Overview

As a high school Chemistry teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help yourself in teaching the pH scale, acids and bases, acidification, and environmental chemistry.

This lesson plan allows students to understand the pH scale and acidification by analyzing the effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on ocean chemistry.

The activity ,introduced further, will also explore the potential effects of climate change on ocean acidification, and the possible impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms.

Thus, the use of this lesson plan allows you to integrate the teaching of a climate science topic with a core topic in Chemistry.

Grade Level: High School
Discipline: Chemistry
Topics:

• pH Scale, Acids and Bases, Acidification
• Ocean Carbonate Chemistry, Seawater Chemistry,
• Aragonite Saturation State,
• Ocean acidification
  Climate Topic: Climate and the Hydrosphere Location: Global, USA Languages: English
  Access: Online (some material can be downloaded for offline use)

Learning outcomes

The tools in this lesson plan will enable students to:

• describe the pH scale
• explain ocean acidification
• discuss the effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on ocean chemistry
• determine the potential effects of climate change on ocean acidification
• explore the possible impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms