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Water Molecules

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Overview and Learning Objectives

Students can toggle charges, and make hydrogen bonds visible or not. The model also displays kinetic energy shading.

This model allows students to heat and cool water, and to see polarities and hydrogen bonds. It will not allow students to observe the unusual effects on water structure of cooling.

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Central Concepts

Key Concept:

Water molecules are small and highly polar. Their polar nature gives water its unusual properties. On a microscopic level, water is a network of these polar molecules linked together by hydrogen bonds.

Additional Related Concepts

Biology

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Physics/Chemistry

  • Water

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Textbook References

  • Biology (Miller and Levine) Prentice Hall 5th Edition - Unit I: Chapter 3 - Introduction to Chemistry
  • Cell Biology (Pollard and Earnshaw) Saunders 2002 - Chapter Two: Molecular Structures

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Activity Credits

Created by CC Project: Molecular Workbench using Molecular Workbench

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