Grade 11 · Week 22 · U5
Essential question: How can evidence distinguish competing explanations of reaction rate?
Two rate datasets can fit different models until an additional variable is tested.
Build an initial model and explanation for: How can evidence distinguish competing explanations of reaction rate?
Record observations, questions, an initial model, and one claim that could be tested. Use these concepts where relevant: hypothesis; variable; rate model; residual; uncertainty.
Study and explain the week's core ideas: hypothesis; variable; rate model; residual; uncertainty
Teacher-approved kinetics dataset.
Revise Monday's model. Add two evidence-backed annotations and explain one limitation or uncertainty.
Fit/compare simple rate models.
Show units, setup, calculation or graph reasoning, then write what the quantitative evidence can and cannot establish about: How can evidence distinguish competing explanations of reaction rate?
Guided inquiry using simulation or teacher-supervised safe reaction.
Use the course safety charter. If supervision, facilities, materials, or conditions are not appropriate, use the supplied-data/simulation alternative rather than improvising hazardous procedures.
Record variables or design constraints, procedure/model, observations/data, and one revision you would make after reviewing the evidence.
Answer the essential question: How can evidence distinguish competing explanations of reaction rate?
Submit a claim, at least two specific pieces of evidence, reasoning that connects them, one limitation/counterclaim, and a correction note for any essential concept below 80%.
Select one artifact from this week and explain why it is trustworthy evidence of growth.