Core Curriculum
1.2.a: Summarize the major experimental evidence that led to the development of various atomic models, both historical and current.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
1.2.c: Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
1.2.d: Generalize the relationship of proton number to the element?s identity.
1.3.a: Use the periodic table to correlate the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom.
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
1.3.b: Compare the number of protons and neutrons in isotopes of the same element.
1.3.c: Identify similarities in chemical behavior of elements within a group.
1.3.d: Generalize trends in reactivity of elements within a group to trends in other groups.
2.1.b: Examine evidence from the lab indicating that energy is absorbed or released in discrete units when electrons move from one energy level to another.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Photoelectric Effect
2.1.d: After observing spectral emissions in the lab (e.g., flame test, spectrum tubes), identify unknown elements by comparison to known emission spectra.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Star Spectra
2.2.b: Interpret graphical data relating half-life and age of a radioactive substance.
2.2.c: Compare the mass, energy, and penetrating power of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
2.2.e: After researching, evaluate and report the effects of nuclear radiation on humans or other organisms.
3.1.a: Determine the number of valence electrons in atoms using the periodic table.
3.1.b: Predict the charge an atom will acquire when it forms an ion by gaining or losing electrons.
3.1.c: Predict bond types based on the behavior of valence (outermost) electrons.
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
3.1.d: Compare covalent, ionic, and metallic bonds with respect to electron behavior and relative bond strengths.
3.2.a: Use a chemical formula to represent the names of elements and numbers of atoms in a compound and recognize that the formula is unique to the specific compound.
4.1.a: Generalize evidences of chemical reactions.
Chemical Changes
Equilibrium and Concentration
4.1.b: Compare the properties of reactants to the properties of products in a chemical reaction.
4.1.c: Use a chemical equation to describe a simple chemical reaction.
Chemical Equations
Equilibrium and Concentration
4.1.d: Recognize that the number of atoms in a chemical reaction does not change.
Chemical Changes
Chemical Equations
4.1.e: Determine the molar proportions of the reactants and products in a balanced chemical reaction.
4.1.f: Investigate everyday chemical reactions that occur in a student's home (e.g., baking, rusting, bleaching, cleaning).
4.2.a: Using data from quantitative analysis, identify evidence that supports the conservation of mass in a chemical reaction.
4.2.b: Use molar relationships in a balanced chemical reaction to predict the mass of product produced in a simple chemical reaction that goes to completion.
4.2.c: Report evidence of energy transformations in a chemical reaction.
4.2.d: After observing or measuring, classify evidence of temperature change in a chemical reaction as endothermic or exothermic.
5.1.a: Design and conduct an investigation of the factors affecting reaction rate and use the findings to generalize the results to other reactions.
5.1.b: Use information from graphs to draw warranted conclusions about reaction rates.
5.1.c: Correlate frequency and energy of collisions to reaction rate.
5.1.d: Identify that catalysts are effective in increasing reaction rates.
5.2.a: Explain the concept of dynamic equilibrium.
Equilibrium and Concentration
Equilibrium and Pressure
5.2.b: Given an equation, identify the effect of adding either product or reactant to a shift in equilibrium.
Equilibrium and Concentration
Equilibrium and Pressure
6.2.a: Identify the colligative properties of a solution.
6.2.b: Measure change in boiling and/or freezing point of a solvent when a solute is added.
6.3.a: Relate hydrogen ion concentration to pH values and to the terms acidic, basic or neutral.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
6.3.b: Using an indicator, measure the pH of common household solutions and standard laboratory solutions, and identify them as acids or bases.
Titration
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
6.3.c: Determine the concentration of an acid or a base using a simple acid-base titration.
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020