Coat your pickup bed with the same material used to protect the Pentagon! Examine the chemical properties of a seemingly indestructible material in an intriguing installment from the Veritasium video playlist. Viewers see that the long chains of the molecules create an incredibly durable substance used for many things. 

Concepts

molecules, metals, properties of matter, chemical reactions, exothermic reactions

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Research molecular structure of additional protective coatings
• Build the molecular structure of the two components of the coating; model the chemical reaction

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a basic understanding of molecular bonding

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Motivates the lesson with a dynamic experiment
• Interviews an expert on the structure of the material

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.7