Mississippi Science CHE.12.3
The Standard
- CHE.12
- Enrichment: Students will understand that the bonding characteristics of carbon allow the formation of many different organic molecules with various sizes, shapes, and chemical properties.
Enrichment: Develop and use models to identify the functional groups that form the basis of alcohols, ketones, ethers, amines, esters, aldehydes, and organic acids.
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Organic Nomenclature (Enrichment)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students build and read molecule models. They mark the atoms that identify each group and check how those atoms are bonded.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given seven simple structures, students can label each group and circle the atoms that support their answer. They can tell an aldehyde from a ketone by checking what bonds to the carbonyl carbon. They can tell an ester from an ether by looking for a carbonyl.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call every O-H an alcohol, including the O-H in an organic acid. They may call every C=O a ketone or mistake an ester for an ether because both contain oxygen between carbons.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Label the group in CH3CH2OH, CH3COCH3, CH3OCH3, CH3NH2, CH3COOCH3, CH3CHO, and CH3COOH. Circle the atoms that support each label.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build CH3CHO and CH3COCH3 with a molecular model kit; tag each carbonyl carbon and compare what bonds to it.
Sketch CH3COOH and CH3CH2OH; write two sentences explaining why only one is an organic acid.
Sort seven printed structure cards by functional group, then circle the atoms that support each choice.
Use labels for acetone nail polish remover and ethanol hand sanitizer; draw each molecule and mark its functional group.
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