| 1010 - Greek Contribution |
| 1010 - Explain the atomic theory offered by Democritus. |
| 1020 - Use atomic theory to explain the properties of state, density and consistency. |
| 1030 - State the observations that justified the elemental theory offered by Empedocles. |
| 1040 - Know Aristotle's role in the competition between atomic and elemental theory. |
| 1020 - Alchemy |
| 1010 - Describe how alchemists identified substances that not elements. |
| 1020 - Differentiate between substances that are elements and compounds. |
| 1030 - Name the first two modern elements identified by Paracelsus. |
| 1040 - Explain how Joseph Priestly's experiment demonstrated air is not an element. |
| 1050 - Understand Antoine Lavoisier's improved definition of elements. |
| 1060 - State the law of conservation of mass, know it was offered by Antoine Lavoisier. |
| 1070 - State the law of constant conservation, know it was offered by Joseph Proust. |
| 1080 - State the law of multiple proportions, know it was offered by John Dalton. |
| 1090 - State the four parts of John Dalton's atomic theory. |
| 1030 - Periodicity |
| 1010 - Know the name and symbol of the first 18 elements. |
| 1020 - Understand how chemists determine the relative masses of different elements. |
| 1030 - State the law of periodicity. |
| 1040 - Understand how Mendeleev organized the elements into the periodic table. |
| 1050 - Identify elements as metals, non-metals, or metalloids using a periodic table. |
| 1060 - Know the name of element families in group 1A, 2A, 6A, 7A, and 8A. |
| 1070 - Identify representative, transition metal, and inner transition elements. |
| 1080 - Identify the period, group and family of elements based using a periodic table. |