Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 3 · Combustion and Energy

Energy in Bonds

Modeling the energy released and absorbed when bonds form and break, and noticing what drains or fuels students' own energy.

Self-awarenessGrade 10About 20 minutesGrade 10

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Students will: Students model how breaking bonds absorbs energy and forming bonds releases energy, and use the model to explain hand warmers and cold packs.
SEL skill: Notice what fuels and drains your energy and link it to energy changes in bonds
What it looks like: Students notice what drains and what fuels their own energy.
Content focus: Energy released and absorbed in bonds
Format: Think write pair share

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Standards

HS-PS1-4: High School Physical Science performance expectation
Science and engineering practice: SEP2 Developing and using models
Crosscutting concept: CCC5 Energy and matter
Literacy in science: RST.9-10.7 Translate between quantitative or technical information in words, tables, graphs, and equations.
Traditional course: Chemistry

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