7/28/11

Unit 1: Chemistry Unit 2: Physics Unit 3: Biology

Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 4 Assignment 5 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 4 Assignment 5 Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 4 Assignment 5 Assignment 6
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:

7/28/11

ssignment 1: Whats in your rock pool?

Scenario You work in the Education Department of the Information Centre at a local seaside town and have been asked to set up a small exhibition to tell children about science on the seashore. Your exhibition will include samples taken from the seashore that you have specifically chosen so you can educate children about elements, mixtures, compounds, atoms and molecules.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:element compound mixture

7/28/11

As part of your exhibition you will produce a detailed information poster that explains all the differences between elements, mixtures and compounds, with lots of drawings to show how the atoms are arranged in elements, compounds and mixtures. Your poster needs to be user-friendly and colourful to attract people to its content and its information. The exhibition must cover the following substances found at the seashore: air, sea water, white foam in waves, fresh water in clouds, rocks, pebbles and sand.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:element compound mixture

7/28/11

TASK 1 What is it?

(P2)

For your exhibition you need to write a list, draw and collect pictures of the substances you are going to display (air, sea water, white foam in waves, fresh water in clouds, rocks, pebbles and sand) with a detailed label to go alongside each picture. Combine your pictures, labels and other information into a poster. Guidance For each of the labels and each substance you must identify: what elements are present in each substance what the symbol is for these elements if your substance is an element, a compound or mixture if it is a solid, liquid or gas.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:element compound mixture

7/28/11

TASK 2 Whats the difference?

(M1)

For the elements, mixtures and compounds in each of your substances (air, sea water, white foam in waves, fresh water in clouds, rocks, pebbles and sand) you need to draw their chemical formulae (for example, KCl for potassium chloride) and structural formulae (i.e. the chemical diagram for potassium chloride). Guidance Next to the drawings of the chemical formulae and structural formulae, you need to describe the differences between these elements, mixtures and compounds, making reference to your drawings of these chemical formulae and structures.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:element compound mixture

7/28/11

Assignment2: How the physical properties of substances determine their use in everyday life
Scenario In order to correctly detect and identify unknown substances found at a crime scene or at a pollution spillage site or in the detection of substances found in food or water supplies, analytical chemists and forensic scientists need to be able to understand the physical properties of ionic, covalent and metallically bonded substances.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:ionic

covalent metallic

7/28/11

TASK 1 Physical properties

(P2)

Carry out a practical investigation, looking at some of the physical properties of some elements and compounds. Follow Task Sheet 1 and record your results on this sheet.

Keywords:ionic

Wor d of the wee k:

covalent metallic

7/28/11

TASK 2 Suits you!

(M2)

Using a textbook or the internet, find out what the following chemical substances are used for in your house or in industry: copper graphite poly(ethene) glass sodium chloride sucrose.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:ionic

covalent metallic

7/28/11

Guidance Using your knowledge of their physical properties that you obtained from the investigation in Task 1, explain why the physical properties of these substances make them suitable for their use in the home or in industry. Write a report about these substances entitled Chemical substances: their uses in the home on one side of A4 plain paper.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:ionic

covalent metallic

7/28/11

TASK 3 Structures and properties

(D1)

Using a textbook or the internet, research these chemical substances: graphite, sodium chloride, copper. For each substance, find out the following physical properties: melting point boiling point electrical conductivity thermal conductivity solubility in water/solubility in other substances.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:ionic

covalent metallic

7/28/11

Guidance Draw a picture of the chemical structures of these substances and, using these pictures, explain how the physical properties are related to their structures. Write a report about the link between their structures and physical properties.

Keywords:ionic

Wor d of the wee k:

covalent metallic

7/28/11

Assignment 3: The elements of the periodic table

Scenario You work as a forensic investigator for a company that investigates crime scenes, sites of environmental accidents and road traffic accidents. As a forensic analytical chemist you need to be able to identify the patterns and trends in the chemical elements of the periodic table
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

7/28/11

It is important for you to understand how reactive certain elements are and the properties of their ionic, covalent and/or metallically bonded substances. This helps when testing and analysing materials found at these crime scenes, areas of environmental pollution (rivers, seas, land and the local atmosphere) or in the detection of substances found in food or water supplies.

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

Wor d of the wee k:

7/28/11

TASK 1 Atomic structures

(P3)

Using a periodic table to help you, draw diagrams of the atomic structures of hydrogen, helium, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen atoms and describe the properties of the electrons, neutrons and protons present in them, as well as their position in the atom. Using carbon as an example, describe what isotopes are and the similarities and differences between the isotopes of carbon.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

7/28/11

TASK 2 Electronic structures structures of the following elements:

(P3)

Using the worksheet, describe the electronic hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminium, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, calcium. Follow Task Sheet 1 and record your results on this sheet.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

7/28/11

TASK 3 Group 1 elements

(P4)

Investigate the chemical properties of the Group 1 elements by making relevant observations during a practical demonstration of Group 1 elements. Follow Task Sheet 2 and record your results on it.

