Grades 11 and 12 Chemistry

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