Days : hours : minutes : seconds until the AP Chemistry test:
Week of June 14, 2010
Monday
Objective: students will clean and organize the chemistry lab, take inventory
of lab drawers and restock as needed. AP binders due. Students may turn in
Solutions Guides, Study Guides and textbooks.
Monday/Tuesday
Finish science fiction movie analysis, perform polysaccharide lab.
Wednesday/Thursday
Using the review packet, students taking the final exam will review. Individual
questions will be fielded as needed.
Friday
Exams begin.
Week of June 7, 2010
Monday/Tuesday (single period)
Objective: Students will be able to
1. Perform a single displacement reaction
2. Plate zinc onto a penny
3. Make brass
4. work cooperatively in groups
Procedure: students will perform The Alchemist’s Dream, Copper-to-Gold.
Monday/Tuesday (double period)
Objective: Students will be able to
1. use techniques and logic to determine the identities of 14 unknown solutions
2. work cooperatively in groups
Procedure: Using only thin-stem pipets, chem spot plates, pH paper, flame test
wires and Bunsen burner students will determine the identities of 14 unknown
solutions.
Review packets will be distributed for final review, if not already distributed.
Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. prepare two or more esters
2. identify the characteristic odor of each ester
3. write and classify the chemical reactions
4. work cooperatively in groups
Procedure: students will perform a lab on esterification.
Thursday/Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Analyse a movie for scientific worthiness and accuracy
2. Find a least 10 examples of scientific principles
3. Defend or criticize the treatment of each scientific principle.
Procedure: students will watch a movie and list 10 examples where scientific
principles are demonstrated. For each example, students will name the principle,
describe the scene, defend its accuracy or explain the errors using valid scientific
arguments.
Week of June 1, 2010
Monday
No school
Tuesday/Wednesday
Objective: students will work on their video demonstration projects. If time
allows students will perform two mini labs: the 6-cent battery and the Alchemist’s
Dream.
Thursday/Friday
AP physics students will record chemistry demonstrations.
Week of May 24, 2010
Monday (half day)
Describe demo activity. Students will choose from a list of chemistry demonstrations
to perform for video lessons, to be recorded by AP physics students.
Tuesday
Students will finish graphing data and write up a lab report for the clock
reaction lab.
Wednesday/Thursday (single period)
Weather permitting, students will perform a pH lab on the environmental pathway.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Objective: students will work on their video demonstration projects.
Friday
AP physics students will record chemistry demonstrations.
Week of May 17, 2010
Monday (half day)
I will be out. To prepare for the Clock Reaction lab, students will complete
and submit review questions for experiment 26 in Brown and Lemay, Laboratory
Chemistry.
Tuesday (half day)
Objectives: students will be able to prepare solutions.
Procedure: students will prepare solutions for a clock reaction lab and perform
preliminary experiments.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Objective: students will be able to perform iodine clock reactions and determine
reaction order by graphing lab data.
Procedure: perform Experiment 26, Rates of Chemical Reactions I: A Clock Reaction.
Wednesday/Thursday (single period)
Weather permitting, students will perform a pH lab on the environmental pathway.
Friday
Students will graph data and write up a lab report for the clock reaction lab.
Week of May 10, 2010
Monday
Objective: students will review chemistry concepts and practice test-taking
strategies.
Procedure: concepts and answers to practice AP tests will be reviewed. Review
will continue as time allows.
Tuesday
Most students will take the AP chemistry test.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Students will perform a lab on reaction rates, the Iodine Clock reaction.
Wednesday/Thursday (single period)
Students will do a lab, the Alchemist’s Dream, Copper to Gold.
Friday
Students will graph data and work on clock reaction lab reports in the media
center or computer lab.
Week of May 3, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will review chemistry concepts and practice test-taking
strategies.
Procedure: Administer practice AP test, Free Response, Part A. Administer practice
AP test, Multiple Choice. Students will be given the double period to complete
this part of the exam. Students will be given 40 minutes to complete this part
of the exam. An exam "booklet" will be used to simulate the actual
AP test. Part B will be given after school on Monday.
Wednesday
Objective: students will review chemistry concepts and practice test-taking
strategies.
Procedure: concepts and answers to the practice AP test will be reviewed. Test
strategies will be discussed, including a review of lab techniques and concepts.
Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will review chemistry concepts and practice test-taking
strategies.
Procedure: Chapter 20 and 21 tests will be returned and reviewed as well as
the reaction quiz. A second multiple choice section will be administered, to
be finished at home if it can’t be completed in class.
Week of April 26, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. define cell potentials
2. use line notation to describe electrochemical cells.
