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Title Sugar and Salt Solutions: intro to bonding
Description This is an inquiry lesson that I used in class with regular HS chemistry and as a homework for honors. Learning Goals: Students will be able to: •Identify if a compound is a salt or sugar by macroscopic observations or microscopic representations. •Explain how using combinations of solutes changes solution characteristics or not. •Use observations to explain ways concentration of a solute can change. •Describe ways the formula, macroscopic observations, or microscopic representations of a compound indicates if the bonding is ionic or covalent.
Subject Chemistry
Level High School, Undergrad - Intro
Type Concept Questions, Homework, Lab
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords bonding, covalent, ionic, molecules, nomenclature, phet, polyatomic ions
Simulation(s) Sugar and Salt Solutions


Author(s) Trish Loeblein
School / Organization PhET
Date submitted 10/12/11
Date updated 2/19/12