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Chemical misconceptions

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Definitions in chemistry
  • 1
    Overview
  • 2
    Alternative conceptions in chemistry teaching
  • 3
    Concepts in chemistry
  • 4
    The structure of chemical knowledge
  • 5
    Overcoming learning impediments
  • 6
    Scaffolding learning in chemistry
  • 7
    Chemical axioms
  • 8
    Chemical structure
  • 9
    Chemical bonding
  • 10
    Chemical reactions
  • 11
    Constructing chemical conceptions
  • 12
    Elements, compounds and mixtures
  • 13
    Mass and dissolving
  • 14
    Changes in chemistry
  • 15
    Revising acids
  • 16
    Word equations
  • 17
    Definitions in chemistry
  • 18
    Types of chemical reaction
  • 19
    Revising the periodic table
  • 20
    Predicting the melting temperature of carbon
  • 21
    Iron - a metal
  • 22
    Ionic bonding
  • 23
    Precipitation
  • 24
    Spot the bonding
  • 25
    Hydrogen fluoride
  • 26
    An analogy for the atom
  • 27
    Ionisation energy
  • 28
    Chemical stability
  • 29
    Stability and reactivity
  • 30
    Interactions
  • 31
    Acid strength
  • 32
    Reaction mechanisms
  • 33
    Scaffolding explanations
  • 34
    Chemical comparisons
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    Learning impediment diary
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Definitions in chemistry

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Chemistry is a conceptual subject and, in order to explain many of these concepts, teachers use models to describe and explain the microscopic world and relate it to the macroscopic properties of matter. This resource is designed to provide strategies for dealing with some of the misconceptions that students have in the form of ready-to-use classroom resources.

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Chemical misconceptions

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    Covers of volumes 1 and 2 of Chemical misconceptions

    Overview

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    Alternative conceptions in chemistry teaching

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    Concepts in chemistry

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    The structure of chemical knowledge

  • 5
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    Overcoming learning impediments

  • 6
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    Scaffolding learning in chemistry

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    Chemical axioms

  • 8
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    Chemical structure

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    Chemical bonding

  • 10
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    Chemical reactions

  • 11
    Image

    Constructing chemical conceptions

  • 12
    Image

    Elements, compounds and mixtures

  • 13
    Image

    Mass and dissolving

  • 14
    Image

    Changes in chemistry

  • 15
    Image

    Revising acids

  • 16
    Image

    Word equations

  • 17
    ImageCurrently reading

    Definitions in chemistry

  • 18
    Image

    Types of chemical reaction

  • 19
    Image

    Revising the periodic table

  • 20
    Image

    Predicting the melting temperature of carbon

  • 21
    Image

    Iron - a metal

  • 22
    Image

    Ionic bonding

  • 23
    Image

    Precipitation

  • 24
    Image

    Spot the bonding

  • 25
    Image

    Hydrogen fluoride

  • 26
    Image

    An analogy for the atom

  • 27
    Image

    Ionisation energy

  • 28
    Image

    Chemical stability

  • 29
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    Stability and reactivity

  • 30
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    Interactions

  • 31
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    Acid strength

  • 32
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    Reaction mechanisms

  • 33
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    Scaffolding explanations

  • 34
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    Chemical comparisons

  • 35
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    Learning impediment diary

Level

  • 14-16 years
  • 16-18 years

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  • Misconceptions
  • Compounds and mixtures
  • Structure and bonding
  • Atoms and bonds

Specification

  • Wales
    • GCSE
      • WJEC Chemistry
        • Unit 1: CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, REACTIONS and ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
          • 1.1 THE NATURE OF SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS
            • (a) elements as substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means and as the basic building blocks of all substances
            • (b) elements as substances made up of only one type of atom
            • (c) compounds as substances made of two or more different types of atom that are chemically joined and having completely different properties to its constituent elements
      • WJEC Combined science
        • Unit 2: Chemistry 1
          • 2.1 THE NATURE OF SUBSTANCES AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS
            • (a) elements as substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means and as the basic building blocks of all substances
            • (b) elements as substances made up of only one type of atom
            • (c) compounds as substances made of two or more different types of atom that are chemically joined and having completely different properties to its constituent elements
  • Northern Ireland
    • GCSE
      • CCEA Chemistry
        • Unit 1: Structures, Trends, Chemical Reactions, Quantitative Chemistry and Analysis
          • 1.1 Atomic structure
            • 1.1.2 describe the structure of an atom as a central positively charged nucleus containing protons and neutrons (most of the mass) surrounded by orbiting electrons in shells;
            • 1.1.13 recall that a compound is two or more elements chemically combined;
          • 1.2 Bonding
            • 1.2.9 demonstrate knowledge and understanding that a molecule is two or more atoms covalently bonded and that diatomic means that there are two atoms covalently bonded in a molecule;
          • 1.6 The Periodic Table
            • 1.6.3 describe an element as a substance that consists of only one type of atom and demonstrate understanding that elements cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means;
      • CCEA Double award science
        • Unit C1: Structures, Trends, Chemical Reactions, Quantitative Chemistry and Analysis
          • 1.2 Bonding
            • 1.2.10 demonstrate knowledge and understanding that a molecule is two or more atoms covalently bonded and that diatomic means that there are two atoms covalently bonded in a molecule;
          • 1.6 The Periodic Table
            • 1.6.3 describe an element as a substance that consists of only one type of atom and demonstrate understanding that elements cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means;
          • 1.1 Atomic structure
            • 1.1.1 describe the structure of an atom as a central positively charged nucleus containing protons and neutrons (most of the mass) surrounded by orbiting electrons in shells;
            • 1.1.11 recall that a compound is two or more elements chemically combined;
  • Republic of Ireland
    • Junior Cycle
      • Science
        • Chemical world
          • Building blocks
            • 4. Classify substances as elements, compounds, mixtures, metals, non-metals, solids, liquids, gases and solutions.

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