An Inquiry Experience with High School Students To Develop an Understanding of Intermolecular Forces by Relating Boiling Point Trends and Molecular Structure
An Inquiry Experience with High School Students To Develop an Understanding of Intermolecular Forces by Relating Boiling Point Trends and Molecular Structure
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高中生的探究经验,通过联系沸点趋势和分子结构来加深对分子间力的理解
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2017
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M. Ogden
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M. Ogden
Knowledge of intermolecular forces (IMFs) is fundamental to comprehending chemical and biological systems and their transformations at a particulate level. Including instruction on IMFs in the high school curriculum allows for students to develop a conceptual understanding of the material presented in chemistry class as opposed to simply restating facts. Herein, a student-centered activity developed for high school students to discern relationships between molecular structure and boiling point as an introduction to IMFs is described. The lesson was developed in such a way that students must use data to support their conclusions, and the data employed were chosen specifically to prevent misconceptions or incomplete conceptions from forming. Details regarding the interactions between students and the teacher are provided to help those looking to employ this activity in their own class successfully. This activity and follow-up lesson were implemented with over 250 high school students, many of whom, even a y...