Activity worksheet to work with a molecular model kit
Materials needed: Model Kit
No prep needed, copy off and you're ready to go!
*could be used as an assessment*
This long quiz (also known as a "quest" to my students) includes the following information: ionic bonds, ionic naming, kool-aid lab data problem (which is free on my site), solute vs solvent, molarity, and precipitates.
This is fully editable!
This is a PhET simulation activity that you can use at any point during a solution chemistry unit. It will allow students to explore solutions with the use of technology.
This is will require a computer. When computers have not been available to all students, I have done this as a class "dry lab" at the front projecting my computer.
I complete this lab in my Atomic Theory Unit. It comes after we discuss frequency, wavelength and speed of light. Those topics will need to be covered for your students to be able to run this lab on their own.
This lab lets the students make the connections between the energy and wavelength of light.
In addition to the lab, there is a "teacher resource" page, which is included in the preview.
I have used this lab for 3 years as an introduction to molarity. Using kool-aid is not only fun, but it gives the students some grounding to fall back on to when we start talking about actual molarity problems.
This activity drives home the idea of concentration but towards the end of the lab, it ties together with molarity itself. It allows students to make their own connections and develop what molarity means and how it is used in their everyday lives.
Materials Needed:
Kool-Aid powder (th