Subject Area Science

ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning Grade Level Grade 9

Unit Assessment Plan Topic Matter and Chemical Change
Length of Unit (days) 18 Days
 
Stage 1: Desired Results
General Outcomes (in full):
Knowledge  and  STS:  
1.  Students  will  investigate materials, and describe them in terms of their physical and chemical properties.
2. Students will describe and interpret patterns in chemical reactions.
3. Students will describe ideas used in interpreting the chemical nature of matter, both in the past and present, and
identify example evidence that has contributed to the development of these ideas.
4. Students will apply simplified chemical nomenclature in describing elements, compounds and chemical reactions.

Skills:
1. Initiating and Planning
2. Performing in Recording
3. Analyzing and Interpreting
4. Communication and Teamwork

Attitudes:
1. Interest in Science
2. Mutual Respect
3. Scientific Inquiry
4. Collaboration
5. Stewardship
6. Safety
Understandings: Essential Questions:
Big picture/ideas after you have unpacked the What questions will you use to frame the big ideas?
outcomes  
• Students will be able to make observations How  can  we  differentiate  between  chemicals?  
pertaining to chemistry or other sciences.  
These observations will constitute both What  happens  to  physical  and  chemical  properties  
static properties and changes in materials. during  a  chemical  change?  
• Students will be able to analyze scientific  
changes to determine if the nature of the How  can  we  be  sure  that  a  chemical  change  has  
compound has differed. occurred?  
• Students will be able to acknowledge  
advances made by historical figures in How  has  technology  aided  in  the  development  of  
scientific fields. scientific  knowledge?  
 
Who  is  the  most  important  chemist/alchemist  in  
history?  

Specific Outcomes (in full): Prior understandings…

Students will be able to…
•  Investigate  and  describe  properties  of  materials     Students will have previous knowledge of chemical
•  Describe  and  apply  different  ways  of  classifying   changes from the mix and flow unit from grade 8
materials  based  on  their  composition  and   science.
properties,  including:  
−  distinguishing  between  pure  substances,   Students will have some experience with hands on

EDUC 3604 – Unit Assessment Plan Template

Adapted from Understanding by Design (2005) by Wiggins and McTighe
 Subject Area Science
ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning Grade Level Grade 9
Unit Assessment Plan Topic Matter and Chemical Change
Length of Unit (days) 18 Days
 
solutions  and  mechanical  mixtures.   experimentation used in previous science classrooms.
−  distinguishing  between  metals  and  nonmetals.     They will continue to use these skills in the labs and
−  identifying  and  applying  other  methods  of   activities in this course.
classification.  
•  Identify  conditions  under  which  properties  of  a  
material  are  changed,  and  critically  evaluate  if  a  
new  substance  has  been  produced.  

•  Identify  and  evaluate  dangers  of  caustic  

materials  and  potentially  explosive  reactions.   Where does this lead? (Future outcomes in the same
•  Observe  and  describe  evidence  of  chemical   course, following grade-level classes, etc.)
change  in  reactions  between  familiar  materials,  
by:   Students will use their knowledge and skills to help
−  describing  combustion,  corrosion  and  other   support the environmental chemistry unit later in this
reactions  involving  oxygen.   course.
−  observing  and  inferring  evidence  of  chemical  
reactions  between  familiar  household  materials.   Students will be able to use knowledge of the periodic
•  Distinguish  between  materials  that  react   table and naming of compounds in chemistry 10, 20 and
readily  and  those  that  do  not.     30.
•  Observe  and  describe  patterns  of  chemical  
change,  by:   Students will be able to use lab skills in any future
−  observing  heat  generated  or  absorbed  in  
science lab. In particular skills of analysis can be very
chemical  reactions,  and  identifying  examples  of  
useful to develop for future lab work.
exothermic  and  endothermic  reactions.  
−  identifying  conditions  that  affect  rates  of  
reactions.     Students can use safety and WHMIS knowledge in future
−  identifying  evidence  for  conservation  of  mass  in   careers that may require the use of chemical products.
chemical  reactions,  and  demonstrating  and  
describing  techniques  by  which  that  evidence  is   Students will develop many life skills such as
gathered.   communication, teamwork, stewardship and problem
  solving that can be transferred to real-life situations in
•  Demonstrate  understanding  of  the  origins  of   their future.
the  periodic  table,  and  relate  patterns  in  the  
physical  and  chemical  properties  of  elements  to  
their  positions  in  the  periodic  table—focusing  on  
the  first  18  elements.  
•  Distinguish  between  observation  and  theory,  
and  provide  examples  of  how  models  and  
theoretical  ideas  are  used  in  explaining  
observations.    
•  Use  the  periodic  table  to  identify  the  number  of  
protons,  electrons  and  other  information  about  
each  atom;  and  describe,  in  general  terms,  the  
relationship  between  the  structure  of  atoms  in  
each  group  and  the  properties  of  elements  in  that  
group.  
•  Distinguish  between  ionic  and  molecular  
compounds,  and  describe  the  properties  of  some  

EDUC 3604 – Unit Assessment Plan Template

Adapted from Understanding by Design (2005) by Wiggins and McTighe
 Subject Area Science
ED 3604 – Evaluation of Student Learning Grade Level Grade 9
Unit Assessment Plan Topic Matter and Chemical Change
Length of Unit (days) 18 Days
 
common  examples  of  each.  

•  Read  and  interpret  chemical  formulas  for  

compounds  of  two  elements,  and  give  the  IUPAC  
(International  Union  of  Pure  and  Applied  
Chemistry)  name  and  common  name  of  these  
compounds.    
•  Identify/describe  chemicals  commonly  found  in  
the  home,  and  write  the  chemical  symbols.  
•  Identify  examples  of  combining  ratios/number  
of  atoms  per  molecule  found  in  some  common  
materials,  and  use  information  on  ion  charges  to  
predict  combining  ratios  in  ionic  compounds  of  
two  elements.  
•  Assemble  or  draw  simple  models  of  molecular  
and  ionic  compounds.  
•  Describe  familiar  chemical  reactions,  and  
represent  these  reactions  by  using  word  
equations  and  chemical  formulas  and  by  
constructing  models  of  reactants  and  products.    

EDUC 3604 – Unit Assessment Plan Template

Adapted from Understanding by Design (2005) by Wiggins and McTighe