CHEMISTRY
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Course Materials:
Quarter 1 (three units)
Chemical and Physical Properties
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How do substances have different physical and chemical properties than their component elements?
• How can physical and chemical properties be used to identify an unknown substance?
• How do the physical and chemical properties of a substance determine the amount of energy needed for a physical or chemical change?
• When examining the density of a substance, why is temperature an important factor to consider?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How do substances have different physical and chemical properties than their component elements?
• How can physical and chemical properties be used to identify an unknown substance?
• How do the physical and chemical properties of a substance determine the amount of energy needed for a physical or chemical change?
• When examining the density of a substance, why is temperature an important factor to consider?
Atomic Structure and Theory
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the same element have two different masses?
• How did the advances in technology allow scientists to revise the atomic theory?
• How can the structure of an atom be determined from the periodic table?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the same element have two different masses?
• How did the advances in technology allow scientists to revise the atomic theory?
• How can the structure of an atom be determined from the periodic table?
Nuclear Chemistry
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the type of decay for an isotope be determined?
• How can use of an isotope’s half-life determine the age of an artifact?
• Why is fission considered the best way to produce nuclear energy?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the type of decay for an isotope be determined?
• How can use of an isotope’s half-life determine the age of an artifact?
• Why is fission considered the best way to produce nuclear energy?
Electronic Files (Q1)
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Lab activities and Assignments/Homeworks
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Quarter 2 (four units)
The Periodic Table
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the periodic table be used to predict chemical and physical properties of a given element?
• How did Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements leave room for the discovery of new elements?
• What are the similarities and differences between an element from Group 1 and an element from Group 17?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the periodic table be used to predict chemical and physical properties of a given element?
• How did Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements leave room for the discovery of new elements?
• What are the similarities and differences between an element from Group 1 and an element from Group 17?
Periodic Trends
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• Why do periodic trends vary both horizontally and vertically?
• How can knowledge of periodic trends be used to identify unknown elements or place new elements on the periodic table?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• Why do periodic trends vary both horizontally and vertically?
• How can knowledge of periodic trends be used to identify unknown elements or place new elements on the periodic table?
Electron Configuration
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• What is the relationship between an element’s electron configuration and its oxidation state?
• Based on the electron configuration of two given elements, compare the energy needed to remove or gain electrons.
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• What is the relationship between an element’s electron configuration and its oxidation state?
• Based on the electron configuration of two given elements, compare the energy needed to remove or gain electrons.
Chemical Bonding
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How do intermolecular forces determine the physical and chemical properties of compounds?
• How does the octet rule enable us to predict the type of bonds occurring between two different elements?
• How do electron configurations confirm the type of bond that forms in a molecule?
• Given a molecule, such as water, how do electron configurations and the octet rule confirm the molecular structure and the intermolecular forces between molecules?
• How is the periodic table used as a tool to help determine chemical formulas?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How do intermolecular forces determine the physical and chemical properties of compounds?
• How does the octet rule enable us to predict the type of bonds occurring between two different elements?
• How do electron configurations confirm the type of bond that forms in a molecule?
• Given a molecule, such as water, how do electron configurations and the octet rule confirm the molecular structure and the intermolecular forces between molecules?
• How is the periodic table used as a tool to help determine chemical formulas?
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Quarter 3 (three units)
Writing Simple Chemical Equations
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can you determine if a chemical equation is balanced?
• How does a balanced chemical reaction illustrate that matter is conserved?
• How does increasing one of the reactants in a chemical equation affect the amount of substances produced?
• What information is needed in order to predict the products of a chemical reaction?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can you determine if a chemical equation is balanced?
• How does a balanced chemical reaction illustrate that matter is conserved?
• How does increasing one of the reactants in a chemical equation affect the amount of substances produced?
• What information is needed in order to predict the products of a chemical reaction?
Stoichiometry of Chemical Reactions
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can stoichiometry be used to determine the amount of reactant needed given a specified amount of product?
• Why are experimental and theoretical yields from a chemical reaction seldom equal?
• Why do chemists use the concept of moles to represent chemical quantities?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can stoichiometry be used to determine the amount of reactant needed given a specified amount of product?
• Why are experimental and theoretical yields from a chemical reaction seldom equal?
• Why do chemists use the concept of moles to represent chemical quantities?
Chemical Reactions
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the products and nature of the products be determined when given specific reactants?
• If two soluble substances are combined and produce a precipitate, how can the identity of that substance be determined?
• Why will certain substances react and others will not?
• What information is needed in order to predict the products of a chemical reaction?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How can the products and nature of the products be determined when given specific reactants?
• If two soluble substances are combined and produce a precipitate, how can the identity of that substance be determined?
• Why will certain substances react and others will not?
• What information is needed in order to predict the products of a chemical reaction?
Electronic Files (Q3)
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Quarter 4 (three units)
Gas Laws
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How do changes in pressure or temperature affect the volume of a gas?
• How can Graham’s Law of Effusion explain how perfume moves through a room?
• How does kinetic molecular theory explain the behavior of gases?
• How do the number of molecules, the temperature of the molecules, and the size of the container affect the pressure of a gas?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How do changes in pressure or temperature affect the volume of a gas?
• How can Graham’s Law of Effusion explain how perfume moves through a room?
• How does kinetic molecular theory explain the behavior of gases?
• How do the number of molecules, the temperature of the molecules, and the size of the container affect the pressure of a gas?
Energy and Chemical Reactions
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How does energy flow through a chemical reaction?
• How is a calorimeter used to collect data about energy flow in a given chemical reaction?
• Why would energy flow, ionization energies, and electron configurations be necessary to understanding the behaviors of substances during chemical reactions?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• How does energy flow through a chemical reaction?
• How is a calorimeter used to collect data about energy flow in a given chemical reaction?
• Why would energy flow, ionization energies, and electron configurations be necessary to understanding the behaviors of substances during chemical reactions?
Chemistry and the Changing Earth
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• Given a rock sample, what conditions were necessary for the formation of this sample?
• Given a rock sample, how can the rock be changed into another type of rock?
• How is energy involved in crustal plate movement?
• How can the law of conservation of mass be validated through the study of earth changes?
• How do physical and chemical processes alter the earth’s crust?
Essential questions students should be able to answer by end of unit
• Given a rock sample, what conditions were necessary for the formation of this sample?
• Given a rock sample, how can the rock be changed into another type of rock?
• How is energy involved in crustal plate movement?
• How can the law of conservation of mass be validated through the study of earth changes?
• How do physical and chemical processes alter the earth’s crust?
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Animations
Useful Websites for Chemistry:
Chemistry Help: http://www.chemistryhelp.net/
Simulations: http://phet.colorado.edu/
Math review for chemistry: http://www.shodor.org/unchem/math/index.html
General Chemistry on Line: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
Chemistry Spark Notes: http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/
Ted Ed: http://ed.ted.com/
Simulations: http://phet.colorado.edu/
Math review for chemistry: http://www.shodor.org/unchem/math/index.html
General Chemistry on Line: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
Chemistry Spark Notes: http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/
Ted Ed: http://ed.ted.com/