3. predict relative strengths of oxidizing and reducing agents
4. predict if a cell reaction is spontaneous
5. calculate equilibrium constants from cell potentials
6. state the dependence of cell potential on concentration (Nernst equation)
Procedure: then cover sections 21.1-21.3. Distribute problem set to follow
during class.
Homework: pp. 942-945, 11, 13, 28, 30, 39, 41, 43, 57, 67, 69 due Thursday.
Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe the composition of common batteries and explain their operation
2. explain corrosion
3. describe the stoichiometry of electrolysis
4. calculate mass of products formed during electrolysis
Procedure: cover sections 21.4 - 21.7.
Review after school.
Friday
Students will take a test on chapter 21.
Week of April 19, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. state the second law of thermodynamics
2. define free energy
3. predict spontaneity of chemical reactions based on delta S and delta H
4. state the third law of thermodynamics
5. calculate the standard free energy change in a chemical reaction
Procedure: cover sections 20.1-20.2.
Homework: pp. 887-889, 11, 15, 17, 23, 34, 36, 51, 57, 69, 86 due Wednesday.
Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. define free energy of formation and use it to predict spontaneity
2. calculate free energy given pressure of reactants
3. explain the meaning of the change in free energy for a chemical reaction
Procedure: cover sections 20.3 and 20.4. Review using AP test questions on
entropy and free energy.
Thursday
Objective: students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the laws of thermodynamics.
Procedure: administer quiz on chapter 20.
Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. balance redox equations
2. define the components of an electrochemical cell
3. distinguish between a galvanic and electrolytic cell
Procedure: cover section 21.1.
Demo: show Zn/Cu electrochemical cell. Show cell potential using a volt meter.
Week of April 12, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. predict if a precipitation will occur when solutions are mixed
2. describe certain complex ions in solution
3. define Lewis acids and bases
Procedure: collect lab reports, administer reaction quiz, cover sections 19.4
and 19.5, review by going over practice sheets.
Homework: study for chapter 19 quiz.
Wednesday
Objective: students will be evaluated on the remaining concepts of chapter
19 on solubility equilibria by taking a short quiz.
Procedure: administer quiz on solubility, continue with chapter 20, see objectives
and procedures below.
Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. define spontaneous process
2. define entropy
3. state the second law of thermodynamics
4. define free energy
5. predict spontaneity of chemical reactions based on delta S and delta H
6. state the third law of thermodynamics
Procedure: cover sections 20.1-20.2.
Demo: demonstrate the spontaneity of an endothermic reaction by mixing barium
hydroxide and ammonium nitrate, freezing the beaker to a piece of wood. Revisit
spontaneous crystallization of super-saturated sodium acetate, explain in terms
of entropy and enthalpy change.
Homework: pp. 887-889, 11, 15, 17, 23, 34, 36, 51, 57, 69, 86 due Monday.
Week of March 29, 2010
Monday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. calculate solubilities from Ksp
2. calculate effect of common ions on solubility
3. effect of pH on solubility
Procedure: cover section 19.3. Hand out review pages to study for a test on
Wednesday.
Lab reports due Thursday.
Homework: study these problems pp. 850-851, 66, 70, 74, 76, 80.
Tuesday
No school.
Wednesday
Students will take a test on chapter 19.
In period 15, students will work on a graph in the media center for their lab
report, due Thursday.
Thursday
Objective: students will be able to determine products of reactions, write
reactant and product formulas in net ionic form, answer questions about reactions.
Procedure: go over sample reaction quiz and packet. Students will study the
packet and take a practice quiz on return from break.
Friday
No school, Spring Break begins.
Week of March 22, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to describe titrations (strong acid/strong
base, weak acid/strong base, weak base/strong acid), solve titration problems,
describe pH curves of monoprotic and polyprotic acids, determine equivalence
points, determine applicability of acid-base indicators.
Procedure: cover section 19.2. Show Excel spreadsheet treatment of a titration
problem, used to solve repetitive calculations and to graph pH vs. titrant
volume.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to determine by titration the molarity of
a sodium hydroxide solution, determine the molar mass of an unknown acid.
Procedure: students will perform Acid/Base Titration, experiment 15-2 in Chemistry
Concepts and Applications. Students will use a pH meter
for the second part of the lab, allowing them to calculate the acid dissociation
constant, Ka, of the unknown acid.
Wednesday/Thursday (single period) and Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. calculate Ksp given solubility
2. calculate solubilities from Ksp
3. calculate effect of common ions on solubility
4. effect of pH on solubility
Procedure: cover section 19.3, review for a test on Monday
Homework: pp. 850-851, 67, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 87 due Friday for review.
