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An Activity Series Classic Lab Kit for AP® Chemistry
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An Activity Series Classic Lab Kit for AP® Chemistry
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An Activity Series Classic Lab Kit for AP® Chemistry guides students as to why some metals can “replace” others and why some redox reactions are spontaneous while others require a battery. Students also learn about reactivity for halogens.

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Classic AP Requirement 20—Determination of an Electrochemical Series

Students study a series of metals and nonmetals to determine their relative reactivity, then rank them according to their reactivity in an activity series. First, the reactivity of the metals is determined by reacting a series of metals with metal salt solutions. Second, the reactivity of the halogens are determined by reacting each of the halogens with a halide solution. Based on the observed reactivity in each case, students develop a separate activity series for the metals and the halogens.

Students understand why some metals can “replace” other metals, and why some redox reactions are spontaneous while others require a battery. Students also learn that the reactivity for the halogens is opposite that for the other families in the Periodic Table.

Complete for 24 students working in pairs.

The An Activity Series Inquiry Guidance and AP® Chemistry Curriculum Alignment Transition Guide available! Follow the link in Resources to find this valuable publication that lets you adapt this classic AP Chemistry experiment for guided-inquiry and correlate with the AP Chemistry curriculum framework.

Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Science & Engineering Practices

Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Analyzing and interpreting data
Developing and using models
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Planning and carrying out investigations

Disciplinary Core Ideas

HS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
HS-PS1.B: Chemical Reactions
HS-PS2.B: Types of Interactions

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns
Cause and effect
Energy and matter
Structure and function
Systems and system models

Performance Expectations

HS-PS1-1. Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms.
HS-PS1-2. Construct and revise an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms, trends in the periodic table, and knowledge of the patterns of chemical properties.