Week 18 Lesson Plans - December 10th – 15th

Week 18 Lesson Plans - December 10^th – 15^th

CHEMISTRY I - This week will finish exploring chapter 3 - the atom - with a test.  Students are continuing to explore what an atom looks like and will be comparing and contrasting models and analogies throughout chapter four as well.   We will delve into chapter 4 - light and energy - with an introduction into spectrum tubes and signature light colors of the elements.  When we return from break, the Flame Test lab will show this using fire where the spectrum tubes excite electrons using electricity.

Monday:

1.  pop quiz 1 back

2.  Grade relative atomic mass and atomic quiz review

3.  test Wednesday

4.  atomic review due tomorrow 

5.  Start ch 4 notes

Tuesday:

1.  grade atomic review

2. start spectrum tubes and ch 4 notes

Wednesday:

1.  ATOMIC QUEST

2.  Pick up final review for exam - due Monday

Thursday: 

1.  ATOMIC QUEST back

2.  continue spectrum tubes demo

3.  pick up Flame Test Lab - pre-lab preparation for tomorrow

Friday:

1.  finish spectrum tubes demo

2.  Flame Test Lab - reports due after break

3.  final review for exam - due Monday

Monday: 

1.  grade final review

2.  flame test lab reports in class

ADV. CHEMISTRY  - We will finish our unit in Nuclear Chemistry with an assessment test.  Students will run a simulated nuclear reactor to get an idea of how a fission reactor works and how control rods and different types of water are used to regulate it.  Final exam reviews are also handed out.

Monday:

1.  grade review pages 1-3

2.  finish videos

Tuesday:

1.  grade review pages 4-6

2.  Sasha presentation

Wednesday: 

1.  NUCLEAR TEST

2.  Final review worksheet - due Monday

Thursday: 

1.  test back

2.  begin simulator activity

Friday:

1.  finish simulator with chart

2.  work on final review due Monday

Monday:   grade final review

AP CHEMISTRY  - The kinetics unit will begin as we work example kinetics problems through lecture and problems to distinguish between zero thru third order reaction rates problems.   A holiday ornament lab will use the principles of kinetics and also introduce electrochemistry - our next topic - as we make a silver/glass plated  ornament for the holidays.

Monday:

1.  equilibrium test back

2.  start kinetics notes with bozemans

Tuesday:

1.  continue kinetics notes with graphs

2.  kinetics worksheet 1 due Monday

Wednesday:

1.  WYSE test individually then in groups in pair/share

2.  kinetics worksheet 1 due Monday

Thursday:   Holiday Pre-Lab

Friday:   Holiday Lab

Monday:   

1.  finish ornament

2.  kinetics 1 worksheet due and grade

3.  kinetics 2 worksheet for after break

4.  final is the AP multiple choice diagnostic portion of the AP test

Week 17 Lesson Plans 2018 - Dec 3rd - Dec 7th

Chemistry I - This week will continue exploring subatomic particles and their uses in experiments using the Large Hadron Collider.  Students will write a short paragraph on a topic of their choice pertaining to the results of this ongoing study.  Converting atoms to mols to mass will revisit dimensional analysis and apply that knowledge to how scientists find average isotopic mass on the periodic table.  Several assessments will be given to check on understanding of the concept of the mol, hyphen and nuclear symbol notation, and conversion factors.

Monday: 

1.       quiz over smart guys back

2.       grade set II

3.       quiz tomorrow over set II

4.       notes on Large Hadron Collider and sub-subatomic particles

5.       worksheet I over conversions due tomorrow

6.       quiz over it Thursday

7.       mol lab due

8.       atomic review due Weds

Tuesday:

1.  mol lab due!

2.  atomic quiz

3.  continue notes on relative atomic mass

4.  atomic review due Weds

5.  relative atomic mass sheet due Thursday

Weds:

1.  grade atomic review

2.  finish notes

3.  worksheet II and 3.3 due tomorrow

Thursday:

1.  grade worksheet I

2.  quiz over it

3.  worksheet II and 3.3 due

4.  relative atomic mass due

5.  Atomic Review due Tuesday

6.  Atomic test Wednesday

Friday:  homeroom festivities

Adv. Chemistry - We will continue our unit in Nuclear Chemistry, focusing on the different types of radioactive decay and its effects on human tissue.   Fukishima will be compared to theThree Mile Island and Chernobyl melt-downs.  Half-life problems and graphs are analyzed and applications of radioactivity discussed.   

