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Lights, Camera, Reaction! Project
Description
In this study of chemical reactions, we ask:
- What are the parts of a chemical reaction?
- Can patterns help us predict how reactants will react?
- What are the five basic types of chemical reactions?
- How will classifying a chemical reaction enable a person to predict the products of a chemical reaction?
Assignment
A local cable company would like to hire you and your group to design an educational instructional video for National Chemistry Week. Each group will research a reaction type in greater detail and present a learning demonstration to the class that shows how the reaction type is evident in everyday world events. Each group will support their talk with a slideshow presentation. All slideshows will be incorporated into one DVD that will be ready to air for one hour on the local cable channel. If you would like to assist in this final process, pick up applications from the teacher and be prepared for an interview.
Presentation Requirements
The project requires you to meet specific content, presentation, and assessment benchmarks.
Checklist
The content serves the following purposes:
- Defines the reaction type
- Explains how to identify the reaction type
- Explains the rules for product formation
- Presents the microscaled investigation
- Shows and describes corresponding chemical equations
- Explains in what ways the investigation best illustrates the reaction
- Provides three examples of the class of reactions and provide equations
- Prepares you to field basic questions from an audience during follow-up discussion
- Provides a real-life example that connects to students’ lives
Checklist
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| Defines the reaction type |
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| Explains how to identify the reaction type |
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| Explains the rules for product formation |
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| Presents the microscaled investigation |
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| Shows and describes corresponding chemical equations |
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| Explains in what ways the investigation best illustrates the reaction |
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| Provides three examples of the class of reactions and provides equations |
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| Shows ability to field basic questions from an audience during follow-up discussion |
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| Provides a real-life example that connects to students’ lives |
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| Includes contributions from every member |
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| Shows evidence of practice |
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| Displays student information on the opening slide |
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| Presents a minimum of three references using proper citation form |
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| Illustrates an example of the reaction type by including images or videos of a lab experiment |
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| Shows that the work is edited, and uses correct grammar and spelling throughout |
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