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Chemistry (SCH3U)

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SCH3U

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Online - Ontario - Canada

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This course enables students to deepen their understanding of chemistry through the study of the properties of chemicals and chemical bonds; chemical reactions and quantitative relationships in those reactions; solutions and solubility; and atmospheric chemistry and the behaviour of gases. Students will further develop their analytical skills and investigate the qualitative and quantitative properties of matter, as well as the impact of some common chemical reactions on society and the environment. Curriculum Policy Document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Science, 2008 (revised)  
  • Course Type: University
  • Credit Value: 1.0
  • Prerequisite: SNC2D, Science, Grade 10, Academic
  • Department: Science
  Course Developer by KAI Global School Development Date: 2020-2021    

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Chemistry (SCH3U)

Unit One: Matter, Chemical Trends, and Chemical Bonding (19 Hours)

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In this unit, students will embark on a journey to develop a comprehensive understanding of elemental structures, enabling the prediction of both physical and chemical properties. The curriculum will guide them in investigating the physical and chemical properties of compounds, with a keen focus on the types of chemical bonds formed.

Furthermore, the unit will delve into the examination of the prudent use of chemicals, emphasizing the critical need to minimize risks to both human health and the environment. By exploring the responsible and appropriate application of chemicals, students will gain insights into practices that safeguard human well-being while promoting environmental sustainability.

 

Unit Two: Chemical Reactions (19 Hours)

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Within this unit, students will actively showcase their understanding of the predictable nature of chemical reactions. Through hands-on exploration, they will investigate various types of chemical reactions, discerning their distinct characteristics and patterns.

Moreover, the curriculum will guide students in critically assessing the substantial implications arising from these chemical reactions. The focus extends beyond theoretical considerations to real-world applications, exploring how these reactions impact both society and the environment. This integrated approach ensures that students not only comprehend the scientific principles behind chemical reactions but also appreciate their broader relevance and consequences in the context of the world around them.

Unit Three: Quantities in Chemical Reactions(22 Hours)

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In this unit, students will be introduced to the mole concept, gaining foundational knowledge of its application in describing chemical reactions quantitatively. The curriculum will guide them in applying this understanding to discern quantitative relationships, allowing for the assessment of the efficiency of chemical reactions.

Additionally, students will explore strategies for optimizing these reactions, delving into the practical aspects of leveraging quantitative insights to enhance the outcomes of chemical processes. This comprehensive approach ensures that students not only grasp theoretical concepts but also acquire practical skills in manipulating chemical reactions for optimal results.

 

Unit Four: Solutions and Solubilities(22 Hours)

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In this unit, students will actively demonstrate their understanding that the properties of solutions can be both qualitatively and quantitatively described and predicted. The curriculum will guide them in assessing the distinctive physical and chemical properties of water, with a specific emphasis on its crucial role in supporting living organisms.

Furthermore, students will undertake an analysis of the origins of water pollution, exploring a spectrum of economic, social, and environmental issues intricately linked to drinking water. This multifaceted approach ensures that students not only comprehend theoretical concepts but also engage with the real-world complexities surrounding water resources and their impact on diverse aspects of society and the environment.

Unit Five: Gases and Atmospheric Chemistry(22 hours)

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In this unit, students will actively demonstrate their understanding that the properties of gases are both predictable and can be described qualitatively and quantitatively. The curriculum will guide them in evaluating the cumulative impact of human activities and technology on air quality.

Furthermore, students will delve into the description and evaluation of Canadian initiatives aimed at reducing air pollution. The unit will extend to exploring ways in which students can personally contribute by reducing their own carbon footprint. This comprehensive approach ensures that students not only comprehend the scientific principles related to gases but also engage with the real-world complexities of air quality and contribute to sustainability efforts.

Final Exam (3 hours)

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This represents a proctored exam, and its outcome contributes significantly, accounting for 30% of your final grade in the course.

RST (6 hours)

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This represents a proctored exam, and its outcome contributes significantly, accounting for 30% of your final grade in the course.

Resources required by the student:

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To ensure seamless participation in this course, make sure you have the following resources:

Scanner, Smartphone Camera, or Similar Device:

  • Essential for uploading handwritten or hand-drawn work.

Laptop and/or Personal Computer:

  • Ideally equipped with Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as the web browser.

Access to Video Recording and Handwritten Work Scanning:

  • Utilize devices such as a mobile phone, tablet, iPad, or webcams for video recording and scanning handwritten work.

Stable Internet Connection:

  • Ensure a reliable internet connection for consistent online engagement.

Downloaded High School Chemistry Material:

  • Download the high school chemistry material, containing interactive labs. Completion of these labs equips students to calculate the final concentration of reaction products, determine the solubility product of heterogeneous reactions, and calculate the half-life of reactions.

