CH 5. 1

The student acquires the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry, analysis, deductive and inductive reasoning, information gathering, and problem solving as essential and integral elements in the study of science.

CH 5. 2

The student researches and develops an understanding of how people of various cultures have contributed to the advancement of science and technology, and how major discoveries and events have advanced science and technology.

CH 5. 3

The student demonstrates an ability to use all necessary scientific tools related to the study of science, and will use technology to apply knowledge of scientific principles.

CH 5. 4

The student demonstrates an ability to undertake a variety of types of scientific investigation (experiments, research, data collection, design, field work), and to communicate results with a depth of understanding.

CH 5. 24

The student produces evidence that demonstrates an understanding of the structure, properties and behavior of matter.

CH 5. 25

The student produces evidence that demonstrates an understanding of the natural laws as they apply to energy transformation, and an understanding of the interrelationships between energy and matter.

CH 5. 26

The student produces evidence that demonstrates an understanding of how chemistry impacts the environment.

Standard   CH 5. 1

Chemistry

The student acquires the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry, analysis, deductive and inductive reasoning, information gathering, and problem solving as essential and integral elements in the study of science.

(NCEE S 5; CK S 14, 15; NJ 5.2; NRC A 1,2)

Benchmarks

1.                  Identifies and communicates concepts that guide scientific investigations; completes a minimum of one full investigation

2.                  Designs and conducts scientific investigations

3.                  Regularly uses technology, media resources and mathematics to improve investigations and communications

4.                  Formulates and revises scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence

5.                  Recognizes, analyzes and communicates alternative explanations and models

6.                  Communicates and defends a scientific argument

7.                  Demonstrates an understanding that scientific explanations must adhere to criteria such as: logical consistency, openness to modifications, data based

8.                  Understands and explains how experimental results lead to further investigation

9.                  Uses technology and other media to present the design and results of investigation

CH   5. 2

Chemistry

The student researches and develops an understanding of how people of various cultures have contributed to the advancement of science and technology, and how major discoveries and events have advanced science and technology.

(NJ 5.3; CK S 16; NRC G 1,2,3)

Benchmarks

10.              Uses information effectively to recognize and explain the role of the scientific community in responding to changing social and political conditions

11.              Examines and communicates knowledge of the lives and contributions of important scientists and engineers who effected major breakthroughs in our understanding of the natural world

12.              Demonstrates an understanding that scientists are influenced by societal, cultural, and personal beliefs and ways of viewing the world

13.              Demonstrates how science is not separate from society, but a part of it

14.              Demonstrates an understanding that scientists have ethical traditions

CH   5. 3

Chemistry

The student demonstrates an ability to use all necessary scientific tools related to the study of science, and will use technology to apply knowledge of scientific principles.

(NCEE S6; NJ 5.4, 5.5; NRC E 1)

Benchmarks

15.              Demonstrates competency in using a variety of scientific tools as a means of conducting experiments, gathering data, analyzing results, and solving problems

16.              Uses computers and other technological instruments to access scientific knowledge, compare data, cite present and past examples of the interrelationship and mutual influence of science, technology and society

17.              Uses scientific tools, print and nonprint materials,  and technology to participate in a design project that identifies a problem, proposes and implements a solution, and evaluates the consequences of that solution

CH    5. 4

Chemistry

The student demonstrates an ability to undertake a variety of types of scientific investigation (experiments, research, data collection, design, field work), and to communicate results with a depth of understanding.

Note: This standard is an integration of several goals/objectives alluded to in previous standards.

(NCEE S 7, S8; CK S 15; NJ 5.2, 5.4, 5.5; NRC A 1,2)

Benchmarks

18.              Demonstrates in a variety of ways how the results of scientific investigation are applicable to real life situations

19.              Demonstrates that arguments generated from the results of scientific investigation may not have equal merit

20.              Explains how experimental results lead to further investigation

21.              Uses scientific investigation to distinguish between fact and opinion

22.              Uses scientific investigation to create explanations, models, decisions and descriptions

CH 5.  25

Chemistry

The student produces evidence that demonstrates an understanding of the natural laws as they apply to energy transformation, and an understanding of the interrelationships between energy and matter.

(NCEE S1; CK S 11; NJ 5.9; NRC B6)

Benchmarks

32.              Describes the various forms of energy, including heat, light, sound, chemical, nuclear, mechanical and electrical, and explains that energy can be transformed from one form to another

33.              Demonstrates quantitatively the heat flow that accompanies a chemical and physical change

34.              Demonstrates quantitatively the energy and entropy relationships in chemical and physical processes