Week of March 15, 2010
Monday
Objective: students will be able to
1. calculate pH of weak base solutions
2. calculate pH of acidic and basic salt solutions
3. use bonding structure to explain acidic and basic properties.
Demos: present demos as appropriate to demonstrate principles covered. Use
a pH meter and pH indicators to demonstrate strong vs. weak acids.
Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of concepts in chapter
18.
Procedure: administer quiz on chapter 18. Continue with chapter 19, see objectives
and procedures below.
Thursday/Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe and use the common ion effect
2. define a buffer
3. calculate the pH of a buffered solution
Procedure: cover section 19.1.
Demo: show pH stability in a sodium acetate/acetic acid solution compared to
a strong acid solution by adding aliquots of strong base to each and observing
pH change using universal indicator.
Homework: pg. 849, 12, 16, 24, 28, 32, due Monday.
"More Equilibrium Practice" answers:
2. a. increase b. decrease c. increase d. no change
3. a increase volume (decrease pressure) b. decrease volume (increase pressure) c. no change
4. Underline the first reactant in each reaction...
a. no change in CaO (s) concentration (pure solid), Kc increases
b. no change in CaCO3 concentration, Kc increases
c. SO2 concentration decreases, Kc increases.
Week of March 8, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. distinguish between weak and strong acids
2. distinguish between Arrhenius vs. Brønsted-Lowry models
3. define conjugate acid, conjugate base
4. define acid strength by Ka
5. define amphoteric nature of water, pH scale
Procedure: administer quiz on equilibrium, then continue with chapter 18 on
acids and bases, cover sections 18.1 - 18.3.
Homework, due Friday: pp. 797-799, 6, 8, 10, 24, 26, 28, 32, 42, 44, 48, 56.
Wednesday/Thursday
Objective: students will be able to
1. calculate pH and pOH of strong acid and strong base solutions
2. calculate pH of weak acid solutions including polyprotic acids
3. calculate pH of weak base solutions
Procedure: Cover sections to achieve above objectives.
Friday
Objective: students will be able to calculate pH of acidic and basic salt solutions.
Procedure: Finish chapter 18. Review for a quiz on chapter 18.
Week of March 1, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. solve for equilibrium concentrations given equilibrium constant
2. define and apply LeChâtelier's principle.
Procedure: cover sections 17.5-17.6, continue work on practice problems.
Homework: pp. 749-750, 15, 17, 19, 28, 30, 36, 42, 46, 48, 50. Due Wednesday.
Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to solve equilibrium problems, discuss and
apply LeChâtelier's principle.
Procedure: Students will work on practice problems.
Thursday/Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. distinguish between weak and strong acids
2. distinguish between Arrhenius vs. Brønsted-Lowry models
3. define conjugate acid, conjugate base
4. define acid strength by Ka
5. define amphoteric nature of water, pH scale
6. calculate pH of strong and weak acid solutions.
Procedure: administer quiz on equilibrium, then continue with chapter 18 on
acids and bases.cover sections 18.1 - 18.3.
Demo: show acid/base equilibria using mixtures of strong and weak acids and
bases in the presence of universal indicator, show properties of acids, bases.
Homework, due Monday: pp. 797-799, 6, 8, 10, 24, 26, 28, 32, 42, 44, 48, 56.
Week of February 22, 2010
Monday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Predict mode of decay for radioactive isotopes
2. discuss effects of radiation.
3. calculate the half-life of an isotope
Procedure: cover section 24.2. Distribute practice sheets for review.
Homework: study for test on chapters 16 and 24.
Tuesday
Students will be evaluated on concepts from chapters 16 and 24 by taking a
test.
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. define chemical equilibrium
2. define equilibrium constant
3. relate reaction quotient and equilibrium constant
4. write reaction quotients for various reactions
5. compare Kc and Kp and convert from one to the other
6. solve problems involving equilibrium by writing expressions for Keq, Kp
Procedure: Start chapter 17 on chemical equilibrium. Cover sections 17.1-17.3.
Begin equilibrium problem solving, section 17.4-17.5. Distribute
sample problem sheet including table to aid in the organization of this type
of problem solving.
Homework: pp. 749-750, 15, 17, 19, 28, 30, 36, 42, 46, 48, 50. Due Monday.
Week of February 15, 2010
Monday
No school
Homework: pg 707, 27, 29, 35, 41, 42, 44, due Tuesday
Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. use the integrated rate law to determine the form of a rate expression
2. define half-life of second order and zero order reactions
3. find rate constant knowing half-life
4. determine time of reaction to given % completion
5. graph data in Excel, plot results to determine reaction order
Procedure: cover section 16.4.
Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. discuss the temperature dependence of reaction rates
2. describe the collision model
3. calculate activation energy
4. define catalysis
5. compare homogeneous vs. heterogeneous catalysis
6. discuss catalysis mechanisms and examples.
Procedures: finish discussion on reaction mechanisms, by reviewing the AP test
questions, cover section on the kinetics model, on catalysis.
Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. relate the stability of the nucleus to number of protons and neutrons
2. explain zone of stability on a graph of number of neutrons vs. number of
protons
3. classify types of radioactive decay
Procedure: cover sections 24.1.
Homework: pp. 1079 - 1080, 5, 11, 13, 17, 21, due Monday
Websites on kinetics with sample problems can be found here:
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/chmkntcs.html
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/chem30_05/2_kinetics/kinetics_index.htm
Week of February 8, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. distinguish between average, instantaneous and initial rates
2. interpret a graph of concentration vs. time
3. define rate law
4. determine reaction order of individual reactants
5. determine reaction order of overall reaction order by interpretation of
graphical data.
Procedure: Continue with chapter 16 on Chemical Kinetics, cover sections 16-2
to 16.3.
Wednesday/Thursday (2 period lab)
Objective: students will be able to perform iodine clock reactions and determine
reaction order by graphing lab data.
Procedure: perform Experiment 26, Rates of Chemical Reactions I: A Clock Reaction.
Wednesday/Thursday (single period)/ Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. use the integrated rate law to determine the form of a rate expression
2. define half-life of first and second order reactions
3. find rate constant knowing half-life
4. determine time of reaction to given % completion
5. graph data in Excel, plot results to determine reaction order
Procedure: cover section 16.4.
Homework: page 706, 13, 15, 17, 20 due Friday
Week of February 1, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Procedure: distribute and go over chapter 12/13 test and chapter 15 quiz. Review
for midterm exam.
Wednesday/Thursday/ Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. define reaction rate
2. describe factors that influence reaction rate
3. distinguish between average, instantaneous and initial rates
4. interpret a graph of concentration vs. time
5. define rate law
6. determine reaction order of individual reactants
7. determine reaction order of overall reaction order by interpretation of
graphical data.
Procedure: Begin chapter 16 on Chemical Kinetics, cover sections 16-1 to 16.3.
Week of January 25, 2010
If you didn't get Midterm Review sheets, get them here.
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. define and name alkanes, alkenes, alkynes
2. define isomerism in these compounds
3. discuss stereoisomers, give examples
4. find and name isomers of a given hydrocarbon
5. give examples of reactions of hydrocarbons
Procedure: distribute nomentclature rules, cover pages in the text to cover
the objective topics. Distribute midterm review packet.
Homework, due Thursday for review: pp.657-659, 10, 15, 19, 21, 27, 29, 44,
61, 63
Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able
1. define organic functional groups
2. name alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxcylic acids, esters
3. describe reactions of alcohols and acids
Procedure: cover sections in the text to meet above objectives. Distribute
chapter 15 practice.
Lab if time allow, demo if not: make an ester from organic alcohol and organic
acid.
Homework: Study for a Quest on chapter 15.
Friday
Administer Quest on chapter 15, Organic Compounds
Week of January 18, 2010
Monday
No school
Homework due Tuesday: pp. 524-528 12, 14, 39, 41, 55, 59, 65, 78, 83, 85, 87, 95, 99
Tuesday/Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. calculate solution concentrations in mass percent, mole fraction, molality
2. calculate molar mass using vapor pressure lowering
3. explain the effect of a solute on osmotic pressure
4. define and use Raoult's Law
5. use colligative properties to characterize a solute
Procedure: collect homework assigned last week, cover sections 13.2 - 13.6,
go over worksheets distributed on Friday.
Demos: show examples of solutions, colloids, show crystallization of a supersaturated
solution, osmotic pressure of sugar solution.
Homework for Wednesday: study for chapter 12/13 test.
Thursday
Administer test on chapters 12 and 13.
Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. define and name alkanes, alkenes, alkynes
2. define isomerism in these compounds
3. discuss stereoisomers, give examples
Procedure: collect lab reports and lab books, distribute nomenclature rules,
cover pages in the text to cover the objective topics. Distribute midterm review
packet.
Demos: show examples of gaseous, liquid and solid alkanes, show rotation of
plane polarized light by sugar solution to demonstrate the properties of optical
isomers.
Week of January 11, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. use the Bragg equation to solve problems
2. give characteristics and examples of crystalline solids
3. describe doping in semiconductors
4. define solubility, solute, solvent
5. discuss factors affecting solubility (pressure, temperature)
6. calculate solution concentrations in mass percent, mole fraction, molality
Procedure: cover sections in chapters 12 and 13 to meet above objectives.
