Balancing Quiz

Date: 10/31/13 and 11/1/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to use chemical formulas and mass to balance equations

Standards: UCP.1-3,5; A.1,2; B.2,3; G.1-3

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Quiz on balancing equations

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > Quiz on balancing equations > Marking-the-Text on 21.3 and questions

Chemical Reactions 2

Date: 10/29/13 and 10/30/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe the terms exergonic, endergonic, exothermic and endothermic in terms of whether it requires energy as a reactant or product.

Standards: UCP.1-3,5; A.1,2; B.2,3; G.1-3

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Thumbs-up/thumbs-down as to whether or not fireflies use exergonic or endergonic reactions to make light.

Lesson Outline: Grade balancing worksheet > Ask students how many H’s would be needed to make a ring of single-bonded C happy > have students balance KCl + Na2SO4 -> K2SO4 + NaCl > Where does the energy from living things burning sugar come from? > Notes over 21.3 and 21.4 > Practice classifying reactions > thumbs-up/thumbs-down on fireflies > introduce solutions

Chemical Reactions 1

Date: 10/25/13 and 10/28/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to explain how the Law of Conservation of Mass and balancing chemical equations are connected.

Standards: UCP.1-3;,5; A.1,2; B.2,3; G.3

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Ticket to Leave: Balance Ba(NO₃)₂ + K₂SO₄   BaSO₄ + KNO₃

Lesson Outline: Quiz > Review bonding (HNS) > Life is impossible without chemical reactions > Biologically speaking, Life is just a set of chemical reactions > Notes over Chapter 21 Sections 1 and 2 > Practice Balancing Equations > HW: Balancing Worksheet and read 21.3 > Ticket to Leave

Chemical Bonds 4

Date: 10/23/13 and 10/24/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to know what compounds are ionically or covalently bonded and the naming differences between them.

Standards: UCP.1-3,5; A.1-2; B.2,4,6; F.1; G.3

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Thumbs-up/thumbs-down as to where you think you’re at with bonding

Lesson Outline: Review protons, neutrons, total electrons and valence electrons > Discuss test > Practice ionic and covalent bonding and identifying each > Discuss note-taking in 21.1 > thumbs-up/thumbs-down

Chemical Bonds 3

Date: 10/21/13 and 10/22/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to name ionic and covalent compounds

Standards: 9-12.P.1.2

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Worksheet over chemical naming

Lesson Outline: Review the 3 steps of the Kinetic Theory > Have students draw a molecule of CH₄ > Dangers of Dihydrogen oxide > Naming a compound can tell you what elements are involved and sometimes how many atoms of each element > Notes over 20.3 > Practice naming different ionic and covalent compounds > Naming worksheet > Practice bonding

Chemical Bonds 2

Date: 10/16/13 and 10/17/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to draw covalently bonded molecules, predict what changes metals and nonmetals will take, and how many atoms of each element there will be in different compounds and molecules

Standards: UCP.1-3,5; A.1-2; B.2,4,6; F.1

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Ticket to leave: Draw a molecule of C₂H₆

Lesson Outline: Ask students why atoms form bonds > Discuss the energy that was released when the metals from last class were burned > Notes over 20.2 > Practice diagrams of how certain elements form charges and bonds > HW: worksheet > Ticket to leave

Chemical Bonds 1

Date: 10/14/13 and 10/15/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe why atoms form chemical bonds.

Standards: UCP.1-3,5; A.1-2; B.2,4,6

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Ticket to leave: Students will predict how many electrons Oxygen needs to gain to become stable.

Lesson Outline: Ask students how many neutrons are in an atom of K-42 > Ask students what they know about chemical bonds, compounds and molecules > Ask students why atoms form bonds > Notes over Chapter 20 Section 1 > Practice figuring out how atoms reach stability > ask students to predict how many electrons Oxygen needs to gain to become stable > HW: Read 20.2

Element Paper 2

Date: 10/10/13 and 10/11/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe properties of metals, nonmetals and metalloids.

Standards: UCP.1-3,5; A.1,2; B.1,2,3; F.1; G.3

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Research Paper

Lesson Outline: Bellringer > Neutrons in Sulfur-32 and beta decay > How much more time do you need? > Anyone find anything interesting? > Last day to work on paper > Ticket-to-leave list of nonmetal properties

Element Paper 1

Date:10/8/13 and 10/9/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will be able to describe differences in the properties of metals, nonmetals and metalloids.

Standards: UCP.1-3,5; A.1,2; B.1,2,3; F.1; G.3

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Research Paper

Lesson Outline: Bellringer setup, main idea in short reading selection > Neutrons in Se-79 and alpha decay > Rubric for paper due at the end of the day Friday > Work on papers > Closure: Around-the-room = One thing you learned?

Flame Test Lab

Date: 10/7/13

Class: Physical Science

Periods: W1,2,4 and B2

Outcomes: Students will describe one way to measure the energy stored in a chemical bond.

Standards:

Student Needs: 

Assessment Plan: Lab Report

Lesson Outline: Look at electron dot diagrams for the 4 metals. Go over directions for lab. Make changes to directions. Discuss results. Large flame test demo. Thumbs up/thumbs down how’d your group work together?