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Enduring understandings

All bond forces are a result of the attraction of opposites.

The formation of bonds releases energy and energy is required to break a bond.

Bonding occurs in patterns related to the periodic table.

The stability of constituent entities is dependant upon their bonding characteristics.

Chemical bonding in matter results in the formation of new compounds.

Non-polar covalent bonds result in equal sharing of electrons whereas ionic bonding results in completely removing electrons from one element.

 

Essential questions:

How is an equation like a recipe? How is it different?

Which reactions are the most important in everyday life?

What types of reactions can be used to better the world?

Why do bonds form?

Why are some elements more stable than others?

How do you explain the continuum between ionic and covalent boding?

Why is energy released when bonds form and absorbed when bonds break?

How does an ionic bond form?

How does a covalent bond form?

What are the major similarities and differences between ionic and covalent bonds?

 

Standards

NGSS

 

  • MS-PS1-1 Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.

  • MS-PS1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

  • MS-PS1-3. Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.

  • MS-PS1-4. Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

  • MS-PS1-5. Develop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.

  • MS-PS1-6. Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.

CCSS

ELA/Literacy

  • RST.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.

  • RST.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

  • RST.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.

  • RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

  • WHST.6-8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

 

Mathematics

  • MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

  • MP.4 Model with mathematics.

  • 6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

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