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Water Molecule Polarity

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About This MicroSim

This MicroSim demonstrates how the bent geometry and electronegativity difference of the water molecule produce a permanent dipole moment, and how this polarity leads to hydrogen bonding between adjacent water molecules.

How to Use

Use the checkboxes to toggle layers on and off independently:

  1. Partial Charges — shows the partial negative charge on oxygen and partial positive charges on hydrogen, with electronegativity values
  2. Dipole — shows the net dipole arrow illustrating why the bent geometry prevents dipole cancellation
  3. H-Bonds — shows hydrogen bonds to neighboring water molecules with bond length comparisons

Multiple layers can be active at the same time for comparison.

Iframe Embed Code

You can add this MicroSim to any web page by adding this to your HTML:

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<iframe src="https://dmccreary.github.io/biology/sims/water-molecule-polarity/main.html"
        height="500"
        width="100%"
        scrolling="no"></iframe>

Lesson Plan

Grade Level

9-12 (AP Biology)

Duration

10-15 minutes

Prerequisites

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Activities

  1. Exploration (5 min): TODO
  2. Guided Practice (5 min): TODO
  3. Assessment (5 min): TODO

Assessment

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References

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