Appendix on Implementing District Standards
The Commonwealth of Virginia has its own set of standards called the Virginia Standards of Learning. The 2018 Virginia Standards of Learning for Chemistry that are covered in this unit are:
CH. 1 a-f (The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific and engineering practices by: asking questions and defining problems; planning and carrying out investigations; interpreting, analyzing and evaluating data; constructing and critiquing conclusions and explanations; developing and using models; obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information)
CH. 5 b and d (The student will investigate and understand that solutions behave in predictable and quantifiable ways. Key ideas include: changes in temperature can affect solubility; pH and pOH quantify acid and base dissociation).
Throughout the unit, the students will be asking questions and defining problems as well as planning and carrying out investigations as they see demonstrations and complete laboratory activities. They will be analyzing and evaluating real life climate change impact data. They will be developing and using models as well as constructing and critiquing their explanations to the ecological mechanism behind hypoxia affecting certain marine organisms. They will be obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information as they complete their self-guided project about marine life in the Chesapeake Bay. The students will engage with the concepts of solutions, temperature, as well as pH, acids, and bases throughout the unit.
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