Homework: pp. 524-528 12, 14, 39, 41, 55, 59, 65, 78, 83, 85, 87, 95, 99, due
Thursday.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Objective: students will become familiar with colligative properties and use
them to determine the molecular weight of a substance.
Procedure: Students will perform Experiment 18 from Brown&Lemay lab manual,
Colligative Properties: Freezing Point Depression and Molecular Weight.
Wednesday/Thursday (single period)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. calculate molar mass using vapor pressure lowering
2. explain the effect of a solute on osmotic pressure
3. define and use Raoult's Law
Procedure: cover section 13.5.
Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. use colligative properties to characterize a solute
2. define and discuss colloids
Procedure: cover section 13.6.
Homework: study for chapter 12/13 test.
Week of January 4, 2010
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. use the kinetic molecular theory to distinguish between solids, liquids
and gases
2. explain quantitative aspects of phase changes
3. Use the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to calculate temperature as a function
of vapor pressure
4. describe and use phase diagrams
5. define types of interparticle forces
Procedure: Cover sections 12.1-12.3 to meet above
objectives. Distribute practice sheet for guided practice.
Homework: pp. 478-481, 6, 24, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50, 62, 67, 85, 112 Due Friday.
Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Describe properties of the liquid state
2. describe structure, properties and bonding in the solid state
3. use the Bragg equation to solve problems
4. give characteristics and examples of crystalline solids
Procedure: cover sections 12.4-12.6 to meet above objectives. Part of the double
period class will be used to return and review chapter 9, 10, 11 test.
Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe doping in semiconductors
2. explain how solar panels work(!)
Procedure: cover section 12.7 to meet above objectives.
Week of December 14, 2009
Monday/ Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. explain and use the concepts of bond energies to calculate energies of reaction
2. draw Lewis structures, including exceptions to the octet rule
3. apply Lewis structures to the VSEPR model to predict molecular geometries
4. determine if a molecule has a dipole moment
5. build models of compounds
Procedure: continue with chapter 10. Cover sections in the text to meet above
objectives. Students will use Molymod kits to build various models of molecules,
predict shapes, determine bond angles, if time allows.
Demo: show VSEPR models.
Homework: pp. 388-389, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 31, 33, 44, 46, 48 due Wednesday
Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe hybridization of orbitals as sp, sp2, sp3, dsp3 or d2sp3
2. describe MO theory and give examples
3. use MO theory to predict magnetic properties of molecules.
Procedure: cover sections in chapter 11 on bonding to meet above objectives.
Homework: study for test on chapters 9, 10 and 11
Friday
Administer test on chapters 9, 10 and 11.
Week of December 7, 2009
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. apply trends in the periodic table to explain properties and sizes of ions
2. predict trends in electron affinity
3. describe ionic vs. covalent bonding
4. explain an energy vs. internuclear distance diagram in terms of atomic attractions
and repulsions
5. calculate lattice energy
6. use lattice energy to explain the formation of various ionic solids
7. compare bond energy and bond length in covalent compounds
8. apply bond energy concepts to IR spectroscopy
Procedure: Begin chapter 9 on bonding, cover sections 9.1 - 9.3 in the text
to meet above objectives.
Homework: pp. 353-355, 13, 19, 23, 27, 29, 31, 49, 57 due Thursday
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. use electronegativity to predict bond polarity
2. draw Lewis structures, including exceptions to the octet rule
3. explain resonance
4. draw resonance structures
5. calculate and use formal charge
Procedure: finish chapter 9, start chapter 10.
Homework: pp. 388-389, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, due Monday.
Week of November 30, 2009
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. explain the splitting of energy levels in polyelectronic atoms using the
penetration effect
2. draw electron configurations of atoms and ions using the Aufbau principle
and Hund’s rule
3. define and predict these trends using the periodic table:
a) atomic radius
b) ionization energy
c) electron affinity
d) metallic behavior
Procedure: finish chapter 8, distribute practice questions.
Homework: pp. 322-324, 12, 14, 22, 26(condensed), 28(condensed), 30, 38, 42,
54 a, b, 56 a, b, 71, 75, 83, due Wednesday for review.
Thursday
Procedure: students will take a test on chapters 7 and 8.
Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. describe ionic vs. covalent bonding
2. explain an energy vs. internuclear distance diagram in terms of atomic attractions
and repulsions
3. calculate lattice energy
4. use lattice energy to explain the formation of various ionic solids
Procedure: Begin chapter 9 on bonding, cover sections 9.1 - 9.3 in the text
to meet above objectives.
Demo: show model of NaCl vs. CsCl.
Homework: pp. 353-355, 13, 19, 23, 27, 29, 31, 49, 57 due Tuesday.
