2018-01-27T19:40:35Z Word 2020-11-06T13:44:10-05:00 2020-11-06T13:44:10-05:00 Science, algebra, systems, equations, chemical, balancing chemical equations, nuclear physics Mac OS X 10.10.5 Quartz PDFContext xml 17.05.08: Algebra Connections in Chemistry and Physics Math Nancy Rudolph Science algebra systems equations chemical balancing chemical equations nuclear physics uuid:32305f6d-2a8c-42ca-90bb-04a4cb060c0b uuid:421aeb8d-b3c8-46c3-ab5a-48e71cd814fb

Curriculum  Unit                        

Algebra  Connections  in  Chemistry  and  Physics  

Title Author

                                                               KEY  LEARNING,  ENDURING  UNDERSTANDING,  ETC.  

           

Nancy  Rudolph  

 

Equations,  verbal  descriptions,  graphs,  and  tables  provide  insight  into  the  relationship  between  quantities.  

 

The  Conservation  Laws  of  Energy  and  Mass  allow  us  to  quantify  chemical  and  nuclear  reactions.  

     

 
ESSENTIAL  QUESTION(S)  for  the  UNIT  

 

How  can  the  relationship  between  quantities  best  be  represented?  

       

                            CONCEPT  A                   CONCEPT  B                                          CONCEPT  C  
             Chemical  Equations  as  Systems  of  Equations   Big  and  Small  Numbers   Radioactive  Decay,  Half-‐Life  and  Exponential  Equations  
       ESSENTIAL  QUESTIONS  A                              ESSENTIAL  QUESTIONS  B         ESSENTIAL  QUESTIONS  C  
  How  is  the  Law  of  Conservation  of  Mass  used  to  balance   Scientific  notation  is  a  shorthand  method  for  writing  very   How  can  we  interpret  functions  that  arise  in  applications  in  

 

chemical  equations?  terms  of  the  context?  

large  or  very  small  numbers.  

How  can  we  model  an  exponential  relationship  between  two  

       

 

In  what  ways  can  a  system  of  equations  be  solved,  and  why  quantities?    

 

should  one  method  be  chosen  over  another?  

   

 

                       VOCABULARY  A                                  VOCABULARY  A                                                VOCABULARY  A    

 

Atoms,  molecules,  elements,  protons,  neutrons,  atomic  mass,  Scientific  notation,  base  10,  Standard  Model  of  Particle  Physics:  Isotopes,  radioactive  decay,  half-‐life,  regression  equations,  

 

nucleus,  reactants,  products,  coefficients,  variables,  system  of  fermions,  bosons,  quarks,  leptons,  photon,  electron,  neutrinos,  gluons,  carbon-‐dating  

 

equations,  solution  to  a  system  of  equations,  substitution,  electron  volt  

 

matrix/matrices  

 ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES  

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