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This unit reviews concepts of oxidation and reduction through electrolysis. It provides students with the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of processes involved in influencing the equilibrium of charges within a battery and how it can be represented and demonstrated using computer models. Students will learn how computer models are built and used as testbeds to run simulation experiments, and about professional practices and practitioners in computational chemistry.
Students will decode the model and then compare it with what they know about the natural-world processes. They will engage in argumentation from evidence using the Claims, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) framework to assess the validity of the model. Finally, students will have the opportunity to make modifications to the model to match their understanding of processes and/or answer new questions.
Resources available:
- Student materials in Google Documents
- Teacher guide in PDF with pacing guide and standards
- Teacher workbook with answer keys