Nomenclature and Chemical Reactions - Oakland Schools

Nomenclature and Chemical Reactions
Activity #5 – Metal/Metal Ions Lab Simulation
Questions to be investigated
Objectives
How do I predict products of a single replacement reaction? What is an activity
series? How do I draw representations of reactions?
The student will perform an online lab simulation of single replacement reactions
to create an activity series. Then the student will predict which reactions occur
and what the products are. Lastly, they will draw diagrams to represent the
reactions.
Teacher Notes
Materials
This is an online simulation. There is an accompanying worksheet to print for
the students to fill while they do the simulation.
Worksheet packet for each student.
Real-World Connections
Sources
Discuss electroplating and reactivity of metals. A lot of jewelry is made of silver,
gold, or copper because these metals are very unreactive.
www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/animationsindex
.htm
Procedure/Description of Lesson
Students will complete an online lab simulation from the above site. After
clicking the link, select Reactions of Metals and Metal Ions Simulation. The
handout can be printed from the item below the simulation which is labeled as a
tutorial.
Assessment Ideas
Give students an activity series to use and have them predict if a reaction will
occur and if so, what the products would be (formative).
Give the students a scenario related to extracting metals or reactivity and ask
them to explain what happened based on the activity of metals and single
replacement reactions (summative).
Have students perform “wet” lab doing four single replacement reactions.
Students will predict products, balance equations, and create an activity series
for the four metals used and hydrogen. See handout below. Wear goggles, use
caution with acid, metals may NOT go down the drain.
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