Being a chemistry

teacher means

Assisting students in developing a

chemistry understanding and

use to

analyse,evaluate and create informed choice in their lives

This may mean that as a chemistry teacher I will

acknowledge that my students

can learn about a chemical principal such

asNEUTRALIZATION

If classroom activities include...

Musical

An exert from http://www.geocities.com/le_chatelier_uk/deprotonated.html

DEPROTONATEDBased on “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne(…now don’t tell me I’m not modern enough!)

Chill out, hydrogen chloride:You're on the acidic side,You can turn blue litmus paper red,So it’s said;With base, you can neutralise,Water makes you ionise’Cos you lose a hydrogen ionAnd you becomeCl- and H3O+Your pH is low, ‘cos in H2OYou deprotonate - H+ you donate, you see…Tell me,Why d'you have to go and get so deprotonated? I see the way you'reSplit into your ions and you're fully dissociated,You're low pH andIt's because your H+ you donate to a base, and you're great as a proton donor -

You're a strong acid 'cos your H+ is so concentrated...oh, oh

Write or sing a song to describe neutralisation

Maths Analytical

HCl + NaOH NaCl + H2O

Understanding that an equation can describe neutralisation

Body KinaestheticActing out a neutralisation reaction..

H+ Cl-Na+ OH-

Intra-personal

In your journal: write about how you felt learning about neutralisation and discuss where this reaction occurs when cooking.

Linguistically

Read the description of neutralisation aloud to your partner and discuss what acids are good at doing...

Spacial

http://www.mbi-berlin.de/en/research/projects/2-04/subprojects/Subproject2/index.html

Draw the molecular model of a neutralisation experiment

Nature

Explain how acid rain is neutralised in the environment...

Image from: http://www.biosulf.org/1/p7.htm

Interpersonal

THINK about what acids do during neutralisation

PAIR discuss with your partner and decide on an explanation

SHARE your explanation with the class and justify your position