Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Chemistry I

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Advanced Chemistry
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AP Chemistry

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Week Three Lesson Plans for August 28th -September 1st

Brett Block

Week Three Lesson Plans for August 28th -September 1st

Chemistry I – This week we will be getting into the lab to cut, fire polish, and bend glass tubing.  This allows me to identify the pyromaniacs and deviants so I am aware of their presence in the lab.  It is fine to be fascinated by fire – I just want to be aware.  I certainly love fire myself.  We will also be reviewing unit I to prepare for the test over types of Chemistry and the scientific method.  Students will learn and identify lab equipment for the test as well.

Monday:
1.       Post-tests back
2.       Finish notes
3.       glass bending lab pre-lab sheet
4.       Lab equipment review  and lab drawers
5.       Element review - past due
6.       Getting to know chapter 1 due Thursday
7.       Unit I Review for Test Tuesday next week

Tuesday:
1.       Unit I review due Friday
2.       Unit I test on Tuesday
3.       Glassworking Lab
4.       review lab equipment

Wednesday:  Volleyball Guys speaker
1.       Review due Friday to study
2.       GTK ch 1 due tomorrow
3.       review lab equipment
4.       Start Unit II Notes Matter, Change, and Energy

Thursday:
1.       GTK ch 1 due and grade
2.       Unit I test on Tuesday
3.       Lab equipment review for test
4.       Continue Unit II Notes

Friday:  HALF DAY- Dr. Elledge speaker
1.  test on Tuesday
2.  Glassworking Lab - finish if needed
3.  Lab equipment review


Objectives:

1. analyze proper lab safety procedures
2. identify lab equipment
3. identify locations of safety equipment in lab
4.  follow scientific thinking/processes
a. recognize the importance of solving problems by using a series of steps
b. explain the steps of the scientific method
c. describe the importance of controlled experiments
d.  perform experiment
5.  Application of the scientific method to real life

Common Core Standards:

RST.9-10.4.  Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9–10 texts and topics.
RST.9-10.5.  Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).

Assessments:
·        Lab report pre-lab
·        Glass-working Lab
·        Getting to know Chapter 1 assignment - types of chemistry and scientific method
·        identification and use of lab equipment

Week Three Lesson Plans for August 28th -September 1st

Chemistry II - This week will focus on applying our review of balancing and calculating formula mass, percent composition, and empirical and molecular formulae using a lab on finding the percent of oxygen in potassium chlorate.  Use of lab techniques and individual design of methods to improve accuracy and precision will be discussed after the lab is completed

Monday:
  1. Chapter 7 quiz moved to Weds
  2. sterilize equipment for lab tomorrow
  3. begin Stoichiometry Notes
  4. Lab report format and turnitin codes

Tuesday:
  1. Potassium Chlorate Lab
  2. Lab report format and turnitin codes

Wednesday: Volleyball Guys speaker
  1. Chapter 7 Quiz
  2. Lab reports due next Thursday Sept 7th with turnitin by midnight Saturday
  3. Weigh crucible if needed
  4. Continue Lab if needed

Thursday:
  1. Ch 7 quiz back
  2. Finish Lab - use other glassware as a new trial if possible!
Friday: HALF DAY- Dr. Elledge speaker
  1. Finish Potassium Chlorate Lab if needed
  2. discuss lab data
  3. lab reports due next Thursday with turnitin by Saturday


Objectives:

1. analyze proper lab safety procedures
2. identify lab equipment
3. identify locations of safety equipment in lab
4.  follow scientific thinking/processes
a. recognize the importance of solving problems by using a series of steps
b. explain the steps of the scientific method
c. describe the importance of controlled experiments
d.  perform experiment
5.  Application of the scientific method to real life - find the percent of oxygen in potassium chlorate and report findings using accuracy and precision

Common Core Standards:  4a)  Design and carry out an experiment- Chemistry is a lab oriented course.  Students collect and analyze data and then report their conclusions.
Assessments:
·        Lab report pre-lab
·        Potassium Chlorate Percent Composition Lab
·        identification and use of lab equipment
·        Lab report

Week Three Lesson Plans for August 28th -September 1st

AP Chemistry:   This week will finish our review of Chapter 1 - The Atom.    We will begin notes on equilibrium.  Also, we will design a glass tube apparatus for the Underwater Fireworks Lab in preparation for that lab.

