Lab 5: Molecular Models - eScience Labs

Lab 5: Molecular Models1. Bring together the same poles of twobar magnets.2. Observe and describe what happens.3. Explore the linear shape of moleculesby bringing the same poles as closetogether as you can in a straight line.Record your observations in the Datasection.4. Explore why a molecule makes atrigonal planar shape by placing thesame pole of 3 bar magnets as thepoints of an equilateral triangle withthe rest of the magnet behind them.5. Slowly bring the same pole of the 3magnets as close as it is possiblewhile maintaining the equilateralFigure 4: Magnet setup for experiment Procedure 1.triangular appearance. Now try tofind another shape that will be asstable with all of the magnets at leastas close as they were in the equilateral triangle position. Record your observations inTable 3.DataTable 3: Observations for Procedure 1Procedure StepObservationsStep 1Step 2Step 351