Gizmos for Alabama - Science: Chemistry (Course of Study adopted 2023)

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

1: : Matter and Its Interactions

1.1: : Structure and Properties

1.1.1: : Students will… Use the periodic table as a model to predict the structure and properties of atoms and elements.

1.1.1.b: : Develop and use models of an element’s subatomic particles to compare and contrast its atoms, ions, and isotopes.

1.1.1.c: : Analyze and interpret data to identify or describe an element based on its number of protons, its relative abundance of isotopes, its organization and placement of electrons, and its light emission spectrum.

1.1.1.e: : Construct explanations of how periodic trends can be used to predict the properties of elements.

2: : Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

2.1: : Atomic and Molecular Interactions

2.1.2: : Students will… Construct explanations of the formation of intramolecular and intermolecular forces and their effects on atomic and molecular interactions.

2.1.2.a: : Develop and use Lewis dot diagrams to model the formation of covalent and ionic bonds.

2.1.2.c: : Plan and carry out an investigation to identify specific physical and chemical properties of compounds formed from ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding.

2.1.2.e: : Construct an explanation of the polarity of a molecule based on electronegativity data and molecular geometry.

2.1.2.g: : Analyze and interpret data to compare the strengths of intermolecular forces and to explain how these forces affect physical properties.

3: : Matter and Its Interactions: Energy

3.1: : Chemical Reactions

3.1.3: : Students will… Develop and use multiple types of models to represent chemical reactions.

3.1.3.a: : Use qualitative and quantitative reasoning to describe and balance chemical equations to satisfy the law of conservation of matter.

3.1.3.b: : Use qualitative and quantitative reasoning to classify chemical reactions, predict the products of single replacement and double replacement reactions, and represent chemical reactions using ionic equations.

3.1.3.c: : Analyze and interpret temperature and bond energy data to classify a reaction as endothermic or exothermic.

3.1.3.d: : Construct an explanation, using particle diagrams and collision theory, for how particle size, concentration, and temperature affect the rate of a chemical reaction.

4: : Matter and Its Interactions

4.1: : Stoichiometry

4.1.4: : Students will… Use stoichiometric ratios to support the claim that atoms, and therefore mass, are conserved during chemical reactions.

4.1.4.b: : Use mathematical representations of the mole concept to solve reaction stoichiometry problems, involving mole-to-mole conversions, mass-to-mole conversions, and mass-to-mass conversions.

4.1.4.d: : Qualitatively and quantitatively determine the limiting reactant when given the masses of all reactants.

4.1.4.e: : Use mathematics and computational thinking to perform gas stoichiometry calculations involving mass, volume, and number of moles at standard temperature and pressure (STP).

4.2: : Solutions

4.2.5: : Students will… Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information concerning factors that affect solubility and the properties of solutions.

4.2.5.a: : Use mathematics and computational thinking to express the concentrations of given solutions in terms of molarity and molality.

4.2.5.c: : Use mathematics and computational thinking to prepare solutions from both solids and concentrated solutions when given a desired molarity and volume.

4.2.5.d: : Analyze and interpret data to explain the effects of temperature on the solubility of solid, liquid, and gaseous solutes in a solvent and the effects of pressure on the solubility of gaseous solutes.

4.2.5.e: : Design and conduct experiments to evaluate the effect of solute concentration on the colligative properties of a solution.

4.3: : Acids and Bases

4.3.6: : Students will… Make qualitative and quantitative claims, based on ion concentration, about the acidic, basic, or neutral characteristics of a solution.

4.3.6.a: : Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information concerning the properties of acids and bases.

4.3.6.c: : Use multiple models to predict the relative properties of strong, weak, concentrated, and dilute acids and bases.

4.3.6.d: : Use mathematics to calculate the pH, pOH, [OH?], and [H?O?] of common solutions.

4.3.6.e: : Plan and carry out a strong acid-strong base titration to determine the concentration of an unknown acidic or basic solution.

5: : Energy

5.1: : Gases

5.1.7: : Students will… Plan and carry out investigations to determine how the atomic and molecular motion in chemical and physical processes is related to the kinetic molecular theory.

5.1.7.a: : Qualitatively and quantitatively relate changes in the temperature and pressure of a gas to particle motion and number of collisions.

5.1.7.b: : Express the relationship among pressure, volume, temperature, and the number of moles of a gas quantitatively, conceptually, and graphically.

Correlation last revised: 4/19/2024

Alabama - Science: Chemistry

Course of Study | Adopted: 2023

1: : Matter and Its Interactions

2: : Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

3: : Matter and Its Interactions: Energy

4: : Matter and Its Interactions

5: : Energy