Organic Compounds Project
A great way to make students more involved and responsible for their learning is by allowing them to do research about the topics in the unit, and to teach their peers about them. In the Organic Chemistry unit, a good way to do this is to assign classes of organic compounds to groups of students and have them present the information in a method of their choice.
For this project, I would group students in groups of 2 or 3 and have them pick a class of organic compounds:
Here is the rubric, self-assessment and peer-assessment for this assignment:
For this project, I would group students in groups of 2 or 3 and have them pick a class of organic compounds:
- Alkyl halides
- Amines/Amides
- Alcohols
- Esters
- Ethers
- Aldehydes/ketones
- Carboxylic acids
- General properties (physical, chemical)
- General formula (i.e., R-functional group structure)
- Specific examples (common names are fine)
- Societal uses
- Scientific uses
- Reaction products (what happens when it reacts with something, like water, heat, etc.)
- Synthesis (how is it produced?)
- Poster
- Infographic
- PowerPoint
- Piktochart
- Movie
- Anything the student likes (subject to approval by the teacher)
Here is the rubric, self-assessment and peer-assessment for this assignment: