Wiki Page, Fall 2022 CHEM-A: Course Objectives

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Students who demonstrate understanding in this course can:

1. Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atom

an understanding of atomic structure

identification of bond type and number of bonds formed

an explanation of reaction similarity based on element location on the table

2. Construct and revise an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the knowledge of patterns.

Understanding that atoms are conserved

limited to predicting combustion reaction products in this course

3. Use mathematical representations to support the claim that atoms and therefore mass are conserved during a chemical reaction.

atoms and mass are conserved in a reaction

using the mole as the conversion from the atomic to macroscopic scale

4. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system.

heat is a form of kinetic energy

total energy is conserved when energy is transferred

show the relationship between adding/removing thermal energy and kinetic motion and temperature.

calculations of heat energy in and out of substances in a closed system

describe and use specific heat capacities of different materials in calculations