Monday:
  1. Quantum number quiz back
  2. FR #1 back
  3. FR #2 due tomorrow
  4. t-shirt ideas!
  5. design glass tube for lab
  6. FR #3 due Thursday
  7. ion quiz #2 Weds

Tuesday:
  1. FR #2 due
  2. t-shirts due
  3. underwater fireworks lab
  4. ion quiz #2 tomorrow

Wednesday: Volleyball Guys speaker
  1. ion quiz #2
  2. FR #2 back
  3. ch 4 homework!  GO OVER  ch 4 Power Point!!!
  4. FR #3 due tomorrow
  5. labs due Friday

Thursday:

  1.  FR #3 back
  2. finish lab if needed - due tomorrow
  3. begin equilibrium notes if time

Friday:   HALF DAY- Dr. Elledge speaker

  1. t-shirt designs?
2.    ion quiz #2 back
3.    labs due

Objectives:

1. analyze proper lab safety procedures
2. identify lab equipment
3. identify locations of safety equipment in lab
4.  follow scientific thinking/processes
a. recognize the importance of solving problems by using a series of steps
b. explain the steps of the scientific method
c. describe the importance of controlled experiments
d.  perform experiment
5.  Application of the scientific method to real life - create an apparatus to capture acetylene in the Underwater Fireworks Lab

Common Core Standards:  4a)  Design and carry out an experiment- Chemistry is a lab oriented course.  Students collect and analyze data and then report their conclusions.
Assessments:
·        Design of apparatus to collect the gas
·        Lab report pre-lab
·        Underwater Fireworks Lab
·        identification and use of lab equipment

·        Lab report and content

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Week 2 Lesson Plans

WEEK 2  Lesson Plans for August 21st – 25th

Chemistry I   This week will focus primarily on lab safety rules, demonstrations, and discussion as safety is our first priority in a lab course.  We will also begin lecture on “what is chemistry?” and discuss the units of study for the class.

Monday:
1.    questionairre with 5 questions due Friday 8/25
2.    info sheet and blog sheet due today
3.    go over class rules and lab safety contract due Friday 8/25 with parent signature
4.    Lab tour and safety rules
5.    safety rules demos
6.    pre-test in class tomorrow
7.    post-test on Friday 8/25
8.    hand out periodic tables
9.    hand out books
10.  GTK book due Thurs. 8/24
11.  extra credit due next Monday 8/28

Tuesday:
1.    Lab Safety Pre-Test
2.    paperwork due Friday 8/25
3.    Getting to Know Your Book worksheet due Thursday 8/24
4.    element review due Friday 8/25

Wednesday:
     1.       Pre-Test Back
     2.       Continue going over lab safety rules
     3.       Tour of lab and use of fire extinguisher
     4.       Set hands on fire!
     5.       go over lab safety rules pre-test
     6.       Lab safety rules post-test on Friday
     7.   Unit I notes - what is Chemistry?
8.   element review due Friday

Thursday:
     1.   Getting to Know Your Book worksheet -grade
     2.   lab equipment and drawers
     3.   Finish safety rules and demos
     4.       Post-test tomorrow
     5.       Unit I notes - What is Chemistry? continued
     6.    Set hands on fire!
     7.   Turn in paperwork by Friday

Friday:
     1.       Lab Safety Post-test
2.       element review due
3.    lab equipment review
4.    unit I review sheet due Tuesday 8/29
5.    GTK ch 1 due Thursday 8/31
     6.    Lab safety contract due
     7.       All paperwork is past due

Objectives:

1. analyze proper lab safety procedures
2. identify lab equipment
3. identify locations of safety equipment in lab

Common Core Standards:

RST.9-10.4.  Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9–10 texts and topics.
RST.9-10.5.  Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).

Assessments:

·         Lab Safety Demos
·         Safety Contract
·         Clicker Pre-Test review
·         Lab safety Post-Test
·         Glass-working Lab
·         Getting to know your Book assignment
·         Journal Assignment #1



Advanced Chemistry – This week reviews important concepts from last year – balancing chemical equations and calculating formula weights.  A decomposition of potassium chlorate is used in lab to apply these concepts and re-familiarize the students with lab equipment and protocol.

Monday: 
1.       Lab Safety Post-Test tomorrow over lab safety rules
2.       Balancing review due Weds 8/23
3.       Quiz over balancing on Thursday 8/24
4.       Review MASS and FORMULAE NOTES from ch 7
5.       Ch 7 worksheet due Friday 8/25

Tuesday:
1.       Turn in paperwork
2.       Lab Safety Post-Test over lab safety rules
3.       Balancing review due tomorrow and quiz Thursday
4.       Finish ch 7 notes review from last year
5.   Ch 7 worksheet due Friday 8/25

Wednesday:
1.      Lab safety test back
2.   Balancing review sheet due and grade
3.      Quiz over balancing tomorrow
4.   Ch 7 worksheet due Friday 8/25

Thursday: 
1.    Balancing review quiz
2.       Ch 7 worksheet due tomorrow
3.    Percent Composition Pre-Lab

