermolecular forces and Gak Washington International School
Microgravity crystal growing for analysis of protein complexes NASA and Space Station Live recording 3/13/14 NASA
Microgravity growth of single antibody crystal NASA