Page 110 - The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Science, 2008 (revised)

Grade 12, University Preparation
B1. assess the social and environmental impact of organic compounds used in everyday life, and propose a course of action to reduce the use of compounds that are harmful to human health and the environment;
B2. investigateorganiccompoundsandorganicchemicalreactions,andusevariousmethodstorepresent the compounds;
B3. demonstrate an understanding of the structure, properties, and chemical behaviour of compounds within each class of organic compounds.
B1. Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
B2. Developing Skills of Investigation and Communication
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SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
Sample issue: Many Ontario communities have banned the use of pesticides. As a conse- quence of these by-laws, many homeowners By the end of this course, students will: are seeking alternative ways of controlling weeds in their lawns.
B1.1 assess the impact on human health, society,
Sample questions: How long does it take for and the environment of organic compounds
plastic garbage bags to decompose in a landfill used in everyday life (e.g., polymers, nutritional
site? What biodegradable materials can be used supplements, food additives, pharmaceuticals,
to replace polystyrene as a packaging material? pesticides) [AI, C]
What are some technologies and features that Sample issue: Organic solvents can dissolve are making new cars more fuel-efficient?
many substances such as paint, oil, and grease.
They are used to produce plastics, dyes, deter-
gents, textiles, and pharmaceuticals. However,
workers exposed to organic solvents may
experience long-term effects on their health.
By the end of this course, students will:
Also, solvents from industrial spills and leaks
can leach into soil and groundwater, posing
B2.1 use appropriate terminology related to or- serious health and environmental risks.
ganic chemistry, including, but not limited to: Sample questions: What methods should be
organic compound, functional group, saturated used to safely dispose of volatile organic com-
hydrocarbon, unsaturated hydrocarbon, structural pounds? What WHMIS symbols or Household
isomer, stereoisomer, and polymer [C]
Hazardous Waste Symbols (HHWS) should
B2.2 use International Union of Pure and Applied appear on containers of pesticides? Why are
Chemistry (IUPAC) nomenclature conventions organic compounds added to food products?
to identify names, write chemical formulae, and What impact can these additives have on
create structural formulae for the different human health?
classes of organic compounds, including hydro- B1.2 propose a personal course of action to reduce
carbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones,
the use of compounds that are harmful to human
carboxylic acids, esters, ethers, amines, amides, health and the environment (e.g., weed lawns
and simple aromatic compounds [AI, C]
by hand rather than using herbicides, use cloth
B2.3 build molecular models for a variety of simple bags for shopping to reduce the number of
organic compounds [PR, AI, C]
plastic bags in landfill sites, choose fuel-efficient
or hybrid vehicles to reduce fossil fuel emissions)
[AI, C]
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B. orgAnic chemiStry OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will: