Marlborough School Chemistry OCR AS Module 1 Overview - Teacher 1

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Week Context and Exemplification Assessable Learning Outcomes


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3 1.1 Atoms School Chemistry OCR AS Module 1 Overview Candidates
Atomic structure – Teacher should 1
be able to:
and
Reactions The mass of an electron can be assumed to be 1/2000th the mass of (a) describe protons, neutrons and electrons in terms of relative charge and
a proton. relative mass;
(b) describe the distribution of mass and charge within an atom;
How Science Works 1, 7a: (c) describe the contribution of protons and neutrons to the nucleus of an
atom, in terms of atomic (proton) number and mass (nucleon) number;
•Modern development of the structure of the atom; the changing (d) deduce the numbers of protons, neutrons and electrons in:
accepted view of the structure of the atom; acceptance (and (i) an atom given its atomic and mass number,
rejection) of different theories for the structure of the atom from the (ii) an ion given its atomic number, mass number and ionic charge;
Greeks, Dalton, Thompson and Rutherford, Moseley, et al. (e) explain the term isotopes as atoms of an element with different
numbers of neutrons and different masses;
Relative masses (f) state that 12C is used as the standard measurement of relative masses;
(g) define the terms relative isotopic mass and relative atomic mass, based
•For simple molecules, the term relative molecular mass will be on the 12C scale;
used. (h) calculate the relative atomic mass of an element given the relative
•For compounds with giant structures, the term relative formula abundances of its isotopes;
mass will be used. (i) use the terms relative molecular mass and relative formula mass and
calculate values from relative atomic masses.
How Science Works 3:

•Use of spreadsheets in calculating relative atomic masses from


data;
•Definitions of relative molecular mass and relative formula mass
will not be required.

4 1.2.1 Ionisation energies Candidates should be able to:


Electrons
Structure (a) Define the terms first ionisation energy and successive ionisation
•Ionisation energy definitions are in terms of one mole of gaseous energy;
atoms or ions. (b) Explain that ionisation energies are influenced by nuclear charge,
electron shielding and the distance of the outermost electron from the
How Science Works 1: nucleus;
(c) predict from successive ionisation energies of an element:
(i) the number of electrons in each shell of an atom,
•Evidence for the electron configurationof the atom from successive
(ii) the group of the element;
ionisation energies.
(d) state the number of electrons that can fill the first four shells;
(e) describe an orbital as a region that can hold up to two electrons, with
Electrons: electronic energy levels, shells, sub-shells, atomic opposite spins;
orbitals, electron configuration (f) describe the shapes of s and p orbitals;
(g) state the number of:
•For AS, the electron configurations of Cr and Cu, and their ions, will (i) orbitals making up s-, p- and d-sub-shells,
not be tested. (ii) electrons that occupy s-, p- and d-sub-shells;
(h) describe the relative energies of s-, p- and d-orbitals for the shells 1, 2,
•Candidates should use sub-shell notation, ie for oxygen:
3 and the 4s and 4p orbitals;
1s22s22p4.
(i) deduce the electron configurations of:
(i) atoms, given the atomic number, up to Z = 36,
How Science Works 1, 7a: (ii) ions, given the atomic number and ionic charge, limited to s
and p blocks up to Z= 36;
•Modern development of the structure of the atom (see also 1.1) (j) classify the elements into s, p and d blocks.
5 and 1.2.2 Metallic bonding Candidates should be able to:
6 Bonding and
Structure •No details of cubic or hexagonal packing required. (a) describe the term ionic bonding as electrostatic attraction between
oppositely-charged ions;
Ionic Bonding (b) construct ‘dot-and-cross’ diagrams, to describe ionic bonding;
(c) predict ionic charge from the position of an element in the Periodic

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