Non-Programmable, Non-Graphing, Scientific Calculator:

  • Have access to a calculator meeting these specifications for use during the course.

These resources collectively support a rich and interactive learning experience, enabling you to fully engage with the course content and assessments.

Resources provided by KAI global school

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  • Access to Google Suites or Microsoft Education for word processing software and presentation software. (The school will distribute accounts to students).
  • Supplemental Ebook materials for chemistry.
  • Access to Canva for Education if needed.
  • Access to Gizmo and Labster for their virtual laboratory simulations.
  • Interactive Periodic Table, Pear Decks, and Quizlet.
  • Online Calculator.

Overrall expectations

By the end of the course you will:

Scientific Investigation Skills And Career Exploration

By the end of this course, students will:

  • demodemonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing and interpreting, and communicating);
  • identify and describe careers related to the fields of science under study, and describe the contributions of scientists, including Canadians, to those fields.
Matter, Chemical Trends, & Chemical Bonding

By the end of this course, students will

  • assess the social and environmental impact of analyse the properties of commonly used chemical substances and their effects on human health and the environment, and propose ways to lessen their impact;
  • investigate physical and chemical properties of elements and compounds, and use various methods to visually represent them;
  • demonstrate an understanding of periodic trends in the periodic table and how elements combine to form chemical bonds.
Chemical Reactions

By the end of this course, students will

  • analyse chemical reactions used in a variety of applications, and assess their impact on society and the environment;
  • investigate different types of chemical reactions;
  •  demonstrate an understanding of the different types of chemical reactions
Quantities In Chemical Reactions

By the end of this course, students will:

  • analyse processes in the home, the workplace, and the environmental sector that use chemical quantities and calculations, and assess the importance of quantitative accuracy in industrial chemical processes;
  •  investigate quantitative relationships in chemical reactions, and solve related problems;
  • demonstrate an understanding of the mole concept and its significance to the quantitative analysis of chemical reactions
Solutions And Solubility

By the end of this course, students will

  •  analyse the origins and effects of water pollution, and a variety of economic, social, and environmental issues related to drinking water;
  • investigate qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions, and solve related problems;
  • demonstrate an understanding of qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions.
Gases And Atmospheric Chemistry

By the end of this course, students will

  • analyse the cumulative effects of human activities and technologies on air quality, and describe some Canadian initiatives to reduce air pollution, including ways to reduce their own carbon footprint;
  • investigate gas laws that explain the behaviour of gases, and solve related problems;
  • demonstrate an understanding of the laws that explain the behaviour of gases.

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Chemistry (SCH3U)

Strategies for Assessment

Assessment for learning will directly influence student learning by reinforcing the connections between assessment and instruction, and provide ongoing feedback to the student. Assessment for learning occurs as part of the daily teaching process and helps teachers form a clear picture of the needs of the students because students are encouraged to be more active in their learning and associated assessment. Teachers gather this information to shape their teaching environment.

Assessment for learning is:

  • Ongoing
  • Is tied to learning outcomes
  • Provides information that structures the teachers’ planning and instruction
  • Allows teachers to provide immediate and descriptive feedback that will guide student learning

The purpose of assessment for learning is to create self-regulated and lifelong learners.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Grade 12 HHS4U, Families in Canada examines issues and challenges facing individuals and families in Canada’s diverse society. In this course, students will draw on sociological, anthropological and psychological theories and research to examine factors affecting families and assess policies and practices intended to support Canadian families.Social sciences and humanities courses focus on the use of disciplined, structured inquiry to understand human beings, human behaviour, and human nature. These courses promote the use of reason as part of the structured inquiry process, while also recognizing the limitations of reason as a way of learning, knowing, and understanding.

  • Students interact in student-paced and instructor-paced interactive, engaging instructional lessons.
  • Encourage students to identify and question assumptions and values that underlie individual behaviour and family and social/cultural life.
  • Challenge texts, reading “underneath, behind, and beyond” texts and questioning how they influence us and others and whose interests they serve, enables students to develop their critical literacy skills.
  • Engage actively in solving problems confronted by individuals, families, diverse groups, institutions, and societies.
  • Opportunities to enhance their self-understanding and understanding of others through an examination of their personal belief systems and also of the foundations and implications of different viewpoints and lived experiences of others.
  • Students develop an understanding and appreciation of the contexts through which their own and others’ world views are formed through a proximity of their own perceptions, attitudes, values, and beliefs with those of others.
  • Encouraged to be mindful of their responsibilities with respect to the environment and of the importance of making morally and ethically responsible decisions.
  • Explore how theories and concepts can influence social action, and how such action can affect the well-being of individuals, families, and communities throughout the world.
  • Opportunities to learn in a variety of ways- individually, cooperatively, independently, with teacher direction, through hands-on experiences, and through examples followed by practice.
  • By accomplishing prompts on interactive lessons, students can reflect on different texts. In addition, constant communication with teachers ensures that the students understand complex topics and apply them in their writing. They can also accomplish other tasks through the use of: animations, videos, discussion forums, live chat and other interactive objects.

