SCIENCE CURRICULUM RESOURCES OVERVIEW FOR GRADE 12F Sem 1- SCHOOL NAME:

Science Curriculum Resources Overview* – GRADE 12F – SEMESTER 1 Cluster A &B

Strand / Total Curriculum Standards (based on CORE STANDARDS in Scheme of Work
(Semesters 1 & 2) / Curriculum Standards for
Semester 1(Based on scheme of work) / Enquiry Standards
(Based on Curriculum standards) / %
Covered in text books
Chemistry / 35 / 22 / 17 / 100%

Please Note:*

Inquiry Standards are an integral part of science teaching – every effort must be made in providing opportunities for pupils to practice these skills. AT THE END OF EACH UNIT BELOW THERE IS A SPACE FOR THE SCIENCE DEPT TO OUTLINE HOW THEY INTEND TO DO THIS.

Text book references are given to help teachers teach, and also provide a reference for pupils. However this does not replace the good practice of teachers using a variety of resources to teach and explain further in order to cover the curriculum standard fully.

UNITS – SEMESTER 1
UNIT TITLE/ NUMBER from S.O.W / Schemes of Work - Subtitles / SoW PAGE number
1. / 12FC.1 Chemical bonding / Intermolecular forces / P 357
Dative bonding / P 358
Structure and properties / P 358
2. / 12FC.2Calculating quantities / Working with solids / P 363
Working with solutions / P 365
Working with gases / P 365
3. / 12FC.3 A closer look at some elements / Oxygen and sulfur / P 370-371
Nitrogen and phosphorus / P 371-372
Carbon and silicon / P 372
STRAND / Scheme of Work Unit / Month /
Week / Time / Subtopic / C.S / SCIENCE CURRICULUM STANDARD / CHAPTER / PAGES
Chemistry / Cluster A
Chemical bonding / 3 hours
Intermolecular forces / 12F14.1 / Know that permanent and induced molecular dipoles can give rise to intermolecular forces (van der Waals’ forces), and explain their consequences in terms of physical properties of elements and compounds.
12F14.2 / Describe hydrogen bonding, using ammonia and water as simple examples of molecules containing N–H and O–H groups.
12F14.3 / Know the importance of hydrogen bonding to the physical properties of substances, particularly ice and water, and to the structures of important organic molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
12F14.4 / Explain the shapes of simple covalent molecules in terms of electron-pair repulsion (including lone pairs) and know how molecular shape can give rise to permanent dipoles
1 hour
Dative bonding / 12F14.5 / Describe coordinate (dative covalent) bonding, as exemplified by the formation of the ammonium and hydroxonium ions and in the structure of carbon monoxide.
3 hours
Structure and properties / 12F14.6 / Account for the differences in physical properties of substances by reference to different types of bonding: ionic bonding; covalent bonding; hydrogen bonding; other intermolecular interactions; metallic bonding
Scientific Enquiry / Activity
Cluster A
Calculating quantities / 6 hours
Working with solids / 12F.15.1 / Write balanced equations and use them to provide information on reacting masses.
12F.15.2 / Define a mole of a substance in terms of the Avogadro constant and use it in stoichiometric calculations.
12F.15.3 / Calculate empirical and molecular formulae using combustion data or composition by mass.
4 hours
Working with solutions / 12F.15.4 / Determine concentrations of reactants in solutions through acid–base titrations with appropriate indicators.
Scientific Enquiry / Activity
STRAND / Scheme of Work Unit / Month/
Week / Time / Subtopic / C.S / SCIENCE CURRICULUM STANDARD / CHAPTER / PAGES
Chemistry / Cluster B
A closer look at some elements / 4 hours
Oxygen and sulphur / 12F.16.1 / Know the main properties and uses of oxygen, and the test for it.
12F.16.2 / Know that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
12F.16.4 / Know that ozone is a form of oxygen formed when oxygen is subjected to electrostatic discharges or high-energy radiation and that it is a powerful oxidising agent.
12F.16.5 / Know the physiological effects of ozone and recognise that in the lower atmosphere it is a pollutant but that in the upper atmosphere it protects living materials from destructive high-energy radiation.
12F.16.6 / Compare the physical and chemical properties of sulfur and oxygen and their simple compounds, such as their hydrides.
12F.16.7 / Know and explain the existence of two oxidation states of sulfur in its common compounds, as typified by its two common oxides and the two acids and series of salts that they form.
12F.16.8 / Know the importance of sulfur dioxide in the preparation of sulfuric acid and in food preservation.
4 hours
Nitrogen and phosphorus / 12F.16.10 / Know that nitrogen is an unreactive gas but that it can form nitrides with reactive metals.
12F.16.11 / Know the test for ammonia, the main properties and uses of its compounds and their reaction with warm alkali.
12F.16.12 / Know the main properties and uses of nitrates and understand their environmental impact.
2 hours
Carbon and silicon / 12F.16.15 / Compare and contrast the physical and (inorganic) chemical properties of the group IV elements carbon and silicon and their properties.
12F.16.16 / Know the industrial importance of silicon and the requirement in many applications that it should be extremely pure.
Scientific Enquiry / Activity

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT – CURRICULUM STANDARDS OFFICE Grade 12F Chemistry Sem 1