Open Source Chemistry Resources (CLRN)

I have sorted his materials into more standards-based unit folders.  Basically, we need to decide what is worth keeping and what should get taken out of each folder, based on the standards.  Then we need to add the missing content.  Finally, we need to organize it all in a way that makes pedagogical and organizational sense.

We will loosely base our organization on the Magnet unit - with each unit containing a unit overview (in the wiki), numbered lessons (in the wiki), a folder for printables (as attachments), and another folder for supplementary materials (PPTs, animations) .  (And maybe a third folder for answer keys?)

Notes:  Here's another free Chemistry Text on Scribd and a very well-organized online Chemistry text already posted on Curriki.

UPDATE AUG 2010:  So, here's the plan:

• Answer keys will be included at the bottom of any worksheet or assessment printable
• All Standards are addressed, both testable and non-testable.
• Standards correlation will anchor to the section of the unit covering that particular standard

(wiki page) Course overview / Introduction

(wiki page) Standards correlation

FOLDER: UNIT 1
(wiki page) full text (can reference folders below)
FOLDER: Printables (worksheets, etc)
FOLDER: Supplementary files (ppt, web links, etc)

FOLDER: UNIT 2(wiki page) full text (can reference folders below)
FOLDER: Printables (worksheets, etc)
FOLDER: Supplementary files (ppt, web links, etc)

and so on…

Checking the course outline below, we will indicate parts as:

• COMPLETE
• IN PROGRESS
• NEEDS SIGNIFICANT WORK / DOES NOT EXIST

NOTE:  All units need organization to create chunked lessons from the provided resources.

INTRODUCTION

• Chemistry Course Overview
• Diagnostic Test - needs answer key

(NEED TO ADD:  atomic mass/number related to position in periodic table, transuranium elements, Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect, basis for the development of the quantum theory of atomic structure and the historical importance of the Bohr model of the atom, spectral lines correspond to photons with a frequency related to the energy spacing between levels by using Planck's relationship (E = hv))

• Lesson 1:
• Lesson 2:
• Lesson 3: The Periodic Table
  • PPT: The Periodic Table
  • Periodocity Project (pretty interesting)
  • Lab: Activity Series of metals (does it belong in this unit?)
• Lesson 4: Periodic Table and Trends
  • worksheet
  • LAB - check it?  teacher background info?
• Need to go through Nomenclature folder to see what is worth bringing into the wiki. - all worksheets need answer keys
• Element Riddles - need answer key
  

(NEED TO ADD: many large biological molecules are covalent, salt crystals are repeating patterns of positive and negative ions held together by electrostatic attraction, atoms and molecules in liquids move in a random pattern relative to one another because the intermolecular forces are too weak to hold the atoms or molecules in a solid form)

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(NEED TO ADD: know the quantity one mole is set by defining one mole of carbon 12 atoms to have a mass of exactly 12 grams, how to balance  oxidation-reduction reactions)

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(NEED TO ADD: observable properties of salt solutions in addition to acids & bases, how to calculate pH from the hydrogen-ion concentration, know buffers stabilize pH in acid-base reactions)

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(NEED TO ADD: how to describe the dissolving process at the molecular level by using the concept of random molecular motion, know temperature, pressure, and surface area affect the dissolving process, how to calculate the concentration of a solute in terms of grams per liter, parts per million, and percent composition, relationship between the molality of solute in a solution and the solution’s depressed freezing point or elevated boiling point, know how molecules in a solution are separated or purified by the methods of chromatography and distillation)

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(NEED TO ADD: describe heat flow in terms of the motion of molecules (or atoms), energy is released when a material condenses or freezes, how to apply Hess’s law to calculate enthalpy change in a reaction, how to use the Gibbs free energy equation to determine whether a reaction would be spontaneous)

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(NEED TO ADD: the rate of reaction is the decrease in concentration of reactants or the increase in concentration of products with time, how reaction rates depend on such factors as concentration, temperature, and pressure,  the role a catalyst plays in increasing the reaction rate, how to use Le Chatelier's principle to predict equilibrium shifts, how to write and calculate an equilibrium constant expression for a reaction)

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(WE NEED TO ADD: random motion of molecules explains the diffusion of gases, there is no temperature lower than 0 Kelvin, kinetic theory of gases relates the absolute temperature of a gas to the average kinetic energy of its molecules or atoms, how to solve problems by using the ideal gas law in the form PV = nRT, apply Graham’s law to predict diffusion of gases)

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(NEED TO ADD: large molecules (polymers) are formed by repetitive combinations of simple subunits, know the bonding characteristics of carbon that result in the formation of a large variety of structures, know amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, system for naming the ten compounds with double and triple bonds, how to identify the functional groups of various compounds, know the R-group structure of amino acids and know how they combine to form the polypeptide backbone structure of proteins)

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(NEED TO ADD: protons and neutrons in the nucleus are held together by nuclear forces that overcome the electromagnetic repulsion between the protons, the energy release per gram of material is much larger in nuclear fusion or fission reactions than in chemical reactions,  protons and neutrons have substructures and consist of particles called quarks)

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APPENDIX 1:INVESTIGATION & LAB SAFETY

• Safety contract
• Lab equipment - needs keys + add'l activities?
  
• Worst-Case Scenario Project 
• Lab Discovery Walk - update
  
• Lab safety Quiz - needs key
• (GENERAL:  needs consolidating and streamlining)

• metric units
• scientific notation
• significant figures

• process of science
• mass and volume
• temperature and pressure
• density
• phases of matter