Friday:
1.       Balancing review quiz back
2.   Grade ch 7 review worksheet
3.   Lab Monday
4.  Start Stoichiometry notes

Objectives:

1.      review of balancing equations
2.      using stoichiometrical analysis
      3.  applying stoichiometry to lab

Common Core Standards:

WHST.11-12.4.  Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

RST.11-12.4.  Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11–12 texts and topics 

Assessments:

·         Air Bag Lab and report
·         Balancing Equations Test
·         Stoichiometry Test
·         Stoichiometry Lab and report
·         Smores Lab
·         Whole group discussion of air bag lab
·         Quizzes and worksheets




AP Chemistry – This week students will design their chemistry club ultraviolet-developed t-shirts used for Chemistry Club visits.  We will review ch 1 AP review material.  Organic chemistry lecture will introduce hydrocarbons while reviewing types of bonding and forces with a lab, observing food coloring drops in various solutions

Monday:  half-day
1.  ion quiz #1 will be Weds
2.  lab safety post-tests tomorrow - go over hints
3.  ch 1 review slides and go over ch 1
4.  t-shirt ideas

Tuesday:
1.  Lab Safety Post-Test over lab safety rules
2.  continue ch 1 review if time
3.  chapter 4 assignment due Sept 30th - collated and in folders
4.  t-shirt ideas

Wednesday:  
1.  ion quiz #1 here
2.  safety test back
3.  ch 1 crib notes and slides
4.  t-shirt ideas
5.  free response #1 due Monday

Thursday:
1.  ion quiz back
2.  quantum number white board activity
3.  ch 1 notes continued
4.  quantum number quiz tomorrow

Friday:
1.  quantum number quiz
2.  finish chapter 1 review
3.  Free Response #1 The Atom
4.  free response #1 due Monday

Chapter 1 – Atomic Structure
  • Discuss the history of chemistry and the foundational laws (i.e. law of conservation of mass, law of definite proportions)
  • Explain the discovery of the atom historically
  • Communicate the different atomic theories
  • Interpret the periodic table in terms of protons, neutrons, electrons, and molar mass

  • Describe the dual nature of electrons
  • Calculate the energy of an electron transition
  • Identify various elements by their line emission spectrum
  • Compare and contrast the Bohr  and Quantum model of the atom
  • Explain the Heisenberg uncertainty, Pauli exclusion, and Aufbau principles along with Hund’s rule
  • Ascribe electrons appropriate quantum numbers and identify incorrect sets of quantum numbers

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Chemistry Lab Safety Rules List

Safety Practices for Science Students

While working in the laboratory, students will have certain important responsibilities that do not apply to the other classrooms. You will be working with materials which, if handled carelessly or improperly, have the potential to cause serious injury and even death.

            A science laboratory can be a safe place to work, if one is alert, cautious, and follows directions with care. The following practices should be studied and used in the lab:

1. Follow written and verbal instructions carefully. One should give laboratory procedures all of one’s interest, attention, and effort.

2. Prepare for each laboratory activity by reading all instructions before coming to class and review them before beginning work. Follow all directions and make note of any modification in procedure given by the instructor.

3. Perform only those laboratory activities where instructions and permission have been given by the teacher.  If curious about other activities – ask the instructor.

4. Use only materials and equipment authorized by the instructor. Ask the instructor if not familiar with something and don’t know how to use it.

5. Check labels and instructions carefully and use in the proper manner.

6. Wear safety goggles whenever in the lab. A demonstration safety shield may also be needed. Regular eye glasses, while giving some protection, are inadequate when used alone for lab work.

7. Keep books, purses, and such items in other room. Take only lab manuals and maybe a calculator into the working area.

8. Student apparel should be appropriate for lab work. Long hanging necklaces, bulky jewelry, and excessive and bulky clothing should not be worn in the laboratory. Roll long sleeves up. Only closed shoes should be worn in the lab. Lab aprons should always be worn.

9. Confine long hair during lab and keep a hair tie in your drawer. 



10. Students should conduct themselves in an appropriate manner while in the lab. This means no “horseplay” and not disturbing fellow students, as this can be dangerous in the middle of an experiment. It also means one should walk, not run, while in the lab. And, above all, it means one should show respect for fellow students and teacher, as well as the lab materials and equipment being used.  Do not squirt the water bottles at each other!

11. Eating or drinking in the laboratory is not permitted.   No gum either.

12. Never taste anything or touch chemicals with bare hands unless specifically instructed .

13. Never smell any chemical or solution.  Never inhale when directly over containers.  Use a fume hood when necessary.

14. Never carry hot equipment/dangerous chemicals through students.

15. Report any accident to the teacher immediately no matter how minor.  This includes any burn, scratch, cut or contact with corrosive liquid on skin or clothing.  Let me know of any allergies that you have.  Also, report defective or broken equipment to the teacher.

