Chemistry+Term+A

=**Welcome to Chemistry Term A!**=


 * Below, please find course documents for Chemistry Term A. Feel free to download and print any of these documents.**
 * [|Syllabus-Chemistry.doc]**
 * [|Lab Safety and Contract.doc]**
 * [|act rubric.doc]**
 * Pre-Lab, Lab Rubric- [|prelab rubric with sources.xls]**
 * Lab, Post Lab Rubric- [|Post lab rubric.xls]**
 * Constitution Day- Read the article regarding the current Supreme Court debate over Federal stem cell research. Write a letter to the president stating your belief for or against Federally funding this research. [|constitution day.docx]**
 * Mole Day! [|Mole Day.docx]**


 * Unit One: What is chemistry? What is the metric system?**

Day One: "Grafitti Learning." As you move from table to table, answer the questions with a sentence or phrase and a picture that reprsents the concept. Be sure to have an original answer or to expand on a previous groups' answer, but do not repeat answers. Homework: Write a two paragraph reflection on your learning goals for this course, this term. Please use the definitions of science and chemistry. Make sure that your learning goals are course specific and are not general learning strategies or goals you intend to use.

Day Two: Discuss the metric system and the scientific method. [|metric system with density.pptx] Homework: [|metric notes and practice.doc]

Day Three: Meter and Liter Activities. By vote, we will all work on the meter activity and then the liter activity. Please work in pairs to make your predictions for the meter activity. Complete the worksheet. Please have your procedure checked before begining the liter activity. [|meter conversion lab.doc] [|liter conversion lab.doc] Homework: complete the problems found on the back of the Meter and Liter Activities.

Day Four: Continue discussing the metric system. Look at the meter and liter activities and discuss the homework answers. Look at density and work together to solve multi-step density conversions and chemical ID. (chalk talk) Assign Unit One vocabulary. [|Unit One vocab.doc] Homework: Purchase a lab notebook by tomorrow.

Day Six: Thickness of Al foil pre-lab. Discuss pre-lab rubric. Prepare for lab! [|thickness of al foil lab.docx] Homework: Complete the pre-lab!

Day Seven: Discuss the pre-lab. Make sure that you fully understand the laboratory process for this course. Develop a procedure together as a class. Write the problem, hypothesis, and procedure in your lab notebook. [|thickness of al foil lab with post.docx] Homework: Complete the pre-lab and procedure for tomorrow's lab.

Day Eight: Perform the experiment for finding the thickness of Al foil. When finished, work on the conclusion questions for the lab. Homework: Complete the post-lab.

Day Nine: Begin review for the Unit One Test. Play Whiteboard Racing Review Game. Homework: Study for Unit One Test.

Day Ten: Review for Unit One Test. Anchor everyother student to seat where their name is taped to the desk. The rest of the class may sit where ever they wish. Students may work on review sheet with anyone they are sitting near. Every four minutes, the floating students rotate to the next available seat in a clock-wise direction. By the end of the class, every floating student has had a chance to work with every anchored student. Discuss review answers. [|unit one test.docx] Homework: Study for Unit One Test tomorrow!!!!

Day One: "What's the matter?" notes. [|what's the matter.pptx] Homework: Answer the two questions found at the end of the power point.
 * Unit Two- Atomic model, atomic mass, and electron configuration.**

Day Two: [|Atomic model timeline-webquest.]

Day Three: Have students cut ou the diagram of each famous atomic model. Break the class into five groups. On large butcher paper, each group draws a the correct model and writes an eplanation of the model. Then, one person from each group goes around collecting **the correct diagrams for their model from each student in the class.** If the diagram is correct the group glues it to their paper. If it is incorrect, they must agree on why it is incorrect and be ready to justify. Once every group is finished, teacher moves from group one through group 5 giving a general explanation of the model, reminding students of the dates of the model, and explaining what experiments the scientist based their model on while students take notes. Homework: Students must look up details of Rutherford's gold foil experiment.

Day Four: Students perform the Rutherford Gold Foil/Penny Simulation Lab. [|Rutherford lab.doc] Homework: Complete the post-lab.

Day Five: Discuss atomic mass and weighted averages. Homework: Complete the worksheet on weighted average atomic mass. [|average atomic mass and elemental symbols.docx]

Day Six: Conservation of Mass (Ballooon Lab). [|conservation of mass lab.doc]

Day Seven: Finish Conservation of Mass Lab. Chalk talk-quantum numbers. Homework: Electron configuration worksheet. [|PRA014.pdf]

Day Eight: Discuss electron configuration and "quantum dance." Thought experiment-train at the speed of light. Homework: More electron configuration practice. [|Electron Configuration Worksheet.docx]

Day Nine: Flame Test Lab. [|Electrons and Light Flame Test Lab.doc] Homework: Flame Test post-lab.

Day Ten: Electron configuration quiz (Unit Two Quiz). Finish Flame Test Lab.


