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Bring an informative resource to your unit on acids and bases with a video that explains strong and weak acids, pH scales, acids in solutions, dissociation, and dilution.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
- Use a universal indicator to test if acids are strong or weak
Classroom Considerations
- Requires prior knowledge of what makes something acidic and moles
- Video best works as a review due to the pacing
- Video is the sixth in a series of 21
Pros
- Provides many everyday examples of strong and weak acids
- Includes the origin of the word acid, from the Latin acer
Cons
- The solution to the practice problem at the end says one thing and the words displayed contradict what is being said