Grades 11 and 12 Chemistry
I Can Statements
SC.O.C. 1.1
I can safely and appropriately use equipment, materials, organisms, and models.
SC.O.C. 1.2
I can collect observations, data, and other evidence from a scientific investigation.
I can use evidence collected from an experiment to explain what happened in the investigation.
SC.O.C. 1.3
I can design and conduct a scientific investigation using the skills and attitudes of scientific inquiry.
I can establish a method for conducting an experiment.
I can keep accurate records of an experiment.
I can replicate the results of an experiment.
I can be objective, open, fair, creative, and logical in conducting an experiment.
SC.O.C. 1.4
I can write a question on which to base a scientific experiment.
I can design a controlled experiment.
I can look for trends and patterns in data from an experiment.
I can make a conclusion based on the evidence collected in an experiment.
I can determine a way to change the experiment to correct errors.
I can present and communicate the results and conclusions of an experiment.
SC.O.C. 1.5
I can use graphs and equations to interpret and manipulate data.
SC.O.C. 1.6
I can use science and technology to explore personal issues and social problems.
SC.O.C. 1.7
I can propose and defend possible solutions to issues associated with technology, science, and society.
SC.O.C. 1.8
I can describe how scientific innovations have been applied for use in our society and culture.
SC.O.C.1.9
I can use science to explore the natural world (form, function, systems, and changes over time).
SC.O.C.2.1
I can identify the most common physical changes.
I can identify the most common chemical changes.
I can explain how mixtures are separated by the processes of gravity and vacuum filtration, chromatography, distillation and fractional crystallization
I can explain the importance of gravimetric analysis in experimentally separating mixtures.
SC.O.C.2.2
I can explain how careful experimentation contributed to changing the view of alchemy.
I can identify the relationship that exists between electromagnetic frequency and wavelength.
From the Bohr model, I can determine the energy gained by an electron as it jumps from its ground state to its excited state.
From the Bohr model, I can determine the energy lost by an electron as it falls from its excited state to its ground state.
SC.O.C.2.3
I can identify the four quantum numbers for any element on the periodic table.
I can define Hund’s Rule, Pauli Exclusion Principle, Aufbau Principle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
I can explain how Hund’s Rule, the Pauli Exclusion Principle, the Aufbau Principle and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle affect an electron configuration.
SC.O.C.2.4
I can write a complete, noble gas and orbital electron configuration.
I can determine the valence electrons for each element.
SC.O.C.2.5
I can draw Lewis dot structures for elements and compounds.
SC.O.C.2.6
I can name Types I, II and III binary compounds.
I can follow the rules for naming acids.
I can identify proper oxidation numbers needed to write the correct formulas for ionic and molecular compounds.
SC.O.C.2.7
I can explain why the most chemically active metals are found in the lower left corner of the periodic table.
I can explain why the most chemically active nonmetals are found in the upper right corner of the periodic table.
I can correctly identify the periodic trends for atomic radius, ionic radius, electronegativity, ionization energy and electron affinity.
SC.O.C.2.8
I can identify the differences between ionic and covalent bonds.
I can use electronegativity values to determine bond polarities.
SC.O.C.2.9
SC.O.C.2.10
I can identify the correct geometric models for compounds based upon their Lewis dot diagrams, effective pairs of electrons and bond angles.
SC.O.C.2.11
I can correctly identify the following types of reactions: synthesis, single replacement, double replacement, combustion and decomposition.
SC.O.C.2.12
I can define Le Chatelier’s principle and use it to predict the shifts of reactants or products in a reaction.
I can define activation energy and plot it on a graph.
I can define the law of chemical equilibrium.
I can explain the procedures required to experimentally determine the colligative properties of solutions.
I can plot a solubility curve of a reaction based on change in temperature.
SC.O.C.2.13
I can identify the properties of an exothermic reaction.
I can identify the properties of an endothermic reaction.
SC.O.C.2.14
SC.O.C.2.15
I can convert from grams to moles using the molar mass of a compound.
I can convert grams to atoms, ions, molecules and formula units using Avogadro’s number.
I can convert moles to volume.
SC.O.C.2.16
I can solve problems using Boyle’s gas law.
I can solve problems using Charles’s gas law.
I can solve problems using the Ideal gas law.
I can solve problems using Avogadro’s gas law.
I can solve problems using the combined gas law.
I can solve problems using Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures.
SC.O.C.2.17
I can calculate the empirical and molecular formulas of a compound.
I can calculate the percent yield of a chemical reaction.
I can determine the formula of a hydrate.
I can determine the molarity of solutions.
I can calculate the molarity of diluted solutions.
I can calculate the molarity of a precipitate formed in a chemical reaction.
I can use solubility rules to determine the precipitate formed in a chemical reaction.
SC.O.C.2.18
I can identify an Arrhenius acid and base.
I can identify a Bronsted-Lowry acid and base.
SC.O.C.2.19
I can define a buffered solution.
I can identify each indicator by noting its color change in acids and bases.
I can identify each indicator by measuring the pH range in which its color change occurs.
SC.O.C.2.20
I can predict the products and pH of an acid base neutralization reaction.
I can predict the products and pH of a strong acid weak base reaction.
I can predict the products and pH of a weak acid strong base reaction.
SC.O.C.2.21
I can explain water’s role as a solvent based upon its geometry and polarity.
Revised June 2010