Week of November 23, 2009
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe the quantum mechanical model of the atom
2. define these terms: node, orbital, wave function, probability distribution,
degenerate energy levels, uncertainty principle
3. explain and use quantum numbers to assign energy level, sublevel, electron
spin to various atoms
4. cite and use Pauli exclusion principle
5. describe s, p, d and f orbital shapes
6. graph using Excel
7. explain the splitting of energy levels in polyelectronic atoms using the
following
a) shielding
b) orbital shape
c) penetration effect
Procedure: Cover Schroedinger's equation, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle,
quantum numbers, orbital shapes. One period of the double period will be used
to demonstrate graphing in Excel. Students will be able to graph data from
last week’s spectroscopy lab, find the equations of lines, use the equations
to determine unknown concentrations.
Demo: show orbital shapes using models.
Wednesday
Objective: Finish Tuesday topics. Students will be able to
1. relate the color of emission spectra to several elements
2. determine identity of unknown solutions using emission spectroscopy
3. color within the lines
Procedure: finish chapter 7, students will do a lab on spectroscopy, identify
unknowns using flame tests.
Homework: Write up spectroscopy lab report, also do these problems: pp. 284-285,
44, 48, 50, 52, 58, 60, 64, 70
Week of November 16, 2009
Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. calculate DeBroglie wavelengths,
2. state the relationship between wavelength, frequency and speed of EM radiation
3. calculate energy of electrons between different energy levels of the hydrogen
atom using the Bohr model of the atom.
Procedure: continue with chapter 7, discuss topics to cover above objectives.
Distribute problem set for guided practice and comprehension.
Homework: pp. 283-284, 10, 12, 24, 26, 30, 40, 42, 56, 60, due Thursday.
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday (single periods)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. describe the quantum mechanical model of the atom
2. define these terms: node, orbital, wave function, probability distribution,
degenerate energy levels, uncertainty principle
3. explain and use quantum numbers to assign energy level, sublevel, electron
spin to various atoms
4. cite and use Pauli exclusion principle
5. describe s, p, d and f orbital shapes
Procedure: describe the Bohr model of the atom, include exercises to determine
photon wavelengths for specific energy transitions. Cover Schroedinger's equation,
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, quantum numbers, orbital shapes.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. prepare cobalt solutions of various concentrations
2. use the Spec 20 spectrometer
3. identify the concentration of a cobalt solutions of unknown concentration
4. state and use Beer’s Law
5. work cooperatively in groups
Procedure: students will perform a spectroscopy lab.
Week of November 9, 2009
Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. solve problems using Hess’s Law
2. solve problems on standard enthalpies of formation
3. write reactions of formation with reactants, products in standard states
Procedure: students will complete Hess’s Law worksheet, cover standard
enthalpies of formation, standard states, model problems on these concepts,
review for a quiz on chapter 6.
Homework: pp. 249-251, 51, 57, 66, 69, 76, 91 due Tuesday for review.
Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of concepts
covered in chapter 6 by taking a quiz.
Procedure: administer quiz on chapter 6, on enthalpy, heat, work, energy, Hess's
law, enthalpies of formation.
In period 12-13, students will do a minilab on atomic spectra.
Homework: read sections 7.1 – 7.5.
Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. define the wave nature of matter
2. solve problems using the relationships between energy, wavelength, frequency
and mass
3. discuss the developments in physics/chemistry at the turn of the last century
(photoelectric effect, Planck’s observations of incandescent solids)
which lead to the development of quantum theory
4. calculate DeBroglie wavelengths
5. state the relationship between wavelength, frequency and speed of EM radiation
6. calculate energy of electrons between different energy levels of the hydrogen
atom using the Bohr model of the atom.
Procedure: start chapter 7, discuss topics to cover above objectives. Distribute
problem set for guided practice and comprehension.
Homework: pp. 283-284, 10, 12, 24, 26, 30, 40, 42, 56, 60, due Monday.
Week of November 2, 2009
Monday/Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. solve problems on calorimetry
2. state Hess’s Law
3. solve problems using Hess’s Law.
Procedure: Continue with chapter 6, cover calorimetry, Hess’s Law, model
problems using Hess’s Law.
Homework: pp. 247-249, 3, 7, 11, 18, 30, 34, 40, 44 due Wednesday.
Wednesday, period 14/15
Objective: students will measure heat of reaction of Mg in HCl, determine heat
of formation of Mg2+(aq) from Mg(s).
Procedure: Students will perform lab 20-2 in Chemistry Concepts and Applications.
Tuesday/Thursday/Friday
No school.
