Modeling a Chemical Reaction

Linda Raibert Stage 1 Desired Results Established Goal(s): Create awareness of the occurrences in a chemical reaction Understanding(s): Students will understand that A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms and their relationships A chemical reaction can drastically change properties from reactant to product

Essential Question(s): What happens during a chemical reaction? What can it mean that a chemical reaction is occurring? What is and isnt a chemical reaction? Notes: Sodium iodide and dish soap are NOT part of the reaction. The reaction would happen anyway! EMPHASIZE EMPHASIZE!

Students will know/ Students will be able to Define the catalysts, reactants, and products in a rxn Conceptualize the rearrangement of molecules in a chemical reaction Chemical reactions dont change elements, but arrangements and relationships Show on an atomic level what occurs in a simple chemical rxn Stage 2 Assessment Evidence Performance Task(s) Answers to discussion questions Performance of rxn

Other Evidence: Students properly acting out the reaction Students making assumptions in line with whats happening in the reaction Materials: Computer, projector, 3% hydrogen peroxide 30% hydrogen peroxide safety goggles safety gloves potassium iodide dish soap flasks preferably volumetric funnel

Stage 3 Learning Plan Learning Activities (sequenced with time estimates): 40 min class 1:25 2 __________________________________________________ 7 mins 2H2O2 2H2O + O2 written on board. The decomposition of H2O2 is a very powerful chemical reaction. Used in propulsion, in defenses, in sanitation, in bioremediation Bombardier beetle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=j-wVFLucTks Rocket Pack start at t 1:12

http://youtu.be/gE6Sy5JNnxg 10 minutes The decomposition of H2O2 occurs spontaneously, especially when exposed to sunlight or heat. Thats why this bottle is dark and expandable. Im about to show you an impressive demo of the rxn: On your handouts, write down your observations in the spaces provided any looks, smells, and sounds. Ill give you a minute to look them over. Quick safety talk put on goggles and gloves and stand back. Pour 3% H2O2 into a flask and wait:: Ok, so its a very slow rxn a lot of the time. If I let this sit for a few days, it would probably get bubbles. * optional: If time, give students 3% solution to play with look for bubbles or any observations. Add heat, add copper, add iron filings... e.g. catalysts

Atom markers something to show that one person is oxygen, another is hydrogen, and another is a catalyst. Could be hats, could be shirts, could be handkerchiefs, or paper.

Demonstration of 30% 2H2O2 2H2O + O2 With potassium iodide and dish soap. *Ignite oxygen coming off Emphasize that its the same reaction happening as with bubbles. ____________________________________________________ 5 minutes Pair share and write or draw what you think happened on handout. If drawn, make sure to label parts. ____________________________________________________ 12 minutes Assign 4 hydrogens, 4 oxygens, and everyone else as a catalyst. This is their IDENTITY. Were going to play out the specifics of whats happening. Any dramatic flair you can add to this in line with the properties of the elements of the rxn the better. Oxygen, you can go combust somewhere if you hit a heat source. H2O (as a group) can boil if you hit a heat source. ____________________________________________________ Rest Wrap up discussion/pair share/writing. Whats going on here? What are the components? Which are reactants and which are products? Are there different states of matter involved? Why is this a chemical rxn? Why not a physical? Why not a nuclear rxn? What are the shortcomings of the model? How would you improve it? Source: From Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook (p. 30) by J. McTighe and G. Wiggins, ASCD.

Extra Information: Chemical reaction definition Reactions are atoms rearranging but atoms rearrange loosely all the time especially in a gas or fluid So a chemical reaction involves the rearrangement of associations chemical reactions are atoms and their links/bond/associations rearranging

H2O2 decomposition Factsheet:

H2O2 Naturally decomposes as 2 H202 2 H20 + 02 H-O-O-H H-O-H + O=O Whats interesting about this equation/reaction: Liquid liquid + gas (in our rxn, aqueous solution liquid + gas) Chemically harmful liquid water + oxygen - A simple rearrangement of a few atoms leads to a drastic change in chemical properties has implications for environment, for cuts, for potability, for defense. Change in shape, change in properties, change in state of matter, H2O2 is involved in many more reactions than this simple example. In technology and biology reactions abound. Naturally occurring in organisms as a signal for the immune system shown in Zebra fish. It occurs naturally in some beetles as a defense mechanism the decomposition occurs as the insect mixes catalysts - freed oxygen reacts explosively with other chemicals called hydroquinones releasing a boiling, smelly spray of steam and benzoquinones up to 100oC or 212oF! directional spray! Used for bleaching hair, disinfecting cuts and other things Propellant JET PACKS! With a catalyst, the decomposition of H2O2 Juan Lozano Rocket Belts powered from the decomposition of high concentration hydrogen peroxide catalyzed with metals. Net equation of bombardier beetle C6H4(OH)2(aq) + H2O2(aq) C6H4O2(aq) + 2 H2O(l) 2 Chambers, reservoir with hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide, the reaction chamber with catalases and peroxidases. Catalases first catalyze the decomposition of H2O2 to free up oxygen to react with hydroquinones sped up with peroxydases ~35% H2O2 solution (Dwyer, 2007) (T. Eisner, Eisner, & Siegler, 2005) (T. Eisner, 2005)

(Bell Aerospace Rocket Belt, 2006) Sources: Jaffe, R. L., (September 28, 2011), Personal Communications Bell Aerospace Rocket Belt. (2006). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gE6Sy5JNnxg&feature=youtube_gdata_player Dwyer, A. (2007, April 1). Without the greatest of ease. The Toronto Star. Retrieved from http://www.thestar.com/article/198171 Eisner, T. (2005). For Love of Insects. Harvard University Press. Eisner, T., Eisner, M., & Siegler, M. (2005). Secret weapons: defenses of insects, spiders, scorpions, and other many-legged creatures. Harvard University Press.