Chemistry

10th - 12th Grade

1. Students will understand:

1. That all matter in the universe is made of atoms.
2. That all atoms have a common origin.
3. How the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy affects all chemical processes.
4. How to use the periodic table of elements to predict the physical and chemical properties of matter.
5. What an atom is made up of and how this determines the behavior of the atom.
6. That all matter contains energy and this energy is involved in the production of light and radiation.
7. The language of chemistry: how to write chemical formulas and name chemical compounds.
8. The factors that affect chemical reactions and how they determine whether or not a chemical reaction will reach equilibrium or run to its conclusion.
9. How solutions are formed, how concentration affects the physical properties of the solution and how acids are different from bases.
10. Basic scientific terminology.

2. Students will demonstrate:

1. Periodic trends and use them to predict reactivity of different elements.
2. The different type of chemical bonds that form between atoms and be able to predict what kinds will form.
3. What physical properties of molecule affect the boiling point and melting point of the compound.
4. That during a chemical reaction matter is not lost or gained.
5. How solutions form and how you can determine its concentration.
6. How indicators are used to measure pH of various solutions, and predict if the solution is acidic, basic or neutral.

3. Student will interpret:

1. The structure of matter from models
2. Graphical data that relates half-life and age of a radioactive substance.
3. The types of chemical compounds that can form and what their properties would be by analyzing its chemical formula.
4. Chemical reactions to predict the types of products that will form.
5. Graphical data that shows how different factors affect chemical reaction rates.
6. Molarity and ppm to solution formation.

Box Elder Essential Learning Standards “B E L S”  (December 2014)