Week 10 and 11 : Nov. 26 - Dec 10

Goals

1. Be able to list general properties of metals: shiny, malleable, conduct electricity, reactive with oxygen and acid, solid at room temperature.
2. Be able to rank common metals in terms of their reactivity with acid.
3. Be able to write, draw and balance simple reactions.
4. Know that atoms and mass are conserved in a reaction.
5. Use the reactivity series to predict which reactions will occur.
6. Describe the processes through which metals are refined.

Activities:
Mon 11/26: Go over test.
Tuesday 11/27: Vocabulary development and reading about metals.
Thursday: Lab: Reacting Metals with Acid. Balance reactions as Homework.
Friday: Go over lab and demonstrations.
Tuesday 12/4 (Substitute) Reading and worksheet about metals.
Thursday: Lab: Single Replacement Reactions with Metals. Finish questions as homework.
Friday: Finish lab results. Start lab conclusion. Finish as homework.
Monday 12/10: Review and Quiz

Notebook:
1. Vocabulary list
2. Metals (2 pages)
3. Reacting Metals with Acids
4. Notes on Sodium reaction.
5. Reading and questions about Metals
6. Single Replacement reactions with metals
7. Lab Conclusion

Week 8 and 9. Nov. 6 - 16

Goals:
1. Be able to classify samples of matter as either pure substance or mixture.
2. Be able to describe on a molecular level what is happening during dissolving and in a solution.
3. Properly use the terms solute, solvent, solution and concentration.
4. Be able to describe several methods for separating mixtures, including filtering and distilling.
5. Be able to interpret solubility curves and know general trends in how the solubility of solids and gases vary with temperature


Activities
Tuesday: Return quizzes. Go over background information for the distillation lab
Thursday: Lab - distilling alcohol.
Friday: no school
Monday: no school
Tuesday: Go over lab results. Some work time on lab. Start solubility curve worksheets.
Thursday: Finish solubility curve worksheets. Review.
Friday: Unit Test

Notebook contents
1. Distillation of a Mixture: Alcohol and Water - worksheet and graph
2. Solubility Curve Worksheet
3. Creating your own Solubility Curve Worksheet

Week 7 Oct.30- Nov. 5

Goals:
1. Know the boiling and melting/freezing temperatures of water in Celcius.
2. Know that temperature is an indicator of the speed (kinetic energy) of the particles in a substance.
3. Be able to describe relative particle behavior and spacing during solid, liquid and gas phases.
4. Be able to label sections of a heating curve and describe what the added energy is doing during each section.

Activities:
Tuesday: Go over previous quiz. Measure boiling and freezing temperatures.
Block day: Collect data during freezing and melting of water. Guided lecture and worksheets. Finish as homework.
Friday: Worksheet: It's just a passing phase. Finish as homework.
Monday: review and quiz
There are no electronic copies of these worksheets available. Sorry.

Anticipated notebook contents:
1. Notes and data table about temerature
2. Sketch of graph of freezing data
3. Worksheet: Phases
4. Worksheet: It's just a passing phase.

Week 5

Goals:
1. Know the density of water: 1g/ml.
2. Know what mass, volume and density are and how to measure them.
3. Know that the density of a pure substance is constant (at a given temperature and pressure).
4. Know that the solid phase is almost always more dense than the liquid phase, but that water is an exception.
5. Know that fresh water is a precious and effectively limited resource.

Activities:
Monday: Notes on water, mass and volume.
Tuesday: Determine the density of water. Link to handout
Thursday: Finish water lab. Determine the density of ice.
Friday: Film - Elements Compounds and Mixtures
Monday: Finish density of ice activity.
Tuesday: Density Review sheet . (This copy is missing some important pictures that are hand drawn on the in-class version.) Link to handout.
Thursday: The Density Challenge and Quiz


This weeks notebook should have.
1. Density of a pure substance part 1.
2. Graph
3. Density of ice worksheet
4. Density review sheet
5. Density Challenge Graph
6. Density Challenge Conclusion.

Week 4, Oct. 2 - Oct. 9

Goals:
1. Be able to list causes and effects of global warming.
2. Be able to explain similarities in burning reactions.
3. Be able to explain and give examples of how reinforcing and balancing feedback affect global warming.

