Honors Chemistry

Continual Achievement Targets (CATs)

Lab Achievement Targets (LATs)

Accelerated Achievement Targets (AATs)

Achievement Targets (ATs)

CATs will be an integral part of each AT assessment. In addition to each of the achievement targets, students must demonstrate an ongoing mastery of each of these targets. These skills will be assessed in conjunction with the other achievement targets. It will be necessary for you to review these ATs regularly to prevent a lower grade on other assessments. 

LATs are the skills that are important to achieving a high level of mastery in science. These skills are based on lab behavior, lab report writing, analysis, drawing conclusions etc. These skills will be assessed in the conduction of lab activities and completion of lab reports.

AATs are the thinking skills that are necessary to be successful in a college setting or an AP Chemistry course. These skills use a combination of all other ATs to integrate concepts and solve problems using higher level processing skills. To achieve these skills students will need to practice, study, and review all ATs regularly.

ATs are the competencies that students will master for each of the topics covered in this course.

Use the scientific method as a model for doing chemistry.  

Can use dimensional analysis for solving problems.

Can use your calculator. 

Use proper units for measurement - abbreviations, spelling, etc. 

Report answers using correct units. 

Use dimensional analysis and stoichiometry to correctly solve problems.  

Perform calculations and report answers using the correct number of significant digits. 

Write formulas and names of elements. 

Write formulas for diatomic elements

Write formulas for common compounds, molecular compounds, and ionic compounds.

Write formulas and names for identified common ions. 

Can predict charges of monatomic ions for the representative elements. 

Can calculate molar mass.

Can use molar mass as a factor in calculations. 

Plan and implement data collection strategies to answer scientific questions.

Use proper safety methods at all times. 

Choose the proper piece of equipment to complete data collection. 

Record complete and descriptive observations.

Record data using the correct units.

Record data using the correct number of significant digits to obtain better accuracy and maintain a proper level of precision. 

Perform laboratory calculations by identifying the (word) equation used and showing a sample calculation. 

Perform laboratory calculations reporting the answer using the correct number of significant digits and correct units. 

Completes a reasonable error analysis using complete sentences, proper grammar and punctuation. 

Analyze data and draw conclusions using complete sentences, proper grammar, and punctuation. 

 Able to apply and communicate concepts and skills to analyze and solve multi step problems logically, scientifically and completely. 

Can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems. 

Can use the kinetic molecular theory to explain three states of matter. 

Classification of Matter

Classification of Properties, Changes, & Energy

Can identify units and equipment of mass, length, time, temperature, amount of substance, electric current, energy, and volume. 

Can apply the concepts of accuracy and precision. 

Can use the concepts of atomic mass, mass number, atomic mass units and isotope abundance to solve problems.

Can use the understanding of subatomic particles to write equations showing how ions are formed.

Perioidic Table and Classification of Elements

Formulas & Names

Chemical Equations

Can identify different types of reactions. 

Can predict products of single replacement, double replacement and neutralization reactions. Can write molecular equations, net ionic equations, and redox half reactions. 

Can perform mathematical conversions involving mass (in amu & g), moles, and number of particles (Avogadro's number). 

Can calculate a molar mass and a percent composition of a chemical formula. 

Can calculate an empirical formula and molecular formula from formula, mass and percent composition data. 

Can solve stoichiometry problems involving mass and moles using dimensional analysis. 

Can perform stoichiometric calculations, theoretical yield calculations, percent yield & percent error calculations including limiting reactant stoichiometry calculations.  

Atomic Theory

Can draw an electron filling diagram, write an electron configuration diagram for any element, draw an orbital filling diagram, tell how many valence electrons, core electrons, unpaired electrons, and unoccupied orbitals for any element. 

Can draw Lewis Structures, distinguish between the different types of bonding, and demonstrates an understanding of molecular geometry. 

Can explain, calculate, and predict the relationships of gas variables including pressure, temperature, volume, number of particles utilizing Boyle's, Law, Charles’ Law, Avogadro's Law, Dalton’s Law, the Combined Gas Law and the Ideal Gas Law. 

Can utilize Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures, the ideal gas law, standard temperature and pressure (STP), and molar volume to perform gas stoichiometry calculations.

Thermodynamics

Solutions

Equillbrium

Nuclear Chemistry

Can classify matter as  heterogeneous or homogeneous 

Can classify matter as mixtures or pure substances. 

Can classify matter as elements or compounds 

Can classify properties as intensive or extensive.

Can classify properties as physical or chemical.

Can classify changes as physical or chemical.

Can classify energy as kinetic or potential.

Can use the periodic table to classify elements into groups or perioids.

Can use the periodic table to classify elements as metals, nonmetals, or metalloids.

Can use the periodic table to classify elements into main group, transition, Lanthanides (rare earth elements), actinides.

Can use the periodic table to classify elements as alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases.

Write formulas and names of common polyatomic ions.

Write formulas and names of ionic compounds.

Write formulas and names of acids and bases.

Write formulas and names of molecular compounds

Write formulas of hydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes.)

Can write an unbalanced chemical equation. 

Can balance a chemical equation. 

Can write a complete balanced chemical equation. 

Demonstrates a knowledge of Dalton’s, Rutherford’s, and Bohr’s model of the atom.

Can identify parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Can identify the parts of a wave and how frequency, energy, and wavelength are related.

Demonstrates a knowledge of how the electron’s position is represented by the wave mechanical model.

Demonstrates a knowledge of shapes of s, p, & d orbitals.

Demonstrates a knowledge of the general trends in atomic properties in the periodic table.

Demonstrates a knowledge of how the periodic table is constructed using electron configurations and orbital filling rule.

Demonstrates a knowledge of how valence shell configuration determines properties of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.

Can use the thermodynamic constants of a heating/cooling curves (specific heat, heat of vaporization, heat of fusion) to explain and calculate the energy changes during all phases of the transformation. 

Can calculate concentrations such as percent concentration, molarity, normality.

Can use these concentrations to calculate solution stoichiometry, dilution calculations, and normality equivalences. 

Can write equilibrium expressions and solve for values associated with equilibrium expressions.

Can predict shifts in equilibrium based on Le Chatelier's principle. 

Can write nuclear decay, transmutation, and nuclear bombardment reactions.

Can do calculations involving half life including mass, time and half life determination.