Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 6 · Combustion and Energy
Lab Partners Who Listen
Teams plan a reaction rate investigation and practice listening fully before deciding.
- Students will
- Students plan an investigation of how temperature affects reaction rate by naming the variables, controls, and measurements and predicting the result with particle collisions, and practice listening fully before deciding as a team.
- SEL skill
- Restate a partner's idea in your own words before adding your own
- What it looks like
- Students practice teamwork by restating a partner's idea before adding their own.
- Content focus
- Planning a reaction rate investigation
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean talking and listening well, working together, and solving problems with others in ways that keep trust strong. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-PS1-5: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP3 Planning and carrying out investigations
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- 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
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 17: Reaction Kinetics
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 5: Reaction Energy
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