Activities:
Tuesday: Go over returned work. Questions about reading handout on global warming.Link to readingLink to handout
Thursday: Lecture on burning reactions with demonstrations. Start an Inconvenient Truth
Friday: Finish an Inconvenient Truth
Monday: Questions and handout on global warming and feedback loops.Link to handout (no quiz or notebook)
Tueday: Unit Test & notebook

Notebook Contents:
1. EPA reading on global warming
2. Questions on reading
3. Notes on Burning Reactions
4. Feedback Loops Handout

Week 3 Sept. 25- Oct. 1

Goals:
1. Know the vocabulary: atoms, elements, molecules and compounds
2. Know that gases are made of tiny particles, moving at fast speeds and separated by relatively large distances.
3. Know that chemical reactions are the rearranging of atoms.
4. Know the meaning of subscripts and coefficients.

Weekly Schedule

Tuesday: Review and catch up from last week
Thurday: Lab on Electrolysis lab handout, start writing conclusion
2 homework assignments: Reading with Questions (sorry this isn't available electronically),
Finish Conclusions*
Friday: Go over homework and start poster assignment in groups flashcards for review - you finish them
Monday: Finish and present posters, quiz

Notebook contents:
1. Data table from electrolysis experiment
2. Conclusion from electrolysis experiment
3. Reading on Structure of Water
4 Worksheet about reading

*In the right column of the page is a guide for writing conclusions. The focus for this conclusion is to write about their success testing the claim that the 2 in H2O means that there are two hydrogens for each oxygen.

Week 2 Sept. 18 - 24

Second Week Goals
1. Describe similarities and differences in chemical reactions.
2. Describe similarities and differences in properties of gases.
3. Develop and follow procedures to make Carbon Dioxide (CO2)and Hydrogen (H2)
4. Know properties of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Hydrogen (H2)
5. Be able to write equations for the reactions that produce CO2 and H2 and know the formulas and names of the chemicals

Second Week Activities
Tuesday: Finish Videos - The air we Breathe and Oxygen. I was sick and absent. Start reading and chart about CO2 and H2. Finish chart as homework.
Thursday: Lab -- Gases Part 2 - Reactions to make Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Link to lab handout with questionsHomework: Finish the Individual Answer Sheet for Lab, and write a paragraph about what all chemical reactions have in common, citing evidence from our reactions in class.
Friday: Demonstrations with H2 and CO2, Go over answers to Lab questions. Flashcards - Partner work Link to flashcards
Monday: Review, Catch-Up, Quiz

Notebook Contents:

1. Video Notes on Handout.

2. Readings on Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide
3. T Chart notes on Readings
4. Individual Answer Sheet about Gases Lab
5. Paragraph Reflection on Chemical Reactions

Grades are now available online

Grades are now available online.
To view them click the link to the right.
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You will then need to enter two passwords. The first is his or her student id number from the student id. The second is his or her birthday in the form mmddyyyy. Some students do have the same birthday and I have had to leave off the first two numbers in the year several times.

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Week 1: Sept 10 to 17

Goals:
1. Develop and follow a procedure for collecting Oxygen and Nitrogen
2. Know and follow safety expectations
3. Know properties of Nitrogen and Oxygen gases
4. Be able to write equations for the reactions that produce N2 and O2 and know the formulae for the chemicals
5. Know the vocabulary: properties, catalyst, products and reactants
6. Know the composition of Air


Activities:
Monday: Share posters from Friday, Take Notes on Readings
Tuesday: Go Over Readings. Introduction to lab
Block day: Experiment: Producing N2 and O2 Link to Lab Handout
Hmwk: Finish first page of individual answer sheet
Friday: Debrief Experiment, Complete backside of answer
sheet, Demonstrations, Work with Vocabulary Flashcards Link to Flashcards
Monday: Review, Catch-Up, 10 min Quiz

Notebook Contents:
1. Readings on Oxygen and Nitrogen
2. Three column notes on Oxygen and Nitrogen
3. Individual Answer Sheet to Lab