C.SC1: Students will analyze the nature of matter and its classifications.

C.SC1.b: Identify substances based on chemical and physical properties.

Mystery Powder Analysis

C.SC1.c: Predict formulas for stable ionic compounds (binary and tertiary) based on balance of charges.

Ionic Bonds

C.SC2: Students will relate how the Law of Conservation of Matter is used to determine chemical composition in compounds and chemical reactions.

C.SC2.a: Identify and balance the following types of chemical equations:

C.SC2.a.1: Synthesis

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

C.SC2.a.2: Decomposition

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

C.SC2.a.3: Single Replacement

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

C.SC2.a.4: Double Replacement

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

C.SC2.a.5: Combustion

Chemical Equations

C.SC2.b: Experimentally determine indicators of a chemical reaction specifically precipitation, gas evolution, water production, and changes in energy to the system.

Chemical Changes

C.SC2.c: Apply concepts of the mole and Avogadro?s number to conceptualize and calculate

C.SC2.c.1: Empirical/molecular formulas,

Chemical Equations

C.SC2.c.2: Mass, moles and molecules relationships,

Chemical Equations
Stoichiometry

C.SC2.d: Identify and solve different types of stoichiometry problems, specifically relating mass to moles and mass to mass.

Chemical Equations
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry

C.SC2.e: Demonstrate the conceptual principle of limiting reactants.

Limiting Reactants

C.SC2.f: Explain the role of equilibrium in chemical reactions.

Equilibrium and Concentration
Equilibrium and Pressure

C.SC3: Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.

C.SC3.a: Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.

Element Builder

C.SC3.b: Use the orbital configuration of neutral atoms to explain its effect on the atom?s chemical properties.

Electron Configuration

C.SC3.c: Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element?s identity.

Element Builder

C.SC3.e: Compare and contrast types of chemical bonds (i.e., ionic, covalent).

Covalent Bonds
Ionic Bonds

C.SC3.f: Relate light emission and the movement of electrons to element identification.

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Star Spectra

C.SC4: Students will use the organization of the Periodic Table to predict properties of elements.

C.SC4.a: Use the Periodic Table to predict periodic trends including atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization energy, and electronegativity of various elements.

Electron Configuration

C.SC4.b: Compare and contrast trends in the chemical and physical properties of elements and their placement on the Periodic Table.

Electron Configuration

C.SC5: Students will understand that the rate at which a chemical reaction occurs can be affected by changing concentration, temperature, or pressure and the addition of a catalyst.

C.SC5.a: Demonstrate the effects of changing concentration, temperature, and pressure on chemical reactions.

Equilibrium and Concentration

C.SC5.b: Investigate the effects of a catalyst on chemical reactions and apply it to everyday examples.

Collision Theory

C.SC6: Students will understand the effects motion of atoms and molecules in chemical and physical processes.

C.SC6.c: Analyzing (both conceptually and quantitatively) flow of energy during change of state (phase).

Phase Changes

C.SC7: Students will characterize the properties that describe solutions and the nature of acids and bases.

C.SC7.a: Explain the process of dissolving in terms of solute/solvent interactions:

C.SC7.a.4: Relate molality to colligative properties.

Colligative Properties

C.SC7.b: Compare, contrast, and evaluate the nature of acids and bases:

C.SC7.b.2: Strong vs. weak acids/bases in terms of percent dissociation

Titration

C.SC7.b.4: pH

pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator

C.SC7.b.5: Acid-Base neutralization

Titration