Week of October 26, 2009
Monday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. solve problems using Graham’s Law from Kinetic Molecular Theory of
Gases
2. compare real vs. ideal gases
3. explain correction factors in the Van der Waals equation
Procedure: discuss objective topics, assign problems to solve in class.
See http://www.sciencegeek.net/APchemistry/APtaters/chap05rev.htm and http://lrc-srvr.mps.ohio-state.edu/under/chemed/qbank/quiz/bank7.htm for on-line practice!
Tuesday
Objective: students will be evaluated on concepts of chapter 5 on gases.
Procedure: administer test on chapter 5.
Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. solve problems on calorimetry
2. state Hess’s Law
3. solve problems using Hess’s Law.
Procedure: Start chapter 6, cover calorimetry, derivation of the definition
of enthalpy, Hess’s Law, model problems using Hess’s Law.
Homework: pp. 247-249, 3, 7, 11, 18, 30, 34, 40, 44 due Tuesday.
Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. solve problems on standard enthalpies of formation
2. write reactions of formation with reactants, products in standard states.
Procedure: cover standard enthalpies of formation, standard states, model problems
on these concepts.
Week of October 19, 2009
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. state and use Dalton's law of partial pressures
2. derive the formula for the density of an ideal gas.
3. define the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Procedure: review chapter 4 test, discuss objective topics, assign problems
to solve in class.
Homework: read the lab procedure and tape it into lab books
Wednesday/Thursday, single period
Objectives: students will be able to
1. define the meaning of Kelvin Temperature in terms of average kinetic energy
of gas particles
2. derive the expression for root mean squared velocity.
3. distinguish between effusion and diffusion
Procedure: discuss objective
topics, assign problems to solve in class.
Homework: pp. 215-217, 54, 68, 74 b, d, 85 b, d, 94. Due Friday.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Work safely in a lab environment with potentially dangerous materials
2. Correctly use sensitive lab equipment, especially an analytical balance
3. determine an experimental value for the gas constant, R.
Procedure: Students will perform lab activity #13, Determination of R: The
Gas-Law Constant.
Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. derive Graham’s Law from Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
2. solve problems using these concepts
3. compare real vs. ideal gases
4. review homework
Procedure: discuss objective topics, assign problems to solve in class.
Homework: study for a test on chapter 5.
Week of October 12, 2009
Monday
No school
Tuesday/Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. state the definition of pressure
2. convert between common pressure units (Pa, atm, torr)
3. state Boyle’s, Charles’s Laws
4. graphically interpret the gas laws
5. solve problems using these laws.
Procedure: discuss objective topics.
Homework for chapter 5: pp. 213-217, 7, 9, 23, 27, 31, 36, 41, 43, 54, 68,
due Monday
Thursday/Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. state Avogadro’s Law
2. solve problems using these laws
3. state and use Dalton's law of partial pressures
4. derive the formula for the density of an ideal gas.
Procedure: discuss objective topics, assign problems to solve in class.
Homework: Read lab procedure for Determination of Gas Constant, R.
Note: when all students take the chapter 4 test, it will be returned for review.
Week of October 5, 2009
Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. execute stoichiometric calculations involving precipitation reactions
2. perform calculations involved in acid-base volumetric analysis
3. define redox
Procedures:
1. Cover sections 4.3 - 4.4 in Silberberg.
2. Demonstrate acid-base titration
Homework due for period 14-15 : ch 3 pg 127, 93, 95 a, b, 97
Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. identify products of elemental redox reactions
2. balance redox reactions in acid using the half-reaction method
Procedure:
Discuss types of redox reactions, balance redox reactions
in acid solution.
Homework: work on these exercises: pp. 168-171, 52, 63, 65, 67, 71, 86, pg.
942 13 a, c, 15 b, c, 17 a, due Thursday.
Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. identify products of elemental redox reactions
2. balance redox reactions in base using the half-reaction method
Procedure:
Collect lab reports. Go over homework, distribute practice sheet, with answers.
Homework: study for a test on chapter 4.
Friday
Objective: students will demonstrate comprehension of the concepts covered
in chapter 4 by taking a test.
Procedure: administer chapter 4 test.
Week of September 28, 2009
Monday
No school
Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. identify the pairs of substances that react
2. classify reactions that occur
3. write balanced equations for the reactions
4. explain the polar nature of water
5. distinguish between strong and weak electrolytes
6. recognize and classify types of reactions
Procedure:
1. Start chapter 4, cover sections 4.1-4.2 in Silberberg
2. distribute lab procedure
Homework due Friday: ch 3 pg 127, 93, 95 a, b, 97, ch 4 pp. 166-167, 5, 17
a, b, 30, 32, 34.
