Journal Entry:

What is a chemical reaction? What conditions are optimal for chemical reactions to take place? How is reaction rate determined?

Learning Intentions

• We will learn how reaction rate is calculated.

• We will learn how to design and interpret results of experiments regarding factors that may influence the rate of a reaction. 

• We will learn how to draw energy profile, particulate and/or symbolic representation of a chemical reaction occurring in difference situations to show effect of conditions.

Closing Task:

You can explain effects  of various factors that influence reaction rates and explain how they effect them.

Content Standards being covered:

The rate of a reaction is influenced by the concentration or pressure of reactants, the phase of the reactants and products, and environmental factors such as temperature and solvent. (E.K. 4.A.1)

Catalysts function by lowering the activation energy of an elementary step in a reaction mechanism, and by providing a new and faster reaction mechanism. (E.K. 4.D.1)