Vertical+Alignment+-+Sophs

Chemistry Teachers (or teachers of Sophomore students)
1. WHAT SKILLS AND INFORMATION DO YOU WANT YOUR STUDENTS TO ALREADY HAVE COMING INTO YOU COURSE?
 * Basic lab safety knowledge
 * How to design an experiment (independent/dependent variables; controls)
 * Basic graphing skills (proper titles, axis labels, simple regression)
 * Simple probeware setup (connecting sensors, DataStudio)
 * Delta calculations (final – initial)
 * Algebra (solve for missing variable)
 * Writing skills?
 * Knowledge of energy (work, kinetic & potential energy)
 * Waves (frequency vs. wavelength, amplitude, electromagnetic radiation)
 * Coulomb's law and how opposite and like charges interact
 * Dimensional analysis and unit conversion
 * Rate (change per unit time)
 * Study habits/skills – consistency of effort over time
 * How to work in a group EFFECTIVELY
 * [|Science Dept "10 most effective skills of science students"]
 * Curiosity – willingness to ask questions rather than expecting to be spoon fed

2. WHAT DO YOU WANT THESE EARLIER COURSES TO STAY AWAY FROM?  3. WHAT DO HOPE STUDENTS WILL CARRY FORWARD?
 * Thermochemistry / heat transfer (q = mcdeltaT)
 * NOS activities that we want to do (aka, NOS activities need to be vertically aligned)
 * Oxidation/reduction
 * Biomolecules
 * Chemical bonding – 3D molecular structure and properties (polarity etc)
 * Acid rain
 * Half lives (cf. radioactivity)
 * Energy transfer and energetics (cf. photosynthesis, active and passive transport)
 * Atomic structure (metals vs. nonmetals etc)
 * Differences between phases
 * Inference vs. observation and HOW INFERENTIAL KNOWLEDGE IS EQUALLY VALID (cf evolution/natural selection)