Chemistry: Heat of Fusion

Objectives

• Students will collect, analyze, and interpret data to develop a mathematical model that explains their experimental results.
• Students will determine the heat of fusion for ice and their percent error.

Vocabulary

• heat energy
• specific heat
• molar mass
• heat of fusion

About the Lesson

This lesson involves observing the effect of adding ice to warm water.
As a result, students will:

• Analyze data to determine a mathematical model to explain their experimental results.
• Calculate heat of fusion for ice and percent error.
• Speculate on possible sources of error.