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Host an exciting lab in which learners burn fruit rinds to better understand hydrocarbons. A reading passage and analysis questions wrap up the lesson.
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Instructional Ideas
- Research how other countries define the term organic
Classroom Considerations
- Review all classroom fire safety rules
- Everyone must wear safety goggles
- Prepare beakers of water to cool the items
- The final part of a nine-lesson series
Pros
- Reading passage highlights vocabulary
- Extension is to compare and contrast the term organic in food labels with the term organic in chemistry
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- Document permissions do not allow for printing