Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 14 · Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
Attractions Between Particles
Investigating how intermolecular forces explain boiling points and how small signals shape relationships.
- Students will
- Students plan an investigation and use boiling point patterns to explain how strong intermolecular forces are for different substances.
- SEL skill
- Notice small signals in others and respond with care
- What it looks like
- Students practice attunement by noticing small signals in others, the way small forces shape particle behavior.
- Content focus
- Attractions Between Particles
- Format
- Role play
Social awareness
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What you get
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Standards
- HS-PS1-3: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP3 Planning and carrying out investigations
- Crosscutting concept: CCC6 Structure and function
- Literacy in science: WHST.9-10.7 Conduct short and sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 1: Atomic Structure
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 4: Physical Properties of Materials
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 6: Chemical Bonding
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 10: States of Matter
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 4: Chemical Attractions
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- Salt in the Sea Social awarenessExplaining why ionic salts concentrate as water evaporates from the Salton Sea and considering how nearby residents experience the change.
- Reactions All Around Us Social awarenessExplaining reaction patterns in everyday life and noticing how our own reactions affect others.
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