Target 5 - Properties of water

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PoCo loco water!

Skill 1: I can explain the polar covalent nature of water.

Water is a crazy (loco) substance. It is the only known substance on earth that exists naturally in all three states of matter...liquid, solid, and gas. It also expands when it freezes, making the solid (ice) less dense than the liquid (water). Most substances contract when they freeze and become more dense.

Remember tug of war demonstration of 'polar.'


Remember "shared" treat demo.

Prove that water is made with covalent bonds.

Are electrons stolen or shared?

Do this!

Draw a water molecule in your science notebook. Write a sentence proving that it is polar and then write a sentence proving that it is covalent. Draw a line from your sentences to the part of the diagram that shows proof for your sentences.

Show this to a teacher before moving on to the lab.