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Science - AP Chem

Physical Science
Heat: Transfer/Heat Energy
The learner will be able to explore how heat energy is moved by conduction, convection, and/or radiation.
Strand Scope Source
Heat: Transfer Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5
  
Physical Science: Significant
The learner will be able to comprehend and utilize the scientific facts, ideas, principles, theories and models that are significant in physical science.
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Physical Science Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3
  
Atoms: Matter
The learner will be able to understand that all matter is comprised of atoms.
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Atoms Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Definition
The learner will be able to understand that an atom is the smallest particle of an element.
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Atoms Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Characteristics
The learner will be able to describe the characteristics of atoms.
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Atoms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Atoms: Structure
The learner will be able to understand the structure of atoms.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1; National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 176
  
Atoms: Explain/Parts
The learner will be able to explain the parts of atoms.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Atoms: Interaction
The learner will be able to understand that atoms interact by transferring and sharing the electrons that are the furthest from the nucleus.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Explain/Electrical Force
The learner will be able to explain the electrical forces that keep atoms together.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Atoms: Energy
The learner will be able to understand that an atom or molecule gains or loses a discrete amount of energy. Therefore, the atom or molecule can only absorb and emit light at wavelengths corresponding to that amount. The size of the wavelengths are used to identify the substance.
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Atoms Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Atoms: Bonding
The learner will be able to understand that atoms may bond together to form molecules or crystalline solids.
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Atoms Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Atoms: Carbon
The learner will be able to understand that carbon atoms are able to bond with one another to form chains, rings, and branching networks. Carbon atoms that are linked together can form a variety of structures.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Atoms: Explore/Parts
The learner will be able to explore the parts of atoms.
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Atoms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Atoms: Explore/Characteristics
The learner will be able to explore the characteristics of atoms.
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Atoms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Atoms: Explore/Electrical Force
The learner will be able to explore the electrical forces that keep atoms together.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Chemical Reactions: Understand
The learner will be able to understand chemical reactions.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3; National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 176
  
Chemical Reactions: Explain/Usual
The learner will be able to explain usual chemical reactions.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Talk/Electron
The learner will be able to talk about chemical reactions with respect to bond formation by electron transfers.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Complex
The learner will be able to understand that the cells in the human body undergo complex chemical reactions involving carbon-based molecules.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Light
The learner will be able to understand that light can initiate chemical reactions, such as photosynthesis.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Factors
The learner will be able to understand the different factors involved in chemical reactions. Some major chemical reactions involve the transfer of electrons or hydrogen ions between reacting ions, molecules, or atoms. Other reactions involve chemical bonds being broken by heat or light to form very reactive radicals with electrons ready to form new bonds.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Radical Reactions
The learner will be able to understand that radical reactions control processes, such as the burning and processing of fossil fuels.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Catalysts
The learner will be able to understand that chemical reactions are accelerated by catalysts.
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Chemical Reactions Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Explain/Catalyst
The learner will be able to explain how chemical reactions are accelerated by utilizing catalysts.
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Chemical Reactions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Living Systems
The learner will be able to understand that chemical reactions in living systems are catalyzed by enzymes.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Explore/Usual
The learner will be able to explore usual chemical reactions.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Explore/Catalyst
The learner will be able to explore how chemical reactions are accelerated by utilizing catalysts.
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Chemical Reactions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Explore/Electron
The learner will be able to explore chemical reactions with respect to bond formation by electron transfers.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Motion: Compute/Forces/Moves
The learner will be able to compute how forces impact how an object moves.
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Motion Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.4
  
Motion: Change using F=ma
The learner will be able to understand that the formula F=ma can be used to calculate the magnitude of the change in motion independent of the nature of the force.
Strand Scope Source
Motion Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Rates of Change: Explain/Likening
The learner will be able to explain rates of change by likening one measured quantity to another.
Strand Scope Source
Rates of Change Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.3
  
Heat: Cause
The learner will be able to understand that heat is caused by the motion and vibration of atoms, molecules, and ions.
Strand Scope Source
Heat Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Energy: Transformations/Comprehend/Wave
The learner will be able to comprehend that wave energy can be transformed into other types of energy and vice-versa.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Transformations Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Energy: Transformations/Explore/Wave
The learner will be able to explore that wave energy can be transformed into other types of energy and vice-versa.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Transformations Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Energy: Potential/Kinetic/Understand
The learner will be able to understand that all energy can be classified into three types: kinetic, potential, and rest.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Potential, Kinetic, Work Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Energy: Potential/Explore
The learner will be able to explore potential energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Potential, Kinetic, Work Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5
  
Energy: Kinetic/Explore
The learner will be able to explore kinetic energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Potential, Kinetic, Work Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5
  
Sun: Energy/Describe/Life
The learner will be able to describe how the energy for life comes from the sun.
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Sun: Energy Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.5
  
Sun: Energy/Explore/Life
The learner will be able to explore how the energy for life comes from the sun.
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Sun: Energy Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.5
  