Final Grade

Percentage of Final Mark Categories of Mark Breakdown
70% Assessments of Learning Tasks Throughout the Term
30% Final Written Examination And/Or RST

A student’s final grade is reflective of their most recent and most consistent level of achievement.

The balance of the weighting of the categories of the achievement chart throughout the course is:

CHALLENGE AND CHANGE IN SOCIETY Knowledge Inquiry/Thinking Communication Application
100% 20% 30% 20% 30%

Report Card

Student achievement will be communicated formally to students via an official report card. Report cards are issued at the midterm point in the course, as well as upon completion of the course. Each report card will focus on two distinct, but related aspects of student achievement.
First, the achievement of curriculum expectations is reported as a percentage grade. Additionally, the course median is reported as a percentage. The teacher will also provide written comments concerning the student’s strengths, areas for improvement, and next steps. Second, the learning skills are reported as a Needs Improvement, Satisfactory, Good and Excellent. The report card also indicates whether an OSSD credit has been earned.
Upon completion of a course, KAI global school will send a copy of the report card back to the student’s home school (if in Ontario) where the course will be added to the ongoing list of courses on the student’s Ontario Student Transcript. The report card will also be sent to the student’s home address.

Considerations for Online Courses

Cheating and Plagiarism

KAI global school commits to having policies for assessments that minimize the risk of cheating. We also commit to begin each course with refresher learning on academic integrity.

In the event of incidences of academic dishonesty, the student, Academic Director (and, in the case of students under 18, their parents) will be notified of the occurrence, of the consequence, and of the potential consequences of subsequent incidents.

Improper Citation
Grades 11 and 12

  • First Instance: A warning and an opportunity to redo the piece.
  • Subsequent Instance: An opportunity to redo the piece to a maximum grade of 75%.

Unaccredited Paraphrasing
Grade 11 and 12

  • First Instance: An opportunity to redo the piece to a maximum grade of 75%.
  • Subsequent Instance: An opportunity to redo the piece to a maximum grade of 50%.

Unaccredited Verbatim
Grades 11 and 12

  • First Instance: An opportunity to redo the piece to a maximum grade of 50%.
  • Subsequent Instance: A grade of zero. No opportunity to resubmit.

Full Plagiarism
Grade 11 and 12

  • First Instance: A grade of zero. No opportunity to resubmit.
  • Subsequent Instance: A grade zero. No opportunity to resubmit.

Instructional Approaches

Teachers will use a variety of instructional strategies to help students become independent, strategic and successful learners. The key to student success is effective, accessible instruction. When planning this course of instruction, the teacher will identify the main concept and skills of the course, consider the context in which students will apply their learning and determine the students’ learning goals. The instructional program for this course will be well planned and will support students in reaching their optimal level of challenge for learning, while directly teaching the skills that are required for success.

Understanding student strengths and needs will enable the teacher to plan effective instruction and meaningful assessments. Throughout this course the teacher will continually observe and assess the students’ readiness to learn, their interests, and their preferred learning styles and individual learning needs.

Teachers will use differentiated instructional approaches such as:

  • adjusting the method or pace of instruction
  • using a variety of resources
  • allowing a wide choice of topics
  • adjusting the learning environment
  • scaffolding instruction

During this course, the teacher will provide multiple opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and skills and consolidate and reflect upon their learning.

Special Educational Needs Student Planning.

The teacher in this course is the key educator of students with special education needs. The teacher has a responsibility to help all students learn, and will work collaboratively with the guidance counselor, where appropriate, to achieve this goal. In planning this course, the teacher will pay particular attention to the following guidelines:

  • All students have the ability to succeed
  • Each student has his or her own unique patterns of learning
  • Successful instructional practices are founded on evidence-based research, tempered by experience
  • Universal design and differentiated instruction are effective and interconnected  means of meeting the learning or productivity needs of any group of students
  • Online teachers are the key educators for a student’s literacy and numeracy development
  • Online teachers need the support of the larger school community to create a learning environment that supports students with special education needs
  • Fairness is not sameness

The teacher will use the following strategies:

