The goal of this course is that upon completion you should be able to demonstrate a mastery of the Georgia Standards of Excellence. Each module has been designed with this in mind. The overview for each module will inform you of the standard that it is addressing as well as the objectives of that module.

For each module you will need to cultivate a portfolio submission to show your mastery level of that modules objectives. This submission will be structured like the following:

-Standard module is address

-Learning objective that your work sample is illustrating

-Work sample ( This can be a singular problem that demonstrates your mastery or multiple problems)

- Explanation of how you worked the problem in your work sample

-Justification of how the work sample demonstrates your mastery of the learning objective

You must also complete a self evaluation paragraph in which you identify which learning goal you think is a strength of yours and which is most challenging to you. Explain which parts are challenging and ways you plan to improve.

Example:

Standard:

SC3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the Law of Conservation of Matter is used to determine chemical composition in compounds and chemical reactions

Learning Objective:

I can count the number of specific elements in a compound

Work Sample

How many atoms of oxygen are present: 3Al₂(SO₄)₃?

There are 36 atoms of oxygen present.

Explanation:

Oxygen has a subscript of 4, but the polyatomic ion of SO4 has a subscript of 3. This means to multiply 4x3 to get 12 atoms of oxygen. Finally the compound has a coefficient of 3, so multiply 12x3 to solve for 36 atoms of oxygen.

Justification:

This work sample shows I have mastered the learning goal of counting the number of specific elements in a compound because I was able to identify the total number of Oxygens in a molecule by using the coefficient and subscripts properly.