Explore the nature of energy and its relationship to matter.
Explore the nature of energy and its relationship to matter.
Unit One SLO’s Develop a Study Sheet:
Group Assignment Handout
Goal: Learn to make an effective study sheet for chemistry. Create a study sheet using some key problems from Unit One with the goal of helping everyone in class do well on the midterm exam. In essence the study sheet will answer the question; “What are the most important problems for students to review for Unit One?”
Instructions:
1. In your group use the Collaborate tool on Canvas and start a google document.
2. Make sure you choose to add me as a collaborator so I can help along the way.
3. At the top of the first page include your group number and the names of each
student that contributed to the project.
4. Review the unit objectives (see below). Find problems that cover the objectives.
Only use problems if you have the correct answer. You can use any problem I have
given on an assignment, quiz or from the textbook or even Knewton. Ask me if
you are not certain about an answer.
5. At the end of this project you will have neatly worked out problems with notes and
explanations of how you got from Step 1 to the answer for each problem. You may
add notes to reference for example, “See pg. 36 for another example like this one”,
or “Similar to Mock Quiz #16”. Add a reference to the lecture videos, and
textbook where the topic is introduced. You may add vocabulary terms and
definitions as well as images, diagrams or sketches.
6. There is not a page limit. Your group should try to keep to no more than one
content area per page. (For example, we have covered many problems related to
isotopes, and I would rather see all of those on one page rather than isotopes,
nomenclature and density on the same page). Title each page for example
“Everything you need to know about Isotopes.”
7. At the bottom of each page you will type the following: “Learning objectives
covered include….”. Then list the number of every objective covered on the page.
I will help you with this if you are not certain you got all of them.
8. I will give you check points and feedback each week to keep you on track.
9. Your group will ultimately submit the finished product to a discussion board so
that the entire class can access it. (Due Monday Week 9)
Unit One SLO’s Develop a Study Sheet:
Group Assignment Handout
Resources: Student Learning Objectives
I have also included here a list of Unit One objectives you can expect on the midterm exam.
Study sheets are a good way to organize the information you have learned. They are most
beneficial when you use them to cover the types of problems you struggle with the most.
1. Define the term matter.
2. Classify matter based on the following terminology: pure substance, mixture, element, compound,
homogeneous, and heterogeneous.
3. Distinguish between a physical change and a chemical change and give examples of each.
4. Explore the nature of energy and its relationship to matter.
5. Become familiar with the metric system, common SI units, and English units that are still in use in
relationship to mass, volume, length, temperature and quantity.
6. Use dimensional analysis to solve problems involving unit conversions. (Metric-Metric, English-Metric,
Metric-English and compound units.)
7. Understand and be able to apply the concept of uncertainty in measurement (and the terms precision
and accuracy), utilizing the rules of significant figures.
8. Recall the early experiments and theories leading to the development of modern atomic theory.
9. Describe the basic structure of the atom.
10. Learn the visual representations for the terms compound, molecule, atom, and ion.
11. Use atomic symbolism to answer questions about the makeup of an isotope.
12. Use the equation for determining atomic weight and solve for any variable.
13. Communicate about matter using IUPAC nomenclature. (Name and write formulas of inorganic
compounds.)
14. Demonstrate understanding of various chemical representations of elements, compounds and
chemical reactions.
15. Write chemical equations and classify reactions.
16. Describe the fundamental structure of atoms
17. Solve problems utilizing chemical concepts and equations.
18. Calculate stoichiometric quantities involving solids, liquids, solutions, and gases.
19. Organize and analyze laboratory data and results.
20. Analyze and compare the student’s experimental values with those predicted by chemical theory.
Unit One SLO’s Develop a Study Sheet:
Group Assignment Handout
A few example problems that I recommend from the textbook.
1. CH1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.45, 1.48, 1.55, 1.17, 1.73, 1.75, 1.78
2. CH2: 2.5, 2.15, 2.31, 2.43, 2.47, 2.57, 2.59, 2.69, 2.90, 2.104,
3. CH3: 3.5,3.11, 3.23, 3.33, 3.52, 3.53, 3.57, 3.79, 3.83,3.93, 3.105, 3.107, 3.109
4. Develop an outline for the following essay question. Choose a key scientist that
contributed something significant to the development of modern atomic theory. Discuss
the major contribution(s) and experiment(s) of the scientist. Try to answer this
completely, but concisely (150-200 words). You may use illustrations or diagrams in
addition to text to communicate your knowledge.
5. What other type of essay question could you come up with for the unit? Try to think of
over arching themes. Topics may include; uncertainty in measurement, accuracy vs.
precision, matter and the structure of an atom, etc.
Explore the nature of energy and its relationship to matter.
Unit One SLO Group Study Sheets Handout (2)
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