Unit 1: Properties of Matter (Ch. 1 and Safety)
Day 1: 1/22
1. Student Information Card
2. Syllabus and Grading Policy
3. Expectations and Procedures
4. Get to know you activity: Read the descriptions and then choose one animal that best describes a key aspect of your personality. Draw a picture and explain why you chose it.
Day 2: 1/23
1. Finish discussing expectations and procedures
2. Collect signed paperwork
3. Notes: Goals and expectations for work in a Chemistry class:
Think-Pair-Share Reflection Questions - What does it look like to do work in science?
What do I bring to this Chemistry learning community?
4. Lab equipment Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/6278586/chemistry-lab-equipment-flash-cards/
Take Notes: Name of Equipment & Use
5. Marshmallow Challenge
Day 3: 1/24
1. Lab equipment Quizlet...continued
2. Safety Contract - Must be signed and returned by 1/26/18
3. Safety Video - Record 10 safety rules that are especially important in the Chemistry lab. Graded
4. Safety Scenarios: WS - Graded
Day 4: 1/25
1. Lab equipment Quizlet...continued
2. Go over safety scenario WS
3. Cornell Notes: Properties of Matter - Graded
4. Demo - Gas has mass
4. Guided Reading - Properties of Matter - Graded
Day 5: 1/26
1. Safety Quiz
2. Cornell Notes: Organization of Matter
3. Graphic Organizer
4. Nuts and Bolts of Matter Activity - Rotation Activity
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Day 6: 1/29
1. Starter: Element Flashcards
2. Review "Matter" Graphic Organizer (elements and compounds)
3. Work Time: Element Flashcards 40 elements
4. Work Time: Independent Research of an Element - Mini-Poster (Due Friday)
5. Video Clip - NOVA Hunting the Elements
Day7: 1/30
1. Element Flashcard Practice
2. Cornell Notes: Mixtures
4. Separating Mixtures Powerpoint
5. Lab - Separating mixtures lab
Day 8: 1/31
1. Starter: Element Flashcards
2. Activity - Organization of Matter Card Sort (done with a partner)
2. Cornell Notes: Chemical vs. physical changes
Magnesium Demo
3. Guided Reading: Physical vs. Chemical Change
4. Lab: Chemical vs. physical changes - Small-Scale lab in book pg. 51
5. WS Practice Identifying Physical vs. Chemical Changes (finish for homework)
Day 9: 2/1
1. Starter: Element Flashcards
2. Study Guide for Unit1 Test
Day 10: 2/2
1. Unit 1: Test
2. Video Clip: Finish the video: NOVA Hunting the Elements
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Unit 2: Measurement (Ch. 3)
Day 11: 2/5
1. Notes: Measurement
2. Guided Reading WS: pg. 62-65 Measurement
Day 12: 2/6
1. Bell Ringer - Review Accuracy and Precision (Use Dart Board)
2. Notes: Significant Figures
3. Guided Reading: Sig. Figs pg. 66-69
Day 13: 2/7
1. Notes: Calculating with Significant Figures
2. Guided Reading: Sig. Figs. in Calculations
Homework: Units of Measurement Guided Reading
Day 14: 2/8
1. Measurement Video
2. Measurement Lab
Friday: No School
_______________________________________________Weekend
Day 15: 2/12
1. Density Notes
2. Lab Density
Day 16: 2/13
1. Density Column Group Activity (done in notebook)
2. Finish Density Lab and debrief
3. Introduce Dimensional analysis
Day 17: 2/14
1. Notes: Dimensional analysis
2. More Dimensional Analysis Practice
Day 18: 2/15
1. Study Guide
Day 19: 2/16
1. Unit 2: Test
2. Guided Reading - Ch. 4 (pg. 102-104)
3. NOVA - Making it stronger
___________________________________________________Weekend
Unit 3: Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table (Chapters 4-6)
Day 20: 2/19
1. Review Guided Reading
2. Structure of the atom Notes -
Use guided notes sheet
Cathode Ray Tube Experiment Explained
3. NOVA hunting the elements (start at 26:02-about 35:00)
4. Rutherford Scattering Activity - Use marbles to simulate particles in order to infer an unknown (hidden) shape
Day 21: 2/20
1. Powerpoint Notes: Distinguishing Among Atoms -
Use guided notes sheet
2. Worksheet - calculating protons, neutrons, electrons in a neutral atom
3. Notes: Isotopes - use worksheet to complete these notes
Day 22: 2/21
1. Notes: Atomic Mass
2. Isotope lab
Day 23: 2/22
1. Debrief isotope lab
2. WS isotopes
3. Debrief answers
Day 24: 2/24
1. Friday Quiz - Ch4 Atoms
2. Guided Reading pg. 128-132
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Weekend
Day 25: 2/26
Concept: Matter and Energy
EQ- How do electrons behave in an atom and why?
