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CHEMISTRY 11  COURSE ACTIVATION ASSIGNMENT

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Welcome to
Distributed Learning
Chemistry 11


The following activity is an activation assignment. This must be completed online and e-mailed to your instructor before you may register in  DL Chemistry 11. It will be worth 5% of your total course mark. This assignment should take approximately two hours in total. There are links to some recommended websites where you can learn the concepts as you complete this assignment.You may wish to do a rough copy of your answers on paper, before completing the online version. If you quit the program, it will be submitted automatically, even if you have not finished, so be sure to complete all sections during the same time period and then submit


Learning Outcomes:

Describe the development of the model of the atom


Use this web link to answer the following questions: CLICK HERE
 

1. 

What was John Dalton’s definition of an element?
 

2. 

Describe in your own words the visualization of molecules reacting.
 

3. 

Which of Dalton's ideas below do we no longer believe? (you need to check your answer online!)
 

4. 

Describe J.J. Thompson’s experiment in your own terms.
 

5. 

Which statement from the website about Thomson's model of the atom is true?     
 

6. 

Why did Rutherford modify Thomson’s model?
 

7. 

In which two ways did Rutherford change Thomson's model of the atom?
 

8. 

How did Bohr explain the characteristic colours of light associated with each type of atom?
 

9. 

Do you think that there are more parts to the atom yet to be discovered?
 

Learning Outcomes:

Demonstrate skills in measuring and in recording data
Communicate results and data in clear and understandable forms

Part One: Measurement and Uncertainty

Directions:

Explain, giving examples, the following quotations from the article. CLICK HERE
 

1. 

“Uncertainty is certain!”
 

2. 

“In science, there are numbers and there are "numbers."
 

3. 

“All measurements of quantities that can assume a continuous range of values
(lengths, masses, volumes, etc.) consist of two parts: the reported value itself
(never an exactly known number), and the uncertainty associated with the
measurement.”
 

4. 

“All measurements are subject to error which contributes to the uncertainty of
the result.”
 

5. 

“Unlike random error, which is impossible to eliminate, systematic errors are
usually quite easy to avoid or compensate for.”           
 

6. 

“We tend to use these two terms (accuracy and precision) interchangeably in
our ordinary conversation, but in the context of scientific measurement, they
have very different meanings.”
 

Part Two: Reading Scales

Study the tutorial on "Uncertainty in Measurements" CLICK HERE

Now see what you have learned by trying a practice assignment on Reading Scales.
You can repeat the practice assignment until you are satisfied with your result.

(*NOTE: You will need to include your FIRST NAME and LAST NAME when you log in to the practice assignment on Reading Scales so that your mak will be recorded.)

Reading Scales Assignment CLICK HERE
 

1. 

Congratulations! You are now finished the Chemistry 11 DL Activation Assignment. Your results will be automatically sent for marking and you will then recieve further instructions on how you will be able to access your course work.

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Finally,  Welcome to North Vancouver School District Distributed Learning and we look forward to working together to help you achieve your goals.

Questions / Comments

Please include any questions / comments you may have about the activiation assignment, your upcoming coursework, or any other information that you might want to share with your teacher to give yourself the best chance for success in this course.
 



 
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