Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Molecules

We have explored what a molecule is. This is a video that explains it really well.


A molecule is two (or more) atoms that join and form a bond. This bond is formed by the atoms sharing their electrons.

Some molecules are quite simple like water which is H20 (2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom)
  Some are more complex like table sugar which is C12H22O11.
We had a great question from Antony about how they find out how many of each atom are in the different molecules. This will be a great question for us to explore.
We also briefly talked about how they make molecules - another great question to explore.

1 comment:

  1. I think in this lesson helped me completely understand molecules.

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