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Acids, Bases and Salts
Unit Overview
An acid is any substance that produces hydrogen ions in water. Hydrogen ions cause the properties of acids. A base is any substance
that produces hydroxide ions in water. Hydroxide ions are responsible for the bitter taste and slippery feel of bases. Chemists use a
numeric scale called pH ranging from 0 to 14 to describe the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. A reaction between an acid
and a base is called a neutralization and it produces a salt and water.

Instructors Name: Skenny Darbouze

Resources
Science Explorer: Chemical Interactions Book L ( Prentice Hall)
Interactive Science Introduction to Chemistry (Pearson)

Timeline Understanding Solutions
Lab: What makes a mixture a Solution?
Lab: Scattering light
Lab: Passing Through
Lab: What makes a mixture a Solution?
Design your own lab - Speedy Solutions

Concentration and Solubility
Lab: Does it dissolve?
Lab: Predicting
Lab: Observing Effects of Pressure on Solubility
Lab: Effect of Temperature on Solubility of Gas
Activity: Create Graphs
Test on Solutions, Concentration and Solubility

Discovering Acids and Bases
Activity: Litmus Paper, pH paper and pH probe: Classifying Substances
Lab: Testing for Limestone
Lab: Making Your own Indicator with Red Cabbage: Testing substances with Red cabbage juice
Lab: Strength of acids and Bases
Lab: Neutralization 1

Quiz 1 Acids and Bases
Lab Report on Neutralization 2
Lab Report on the Antacids Test
Unit Test
Project - The Health cost of excess of acidity in the gastrointestinal system.
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Acids, Bases and Salts
Guiding Questions
What are acids, bases and salts?
What role do acids, bases and salts play in the world of living and non living?
Enduring Understandings

! The strength of an acid or base can be determined by using
the pH scales
Knowledge and Skills
Students will ...

! Describe the neutrality and the relative acidity in terms of pH
! Describe the use of pH paper and litmus
! Describe the characteristics properties of acids as reactions with
metals and carbonates to produce salts
! Classify oxides as acidic, basic or amphoteric relate this to
metallic and non metallic character
! Describe the reaction of a base with an acid
! Describe the preparation of soluble/ insoluble salts by
precipitation and/ or reaction between acids and carbonates/
metals/ alkali
! Suggest a method of making a given salt from suitable starting
materials
! Understand the causes and effects of acid rain
! Describe the identification of gases ( use oxygen, carbon
dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen and chlorine)
Students will be able to...

! Determine the pH of household products using Litmus paper,
pH meter/sensor and red cabbage juice
! Determine the effectiveness of different brands of antacids
! Carry out a titration
! Prepare a salt
! Identify an unknown salt by chemical analysis
! Observe plant growth in different pH environments
! Collect/produce gas via the electrolysis of water and
limewater
Areas of Interaction
Approaches to Learning
! Manipulative skills: where students develop the ability to
manipulate methodically and effectively
! Observational skills: where students develop the ability to
observe and record accurately
Health & Social
! Gastric acidity and the effects on the stomach
! Effects of acid rain on health

Environment
! Effects of acid rain on the environment
Assessment Tools and Criteria
Design your own lab - Speedy Solutions
Quiz 1 Solutions, Concentration and Solubility
Quiz 2 Acids and Bases
Lab Report on Neutralization 2
Lab Report on the Antacids Test
Unit Test
Project - The Health cost of excess of acidity in the gastrointestinal system