Appendix A
Implementing District Standards
Grades 9-12: California State Standards for Chemistry:
3.a. Students know how to describe chemical reactions by writing balanced equations.
3.e. Students know how to calculate the masses of reactants and products in a chemical reaction from the mass of one of the reactants or products and the relevant atomic masses.
3.f* Students know how to calculate percent yield in a chemical reaction.
7.b. Students know chemical processes can either release (exothermic) or absorb (endothermic) thermal energy.
Common Core State Standards Initiative: Science and Technical Subjects
Grade 9-10: Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.9 Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
Grade 11-12: Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.
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