Powerpoint - Revising the Atomic Model - Quantum Mechanical Model
1. Notes - Quantum Mechanical Model
2. Color code and label your periodic table - s,p,d,f subshells
Day 26: 2/27 - ACT Test - NO CLASS
Day 27: 2/28 - ACT Test - 2nd block only (shortened class) Preview of electron configuration
Day 28: 3/1
Concept: Matter and Energy
EQ- How do electrons behave in an atom and why?
Powerpoint - Electron Configuration
1. Guided Notes: Electron Configuration, Aufbau diagrams, and orbital diagrams
Rules for Electron Configuration
2. Practice Problems
3. Create a video where you teach and explain the fundamentals of electron configuration
Day 29: 3/2
Concept: Matter and Energy
EQ- How do electrons behave in an atom and why?
1. Watch and evaluate one another's videos.
2. Review answers to "Electron Configuration practice problems"
3. Quiz: The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom & Electron Configuration
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Day 30: 3/5
Concept: Patterns
EQ - What patterns exist in the modern periodic table that allow us to use it as a tool for understanding the properties of specific elements?
1. Guided Reading - Famous Chemist (Textbook)
2. Color Code your periodic table (again! :)
3. Periodic Table Activity Description
4. Notes - Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
5. Practice - Metals, NM, Metalloids
Day 31: 3/6
1. Notes - Groups of Elements - Properties of Groups of Elements
2. Fake Book Activity
Day 32: 3/7
1. WS: Name that group of elements practice exercise
2. Notes: Periodic trends - Start Notes
3. Fake Book work time
Day 33: 3/8
1. Notes: continued...Periodic trends
2. WS: Periodic trends
3. Lab Fame test periodic trends, electron configuration and metal ions
Day 34: 3/9
1. Study guide for Ch 4,5,6 Test (test on Monday)
_____________________________________________________________Weekend
Day 35: 3/12
1. Unit Test: Ch4,5,6
5/15
1. Computer simulation - Go to the following website and complete the data collection on the provided sheets. Answer all analysis questions.
www.uccs.edu/vgcl/gas-laws/experiment-1-boyles-law
Day 1: 1/22
1. Student Information Card
2. Syllabus and Grading Policy
3. Expectations and Procedures
4. Get to know you activity: Read the descriptions and then choose one animal that best describes a key aspect of your personality. Draw a picture and explain why you chose it.
Day 2: 1/23
1. Finish discussing expectations and procedures
2. Collect signed paperwork
3. Notes: Goals and expectations for work in a Chemistry class:
Think-Pair-Share Reflection Questions - What does it look like to do work in science?
What do I bring to this Chemistry learning community?
4. Lab equipment Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/6278586/chemistry-lab-equipment-flash-cards/
Take Notes: Name of Equipment & Use
5. Marshmallow Challenge
Day 3: 1/24
1. Lab equipment Quizlet...continued
2. Safety Contract - Must be signed and returned by 1/26/18
3. Safety Video - Record 10 safety rules that are especially important in the Chemistry lab. Graded
4. Safety Scenarios: WS - Graded
Day 4: 1/25
1. Lab equipment Quizlet...continued
2. Go over safety scenario WS
3. Cornell Notes: Properties of Matter - Graded
4. Demo - Gas has mass
4. Guided Reading - Properties of Matter - Graded
Day 5: 1/26
1. Safety Quiz
2. Cornell Notes: Organization of Matter
3. Graphic Organizer
4. Nuts and Bolts of Matter Activity - Rotation Activity
----------------------------------------------------------------------Weekend
Day 6: 1/29
1. Starter: Element Flashcards
2. Review "Matter" Graphic Organizer (elements and compounds)
3. Work Time: Element Flashcards 40 elements
4. Work Time: Independent Research of an Element - Mini-Poster (Due Friday)
5. Video Clip - NOVA Hunting the Elements
Day7: 1/30
1. Element Flashcard Practice
2. Cornell Notes: Mixtures
4. Separating Mixtures Powerpoint
5. Lab - Separating mixtures lab
Day 8: 1/31
1. Starter: Element Flashcards
2. Activity - Organization of Matter Card Sort (done with a partner)
2. Cornell Notes: Chemical vs. physical changes
Magnesium Demo
3. Guided Reading: Physical vs. Chemical Change
4. Lab: Chemical vs. physical changes - Small-Scale lab in book pg. 51
5. WS Practice Identifying Physical vs. Chemical Changes (finish for homework)
Day 9: 2/1
1. Starter: Element Flashcards
2. Study Guide for Unit1 Test
Day 10: 2/2
1. Unit 1: Test
2. Video Clip: Finish the video: NOVA Hunting the Elements
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Weekend
Unit 2: Measurement (Ch. 3)
Day 11: 2/5
1. Notes: Measurement
2. Guided Reading WS: pg. 62-65 Measurement
Day 12: 2/6
1. Bell Ringer - Review Accuracy and Precision (Use Dart Board)
2. Notes: Significant Figures
3. Guided Reading: Sig. Figs pg. 66-69
Day 13: 2/7
1. Notes: Calculating with Significant Figures
2. Guided Reading: Sig. Figs. in Calculations
Homework: Units of Measurement Guided Reading
Day 14: 2/8
1. Measurement Video
2. Measurement Lab
Friday: No School
_______________________________________________Weekend
Day 15: 2/12
1. Density Notes
2. Lab Density
Day 16: 2/13
1. Density Column Group Activity (done in notebook)
2. Finish Density Lab and debrief
3. Introduce Dimensional analysis
Day 17: 2/14
1. Notes: Dimensional analysis
2. More Dimensional Analysis Practice
Day 18: 2/15
1. Study Guide
Day 19: 2/16
1. Unit 2: Test
2. Guided Reading - Ch. 4 (pg. 102-104)
3. NOVA - Making it stronger
___________________________________________________Weekend
Unit 3: Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table (Chapters 4-6)
Day 20: 2/19
1. Review Guided Reading
2. Structure of the atom Notes -
Use guided notes sheet
Cathode Ray Tube Experiment Explained
3. NOVA hunting the elements (start at 26:02-about 35:00)
4. Rutherford Scattering Activity - Use marbles to simulate particles in order to infer an unknown (hidden) shape
Day 21: 2/20
1. Powerpoint Notes: Distinguishing Among Atoms -
Use guided notes sheet
2. Worksheet - calculating protons, neutrons, electrons in a neutral atom
3. Notes: Isotopes - use worksheet to complete these notes
Day 22: 2/21
1. Notes: Atomic Mass
2. Isotope lab
Day 23: 2/22
1. Debrief isotope lab
2. WS isotopes
3. Debrief answers
Day 24: 2/24
1. Friday Quiz - Ch4 Atoms
2. Guided Reading pg. 128-132
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Weekend
Day 25: 2/26
Concept: Matter and Energy
EQ- How do electrons behave in an atom and why?
Powerpoint - Revising the Atomic Model - Quantum Mechanical Model
1. Notes - Quantum Mechanical Model
2. Color code and label your periodic table - s,p,d,f subshells
Day 26: 2/27 - ACT Test - NO CLASS
Day 27: 2/28 - ACT Test - 2nd block only (shortened class) Preview of electron configuration
Day 28: 3/1
Concept: Matter and Energy
EQ- How do electrons behave in an atom and why?
Powerpoint - Electron Configuration
1. Guided Notes: Electron Configuration, Aufbau diagrams, and orbital diagrams
Rules for Electron Configuration
2. Practice Problems
3. Create a video where you teach and explain the fundamentals of electron configuration
Day 29: 3/2
Concept: Matter and Energy
EQ- How do electrons behave in an atom and why?
1. Watch and evaluate one another's videos.
2. Review answers to "Electron Configuration practice problems"
3. Quiz: The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom & Electron Configuration
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Weekend
Day 30: 3/5
Concept: Patterns
EQ - What patterns exist in the modern periodic table that allow us to use it as a tool for understanding the properties of specific elements?
1. Guided Reading - Famous Chemist (Textbook)
2. Color Code your periodic table (again! :)
3. Periodic Table Activity Description
4. Notes - Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids
5. Practice - Metals, NM, Metalloids
Day 31: 3/6
1. Notes - Groups of Elements - Properties of Groups of Elements
2. Fake Book Activity
Day 32: 3/7
1. WS: Name that group of elements practice exercise
2. Notes: Periodic trends - Start Notes
3. Fake Book work time
Day 33: 3/8
1. Notes: continued...Periodic trends
2. WS: Periodic trends
3. Lab Fame test periodic trends, electron configuration and metal ions
Day 34: 3/9
1. Study guide for Ch 4,5,6 Test (test on Monday)
_____________________________________________________________Weekend
Day 35: 3/12
1. Unit Test: Ch4,5,6
5/15
1. Computer simulation - Go to the following website and complete the data collection on the provided sheets. Answer all analysis questions.
www.uccs.edu/vgcl/gas-laws/experiment-1-boyles-law