CURRICULUM SUMMARY 2015-2016
SUBJECT: Chemistry
Week
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YEAR GROUP: Year 10
TEACHER: Dr Kumi Osanai
Learning objectives
State of matter
To be able to describe the states of matter and explain their interconversion in
terms of the kinetic particle theory.
To be able to describe and explain diffusion.
To be able to describe evidence for the movement of particles in gases and
liquids.
Separating substances
To be able to describe paper chromatography and interpret simple
chromatograms
To be able to identify substances and assess their purity from melting point and
boiling point information.
To be able to describe methods of purification by the use of a suitable solvent,
filtration, crystallisation, distillation.
To be able to suggest suitable purification techniques, given information about
the substances involved.
Atoms and elements
To be able to state the relative charges and approximate relative masses of
protons, neutrons and electrons.
To be able to define proton number and nucleon number.
To be able to define isotopes
To be able to state the two types of isotopes as being radioactive and nonradioactive and explain one medical and one industrial use of radioactive
isotopes.
To be able to describe the build-up of electrons in shells and understand the
significance of the noble gas electronic structures and of valency electrons.
Autumn Break
Activities (in brief)
Power point presentation
Diffusion lab
worksheet, videos, making poster, mini test
Power point presentation
Demo – distillation
Paper chromatography
CuSO4 recystallisation
mini test, practicals
Power point presentation
Calculation exercise on relative atomic
masses.
Modeling the atoms
worksheet, videos, practicals, mini test
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Atoms combining
To be able to describe the differences between elements, mixtures and
compounds, and between metals and non-metals.
To be able to describe an alloy, such as brass, as a mixture of a metal with
other elements.
To be able to describe the formation of ions by electron loss or gain.
To be able to describe the formation of ionic bonds between elements from
Group I and VII.
To be able to describe the formation of single covalent bonds in H2, Cl2, H2O,
CH4, and HCl as sharing of pairs of electrons.
To be able to describe the giant covalent structures of graphite and diamond.
Power point presentation
Modeling the ionic compounds
Practicals – finding chemical bondings
worksheet, videos, practicals, mini test