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Product 40109

By: The Flinn Staff

Put chemistry skills to commercial use! In this lab, students study the thermochemistry behind the heating element of an MRE (Meals Ready to Eat). Study Big Ideas 1, 3 and 5 during this fun, hands-on lab. 

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Put chemistry skills to commercial use! In this lab, students study the thermochemistry behind the heating element of an MRE (Meals Ready to Eat). Study Big Ideas 1, 3 and 5 during this fun, hands-on lab.

Complete for 24 students working in pairs.

Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Science & Engineering Practices

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

Disciplinary Core Ideas

HS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
HS-PS1.B: Chemical Reactions
HS-PS2.A: Forces and Motion
HS-PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
HS-PS3.C: Relationship between Energy and Forces
HS-PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and effect
Energy and matter
Stability and change
Patterns
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-PS1-4: Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.
HS-PS1-5: Apply scientific principles and evidence to provide an explanation about the effects of changing the temperature or concentration of the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs.
HS-PS3-3: Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.
HS-PS3-4: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).