Gizmos for Pennsylvania - Science: Chemistry (Keystone Exams Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content adopted 2010)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

CHEM.A: : Structure and Properties of Matter

CHEM.A.1: : Properties and Classification of Matter

CHEM.A.1.1: : Identify and describe how observable and measurable properties can be used to classify and describe matter and energy.

CHEM.A.1.1.2: : Classify observations as qualitative and/or quantitative.

CHEM.A.1.1.3: : Utilize significant figures to communicate the uncertainty in a quantitative observation.

CHEM.A.1.1.5: : Apply a systematic set of rules (IUPAC) for naming compounds and writing chemical formulas (e.g., binary covalent, binary ionic, ionic compounds containing polyatomic ions).

CHEM.A.1.2: : Compare the properties of mixtures.

CHEM.A.1.2.1: : Compare properties of solutions containing ionic or molecular solutes (e.g., dissolving, dissociating).

CHEM.A.1.2.3: : Describe how factors (e.g., temperature, concentration, surface area) can affect solubility.

CHEM.A.2: : Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table

CHEM.A.2.1: : Explain how atomic theory serves as the basis for the study of matter.

CHEM.A.2.1.1: : Describe the evolution of atomic theory leading to the current model of the atom based on the works of Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr.

CHEM.A.2.1.2: : Differentiate between the mass number of an isotope and the average atomic mass of an element.

CHEM.A.2.2: : Describe the behavior of electrons in atoms.

CHEM.A.2.2.1: : Predict the ground state electronic configuration and/or orbital diagram for a given atom or ion.

CHEM.A.2.2.2: : Predict characteristics of an atom or an ion based on its location on the periodic table (e.g., number of valence electrons, potential types of bonds, reactivity).

CHEM.A.2.2.4: : Relate the existence of quantized energy levels to atomic emission spectra.

CHEM.A.2.3: : Explain how periodic trends in the properties of atoms allow for the prediction of physical and chemical properties.

CHEM.A.2.3.1: : Explain how the periodicity of chemical properties led to the arrangement of elements on the periodic table.

CHEM.A.2.3.2: : Compare and/or predict the properties (e.g., electron affinity, ionization energy, chemical reactivity, electronegativity, atomic radius) of selected elements by using their locations on the periodic table and known trends.

CHEM.B: : The Mole Concept and Chemical Interactions

CHEM.B.1: : The Mole and Chemical Bonding

CHEM.B.1.1: : Explain how the mole is a fundamental unit of chemistry.

CHEM.B.1.1.1: : Apply the mole concept to representative particles (e.g., counting, determining mass of atoms, ions, molecules, and/or formula units).

CHEM.B.1.3: : Explain how atoms form chemical bonds.

CHEM.B.1.3.1: : Explain how atoms combine to form compounds through ionic and covalent bonding.

CHEM.B.1.3.2: : Classify a bond as being polar covalent, non-polar covalent, or ionic.

CHEM.B.1.4: : Explain how models can be used to represent bonding.

CHEM.B.1.4.1: : Recognize and describe different types of models that can be used to illustrate the bonds that hold atoms together in a compound (e.g., computer models, ball-and-stick models, graphical models, solid-sphere models, structural formulas, skeletal formulas, Lewis dot structures).

CHEM.B.1.4.2: : Utilize Lewis dot structures to predict the structure and bonding in simple compounds.

CHEM.B.2: : Chemical Relationships and Reactions

CHEM.B.2.1: : Predict what happens during a chemical reaction.

CHEM.B.2.1.1: : Describe the roles of limiting and excess reactants in chemical reactions.

CHEM.B.2.1.2: : Use stoichiometric relationships to calculate the amounts of reactants and products involved in a chemical reaction.

CHEM.B.2.1.3: : Classify reactions as synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, or combustion.

CHEM.B.2.1.4: : Predict products of simple chemical reactions (e.g., synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, combustion).

CHEM.B.2.1.5: : Balance chemical equations by applying the Law of Conservation of Matter.

CHEM.B.2.2: : Explain how the kinetic molecular theory relates to the behavior of gases.

CHEM.B.2.2.1: : Utilize mathematical relationships to predict changes in the number of particles, the temperature, the pressure, and the volume in a gaseous system (i.e., BoyleÂ?s law, CharlesÂ?s law, DaltonÂ?s law of partial pressures, the combined gas law, and the ideal gas law).

Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020

Pennsylvania - Science: Chemistry

Keystone Exams Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content | Adopted: 2010

CHEM.A: : Structure and Properties of Matter

CHEM.B: : The Mole Concept and Chemical Interactions