An Important Lab for Students to Determine Reaction Rates
My students need 2 Reaction Rates kits and 2 kit refills that will help them to understand the rates of chemical reactions.
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My Students
My approach for this year is to make the students' chemistry experience exciting and meaningful. I have added technology into the classroom through generous parent donations, my own purchases and a Chuck Miller grant. Now I want to continue this by incorporating relevant and meaningful labs.
This year's Honors chemistry students are very intelligent, confident, and show a genuine interest in the topic.
They are excited when they get a chance to get out of their seats and participate in investigative activities. Many of them may be interested in continuing their chemistry knowledge by enrolling in AP chemistry next year and I would like for them to have the confidence in the curriculum and lab experience to do so.
I am thankful to teach these children at one of the best high schools in the nation. Unfortunately, we have limited funds for lab equipment and chemicals. Through the continued support of the parents, I can create an atmosphere that will allow the students to become critical thinkers while they communicate and collaborate with their lab partners in hands-on chemistry experiments. I chose this lab because it will allow them to investigate in small groups and communicate with each other how concentration of a reactant affects the rate of chemical reactions.
My Project
I am requesting 2 Reaction Rates kits and 2 kit refills that will help them to understand the rates of chemical reactions.
Determining the rate or speed of a chemical reaction is actually a very important concept for the students to understand but I have never had the resources for a hands-on investigation. With this kit, students explore how the concentration of a reactant affects the rate of a reaction and determine the rate law expression from analysis of their data. Then, using this knowledge, students then design their own laboratory investigations that measure how temperature and catalysts affect reaction rate.
This inquiry-based collaborative lab falls under the new Next Generation Science Standards because it promotes STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) practices and enables students to: consider a real-world question or problem, plan and conduct an investigation and gather data, understand the science concept by analyzing data and communicating their findings, and apply these findings to the original real-world question or problem using critical thinking and problem solving skills.
All of the students will benefit because this lab creates an environment in which the students must communicate, collaborate, and use critical thinking and creativity to accomplish their goal.
Also, as I mentioned before, this year I would like to create an atmosphere in which the students feel challenged and confident so they will want to continue learning about science in high school and even college.
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