Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 21 · Chemical Reactions
Rates of Reaction
Arguing how temperature and concentration change reaction rates and noticing what speeds up or slows down our own reactions.
- Students will
- Students argue from evidence that increasing temperature or concentration speeds up a reaction by changing the number and energy of particle collisions.
- SEL skill
- Notice what speeds up or slows down your reactions before deciding
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by noticing what speeds up or slows down their own reactions and choosing a way to pause.
- Content focus
- Rates of Reaction
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
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Standards
- HS-PS1-5: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP7 Engaging in argument from evidence
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- Literacy in science: WHST.9-10.1 Write arguments focused on discipline specific content.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 5: Chemical Quantities
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 6: Chemical Reactions
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 7: Stoichiometry
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 17: Reaction Kinetics
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 5: Reaction Energy
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- Thermal Energy and Choices Responsible decision-makingDesigning a device that keeps a lunch cool and justifying design choices honestly, including weaknesses.
- Nuclear Changes Responsible decision-makingModeling fission, fusion, and decay and discussing how fear and facts both enter energy decisions.
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