ChemCom Objectives

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Content Standard 1:
Structure and Properties of Matter

Objectives:

4. A compound is formed when two or more kinds of atoms bind together chemically. Each compound has unique chemical and physical properties.

Time Range:
6 days

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

• Unit 1.
  • C. 1. Solubility of Solids, Solubility and Solubility Curves, Building Skills 5
  • C. 2. Solution Concentration, Describing Solution Concentrations, Building Skills 6
  • C. 3. Constructing a Solubility Curve, Laboratory Activity
• Unit 2.
  • B. 3. Metal Reactivity
  • B. 4. Relative Reactivities of Metals, Laboratory Activity
  • B. 5. Metals: Properties and Uses, Discovery of Metals, ChemQuandry 1, Trends in Metal Reactivity, Building Skills 5
  • C. 8. Designing a Coin, Making Decisions
  • D. 2. Modifying Properties, Alternatives to Metals, Building Skills 12
  • D. 6. Copper Plating, Laboratory Activity
• Unit 3.
  • C. 1. Creating New Options: Petrochemicals, Modeling Matter, Polymer Structure and Properties
  • C. 3. The Builders, Laboratory Activity

Aligned Resources:

• Core Lab 10: Metal Reactivates
• Top Chem Labs: 4 Density, 5 Solubility
• Flinn Scientific Co. Lab: CaCl₂ - A Reaction in a Bag
• The World of Chemistry Videos:
  • 9 Molecular Architecture
  • 19 Metals
  • 21 Carbon
  • 22 The Age of Polymers

Revision Date:
January 2003