Wednesday/Thursday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Quantitatively precipitate a chloride salt
2. Dry and weigh the product
3. Determine the amount of chloride in an unknown salt.
Procedure:
Students will perform Experiment 8 in Nelson and Kemp, Gravimetric Analysis
of a Chloride Salt.
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday (single periods)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. predict outcome of precipitation reactions
2. define molarity
3. calculate molarity of a solution
4. prepare a solution of a given molarity
5. execute stoichiometric calculations involving precipitation reactions
6. perform calculations involved in acid-base volumetric analysis
Procedures:
1. Cover sections 3.5, 4.3 - 4.4 in Silberberg.
2. Classwork: reaction practice sheet, students will be given names of reactants,
are required to predict products, write complete reactions. Solve molarity
problems.
Week of September 21, 2009
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. calculate the number of atoms, moles in a sample
2. calculate molar mass, percent composition
3. solve stoichiometry problems
4. balance equations
5. calculate masses of reactants, products
6. calculating limiting reagents
Procedure: Cover chapter 3 on stoichiometry, cover the sections in Silberberg
to accomplish the objectives.
Homework due Wednesday: pp. 123-128 11, 15, 17 a, 21, 26, 36 c, d, 42, 54 b,
c, 62, 66, 74, 80, 84, 108, 111, 113.
Wednesday night homework: study for unit test on chapters 1-3.
Homework: lab report, due Tuesday/Wednesday.
Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of unit 1 concepts
by taking a unit test on chapters 1-3.
Procedure: administer test on chapters 1-3.
Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. carry out chemical reactions in a microplate
2. identify the pairs of substances that react
3. classify reactions that occur
4. write balanced equations for the reactions
5. explain the polar nature of water
6. distinguish between strong and weak electrolytes
7. recognize and classify types of reactions
Procedure: Students will perform lab 6-1, Types of Chemical Reactions from
Chemistry, Concepts and Applications Laboratory Manual.
Week of September 14, 2009
Monday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. discuss the early history of science
2. state the contributions of Boyle, Proust, Avogadro, Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford
3. write chemical formulas given the chemical name
4. write the chemical name given the chemical formula.
Procedure: cover topics listed under “objectives”. Return summer
assignment for review. “Keeping a Lab Book” and the procedure for
Experiment 1, Basic Laboratory Equipment, will be distributed. Distribute chapters
1 and 2 practice sheets.
Tuesday/Wednesday (double period)
Objectives: students will get into lab groups, check lab drawer inventory.
Students will be able to use basic laboratory equipment and work safely
in a laboratory environment.
Procedure: hand out lab safety and first aid guidelines, discuss lab safety,
assign lab groups, discuss lab reports, lab policy, expectations. Hand out
Lab Book/Report policy. Students will perform lab exercise #1, Basic Laboratory
Equipment
Homework: write up lab, due next Tuesday/Wednesday.
Wednesday/Thursday
Objective: students will be able to
1. calculate the number of atoms, moles in a sample
2. calculate molar mass, percent composition
3. find empirical and molecular formula
Procedure: Administer quiz on chapters 1&2. Start chapter 3 on stoichiometry,
cover the sections in Silberberg to accomplish the objectives.
Homework due Monday: pp. 123-128 11, 15, 17 a, 21, 26, 36 c, d, 42, 54 b, c,
62, 66
Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. balance equations
2. calculate masses of reactants, products
Procedure: continue with chapter 3 objectives.
Week of September 7
Monday Labor Day, no school
Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. state course goals and expectations
2. observe several chemical changes in a test tube
3. state the scientific method, discuss the role of the chemist in society.
Procedure:
1. Take roll, assign seats, give overview of the course, including goals and
expectations. Distribute course outline, rules, department safety and conduct
rules.
2. Review the scientific method
3. Conduct a chemistry experiment. Students will add a common iron nail to
copper sulfate solution and sodium chloride. The students will observe changes
in the test tube.
4. Confirm book distribution.
Homework: Read course outline, obtain notebooks.
Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. report answers to the correct number of significant figures
2. solve problems with focus on units and conversion factors
3. examples: temperature conversion and density
Procedures:
1. complete chemistry experiment (iron in copper sulfate)
2. begin chapter one, chemical foundations. Go over chapter one summer assignment.
3. Hand out follow-up exercises, to be completed in class, or for homework.
Homework: complete chapter one follow-up assignment.
Friday
Objectives: students will be able to discuss the early history of science,
state the contributions of Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford.
Procedure: Go over chapter 2 summer assignment, hand out follow-up assignment.
Homework: The procedure for Experiment 1, Basic Laboratory Equipment, will
be distributed so that students may read it and include the procedure in their
lab books.