Chemistry 11

Unit 1: Stoichiometry

The quantitative heart of chemistry: the mole, molar mass, mole-mass conversions, mole ratios from balanced equations, stoichiometric calculations, experimental design and measurement, and maximizing yield.

• Molar mass and mole-mass conversions
• The mole as a scientific milestone

• Mole ratios from balanced equations
• Equations in practical technology
• Predictions and hypotheses from evidence
• Stoichiometric calculations

• Designing stoichiometric experiments
• Using instruments to collect data
• Error, precision, and accuracy
• Constraints and trade-offs in technology
• Stoichiometric applications
• Maximizing yield
• Data supporting or refuting predictions
• Science versus technology processes
• Society's influence on science and technology
• Communicating stoichiometry ideas

Unit 2: From Structures to Properties

How bonding explains behaviour: the properties and classification of ionic, molecular, and metallic substances; the formation of ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds; structural models; intermolecular forces; and the evolving, technology-linked nature of bonding knowledge.

• Integrating information from sources
• Properties of ionic, molecular, and metallic substances
• Classifying substances by properties
• Investigating consumer product claims

• Formation of ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds
• Structural model from bonds
• How bonding knowledge evolves
• Canadian contributions to bonding
• Technologies developed from bonding
• Limits of electronegativity classification
• Evidence for bond energies
• Bonds explaining properties
• Hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces
• Research tools for bonding information
• Displaying evidence and information
• Risks and benefits of applying bonding knowledge

Unit 3: Organic Chemistry

The chemistry of carbon: the diversity of organic compounds, classification into families, IUPAC nomenclature and formula writing, isomers, organic reactions, polymers, and the science-society context of organic chemistry.

• The uniqueness of carbon
• Synthesizing organic molecules
• How organic chemistry evolved
• Constraints and trade-offs in organic technology
• Organic chemistry in daily life
• Organic compounds and society

• Classifying organic families
• IUPAC names and formulas
• Limits of IUPAC classification
• Scientific questions vs technological problems
• Using apparatus and materials safely
• Relating bonding to organic chemistry
• Evaluating a technology's design
• Evaluating evidence and sources for bias
• Isomers and structural formulas
• Equations for organic reactions
• Communicating organic-chemistry ideas

• Framing investigations of polymers
• Designing a controlled polymer experiment
• Polymerization and important polymers
• Evaluating technological solutions
• Defending a position on organic chemistry
• Synthesizing information and making inferences
• Debating research funding
• Risks and benefits of applying organic chemistry