Carbon: Structure matters
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A lesson plan for grades 9–12 Science
The purpose of this lesson is to explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. By they time they study high school chemistry, students should grasp the idea that a wide variety of phenomena can be explained by alternative arrangements of vast numbers of invisibly tiny, moving parts. In secondary school, the general architecture of the atom and the roles played by the main constituents of the atom in determining the properties of materials comes into play. Students should learn that though materials differ greatly in shape, density, flexibility, texture, toughness, in color, and many other ways, everything is really made up of a relatively few kinds of basic material combined in various ways.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 9–12 — Chemistry
- Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of the structure and properties of matter.
- Objective 2.07: Assess covalent bonding in molecular compounds as related to molecular geometry and chemical and physical properties.
- Molecular.
- Macromolecular.
- Hydrogen bonding and other intermolecular forces (dipole/dipole interaction, dispersion).
- VSEPR theory.
- Objective 2.07: Assess covalent bonding in molecular compounds as related to molecular geometry and chemical and physical properties.