Energy: Matter/Comprehend/Interactions
The learner will be able to comprehend the interactions of matter and energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Matter Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Energy and Matter: Interaction
The learner will be able to understand the interaction between systems of matter and energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Matter Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 176
  
Electromagnetic Forces: Aspects
The learner will be able to understand the two aspects of electromagnetic forces: electricity and magnetism.
Strand Scope Source
Electromagnetic Forces Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Elements: Atoms
The learner will be able to understand that an element consists of a single type of atom.
Strand Scope Source
Elements Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.2; National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Elements: Explore/Consists/Atom
The learner will be able to explore that an element consists of a single type of atom.
Strand Scope Source
Elements Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.2
  
Nuclear Reactions: Definition
The learner will be able to understand that a nuclear reaction converts a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy.
Strand Scope Source
Nuclear Reactions Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Chemical Compounds: Formation
The learner will be able to understand that when two or more types of atoms bond chemically they form a compound.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Compounds Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Liquids: Energy
The learner will be able to understand that in liquids the molecules or atoms move around one another and do not move apart.
Strand Scope Source
Liquids Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Solids: Energy
The learner will be able to understand that in solids the structure of the molecules or atoms is rigid.
Strand Scope Source
Solids Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Gases: Energy
The learner will be able to understand that in gases, the molecules or atoms move nearly independent of one another and at a far distance.
Strand Scope Source
Gases Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Radioactive Isotopes
The learner will be able to understand that radioactive isotopes are unstable and experience spontaneous nuclear reactions.
Strand Scope Source
Radioactive Isotopes Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Radioactive Isotopes: Describe/Decay
The learner will be able to describe the decay of radioactive isotopes.
Strand Scope Source
Radioactive Isotopes Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Radioactive Isotopes: Explore/Decay
The learner will be able to explore the decay of radioactive isotopes.
Strand Scope Source
Radioactive Isotopes Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Magnetism: Properties/Explain/Field
The learner will be able to explain a magnetic field.
Strand Scope Source
Magnetism: Properties Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.4
  
States of Matter: Describe/Differ/Energy
The learner will be able to describe how the states of matter differ utilizing variations in molecular energy.
Strand Scope Source
Matter: States of Matter Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.2
  
Energy: Conservation/Universe
The learner will be able to understand that the total energy of the universe is constant.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Conservation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5; National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Energy: Conservation/Comprehend/Universe
The learner will be able to comprehend that the total energy of the universe can not be destroyed.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Conservation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5
  
Energy: Conservation/Disorder
The learner will be able to understand the conservation of energy and the increase in disorder.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Conservation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5; National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 176
  
Energy: Conservation/Explore/Universe
The learner will be able to explore that the total energy of the universe remains the same and cannot be destroyed.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Conservation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5
  
Electricity & Magnetism: Liken/Field
The learner will be able to liken the interaction between a magnetic and an electric field.
Strand Scope Source
Electricity and Magnetism Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.4
  
Periodic Table: Organization
The learner will be able to understand the organization of the periodic table.
Strand Scope Source
Periodic Table Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Periodic Table: Electron Configuration
The learner will be able to explain how the periodic table represents the electron configuration of elements.
Strand Scope Source
Periodic Table Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Periodic Table: Describe/Patterns/Repeat
The learner will be able to describe the periodic table with respect to repeating patterns.
Strand Scope Source
Periodic Table Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.2
  
Periodic Table: Explore/Patterns
The learner will be able to explore the repeating patterns of the periodic table.
Strand Scope Source
Periodic Table Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.2
  
Heat: Transfer
The learner will be able to explain the three methods of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
Strand Scope Source
Heat: Transfer Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.5
  
Energy: Waves
The learner will be able to associate waves, such as sound waves, to the transfer of energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Waves Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Energy: Waves/Comprehend/Every
The learner will be able to comprehend that every wave has and transfers energy.
Strand Scope Source
Energy: Waves Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Energy: Waves/Explore/Every
The learner will be able to explore that every wave has and transfers energy.
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Energy: Waves Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Electrons: Explain/Flow/Impacted
The learner will be able to explain how electron flow is impacted by the makeup and temperature of a material.
Strand Scope Source
Electrons Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Electrons: Conductors
The learner will be able to understand that some materials are superconductors, which allow electrons to flow easily. Other materials are insulated and obstruct the flow of electrons.
Strand Scope Source
Electrons Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 181
  
Electrons: Explore/Flow/Impacted
The learner will be able to explore how electron flow is impacted by the makeup and temperature of a material.
Strand Scope Source
Electrons Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Equilibria: Describe/Alterations
The learner will be able to describe equilibrium with respect to alterations in opposite and off-setting directions.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical and Physical Equilibria Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.5
  