Students with Special Educational Needs
  • Extra time on tests and extended deadlines for major assessments
  • Complete tasks or present information in ways that cater to individual learning styles
  • Variety of teaching and learning strategies
  • Scaffolding
  • Break down (chunk) assignments
  • A computer for assessments and exams
  • Formula sheets, memory aids
  • oral and written instructions
  • Cue cards during instruction and Assessments
  • Graphic organizers
  • Specific strategies to enhance recall
  • Non-verbal cues and reminders to remain focused
  • Oral testing
  • Allow for sufficient response time
  • Experiential learning experiences so that students can make connections between curriculum and real-world examples
  • Conferencing
  • Prompting students through lessons and assessments
  • Refocusing strategies
  • Periodic breaks

ESL Student Program Planning

In planning this course for students with linguistic backgrounds other than English, the teacher will create a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment that nurtures the students’ self-confidence while they are receiving course instruction. Most English language learners who have developed oral proficiency in everyday English will nevertheless require instructional scaffolding to meet curriculum expectations. The teacher will adapt the instructional program in order to facilitate the success of these students in their classes. Appropriate adaptations and strategies for this course will include:

Students with English as Second Language
  • Body language and non-verbal communication
  • Model expectations
  • Subject-specific dictionary
  • Cooperative learning
  • Concrete examples and materials
  • Avoid idioms
  • Bilingual Dictionaries
  • Buddy system
  • Peer tutors
  • Allow sufficient response time
  • Graphic organizers
  • Scaffolding
  • Story maps
  • Conferencing
  • Pre-writing strategies
  • Literature circle
  • Journal
  • Previewing course readings / texts
  • Materials that reflect cultural diversity
  • Free voluntary reading
  • Guided Reading
  • Guided Writing
  • Think Aloud
  • Whole-Class Response
  • Editing checklist

Supporting First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students

KAI global school will promote active and engaged citizenship, which includes greater awareness of the distinct place and role of Indigenous (First Nation, Métis, and Inuit) peoples in our shared heritage and in the future in Ontario.
KAI global school will:

  • increase the focus in school strategic planning to promote the voluntary, confidential self-identification of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students as a means to enhance the success and well-being of Aboriginal students and to help close the achievement gap
  • continue to identify and share practices and resources to help improve First Nation, Métis, and Inuit student achievement and close the achievement gap
  • increase the training in our schools to respond to the learning and cultural needs of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students
  • provide quality programs, services, and resources at our schools to support First Nation, Métis, and Inuit student
  • provide quality programs, services, and resources at our schools who support First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students to help create learning opportunities that support improved academic achievement and identify building
  • provide curriculum links that facilitates learning about contemporary and traditional First National, Métis, and Inuit cultures, histories, and perspectives among all students
  • develop awareness among teachers of the learning styles of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students and employ instructional methods designed to enhance the learning of all First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students
  • implement targeted learning strategies for effective oral communication and mastery of reading and writing
  • implement strategies for developing critical and creative thinking
  • provide access to a variety of accurate and reliable Aboriginal resources such as periodicals, books, software, and resources in other media, including materials in the main Aboriginal languages in schools with First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students
  • provide a supportive and safe environment for all First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students

Role of Information and Communication Technology

ICT tools will be integrated into this course for whole-class instruction and for the design of curriculum units that contain varied approaches to learning in order to meet diverse needs and interests of the students in this class. At the beginning of this class, all students will be made aware of issues related to Internet privacy, safety, and responsible use, as well as of the potential for abuse of this technology, particularly when it is used to promote hatred. ICT used in this course will include:

Information and Communication Technology
  • Websites
  • Online libraries
  • Archives
  • Public records
  • YouTube
  • Curriculum Digital Resources
  • Widgets
  • Online Graphing Calculator
  • Cell phones
  • iPads
  • DVDs
  • Digital Camera
  • Edsby
  • Gsuite
  • Office 365
  • Gizmos
  • Labster
  • Gradeslam
  • Mathspace
  • Mathletics
  • Screencastify

Promotion of Careers

The knowledge and skills students acquire in this course will be useful in helping students recognize the value of their education and applications to the world outside of school and identify possible careers, essential skills and work habits required to succeed. Students will learn how to connect their learning in asking questions and finding answers to employable skills.

During this course the teacher will:

  • ensure  that all students develop the knowledge and skills they need to make informed education and career/life choices;
  • Provide learning environment and online school-wide opportunities for this learning; and;
  • Engage parents and the broader community in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program, to support students in their learning
  • Use the four-step inquiry process linked to the four areas of learning
    • Knowing yourself – Who am I ?
    • Exploring opportunities – What are my opportunities?
    • Making decisions and setting goals – Who do I want to become?
    • Achieving goals and making transitions – What is my plan for achieving my goals?

The teacher will support students in this course in education and career/life planning by providing them with learning opportunities, filtered through the lens of the four inquiry questions, that allow them to apply subject-specific knowledge and skills to work-related situations; explore subject-related education and career/life options; and become competent, self-directed planners.

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