Activity Number 203

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Hydrophobia

Interactive model, with minimal support

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	Overview and Learning Objectives Students can adjust temperature and toggle views of van der Waals and charges to discover the nature of hydrophobic and hydrophilic relations of molecules with water. Students will be able to: discover the difference between the way polar water relates to nonpolar molecules such as oil, and other polar molecules, such as ions. return to top



	Central Concepts Key Concept: Hydrophobia-hydrophilia, the relationship of molecules to water, is an important characteristic of molecules. Additional Related Concepts Biology Waste Disposal Molecular Biology Polar molecules Polar nature of water Physics/Chemistry Hydrogen bonds Hydrophobicity return to top



	Macro Micro Link http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16792&ch=biztech This is a short article on "superhydrophobia" and its uses. return to top



	Activity Credits Created by CC Project: Molecular Workbench using Molecular Workbench return to top

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Hydrophobia

Overview and Learning Objectives

Central Concepts

Additional Related Concepts

Macro Micro Link

Activity Credits