Acids and bases chemistry - Strong and weak - Developing Understanding

Topic Sections

Core Idea

Strong and weak acids and alkalis
Behaviour of strong and weak acids
Ka and acid strength
Titration curves for strong and weak acids and alkalis

Exploring Understanding

What students find difficult about strong and weak
Modelling the behaviour of weak and strong acids and bases
must, should, could learning objectives

Developing Understanding

Introducing the activity
Explaining acid strength
Discussing the activity
Your questions answered

Checking Understanding

Self-assessment

Applying Understanding

Contextualising the topic

Additional Resources & Activities

Additional Activities and Resources

My record
Acknowledgements

Explaining acid strength

The worksheet, Explaining acid strength may help some students to picture what is happening in solutions of strong or weak acids, and how these terms differ in meaning from concentrated and dilute solutions.