Monday:

1.  continue notes on radioisotopes and applications of radioactivity

2.  Skittles Lab due

3.  half-life worksheet I due

4.  half-life worksheet II due tomorrow

5.  half-life practice quiz tomorrow

6.  carbon dating article and worksheet due Weds

7.  food irradiation article and worksheet due Thursday

Tuesday:

1.  grade half-life II worksheet

2.  practice quiz in class and go over it

3.  real quiz tomorrow

4.  notes thru fission reactors

5.  carbon dating article and worksheet due tomorrow

Wednesday:

1.       Half-life Quiz

2.       Carbon dating article due

3.       Notes thru fusion

4.       food irradiation article and worksheet due tomorrow

5.        Radiactive review – pages 1-3 due Monday. Pages 4-6 due Tuesday

6.       Test on Weds

Thursday:

1.       half-life quiz back

2.       Quiz over decay

3.       Decay 3 due Monday

4.       notes thru four types of nuclear reactions

5.       review due Monday and Tuesdsay

6.       test Weds over nuclear chemistry

Friday:  homeroom festivities

AP Chemistry – We are finishing the equilibrium unit with Ksp problems finalized and a test Weds and starting rates of reactions notes. 

Monday:

1.  grade worksheet II

2.  worksheet III due tomorrow

3.  equilibrium test Weds

4.  start rates notes

5.  WYSE Weds

6.  ion quiz on Thursday

Tuesday:

1.  grade worksheet III

2.  rates notes thru graphs

Weds:   

1.  WYSE Weds

2.  Equilibrium test tomorrow

3.  no ion quiz

Thursday:  Equilibrium Test

Friday:  homeroom festivities!

Week 16 Lesson Plans for November 26th - 30th

Week 16 Lesson Plans for November 26th - 30th

Chemistry I - The atom and its discovery will be explored in chapter 3 as well as the concept of the mol (an amount of substance) will be introduced in a lab.

Monday: 

1.       notes on the atom continued

2.       proton electron neutron worksheet due

3.       set I worksheet checked off in class

4.       set II due Weds

Tuesday:

1.  grade proton electron neutron worksheet

2.  continue notes on the atom thru smart guys

3.  smart guys worksheet due Thursday

Weds:

1. Continue notes on smart guys thru the mol

2.  set II due

3.  create mol data table

Thursday:

1.  smart guys notes -finish

2.  rotate through the Mol lab

3.  smart guys worksheet due

4.  proton, electron, neutron worksheet due

Friday:

1.  grade smart guys worksheet

2.  finish mol lab rotation - due Tuesday

Advanced Chemistry - We will continue our unit in Nuclear Chemistry, focusing on the different types of radioactive decay and its effects on human tissue.   Three Mile Island and Chernobyl will be discussed as well as the concept of half-life.  A half-life simulation using Skittles is performed to plot out and graph half-life.  An assessment on nuclear stability where one compares the stability of different isotopes to pick the more stable one will be given.  Students will need to begin studying the different types of particles, their symbols, and their charges and masses.

Monday:

1.  Continue notes over decay and Chernobyl

2.  decay worksheet #1 due tomorrow

Tuesday:

1.   grade decay #1

2.  Chernobyl discussion and videos, notes over hazards and safety

3.  decay #2 due tomorrow

4.  decay quiz tomorrow

Weds:

1.  grade decay #2

2.  quiz over it

3.  Notes thru Chernobyl and half-life

4.  decay #3 due Friday

Thursday:

1.  Quiz back

2.  Half-life notes

3.  decay #3 due Friday

4.  half-life worksheet #1 together in class

5.  half-life worksheet #2 due Monday 

Friday:

1.       decay #3 due

2.       half-life worksheet #2 due Monday

3.       Skittles half-life Lab and graph due Tuesday

AP Chemistry -  Students will finish the week preparing for the end of the unit test on Thursday.  We will work on more Ksp problems and assessments.  Review Chapter 3 – Nuclear Chemistry - will be returned.  WYSE Wednesday is established where we practice for the WYSE Chemistry test individually trying some problems and then breaking into smarty pants groups to share and discuss before going over the answers.

Monday:

1.  Equilibrium review back

2.  Nuclear review back

3.  Labs back

4.  finish Ksp notes

5.  Ksp I due tomorrow

6.  Chapter 5 review homework

7.  Ksp II due Wednesday

8.  Ksp quiz Thursday

Tuesday:

1.  grade Ksp I worksheet

2.  Ksp quiz Thursday

3.  Ksp II due tomorrow

4.  Ksp III due Friday

5.  ion quiz Friday

Wednesday 

1.  WYSE questions #1-12 - Think, group, share

2.  Ksp II due

3.  Ksp III due Friday

4.  ion quiz Friday

5.  Ksp quiz tomorrow

Thursday 

1.  grade Ksp II

2.  Ksp Quiz

Friday: 

1.  ion quiz

2.  Ksp III due

3.  Equilibrium Test Monday

WEEK 15: Lesson Plans for November 19th - 20th

WEEK 15:  Lesson Plans for November 19th - 20th

Chemistry - We finished the measurement unit with a 2 day test and are beginning to learn about the atom and its discovery.  Students were given a pre-test on drawing a picture of the iron atom and labeling the protons, neutrons, electrons, and nucleus as well as answering questions about its outer shell electrons and bonding potential.  At the end of the unit, this model will be examined again by the students to see if we are able to improve upon it.

