EXPECTATIONS AND BIG IDEAS
Overall Expectations:
- Analyse technologies and processes relating to electrochemistry, and their implications for society, health and safety, and the environment.
- Investigate oxidation-reduction reactions using a galvanic cell, and analyse electrochemical reactions in qualitative and quantitative terms.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of oxidation-reduction reactions and the many practical applications of electrochemistry.
Essential Questions:
How does the movement of electrons produce electricity? Can we predict the product of reactions? How do chemical reactions produce electricity? What causes corrosion and how can we prevent it? |
Big Ideas:
Oxidation and reduction are paired chemical reactions in which electrons are transferred from one substance to another in a predictable way. The control and applications of oxidation and reduction reactions have significant implications for industry, health and safety, and the environment. |
References
- Picture on top of page retrieved from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electrochemistry.jpg
- Ontario Ministry of Education. (2008). The Ontario curriculum grades 11 and 12: Science.
- DiGiuseppe, M., Haberer, S., Salciccioli, K., Sanader, M., & Vavitsas, A. (2012). Nelson Chemistry 12 University preparation. Toronto, ON: Nelson Education Ltd.