[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students look at the chemical structure of water and learn how it determines water's properties.

An article investigating why water makes a good solvent. Also, understand what molecules dissolve best in water.

Given scenarios, descriptions, or illustrations, the student will determine the properties of water that affect chemical and biological systems.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The chemical and physical properties of water are examined in this lesson, including the role of hydrogen bonds in determining water's properties. The importance of...

Here is a classic lesson regarding surface tension. This activity combines properties of water and the scientific method together for a hands on investigation.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and properties of water.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and properties of water.

A student inquiry into properties of the ocean's carbonate buffer system, and how changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may affect ocean pH and biological organisms that depend on calcification.