Monday: 

1.       Measurement Test back

2.       GTK ch 3 worksheet due

3.       notes on the atom

4.       proton electron neutron worksheet due next Tuesday - do examples together

Tuesday:

1.  grade GTK ch 3

2.  continue notes on the atom thru smart guys

3.  proton electron neutron worksheet due next Tuesday

Advanced Chemistry - While studying Chernobyl in our nuclear chemistry unit, we will be watching a video in class over this topic.

Monday:  Chernobyl Diaries

Tuesday:  Chernobyl Diaries

 

AP Chemistry  - Kindergarten is Coming!

Monday:  Chemistry Club in action

Tuesday:   Chemistry Club in action

Week 14 LESSON PLANS November 12th to 16th

Week 14 LESSON PLANS November 12th to 16th

CHEMISTRY I  - This week we are preparing for our measurement unit test.  Chapter 3 introduces the concept of the atom and the mol, an amount of substance.

Monday:  gone 6th - 8th to EIU to present

1.  quiz back over sig figs and metric - 4th hour

2.  conversion factor quiz

3.  test on Thursday and Friday

4.  put on specific heat lab data on Excel

5.  labs due tomorrow

6.  measurement review due tomorrow

Tuesday:

1.  pick up "THE ATOM" drawing and do it

2.  quiz back

3.  put on specific heat lab data on Excel

4.  labs due

5.  grade review part 1

6.  review part 2 due tomorrow

7.  Chapter 3 notes - begin

Wednesday:

1.  grade review part 2

2.  test part 1 tomorrow

3.  Chapter 3 notes - continue

4.  atomic number and mass worksheet due Monday

Thursday:

1.  Test part 1

2.  Test part 2 tomorrow

3.  notes on smart guys thru the mol

4.  proton electron neutron worksheet due Tuesday

Friday:

1.  Test part 2

2.  Getting to know ch 3 worksheet due Monday

3.  continue notes

ADV CHEMISTRY II - We will continue our unit in Nuclear Chemistry, focusing on the different types of radioactive decay and its effects on human tissue.   Three Mile Island and Chernobyl will be discussed as well as the concept of half-life.  An assessment on nuclear stability where one compares the stability of different isotopes to pick the more stable one will be given.  Students will need to begin studying the different types of particles, their symbols, and their charges and masses.

Monday:

1.  notes thru radioactive decay

2.  stability worksheet due - grade tomorrow with quiz over it

3.  radioactivity historical figures, H-bomb, and tritium article worksheets due

4.  continue notes over decay and Three Mile Island

Tuesday: 

1.  grade stability worksheet due

2.  quiz over it

3.  continue notes thru 3 Mile Island

4.  video over 3 Mile Island

5.  HAZMAT article and worksheet due Friday

Wednesday:

1.  grade historical figures

2.  Notes thru Chernobyl and half-life

3.  Decay 1 worksheet – due Monday

4.  Decay 2 due Tuesday

5.  HAZMAT article due Friday

Thursday:

1.  grade H-bomb article

2.  continue half-life notes

3.  finish decay worksheets 1 and 2 for Monday and Tuesday

Friday:

1.       grade tritium article

2.       Skittles half-life Lab - labs due Tuesday

3.       Skittles half-life graph

AP CHEMISTRY - This week will finish up Ksp equilibrium - will a precipitate occur.  We will prepare for our visit of 100 kindergarteners before break and finish up our solubility unknowns lab.

Monday:

1.  Finish solubility lab

2.  Ksp review examples continued

3.  Ksp worksheet I due Weds

2.  equilibrium review chapter back and discuss

3.  work in groups to fix equilibrium test from Friday

4.  study book problems due

5.  start rate laws notes if time

Tuesday: 

1.  grade equilibrium review

2.  set up for visit

3.  Ksp worksheet I due Weds

Wednesday: 

1.  Ksp review examples continued

2.  Ksp worksheet I due

3.  Ksp worksheet II due Thursday

4.  quiz over Ksp tomorrow

Thursday:

1.  Ksp quiz

2.  finish Ksp review examples

3.  Ksp II due

4.  ion quiz tomorrow

5.  Ksp III due Monday

6.  ch 5 review from AP book due Weds Nov 21st

Friday:  

1.  ion quiz top ten #4

2.  finish up for Chem Club visit

3.  turn in Ksp II

4.  finish Ksp III