MYP 9

Unit 4: The Chemists tools


Requirements Activities

Students should..

  • - have an insight into the size of atomic systems.
  • - understand the relationship between moles and mass
  • - be able to calculate reacting masses in equations by ratio and by the use of moles.
  • - be able to calculate the formula of a simple binary substance through experiment
  • - understand the experimental concepts of reliability, precision and accuracy
Atoms and molecules revision
Formulae and valency revision
Law of conservation of mass and constant composition
Chemical equations.
Construction and balancing equations
Introduction to moles and reacting masses
Moles calculations, relative molecular mass
Cwk, Hwk calculations on moles, RMM, and reacting masses
Expt 1: Determining the formula of magnesium oxide
  Expt 2: Reduction of copper(II) oxide
  Expt 3: Action of heat on copper(II) carbonate
  Expt 4: Preparation of copper(II) sulphate
  Expt 7: Analysis of an unknown metal carbonate
  Unit test: Formulae, equations, moles and mass

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