Lesson 1.3.1

Lesson 1 - Carbon Chains

Get Focused

In this lesson you will be investigating the basic structure of hydrocarbons and how that structure allows for the construction of a variety of useful organic molecules.

Consider the following essential questions as you complete Lesson 1:

What is a hydrocarbon?
What is an organic molecule ?
Why is carbon a unique atom ?
How do multiple bond affect the nomenclature of organic compounds

Explore

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Vocabulary

Below is a link to the Science 20 Glossary. Make sure you can identify and define the terms within the glossary that correspond with this lesson.

Science 20 Glossary

Read

Read the pages 108 - pages 121

Topic 3.1 Text

Reflect and Connect

Find a 3-D illustration of a buckyball and explain why it is such a stable structure. Post your discussion to the discussion forum

Watch and Listen

Sci20 tut#1.3.1 Video

Hydrocarbon Structure

Module 3 : Lesson 1 Assignment.

Once you have completed all of the learning activities for this lesson, you can complete the online assignment.

Sci20 1.3.1 online assignment

Lesson Summary

In this lesson you learned about the structure of hydrocarbons and the versatility of that structure.

Lesson 2 will look saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons.