Electrochemistry Project

Your assignment should be between 1 and 2 pages in length.

You will research and analyse health and safety issues involving electrochemistry.

In order to cover as many different topics as possible, each student in the class will work with a
different topic. Make sure you get your topic approved by your teacher before to ensure that none
of your classmates are already doing that one.

Some possible topics include the following:

 Safety devices that prevent corrosion of metal pipes in drinking water systems.
 Using electrochemistry in preventing structure degradation of bridges and roadways.
 Are health and safety hazards associated with waste generated by electroplating companies?
 Why do metal orthodontic braces not corrode?
 What are some of the toxic substances that can escape from electronic waste into the
environment?
 What are the potential effects of these poisons on our health?
 Health and Safety Issues Involving Electrochemistry

Rubric
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Categories
(50 - 59%) (60 - 69%) (70 - 79%) (80 - 100%)
Knowledge and
-explains and -explains and -explains and -explains and
Understanding
electrochemical electrochemical electrochemical electrochemical
-explanation of an
application with limited application with some application with application with a high
application of
clarity clarity considerable clarity degree of clarity
electrochemistry EL3.05
Thinking
-analyses information
-analysis of information -analyses information -analyses information -analyses information
with a high degree of
gathered from research with limited logic with some logic with considerable logic
logic
sources SI1.09
Communication
-use of vocabulary, and -uses vocabulary, and -uses vocabulary, and -uses vocabulary, and -uses vocabulary, and
terminology of terminology with terminology with some terminology with terminology with a high
electrochemistry in written limited accuracy accuracy considerable accuracy degree of accuracy
form EL2.01
Application -analyses health and
-analyses health and -analyses health and -analyses health and
-analysis of health and safety safety issues with
safety issues with safety issues with some safety issues with a high
issues involving considerable
limited effectiveness effectiveness degree of effectiveness
electrochemistry EL1.02 effectiveness

Note: A student whose achievement is below Level 1 (50%) has not met the expectations for this assignment or activity.