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Lesson Plan: Allotropes of Carbon Chemistry
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe the allotropes of carbon such as graphite, graphene, diamond, fullerenes, and nanotubes and compare their physical properties.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- identify and describe the structures of the different carbon allotropes such as diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerenes, and nanotubes,
- describe the difference in physical properties between the different carbon allotropes,
- explain the different physical properties between carbon allotropes in terms of their bonding and structure,
- state and compare the uses of carbon allotropes and how this relates to their physical properties.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- covalent bonding,
- valency.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- allotropes of other elements (except when directly comparing to allotropes of carbon),
- exotic allotropes of carbon.
