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Aqueous Solutions

Ions are Essential to Life

Ions and ionic chemistry are essential to life and just about everything they will run across.

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Use ChemBytes for Aqueous Solutions

The ChemBytes website has a sophisticated set of learning objects to help students understand specific fundamental topics such as aqueous solutions. Dissolution and speciation are covered in detail with simulations and visualisations.

Link to ChemBytes: Aqueous Solutions

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Ions in the Real World

Give applications of ions in the real world. For example, neurotransmitters.

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Simulate Dissolution

Use simulations and relate that to a chemical reaction. Eg. CoCl₂ → Co²⁺ _(aq) + 2Cl^- _(aq)

Link to PhET Simmulation: Sugar and Salt Solutions

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