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

Wor d of the wee k:

7/28/11

TASK 4 Group 7 elements

(P4)

Investigate the chemical properties of the Group 7 elements by making relevant observations during a practical demonstration of Group 7 elements. Follow Task Sheet 3 and record your results on it.

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

Wor d of the wee k:

7/28/11

TASK 5 Patterns and trends Using your knowledge of the atomic

(M3)

structures of the elements of Groups 1 and 7, describe the following: the patterns and trends in these atomic structures the relationship between the position in the periodic table and the number of outer electrons the electronic structure as you go down each group.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

7/28/11

TASK 6 Useful compounds

(M4)

Find out some uses for the elements of Groups 1 and 7. Find out at least five uses for compounds with the elements of Groups 1 and 7 in them, for example sodium hydroxide and silver bromide. Look for examples of these compounds in agriculture, X-ray photography and refrigerators. Knowing what you do about the reactivity of Group 1 and 7 elements, explain why there are many more uses for compounds containing Groups 1 and 7 elements than for just the elements on their own.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

7/28/11

TASK 7 Explaining the trends

(D2)

Using the experimental data you have obtained and the following data, explain the trends in the chemical behaviour/properties of the elements of Groups 1 and 7 of the periodic table, with reference to their electronic structure or arrangement. Follow Task Sheet 4 and record your results on this sheet.

Keywords:Atomic structure electronic structure

Wor d of the wee k:

7/28/11

Assignment 4: How fast is your reaction?

Scenario You work as a manufacturing industrial chemist for a large international company that makes its own range of health and beauty products. Most of these products are sold in the companys retail outlets as well as in supermarkets and smaller shops. Every year you receive a number of Year 10 or Year 11 students for a period of work experience and it is your job to teach them about the products you make. To do this you will need to tell them the following:
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:chemical

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

Assignment 4: How fast is your reaction?

the chemical equations and chemical formulae for making the products the correct amounts needed how to change the speed and rate of each chemical reaction by changing certain reaction conditions how the companys profits can be maximised by finding the best reaction conditions.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:chemical

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

TASK 1 Temperature and chemical reaction (P5) Investigate the chemical reaction between sodium thiosulfate solution and dilute hydrochloric acid at different temperatures. Follow Task Sheet 1 and record your results on this sheet.

Keywords:chemical

Wor d of the wee k:

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

TASK 2 Concentration and chemical reactions (P5) Use the same reaction to investigate the changes in the rate of reaction using different concentrations of sodium thiosulfate solution. Follow Task Sheet 2 and record your results on this sheet.

Keywords:chemical

Wor d of the wee k:

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

TASK 3 Catalysts and chemical reactions

(P5)

Investigate the effects of different catalysts on a chemical reaction to show how different catalysts can change the rate of a reaction. Follow Task Sheet 3 and record your results on this sheet.

Keywords:chemical

Wor d of the wee k:

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

TASK 4 Surface area and chemical reactions

(P5)

Investigate the effects of surface area on the rate of the chemical reaction between hydrochloric acid and limestone a reaction that occurs when acid rain reacts with limestone buildings. Follow Task Sheet 4 and record your results on this sheet.

Keywords:chemical

Wor d of the wee k:

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

TASK 5 Time and chemical reactions

(P5)

Investigate how the concentration of a chemical reactant affects the rate of a chemical reaction as a function of time. Use the results table to record your results accurately. Follow Task Sheet 5 and record your results on this sheet.

Keywords:chemical

Wor d of the wee k:

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

TASK 6 Report

(M5)

You are a chemist working for a chemical company that manufactures ammonia. You have been given the task of lowering the cost of the Haber process by carrying out the reaction at 200 C, 100 atm and by using less catalyst. You have to write a report to your bosses explaining why this is not a good idea. In your report you need to research the collision theory and how it explains the four main factors that affect the rate of a reaction.
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:chemical

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

TASK 7 The Haber process

(D3)

Research the Haber process, for the manufacture of ammonia, and find out how changes in pressure, temperature and amount of catalyst affect the yield of the ammonia produced. Write a short report on how these different factors affect the yield by:
Wor d of the wee k:

Keywords:chemical

reaction catalyst

7/28/11

writing down the equation for the Haber process in words and symbols finding out the values of temperature and pressure that give certain yields finding out the actual values of temperature and pressure used to achieve the best yield analysing the % yield graph of ammonia produced and explaining why the actual reaction conditions of temperature and pressure are chosen.

Keywords:chemical

Wor d of the wee k:

reaction catalyst