Are your learners' oxidation skills a little rusty? Shake it off using an informative and engaging resource. Scholars view a video in the ACS Reactions channel to learn why metals rust. They see how oxidation and reduction (redox) reactions result in rust.

Concepts

rust, metals, oxidation, corrosion, redox reactions

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners perform an experiment to see how fast iron rusts
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should be familiar with chemical reactions
• Viewers must have some knowledge of atoms
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Animations are simple but effective in promoting understanding
• Clear explanations make the concept easy to understand
  

Cons

• None