Transcript Inter/Intramolecular Forces Lesson Plan Northeastern

Inter/Intramolecular
Forces Lesson Plan
Created by Holly Potters
Northeastern University RET 2009
Introduction
Subject: Chemistry
Grades: 10-12 grades
Time Required: 3 to 4 - 45 minute class periods
Essential Questions:
1. What factors influence physical properties?
2. Why does the body process certain molecules
differently?
The Plan
Students must have prior knowledge about types
of bonds (ionic, polar/nonpolar covalent) and
states of matter.
1.
2.
Introduce intermolecular and intramolecular
forces through use of magnet/molecule
activity.
Discuss the difference between the two types
of forces and then discuss the types within
each category.
The Plan (continued)
3.
4.
Use boiling point and melting point
worksheet activity to get students to
identify relative strengths of forces and
connect to physical properties (including
viscosity).
Students will investigate intermolecular
forces in biological molecules.
Example from Worksheet
Images Taken From:
University of California at Berkeley. "Biology and Computing." U.C. Berkely, 2006. Web. 14 July 2009 http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~edy/
Myers, R. Thomas, Keith B. Oldman, and Salvatore Tocci. Chemistry. Austin: Holt, 2006.