Chemistry August, September, and October '08              

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25  August

 

Welcome Back!

 

DEMO

Eye Opening Experience Opener

Eye wash Station

 

Class Expectations and Signed safety sheet due Tuesday

26

 

MSDS Sheets Activity

 

The Mad Scientist Demo and

Safety Cartoon

 

 

27

Lab procedures and introduction to lab equipment/tools

28

 

Lab procedures and introduction to lab equipment/tools

 

 

29

 

Safety & Equipment Quiz

(Laboratory procedures, lab equipment etc.)

 

September 1:

Labor Day Holiday

 

2Scientific Method Notes PPT

Warm-up: Scenarios

TAKS Problems Scientific Method

 

3 Drop Lab: Scientific Method - due Thursday 4 Warm-up: Scientific Method; Finish and turn in drop lab

 

 

 

 

5 Warm-up:
Discuss the Drop Lab

Quiz: The Scientific Method (end of class) and notes: Notes: Unit 1: Accuracy and Precision (dart board demo) in measurements

8 Continue Unit 1 Notes: % Error; Scientific Notation ; Sig. Figs and Metric conversions

Problems: Sig. Figs and scientific notation Homework Homework: % Error

 

 

 

9  Unit 1 Continued: Metric Conversions

Warm Up

 

 Homework - metric conversions

10 Notes Metric to American; Sig figs

 

11 Review for test on Friday

 

12 Test: lab safety, equipment, scientific method, metric conversions, sig figs, and scientific notation

 

3 Weeks
Progress Reports

15Notes Unit 2: Properties of Matter: Classification of Matter; PPT Physical/Chemical properties with demos

Lab Activity: Types of Matter Activity with the Types of Matter Concept Map



 

 

 

16 Warm up: Tree Map Skeleton (get his from Jenny, it doesn't paste well)

Demo: Gummy Bear Sacrifice
 

 

Notes: Observe demos and classify chemical and physical changes

17 Warm Up: Compare and contrast thinking (double bubble) map for physical and chemical changes

Start Lab: Lab Activity: Physical and chemical Changes 

18  Finish Lab

 

19 Quiz: Physical and Chemical Changes & Types of Matter

 

Warm Up: 3-2-1 over Solids, Liquids, and Gases

 

Continue notes from Unit 2: Solids, Liquids, and Gases ppt

22

Go over quiz from Friday

Warm up: Create Triple Bubble Map over Solids, Liquids, & Gases

 

Demo: Heating curve

23

Notes
: What is a phase diagram? 

Demo: Can ice make water boil?


 

24 SUB

Quiz: Phases of Matter

 

25Solubility Notes w/ solubility curve

Demo: Supersaturated demo w/ sodium acetate


 

26 Solubility Graphing

 

 


 

29  Assign Project

Unit 2 Notes: Density, Buoyancy, Viscosity,

Density column

Demo: Sunken Ice Cube

Homework: density

 

 

 30 ELA Practice

Work on Project


 

October 1 Collect Project; Density, Buoyancy, and Viscosity Lab

 

Collect Solubility Graphing

 

 

2 Sub: Test Review Due Monday

3 Sunken Ice Demo and Warm-upGrade Density HMWK; Finish Density Buyancy and Viscosity Lab

6 Weeks
Progress Reports

6

Go Over Review

 

 

7 Unit 2 District
Mandated Test

8 Go Over Test Item by Item; Reflect on unit successes and failures

HMWK: Reading about scientists. Scientist

9 Unit 3 Notes: Unit 3 Notes - Atomic Structure Map (Triple Bubble Map),  Scientists Isotope Chart  use marble activity with this.

Homework:   Isotope Worksheet

10 Contiue Marble activity; Quiz:

Notes  Average atomic Mass, and isotopic notation& HMWK: average atomic mass

 

13

School Holiday:
Fair Day

Big Tex

14 Beanium Lab due Wednesday (average atomic mass lab)

 

15 PSAT: 10th & 11th grade only (7:30 to 10:30)

Finish Lab

 


 

16 Extra unit 3 Notes: the Mole and Avogadro's number; Class Practice: mol/ molecul More mols practice hmwk:  due Friday

17 Warm-UP: mol practice; Quiz: Isotopes and mols Lab: Lab: Mole and Avogadro's Number

 

 

 

20 Race Day/ Finish Lab

 

 

   

 

21 Review Unit 3: Atomic Structure; mols; Avogadro's number; Molecules; atoms; Isotopes; Elements on the Periodic Table; and  Scientists

 

22 Unit 3 Test

 

 

23 HAPPY MOL DAY;  Test 24   Go Over Test 

DEMO: diffraction glasses

 

 

 

27 Lab: Flame Test

Unit4 Notes: Lewis Dot Diagrams; Electron Configuration; Orbital notation;

Practice; Periodic Elements

28 Electron configuration spread sheets finish for hmwk 29 Bingo Electron configurations 30 Notes Unit 5: Periodic Properties; Labeling the periodic table;

Metals Lab activity

31 Quiz: Electron configuration; Orbital notation; Lewis Dot diagrams;

Activity: Atomic Radius Graphing