ASSIGNMENT ONE
Chemistry Review

The purpose of Assignment 1: Chemistry Review, is to help all students achieve a basic understanding of the chemistry concepts that will be used repeatedly throughout the year in Biology.

(Hint: if you right-click and "open in new tab", you will be able to go back and forth between the various windows to compare the presented material.)

Hierarchy:
1) Print this page.

2) In the column that says: "educated guess", search the wikipedia to copy a definition.

3) In the column that says: "definition", visit this page or this page (from college lecture notes) for a proper definition to copy, ord you can even visit dictionary.com or W-M if you wish.

4) In the column that says: "my definition", you should now TRANSLATE the first two difintions into YOUR OWN words.
(This does NOT have to be in science words, but MUST NOT be a repeat of THEIR words.)

5) Write a 2-3 sentence proposal describing how you think these structures are related.

Common Biological Atoms:
1) Print this diagram, and take out three different colored pens/pencils.

2) Color in the KEY for each of the three types of food nutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids.

3) Visit this page, and use your colored pens to trace the box for each type of atom that you find in the nutrients.
(Note: boxes may be traced more than once.)

4) List the 4 most common atoms in food.

5) In one sentence, explain how proteins be distinguished from carbohydrates and lipids?

Atomic Structure:
1) Take out a blank paper and colored pens/pencils.

2) Watch this video showing how atoms move.

3) Watch this video showing how atoms attach to each other to form molecules.

4) Open this page, and use colors to copy the diagram on your blank paper.
Label each subatomic particle and give it's charge.

5) In 2 sentences, explain which subatomic particle determines how interactive an atom is. Justify your response.

States of Matter:
1) Turn over the paper you used to draw the atom.

2) Open this page to watch a video of how matter acts in all three states.

3) Open this page to view a summary diagram of the three states.

4) When changing from one state to another, matter is NEITHER gained NOR lost.
When changing from one state to another, energy is EITHER gained OR lost.

In 3-5 sentences, use YOUR OWN words to describe the three states of matter, and how you think matter changes between the states.

	Assessment Rubric for Assignment 1 - Chemistry Review
	Excellent	Adequate	Insufficient
	5 pts.	3-4 pts.	1-2 pts.
Hierarchy	12 boxes of table are filled in accurately, and question is answered with justification.	Most table boxes are filled in and accurate, and question is answered without justification	Few table boxes are filled in or highly inaccurate, and question is not answered.
Common Biological Atoms	Boxes are circled with 3 colors. 4 most common atoms identified. Question answered with justification.	Boxes are circled with less than 3 colors. Less than 4 atoms identified. Question answered, not justified.	Boxes are not circled. Less than 4 atoms identified. Question not answered.
Atomic Structure	Atom is drawn correctly with color. All parts are labeled correctly.	Atom is drawn without color or incorrectly. Not all parts are labeled correctly.	Atom is drawn without color or incorrectly. Parts are not labeled.
States of Matter	All three states of matter are described. A reasonable explanation of their movement and change is included.	All three states of matter are described. A reasonable explanation of their movement or change in included.	Not all three states of matter are described. Explanations are not reasonable for movement and /or change.

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