Target Student Performance
Students use molecular models to explain how carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms are rearranged into new molecules during the oxidation of ethanol (the chemical change that happens when ethanol burns).
Resources You Provide
- molecular model kit (1 per pair of students)
- scissors (1 per pair of students)
- twist ties (at least 12 per pair of students)
Resources Provided
- 4.4 Molecular Models for Ethanol Burning Worksheet (1 per student)
- 4.4 Grading the Molecular Models for Ethanol Burning Worksheet
- 4.4 Molecular Models for Ethanol Burning PPT
- 4.4 Molecular Models for Ethanol Burning Reading (1 per student)
- 4.4 Alternative Flame Molecular Model Placemat (1 per pair of students)
- Carbon TIME Molecular Modeling Ethanol Video
Recurring Resources
- Learning Tracking Tool for Systems and Scale (1 per student)
- Assessing the Learning Tracking Tool for Systems and Scale
- Questions, Connections, Questions Student Reading Strategy
- Forms of Energy Cards (1 set pair of students)
- Molecular Models 11 x 17 Placemat (1 per pair of students)
Setup
Prepare one model kit, one Molecular Models 11 x 17 Placemat, one pair of scissors, and one Forms of Energy Cards for each pair of students. Print one copy of the 4.4 Molecular Models for Ethanol Burning Worksheet and 4.4 Molecular Models for Ethanol Burning Reading for each pair of students. Prepare a computer and a projector to display the PPT.