How can information about chemical bonding be used to test physical materials?
ChemistryEssay Assignment

This assignment is designed to help in your comprehension and understanding of some major concepts covered in this unit, and to help improve your writing skills. It is intended to help you understand one particular topic from this unit in detail.

Assignment:Select a concept or issue that was covered in lectureand formulate a question (see examples at the end of this document). This question should be stated explicitly in your assignment, either as the title or in the first paragraph of your essay, which should be double-spaced (Word ONLY [.doc or .docx], no PDFs):

Select the relevant information from class notes and the textbook, and write a 1-2 page response to your question. You should attempt to organize the material in a meaningful way, rather than simply listing the main facts or research findings. Remember to summarize the material in your own words. You do not need to provide citations.

File Name:Please do not put your name in the document itself. The filename will be the only identification required:

Your file’s name should be as follows:Lastname_Firstname_Date

Example: If your name is “Juanito Johansson” the file you will upload for this unit will be named:
“Johansson_Juanito_022316.doc”. Be sure that the file you upload has the correct extension:.doc or .docx.

Deadline:Submit your file by the deadline: 11:59 PM, Tuesday, February 23, to the Essay Dropbox for this date on Beachboard. If you upload your file to a different Dropbox you may fail to receive credit.

To add a file to the Dropbox:Click on “Add a File” and then click on “Upload” to find your file on your computer. Click on your file and then click on “open.” Then Click on “Submit.” Beachboard will send you a confirmation e-mail. You should keep this confirmation email as a receipt of your submission. You also should check the Dropbox to be sure you uploaded the correct file. In Beachboard, go to Dropbox, click on “View History”, select the correct Dropbox Folder, and open the document you submitted to be sure it is the correct file. Failure to successfully upload the correct document will result in a grade of zero.

Here are some examples of the types of questions you could address:

1) How can information about chemical bonding be used to test physical materials?

2) How can knowledge of aqueous reactions be used to test water properties?

These are examples of questions you might formulate. This assignment requires that you formulate your own question, so do not use these specific questions for your paper.
If you have questions:Questions about this assignment should be addressed to your writing coordinator at [email protected], not to your TA.