Climbing a hill: How reactants turn into products.

Authors

  • Melissa S Reeves Tuskegee University

Abstract

Students use a PhET simulation to see how energy, temperature, and collision angle affect the reaction rate of a simple reaction. At the end of the one-hour activity, they will calculate rate constants as a function of temperature given an activation energy.

 

Level: Undergraduate
Setting: Classroom
Activity Type: Learning Cycle
Discipline: Chemistry
Course: General Chemistry 2
Keywords: PhET Sims, Kinetics, Arrhenius behavior, Activation Energy

Author Biography

Melissa S Reeves, Tuskegee University

Physical Chemistry professor, specializing in computational chemistry.

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Published

2021-10-26

How to Cite

Reeves, M. S. (2021). Climbing a hill: How reactants turn into products. POGIL Activity Clearinghouse, 2(3). Retrieved from https://pac.pogil.org/index.php/pac/article/view/179

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2021)

Section

Activities for Review

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