Lab Name Rate of Reaction
Subject Area Science (Chemistry)
Grade 9 - 12
Topic Kinetic and Equilibrium
Experiment Title Rate of Reaction
Hardware COSMOS Toolkit, IoT Nodes with sensors (i.e., temperature, humidity, polluting dust, luminocity, CO2).
Software COSMOS Toolkit Framework, Chronograf.
Number of Sessions to teach the topic 1 session
Educational standards to be addressed
  • CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5
    Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by:
  • CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5.a
    Reporting the number of observations.
  • CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5.b
    Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement.
COSMOS concepts to be used for the lab
K12 Educational Goals (How the educational goals are achieved through teaching using the experiment, how the topic is connected to the COSMOS concepts used) Based on their observation, by the end of the period, students should be able to explain that:
  • The se of CO2 level to demonstrate the rate of reaction.
  • The use of collision theory to explain how increasing particle size, temperature, concentration will increase the rate of reaction.
Higher level thinking:
  • Explain how using wireless devices to measure the CO2 emission rate may be applied in other fields/research.
Short Description and Walk-through of the experiment Based on the class size, students will be divided in groups of 4. Each group will work on their part of the experiment. Toward the end of the period, students will present their experiment data and see how this wireless device may help us collect and transfer data.
  • Group 1 - 2: Students will collect the rate of reaction at cold and hot temperatures and explain how temperature affects the rate of reaction.
  • Group 3 - 4: Students will collect the rate of reaction at large and small surface area and explain how surface area affects the rate of reaction.
  • Group 5 - 6: Students will collect the rate of reaction at low and high concentration and explain how concentration affects the rate of reaction.
  • Group 7 - 8: Students will use the temperature probe and CO2 sensor to collect data and explain how temperature affects the rate of reaction.
Testbed mapping of the experiment

Experiment Execution

To collect environmental measurements from nearby IoT nodes press START button. In order to terminate the experiment press STOP button.

Experiment Material

NGSS Lesson Plan
Worksheet

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