Platte Canyon High School

Mathematics and Science

Chemistry Standards and Benchmarks

8/17/98

Standard 1:          Understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about and evaluate such investigations.

1A        Ask questions and stated hypotheses, using prior scientific knowledge to help guide their development.

          1B            Create and defend a written plan of action for a scientific investigation.

1C        Select and use appropriate technologies to gather, process and analyze data and report information related to an investigation.

1D        Identify major sources of error or uncertainty within an investigation, i.e. particular measuring devices and experimental procedures.

1E        Construct and revise scientific explanations and models, using evidence, logic and experiments that include identifying and controlling variables.

1F        Communicate and evaluate scientific thinking that leads to particular conclusions.

1Ext.    Design and complete a scientific investigation, either individually or as part of a student team, that extends over several days or weeks.

Standard 2:  Physical Science:  Students know and understand common properties, forms, and changes in matter and energy.

2.1A     Examine, describe, measure, classify and predict common properties of substances, i.e. electrical charge, chemical reactivity, acidity, electrical conductivity, radioactivity and periodicity.

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2.1B     Describe and explain properties and composition of samples of matter using models, i.e. atomic and molecular structure and the periodic table.

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2.1C     Separate substances based on their chemical and physical properties, i.e. color, solubility, chemical reactivity, melting point or boiling point.

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2.1D     Use word and chemical equations to relate observed changes in matter to its composition and structure.

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2.2A     Identify, measure, calculate and analyze quantitative relationships involved with energy forms, i.e. heat transfer in a system involving mass, specific heat and change in temperature of matter.

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2.2B     Identify, measure, calculate and analyze qualitative and quantitative relationships associated with energy transfer or energy transformation, i.e. changes in temperature, velocity, potential energy, kinetic energy, conduction, convection, radiation, voltage and current.

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2.3A     Identify, describe and explain physical and chemical changes involving the conservation of matter and energy, i.e. oscillating pendulum/spring, chemical reactions and nuclear reactions.

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2.3B     Observe, measure and calculate quantities to demonstrate conservation of matter and energy in chemical changes, i.e. acid-base, precipitation, oxidation-reduction reactions, and physical interactions of matter, i.e. velocity, force work and power.

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2.3C     Describe and predict chemical changes, i.e. combustion and simple chemical reactions; and physical interactions of matter, i.e. velocity, force work and power, using work or symbolic equations.

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2.3D     Describe and explain physical interactions of matter using conceptual models, i.e. conservation laws of matter and energy and particle models for gaseous behavior.

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Standard 5:          Know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and human activity and how they can affect the world.

5A        Analyze benefits, limitations, costs and consequences involved in using technology or resources, i.e. x –rays, agricultural chemicals and natural gas reserves.

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5B        Analyze how the introduction of a new technology has affected could affect human activity, i.e. invention of the telescope, applications of modern telecommunications.

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5C        Demonstrate the interrelationships between science and technology, i.e. building a bridge or designing a better running shoe.

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          5D            Explain the use of technology in occupations.

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Standard 6:          Understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and understand common connections among scientific disciplines.

6B        Demonstrate that the scientific way of knowing uses a critiques and consensus process, i.e. peer review, openness to criticism, logical arguments and skepticism.

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6C        Use graphs, equations or other models to analyze systems involving change and constancy, i.e. comparing the geologic time scale to shorter time frames.

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6E        Identify and predict cause-effect relationships within a system, i.e. the effect of temperature on gas volume, effect of carbon dioxide level on the greenhouse effect and effects of changing nutrients at the base of a food pyramid.

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6F        Identify and describe the dynamics of natural systems, i.e. weather systems, ecological systems, body systems and systems at dynamic equilibrium.

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