SCH3U COURSE OUTLINE

Course Title: Chemistry, Grade 11, University Preparation

Grade: 11

Ministry Course Code: SCH3U

Course Type: University Preparation

Credit Value: 1.00

Course Hours: 110

Department: Science

Revision Date: N/A

Policy Document: Science, The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, 2008 (Revised)

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/2009science11_12.pdf

Domestic Student Price: $550
International Student Price: $799

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Chemistry 11 - SCH3U 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.

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

A. Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration

Demonstrate 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.

B. Matter, Chemical Trends, and Chemical Bonding

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.

C. Chemical Reactions

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.

D. Quantities in Chemical Reactions

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.

E. Solutions and Solubility

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.

F. Gases and Atmospheric Chemistry

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.

OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT

TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

A variety of teaching and learning strategies are used to allow students many opportunities to attain the necessary skills for success in this course and in future studies. In all activities, consideration will be taken to ensure that individual students’ multiple intelligences and learning strengths are addressed through the use of varied and multiple activities in each lesson.

STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE

The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. Assessment and evaluation is based on the Ministry of Education’s Growing Success policy document, which articulates the Ministry’s vision for how assessment and evaluation is practiced in Ontario schools.

Growing Success describes the three assessment types as follows:

Assessment as Learning: focuses on the explicit fostering of students’ capacity over time to be their own best assessors, but teachers need to start by presenting and modelling external, structured opportunities for students to assess themselves.
Assessment for Learning: the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there.
Assessment of Learning: the assessment that becomes public and results in statements or symbols about how well students are learning.

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION SCHEME

A final grade (percentage mark) is calculated at the end of the course and reflects the quality of the student’s achievement of the overall expectations of the course, in accordance with the provincial curriculum.

The final grade will be determined as follows:

Seventy percent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluation conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence of achievement.
Thirty percent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation administered at or towards the end of the course. This evaluation will be based on evidence from one or a combination of the following: an examination, a performance, an essay, and/or another method of evaluation suitable to the course content. The final evaluation allows the student an opportunity to demonstrate comprehensive achievement of the overall expectations for the course.

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is a serious offense. It is defined as taking words, phrasing, sentence structure, or any other element of the expression of another person’s ideas, and using them as if they were your own. Plagiarism is a violation of another person’s rights, whether the material taken is great or small.Students will be assisted in developing strategies and techniques to avoid plagiarism. They need to be aware that plagiarized term work will be penalized and could result in a mark of zero.