Bond Breakers
Race to the finish by classifying bonds, explaining forces between particles, sorting exothermic and endothermic changes, calculating bond energies and heat, and explaining designed materials.
Try it free with your class: the demo runs right in your browser for 5 questions or 5 minutes, whichever comes first. No sign-up needed.
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What students practice
Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding and their properties, intermolecular forces (London dispersion, dipole, hydrogen bonding), boiling and melting points, solubility (like dissolves like), surface tension, evaporation, density of ice, exothermic vs. endothermic processes, bond breaking absorbs and bond forming releases energy, sign of ΔH, estimating ΔH from average bond energies, q = mcΔT calorimetry, conductivity, malleability, brittleness, polymers, cross-linking, allotropes of carbon, hydrophobic and nonstick coatings
Standards
OAS CH.PS1.3–4 · CH.PS2.6 · CH.PS3.4
NGSS: HS-PS1-3–4 · HS-PS2-6 · HS-PS3-4
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- Enter the players or teams, then press Start.
- Students take turns on one shared screen, so the whole class can play together on a projector or smartboard.
- Each purchase includes the game file and a one-page Quick Start guide.
