Gizmos for Texas - Science: Chemistry (Essential Knowledge and Skills (Implemented Fall 2024) adopted 2020)

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

C.1: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student, for at least 40% of instructional time, asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models.

C.1.B: : The student is expected to: apply scientific practices to plan and conduct descriptive, comparative, and experimental investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems;

C.1.D: : The student is expected to: use appropriate tools such as Safety Data Sheets (SDS), scientific or graphing calculators, computers and probes, electronic balances, an adequate supply of consumable chemicals, and sufficient scientific glassware such as beakers, Erlenmeyer flasks, pipettes, graduated cylinders, volumetric flasks, and burettes;

C.1.E: : The student is expected to: collect quantitative data using the International System of Units (SI) and qualitative data as evidence;

C.1.G: : The student is expected to: develop and use models to represent phenomena, systems, processes, or solutions to engineering problems; and

C.2: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs.

C.2.B: : The student is expected to: analyze data by identifying significant statistical features, patterns, sources of error, and limitations;

C.2.C: : The student is expected to: use mathematical calculations to assess quantitative relationships in data; and

C.3: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions.

C.3.A: : The student is expected to: develop explanations and propose solutions supported by data and models and consistent with scientific ideas, principles, and theories;

C.3.B: : The student is expected to: communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats; and

C.5: : Science concepts. The student understands the development of the Periodic Table and applies its predictive power.

C.5.B: : The student is expected to: predict the properties of elements in chemical families, including alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases, and transition metals, based on valence electrons patterns using the Periodic Table; and

C.5.C: : The student is expected to: analyze and interpret elemental data, including atomic radius, atomic mass, electronegativity, ionization energy, and reactivity to identify periodic trends.

C.6: : Science concepts. The student understands the development of atomic theory and applies it to real-world phenomena.

C.6.A: : The student is expected to: construct models using Dalton's Postulates, Thomson's discovery of electron properties, Rutherford's nuclear atom, Bohr's nuclear atom, and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle to show the development of modern atomic theory over time;

C.6.B: : The student is expected to: describe the structure of atoms and ions, including the masses, electrical charges, and locations of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons in the electron cloud;

C.6.D: : The student is expected to: calculate average atomic mass of an element using isotopic composition; and

C.6.E: : The student is expected to: construct models to express the arrangement of electrons in atoms of representative elements using electron configurations and Lewis dot structures.

C.7: : Science concepts. The student knows how atoms form ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds.

C.7.B: : The student is expected to: name and write the chemical formulas for ionic and covalent compounds using International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) nomenclature rules;

C.7.D: : The student is expected to: analyze the properties of ionic, covalent, and metallic substances in terms of intramolecular and intermolecular forces.

C.8: : Science concepts. The student understands how matter is accounted for in chemical substances.

C.8.A: : The student is expected to: define mole and apply the concept of molar mass to convert between moles and grams;

C.8.B: : The student is expected to: calculate the number of atoms or molecules in a sample of material using Avogadro's number;

C.9: : Science concepts. The student understands how matter is accounted for in chemical reactions.

C.9.A: : The student is expected to: interpret, write, and balance chemical equations, including synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, and combustion reactions using the law of conservation of mass;

C.9.C: : The student is expected to: perform stoichiometric calculations, including determination of mass relationships, gas volume relationships, and percent yield; and

C.9.D: : The student is expected to: describe the concept of limiting reactants in a balanced chemical equation.

C.10: : Science concepts. The student understands the principles of the kinetic molecular theory and ideal gas behavior.

C.10.A: : The student is expected to: describe the postulates of the kinetic molecular theory;

C.10.B: : The student is expected to: describe and calculate the relationships among volume, pressure, number of moles, and temperature for an ideal gas; and

C.10.C: : The student is expected to: define and apply Dalton's law of partial pressure.

C.11: : Science concepts. The student understands and can apply the factors that influence the behavior of solutions.

C.11.A: : The student is expected to: describe the unique role of water in solutions in terms of polarity;

C.11.C: : The student is expected to: investigate how solid and gas solubilities are influenced by temperature using solubility curves and how rates of dissolution are influenced by temperature, agitation, and surface area;

C.11.E: : The student is expected to: calculate the concentration of solutions in units of molarity; and

C.12: : Science concepts. The student understands and applies various rules regarding acids and bases.

C.12.B: : The student is expected to: define acids and bases and distinguish between Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry definitions;

C.12.C: : The student is expected to: differentiate between strong and weak acids and bases;

C.12.E: : The student is expected to: define pH and calculate the pH of a solution using the hydrogen ion concentration.

C.13: : Science concepts. The student understands the energy changes that occur in chemical reactions.

C.13.B: : The student is expected to: investigate the process of heat transfer using calorimetry;

C.13.C: : The student is expected to: classify processes as exothermic or endothermic and represent energy changes that occur in chemical reactions using thermochemical equations or graphical analysis; and

C.13.D: : The student is expected to: perform calculations involving heat, mass, temperature change, and specific heat.

C.14: : Science concepts. The student understands the basic processes of nuclear chemistry.

C.14.A: : The student is expected to: describe the characteristics of alpha, beta, and gamma radioactive decay processes in terms of balanced nuclear equations;

C.14.B: : The student is expected to: compare fission and fusion reactions; and

Correlation last revised: 7/30/2024

Texas - Science: Chemistry

Essential Knowledge and Skills (Implemented Fall 2024) | Adopted: 2020