Unit 1 A: General Characteristics of Science

Essential Questions:

1. What are the rules and procedures for Honors Chemistry?
2. How do you access Mr. E’s Chemistry Website?
3. Did you sign up for Remind?
4. How will you achieve success in Honors Chemistry
5. How do you put numbers into and take numbers out of scientific notation
6. What is dimensional analysis?
7. What is a conversion factor?
8. How do you perform single and multiple step dimensional analysis calculations?
9. What are the characteristics of scientific method and controlled experimentation?
10. What are the safety precautions and symbols used in the laboratory?
11. Compare and contrast scientific theory and scientific law.
12. How can data be represented to make it more understandable (graph types)?

GSE:

General Science (review) – No GSE standards. This part of the Unit assesses previous knowledge necessary to perform the calculations required in Chemistry. The data generated from these assessments will allow me to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of individual students so that they are able to learn chemistry.

Vocabulary - General Science: (Use your scientific method outline, Unit 1 supplemental notes sheet, and your whiteboard notes to define these terms)

1. Qualitative data

2. Quantitative data

3. Constants

4. Independent variable

5. Dependent variable

6. Hypothesis

7. Theory

8. Law

9. Dimensional analysis

10. Conversion factor

Recommended Reading: (These textbook pages will supplement the information covered in class)

Chapter 1 - (page 1) Introduction to Chemistry

Chapter 3 - (page 60) Scientific Measurements

Links:

General Chem Tutorial http://www.occc.edu/KMBailey/Chem1115Tutorials/Tutorial_Links.htm

Why Scientific Theories and Laws shouldn't be dismissed: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/scientific-theories-laws-dismissed

Significant Figures tutorials: http://www.chemteam.info/SigFigs/SigFigs.html

Good Practice website http://science.widener.edu/svb/tutorial/index.html

Significant figure video: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/decimals-pre-alg/sig-figs-pre-alg/v/significant-figures

Rounding rules: http://www.chemteam.info/SigFigs/Rounding.html

Slowing light down with a crystal (Bose-Einstein Condensate): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK6HxdUQm5s

Defined standard of a kilogram: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/kilogram.html

Cool Stuff Below!

NASA How big is the universe? http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/features/F_How_Big_is_Our_Universe.html

Another great website! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/physics/2012/10/how-large-is-the-observable-universe/

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