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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore how terms surface tension, cohesion, and adhesion are related to soap bubbles. They hypothesize the outcome of experiments, analyze experimental data and conditions, and relate polarity of water molecules to the behavior of soaps. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students study how the structure of water allows it to change phases, and support plant and animal life. Through model construction, they explore the structure of water molecules. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students analyze the cohesive force of water tension and the adhesive force of capillary action. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - Higher Ed
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Students explore the strength of intermolecular attractions. They make slime and compare the difference in the physical properties of sheet and powdered polyvinyl alcohol with polyvinyl acetate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students investigate the different effects of forces upon solids and liquids. They review and define vocabulary. Students also describe the inherent properties of liquids and how they behave. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students develop an understanding of covalent and intermolecular forces. They are also introduced to ionic bonds, bond length, bond energy, dipole moment, geometry, and Lewis Dot Structure. Students prepare a lecture about bonding geometry for other students when covering bonds. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students participate in a class discussion about non-covalent interactions of molecules forming and shaping the macromolecules essential in biology. Handout provided is used as an outline for discussion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students comprehend the various types of intermolecular forces. They access how to create a phase change graph for a supercooled liquid. Students identify the areas of a phase change graph that correspond to each state of matter (e.g., solid, liquid, gas) and phase change (e.g., crystallization, condensation). Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students explore the phenomena of surface tension and capillary action. They review density and bouyancy, observe Tokar's demonstration and complete a surface tension lab activity. In addition, they complete sample questions and assessment on the subject. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students explain that intermolecular forces are forces between molecules and that these forces affect the physical properites of substances. They define, give examples of and compare the relative strengths of hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole forces and London forces. Full Review »

