Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 16 · Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
Structure Shapes Function
Communicating why molecular structure matters for designed materials and connecting personal structure, like routines, to how well we function.
- Students will
- Students communicate how the structure and bonding of a molecule explain a material's properties and why designers choose it for a job.
- SEL skill
- Design a routine whose structure supports a goal
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by designing a routine whose structure supports their goals.
- Content focus
- Structure Shapes Function
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means managing your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can reach your goals. More self-management 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-PS2-6: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP8 Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Crosscutting concept: CCC6 Structure and function
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and domain specific words in a scientific context.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 1: Atomic Structure
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 6: Chemical Bonding
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 7: Chemical Formulas and Chemical Compounds
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 22: Organic Chemistry
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 23: Biological Chemistry
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 4: Chemical Attractions
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More self-management activities for Chemistry in the Earth System
- Fire and Fuel Self-managementBalancing combustion equations to show conservation of mass and breaking a hard goal into balanced small steps.
- Heat on the Move Self-managementInvestigating how heat flows toward equilibrium and practicing strategies to bring heated emotions back to balance.
- Conservation of Mass Self-managementUsing mole ratios to show mass is conserved and tracking how effort adds up even when results are not yet visible.
- Equilibrium and Balance Self-managementRefining a design that shifts a reaction's equilibrium and practicing ways to restore emotional balance after stress.
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