Gases, Liquids, Solids: Distance/Angle
The learner will be able to understand that gases, liquids, and solids do not have the same distances and angles between molecules or atoms.
Strand Scope Source
Gases, Liquids, Solids Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Electric Force: Definition
The learner will be able to understand that between any two charged objects there exists a force called the electric force.
Strand Scope Source
Electric Force Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.4; National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Electric Force: Charges
The learner will be able to understand that opposite charges repel and that like charges attract.
Strand Scope Source
Electric Force Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Electric Force: Strength
The learner will be able to understand that the strength of the electric force is directly proportional to the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Strand Scope Source
Electric Force Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Electric Force: Gravity
The learner will be able to understand that two charged particles have a greater electric force than gravitational force.
Strand Scope Source
Electric Force Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Electric Force: Explore/Charged
The learner will be able to explore electric force as a force between any two charged objects.
Strand Scope Source
Electric Force Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.4
  
Electromagnetic Waves
The learner will be able to understand that when a charged object is accelerated or decelerated, the result is an electromagnetic wave.
Strand Scope Source
Electromagnetic Waves Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Electromagnetic Waves: Show/Charged
The learner will be able to show how electromagnetic waves are the result of the acceleration of a charged object.
Strand Scope Source
Electromagnetic Waves Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Electromagnetic Waves: Examples
The learner will be able to understand the following as types of electromagnetic waves: radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, and gamma rays.
Strand Scope Source
Electromagnetic Waves Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Electromagnetic Waves: Energy
The learner will be able to understand that electromagnetic waves carry energy in packets whose magnitude is inversely proportional to the wavelength.
Strand Scope Source
Electromagnetic Waves Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 180
  
Electromagnetic Waves: Explore/Charged
The learner will be able to explore how electromagnetic waves are the result of the acceleration of a charged object.
Strand Scope Source
Electromagnetic Waves Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.6
  
Motion: Laws of Motion
The learner will be able to understand that to calculate the effects of forces on the motion of objects scientists use the laws of motion.
Strand Scope Source
Motion: Laws of Motion Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Atoms: Fission
The learner will be able to understand that the process of splitting a large nucleus into smaller pieces is called fission.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Fission/Fusion Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Fusion
The learner will be able to understand that the process of two nuclei joining at extremely high temperature and pressure is called fusion.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Fission/Fusion Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Fusion/Sun
The learner will be able to understand that the energy of the sun and stars is the result of fusion.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Fission/Fusion Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Nucleus
The learner will be able to understand that the center of the atom has a positively charged nucleus.
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Atoms: Nucleus Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Nucleus/Electrons
The learner will be able to understand that the nucleus of an atom is surrounded by negatively charged electrons.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Nucleus Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Nucleus/Protons/Neutrons
The learner will be able to understand that an atom's nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Nucleus Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Nuclear Forces
The learner will be able to understand that the nuclear forces that hold the nucleus of an atom together are typically stronger than the electric forces that would separate them.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Nucleus Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Nucleus/Explain/Impact/Force
The learner will be able to explain the impact of nuclear forces that keep atoms together.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Nucleus Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Atoms: Nucleus Decay
The learner will be able to understand that the decay of a single nucleus cannot be predicted. However, identical nuclei decay at a predictable rate, which allows for estimating the age of materials containing radioactive isotopes.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Nucleus Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Atoms: Nucleus/Explore/Impact/Force
The learner will be able to explore the impact of nuclear forces that keep atoms together.
Strand Scope Source
Atoms: Nucleus Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.1
  
Chemical Reactions: Energy
The learner will be able to understand that energy may be released or consumed by chemical reactions.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions: Energy Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Energy/Describe
The learner will be able to describe how energy is released or consumed by chemical reactions.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions: Energy Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Energy
The learner will be able to understand that some chemical reactions are able to release mass quantities of energy by losing heat and by emitting light.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions: Energy Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Energy/Explore
The learner will be able to explore how energy is released or consumed by chemical reactions.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions: Energy Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Time
The learner will be able to understand the range of time periods over which a chemical reaction can occur vary from a few femtoseconds to several billion years.
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Chemical Reactions: Rate Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Time/Rates
The learner will be able to understand that the reaction rate depends on several factors: the rate at which the reacting atoms and molecules encounter one another, the temperature, and the properties of the reacting species.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions: Rate Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 179
  
Chemical Reactions: Time/Rates
The learner will be able to explain the various factors that affect chemical reaction rates.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions: Rate Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Chemical Reactions: Rate/Explore/Factors
The learner will be able to explore the factors that affect chemical reaction rates.
Strand Scope Source
Chemical Reactions: Rate Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.3.3
  
Elements: Isotopes/Definition
The learner will be able to understand that when an element has atoms with the same number of protons but with a different number of neutrons, these atoms are called isotopes of the element.
Strand Scope Source
Elements: Isotopes Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Elements: Properties/Electrons
The learner will be able to understand that the outer electrons of atoms define the chemical properties of an element.
Strand Scope Source
Elements: Properties Master National Science Education Standards, 1996, Grades 9-12, p. 178
  
Elements: Properties/Explain/Atom
The learner will be able to explain how the chemical characteristics of an element are dictated by the structure of an atom.
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