16.  Wash hands thoroughly before leaving the lab.

17. Never add water to acids; acids should be slowly and carefully added to water.  In general, acid solutions should be done by the instructor unless students are told otherwise.  (AA - add acid)

18. In case of a skin or clothes burn from an acid or alkali (base), rinse or flush the affected area immediately with plenty of running tap water.  If the eye is involved, irrigate it without interruption for at least 15 minutes.  Report the incident to the instructor.

19.  Know the location of the emergency shower, eye and face wash fountain, fire blanket, fire extinguisher, closest fire alarm box, glass waste disposal containers, and exits.

20. Know the proper fire drill procedure and practice it.

21. Notify the teacher immediately if any smoke or fire is seen.  Then follow the teacher’s instructions.  

22. If a person’s hair or clothing catches fire, notify the teacher immediately and quickly use a fire blanket to surround the burning area.  This deprives the fire of oxygen and snuffs it out.  Then see that the victim is treated by the school nurse for shock and burns.

23. Every student should be instructed in the proper use of a fire extinguisher and know who is primarily responsible for its use. 

24. Gas burners should be used only as instructed by the teacher.

25. Use a burner with extreme caution.  Keep head and clothing away from the flame and turn it off when not in use.  Warning: alcohol burner flames are often impossible to see in well-lit rooms.

26. Do not throw matches into wastepaper baskets.  An approved metal waste container should be provided for their disposal.

27. Dispose of litmus paper, wooden splints, toothpicks, rags/paper towels (especially those with flammables on them), and all other combustibles in approved metal or other designated waste containers with lids.

28. Do not bring any substance into contact with heat or an open flame unless specifically instructed to do so.  Keep flammable materials like alcohol far away from an open flame.  Fumes from these can travel along counter tops and be ignited.

29. When heating test tubes, do not look down into the tube while heating it, and do not point it in the direction of oneself or any other person.

30. When bending glass, allow time for the glass to cool before further handling.  Hot and cold glass has the same visual appearance.  Determine if an object is hot by bringing the back of one’s hand close to it.  Use tongs and wire gauze pads.
31. To cut small-diameter glass tubing, use a file to make a deep scratch.  Wrap the tubing in a paper towel before bending the glass away from oneself with one’s thumbs facing each other at the scratch.  Fire polish ends.

32. Carefully twist (never push) glass tubing into stopper holes.  Lubricate stopper hole to ease insertion and always use towels for hand protection.

33. Remove all broken glass from work area or floor as soon as possible.  Never handle broken glass with bare hands.  Use a counter brush and dustpan.  Dispose of it in a separate waste container labeled “Broken Glass”.

34. Place all metals and solid wastes into designated waste containers.  Never discard solids into laboratory sinks.

35. Never climb to reach overhead storage.  Use a safety stool or lab ladder.  To minimize accidental breakage and chemical splash, do not use overhead storage for bottled chemicals.

36. When transporting chemical bottles, take care not to drop them or knock them into a lab bench, drawer, or door. 

37. When dispensing chemicals, use caution along with the proper techniques and equipment.  Do not put extra quantities back into original storage! This will cause contamination.  Instead, dispose of in the proper manner.

38. Avoid contamination.  Never pour reagents back into the bottle.  Do not use one pipette for more than one liquid/solution or lay them on the table. 

39. Do not pipette liquids by mouth.  Use a rubber suction bulb to draw the liquid up into the pipette.

40. Spills should be reported to the instructor as soon as they occur.  Immediate cleanup, using the proper neutralization and/or disposal procedures, is essential to prevent injuries and additional accidents.  Most spilled acids can be neutralized (made safe) with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) solution.  Most spilled bases (alkalis) can be neutralized with dilute acetic acid (vinegar).

41. When removing an electrical plug from its socket, pull the plug, not the electrical cord.  Remember, one’s hands should be completely dry before touching an electrical switch, plug, or outlet to prevent electrocution.  To prevent electrical fires, inspect plugs and cords for broken insulation and never overload electrical outlets or circuits. 

42. Keep work areas clean.  Keep floors, aisles, and passageways clear of laboratory equipment, chemicals, boxes, and other clutter.  Each student should help in the cleanup after each lab session.  Every item should be properly stored.   Close any open drawers and cabinet doors to avoid injuries. 

43. Students are not permitted in laboratory storage rooms without approval.

44. Any individually planned experiment must be approved by the teacher.


45. Most of all, be alert and proceed with caution in the laboratory.