Gizmos for Ontario - Science: Chemistry, Grade 12, College Preparation (Ontario Curriculum adopted 2008)

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

A: Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration

A1: demonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing and interpreting, and communicating);

A1.5: Students will: conduct inquiries, controlling relevant variables, adapting or extending procedures as required, and using appropriate materials and equipment safely, accurately, and effectively, to collect observations and data

A1.6: Students will: compile accurate data from laboratory and other sources, and organize and record the data, using appropriate formats, including tables, flow charts, graphs, and/or diagrams

A1.8: Students will: synthesize, analyse, interpret, and evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data; solve problems involving quantitative data; determine whether the evidence supports or refutes the initial prediction or hypothesis and whether it is consistent with scientific theory; identify sources of bias and/or error; and suggest improvements to the inquiry to reduce the likelihood of error

A1.11: Students will: communicate ideas, plans, procedures, results, and conclusions orally, in writing, and/or in electronic presentations, using appropriate language and a variety of formats (e.g., data tables, laboratory reports, presentations, debates, simulations, models)

A1.12: Students will: use appropriate numeric, symbolic, and graphic modes of representation (e.g., represent ionic and molecular compounds by their accepted formulae and names), and appropriate units of measurement (e.g., SI and imperial units)

A1.13: Students will: express the results of any calculations involving data accurately and precisely, to the appropriate number of decimal places or significant figures

B: Matter and Qualitative Analysis

B1: evaluate the effects of chemical substances on the environment, and analyse practical applications of qualitative analysis of matter;

B1.2: Students will: analyse, on the basis of research, applications of qualitative analysis of matter in various fields of endeavour (e.g., in law enforcement to detect drugs or identify counterfeit money; in the manufacture of food products)

B2: investigate matter, using various methods of qualitative analysis;

B2.1: Students will: use appropriate terminology related to qualitative analysis of matter, including, but not limited to: double displacement, precipitate, and energy level

B2.5: Students will: identify an unknown gas sample (e.g., hydrogen, helium, neon) by observing its emission spectrum and comparing it to the spectra of known gases

B3: demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of qualitative analysis of matter.

B3.1: Students will: explain the relationship between the atomic number and the mass number of an element, and the difference between isotopes and radioisotopes of an element

B3.2: Students will: describe various types of chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, and double displacement reactions

B3.4: Students will: relate observations from investigations using flame tests and emission spectra to the concept of quanta of energy proposed by Neils Bohr

C: Organic Chemistry

C2: investigate the physical and chemical properties of organic compounds, and analyse some common organic chemical reactions;

C2.8: Students will: predict the nature of a bond (e.g., non-polar covalent or polar covalent), using the electronegativity values of atoms (e.g., H2, Cl2, O2, H2O, CH4, CH3OH)

D: Electrochemistry

D3: demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of oxidation and reduction, and the principles of oxidation-reduction reactions.

D3.1: Students will: explain the concepts of oxidation and reduction in terms of the chemical changes that occur during redox reactions

E: Chemical Calculations

E2: investigate chemical compounds and chemical reactions using appropriate techniques of quantitative analysis, and solve related problems;

E2.1: Students will: use appropriate terminology related to stoichiometry, including, but not limited to: molar mass, molar concentration, percentage yield, and Avogadro’s number

E2.3: Students will: convert the quantity of chemicals in simple chemical reactions from number of particles to number of moles and mass, using the mole concept

E3: demonstrate an understanding of the mole concept and its quantitative relationships in chemical reactions.

E3.1: Students will: describe the relationships between Avogadro’s number, the mole concept, and the molar mass of any given substance

E3.3: Students will: explain the relationships between the mole concept, the values of coefficients, the number of particles, and the mass of substances in balanced chemical equations

E3.5: Students will: explain the concept of a limiting reagent in a chemical reaction, using examples of chemical processes from everyday life (e.g., synthesis of aspirin, synthesis of ammonia)

F: Chemistry in the Environment

F2: investigate chemical reactions, using appropriate techniques of quantitative analysis;

F2.1: Students will: use appropriate terminology related to chemical analysis and chemistry in the environment, including, but not limited to: ozone, hard water, titration, pH, ppm, and ppb

F2.3: Students will: conduct an acid–base titration to determine the concentration of an acid or a base (e.g., the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar)

Correlation last revised: 9/1/2026

Ontario - Science: Chemistry, Grade 12, College Preparation

Ontario Curriculum | Adopted: 2008