Exploring Reaction Rate: Factors and Experiments

Exploring Reaction Rate: Factors and Experiments

Learning Objective

Understand the factors affecting reaction rate and perform experiments to study their impact.

What do you already know about reaction rates and the factors that affect them?

Factors Affecting Reaction Rate

Concentration, temperature, and pressure can influence the speed of a chemical reaction.

Experiment 1: Concentration

Students will conduct experiments to observe how changing the concentration of reactants affects reaction rate.

Experiment 2: Temperature

Students will investigate the impact of temperature on reaction rate by conducting experiments at different temperatures.

Experiment 3: Pressure

Students will explore the effect of pressure on reaction rate through experimentation.

Van't Hoff Temperature Coefficient (γ)

The Van't Hoff factor (γ) relates to how the equilibrium constant of a reaction changes with temperature.

Application of Van't Hoff Factor

Demonstrate how the Van't Hoff factor can be used to predict changes in equilibrium with temperature.

Conclusion and Review

Summarize the key points about factors affecting reaction rate and the Van't Hoff factor.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.