Academic Chemistry Standard
LS 0: Students will safely identify and make reliable
qualitative and quantitative measurements to describe the
world.
LS 1: Students will understand matter is composed of tiny
particles called atoms and how atoms move and interact gives
the properties of matter we observe.
LS 2: Students will be able to describe how electrons move
within an atom and how the arrangement of electrons within
elements give rise to patterns on the periodic table.
LS 3: Students can construct models of atomic bonding and
describe how the electrons move with covalent and ionic
bonding.
LS 4: Students understand the language of a chemical reaction
and can describe how elements are combined, pulled apart,
and rearranged in a chemical reaction to produce more stable
forms of matter.
LS 5: Students will understand and apply the relationship of
energy, kinetics, and equilibrium to a chemical reaction.
LS 6: Students will be able to quantify a chemical reaction
using dimensional analysis and the concept of a mole.
LS 7: Students will be able to apply the kinetic molecular
theory to gases both quantitatively and qualitatively.
LS 8: Students will be able to describe the qualitative and
quantitative properties of solutions including acids and bases.
LS 0 & LS 5 will be incorporated throughout the year
Performance indicators
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
R0a : Demonstrate proper safety.
R0b: Demonstrate proper techniques to gather data
R0c: Analyze and interpret data to draw conclusions
R 1: classify matter and the changes it undergoes.
R 3: understand that all matter is made up of particles called atoms which
themselves are made up of subatomic particles.
R 4a: understand how the electrons are arranged in the atom and can apply this
concept to explain the properties of elements
R4b understand how the periodic table is organized
R 5: apply the concepts of transferring or sharing of electrons between atoms in
order to form stable compounds.
R 6: name and write formulas for covalent and ionic compounds.
R 9a: apply the law of conservation of mass as it pertains to chemical reactions.
R9b: describe how elements and compounds undergo changes during chemical or
nuclear reactions
R 14a: understand and apply the relationship of energy as it relates to states of
matter and chemical reactions
R14b: understand and apply the concept of kinetics as it relates to chemical reactions
R14c: understand and apply the concept of equilibrium as it relates to a chemical
reaction.
R 7: convert units using dimensional analysis
R 8: analyze the chemical composition of a substance using the concept of a mole.
R 10: quantify a chemical reaction using stoichiometry.
R 11a: describe the kinetic molecular theory of matter.
R11b: quantify the relationship between the Kelvin temperature, pressure, volume,
and moles of a gas.
R 12: apply the qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions.
R 13: apply the qualitative and quantitative properties of acids and bases.
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Two pieces of evidence (graded assessments) per performance indicator
Performance Indicators are to be the same weight.
LS’s can be weighted differently.
What separates 4-ness & 3-ness? … Connecting old material to new material is a difference. The rubric can be used to separate 4’s from 3’s so you don’t
necessarily need some idea as a performance indicator.