 * Unit Three- Properties, trends, and valence electrons.**

Day One: Properties of periodic families. [|Trendy Periodic Table.ppt] [|Trendy Periodic Table students.ppt] Homework: Print a blank periodic table, label all of the families and draw arrows showing six different trends increasing directions.

Day Two: Using straws, the periodic table showing a specific trend, and scizzors. Create a scale for the assigned trend where one whole straw equals the maximum value for that trend and no straw would equal a value of zero for that trend. Once you have the scale cut the straws and label them with the flag stickers by element to create a physical representation of the assiged trend.

Day Three: Discuss the difference between physical and chemical properties and changes. [|energy.ppt] Homework: Complete the worksheet. [|chem phys properties homework.pdf]

Day Four: Webquest-[|research transition metals and lewis dot.docx] Homework: Complete the webquest.

Day Five: Discuss Lewis Dot structures. Pass out a large index card to each student with the number 1-8 written on it. Part 1-Have students create a T chart on the index card with the Lewis dot structure on one side and the electron configuaration on the other side for EACH element in the family that corrosponds to the number they were given. Part 2- Have students write the number of valence electrons for each element next to it's Lewis dot structure and then write a short summary of the pattern they see in the Lewis dot structure and valence electrons for their family. Part 3- Have students talk to each other and on the opposite side of their card, write the family numbers 1-8, the valence electrons for each family, and the charge that elements from each family will take.

Day Six: Design an experiment- Students need to research 1. What is a calorimeter, and 2. Design a homemade calorimeter and an experiment to find the calories in a peanut and marshmallow. The experiment must include a list of materials and the problem, hypothesis, and procedure for building the calorimeter and for the experiment.

Day Seven: Review for Unit Three Test- Waste Paper Basket-ball game.

Day Eight: Unit Three Test

Day One: Isn't it Ionic notes. [|Ionic Bonding.ppt] Stress the importance of being able to easily find the charge an atom will take. Homework: Practice valence electrons and electron configuration. [|valence practice.doc]
 * Unit Four- Ionic Compounds**

Day Two: Overhead talk on ionic compounds. [|Ionic Compounds-naming.docx] [|Polyatomic ions.doc] Homework: Practice writing formulas from names and names from formulas for ionic compounds.

Day Three: Prepare for "Human bonding by reaseraching the atom you have been assigned and keeping the information in a safe place. Research questions: Naming Poker- Using the "ionic poker cards" play poker with your group. See who wins. Hand in each score sheet at the end. Trading Beads- build Lewis dot structures for the names ions using the beads. Trade the beads between ions to form ionic bonds.
 * 1) What does the atomic number tell you?
 * 2) What is an electron?
 * 3) What is the charge of an electron?
 * 4) What is a valence electron?
 * 5) How are ions formed?
 * 6) How are ionic bonds formed?
 * 7) How many valence electrons does your atom have?
 * 8) What charge will your atom take as an ion?
 * 9) How will it get this charge? ie how many electrons will it gain or lose?

Day Four: Human Bonding. Each person will build an "ion suit" out of a garbage bag by cutting a hole for their head and attaching balloons to represent valence electrons. In the gym, the positive ions and the negative ions will be on opposite sides of the gym facing away from each other. The goal is to find an opposite with the correct number of valence electrons to either steal or to give your away. When you have found your opposite, trade electrons correctly, join hands, and race to me! Each person in the first team wins and sits out of the next round. Start over until everyone is partnered up. Write down the names of each of the compounds formed.

Day Five: Practice writing and interpreting ionic compound formulas. In class, complete the worksheet "Sweet 16 of Ionic Compounds."

Day Six: Create ten given compounds using the ion puzzle pieces. Begin the review study guide for the Unit Four Test. Homework: Review for Unit Four Test. [|Unit Four Review.doc] Those students that traveled to MSU today- your homework is to build a model of sodium oxide, calcium hydroxide, alluminium oxide, and lithium nitride using the ion puzzle pieces.

Day Seven: Review for Unit Four Test.

Day Eight: Unit Four Test.

Day One: Intro to Covalent Bonding notes and practice. [|Covalent Bonds intro.pptx] Homework: [|naming covalent compounds notes and intro homework.doc]
 * Unit Five- Covalent Bonding**

Day Two: Practice naming covalent compounds. [|CHEMICAL CROSSWORD Covalent names.docx]

Day Three: Look at Lewis Dot structures for covalent compounds. Chalk talk notes for covalent and ionic compounds (save discussion on polyatomic ions). Homework: [|lewis dot notes and homework.doc]

Day Four: Discuss Lewis Dot structures for polyatomic ions (i.e. covalent bonds forming ions and then ionic bonds...). Homework: [|Shape and Dot Structure.doc] Study for naming ionic and covalent compounds quiz.

Day Five: Naming Quiz

Day Six: Molecular shape notes. [|Molecular Shape.ppt] [|shape.xls] Create molecular models with candy. [|molecular shape activity.docx] Homework: Begin Review for Unit Test AKA Term One Test. [|Unit Five Review.doc]