Chemistry  Weekly Plans

1/13-1/17  Week 2


Monday

Book checkout & reading assignment discussion

HW - Read/KTU sections 11.1/11.2

Tuesday

Notes - Intro to chemical equations & balancing

Practice balancing equations

HW - Reaction types & balancing wkst --> Link

Wednesday

Balancing equations strategies

More balancing practice

Thursday

Go over quiz

Notes - Reaction types intro

Friday

Notes - Reaction types (Synthesis & decomp)

Reaction types practice

1/6-1/10  Week 1


Monday

Course intro & expectations

Review - Types of bonds

HW - Return signed syllabus

Tuesday

Review - Naming & chemical formulas

HW - Naming wkst --> Link

Wednesday

Review - Lewis structures & VSEPR

HW - VSEPR wkst --> Link

Thursday

Review - Polar molecules, IMAs

HW - Polar molecule wkst --> Link

Friday

Quiz - Bonding review

Semester 1

12/16-12/20  Finals Week


Monday

Review for final exam

Tuesday

Go over unit 4 test

Review for final exam

Wednesday

Finals periods 1,2,3

Thursday

Finals periods 4,5

Friday

Finals periods 6,7

12/9-12/13  Week 18


Monday

Notes - Intermolecular attractions

HW - Read/KTU section 8.4

Tuesday

Polarity & IMAs practice

Go over covalent quiz

Wednesday

Review for exam

Thursday

Test - Unit 4

All unit 4 formative work due

Friday (PLC schedule)

Review for final

12/2-12/6  Week 17


Monday

Lewis structure review

Notes - Intro to hybridization & VSEPR

HW - Read/KTU section 8.3

Tuesday

VSEPR continued

HW - VSEPR worksheet -->

Wednesday

VSEPR practice

Thursday

Quiz - Covalent bonding

Friday

Notes - Polar bonds

Unit 4 exam end of next week

11/25-11/29  Week 16


Monday

Lewis structures practice

Notes - Resonance

HW - Lewis structures wkst --> Link

Tuesday

Go over ionic quiz

Notes - Octet exceptions

More Lewis practice

Wednesday

No school

Thursday

No school

Friday

No school

11/18-11/22  Week 15


Monday (Barnes out)

Notes - Naming covalent compounds

Practice naming covalent

HW - Mixed naming practice --> Link

Tuesday

Pre-ACT

Wednesday

Debrief covalent naming

Notes - Naming acids

Thursday

Quiz - CFA 4.1 (Ionic bonding)

HW check

Notes - Intro to Lewis structures

HW - Read/KTU section 8.2

Friday

Notes - Lewis structures continued

Practice with Lewis

11/11-11/15  Week 14


Monday (Barnes out)

Hand out unit 4 objectives

Notes - Intro to chemical bonding

HW - Read/KTU section 7.1/7.2

Tuesday

Notes - Ionic bonding & formulas

HW - Ionic bonding wkst --> Link

Wednesday

Go over unit 3 exam

Practice with ionic bonding

Thursday

Notes - Naming ionic compounds

Friday

Practice with naming compounds

HW - Naming compounds wkst --> Link

11/4-11/8  Week 13


Monday

Notes - Ionization energies & chemical reactivity

HW - Periodic table practice wkst

Tuesday

No school

Wednesday

Quiz - CFA 3.3

HW check

HW - Objective work

Thursday

Go over quiz

Review for exam

Friday

Test - Unit 3 exam

All formative work due

10/28-11/1  Week 12


Monday

Dot diagram practice

Review periodic table organization

Quiz - Periodic table history/organization (CFA 3.1/3.2)

HW - Read/KTU section 6.3

Tuesday

Notes - Coulomb's Law & Pull

Wednesday

Notes - Electronegativity, Zeff, Slater's rules

HW - Zeff & atomic radius wkst --> 

Thursday

Go over quiz

Practice with Zeff

Friday

Electron config exceptions

Notes - Atomic radius

10/21-10/25  Week 11


Monday

Notes - History of the periodic table

HW - Read/KTU 6.1/6.2

Tuesday

Hand out blank periodic table

Notes - Organization of modern periodic table

Wednesday

Notes - Metals, nonmetals, metalloids

Thursday

PT puzzle practice

HW - Finish PT puzzle

Friday

Go over test

Unit 2 reflection

Notes - Lewis dot diagrams

10/14-10/18  Week 10


Monday

No school

Tuesday

No school

Wednesday

Review for unit 2 exam

HW - objective work

Thursday

Go over quiz

Review & study for exam

Friday

Test - Unit 2 exam

All formative work for unit 2 due

10/7-10/11  Week 9


Monday

Notes - Quantum numbers

Practice with electron configurations

HW - Electron configurations & orbital diagrams --> Link

Tuesday

Notes - Orbital diagrams

Practice with EC & OD

Wednesday

Notes - Aufbau, Pauli Exclusion Principle, Hund's Rule

Review & practice for quiz

Thursday

Quiz - Electrons & atoms

HW check

Friday

No school

9/30-10/4  Week 8


Monday

Notes - Bohr atom & EM waves

HW - Read/KTU 5.1/5.3

Tuesday

Go over parts of atom quiz

Bohr atom practice

Intro to lab

Wednesday

Lab - Flame testing

HW - Finish lab

Thursday

Debrief lab

Notes - Quantum model

Friday

Notes - Electron configurations

Electron configuration practice

9/23-9/27  Week 7


Monday

Practice with parts of atom --> Link

HW - Protons, neutrons, electrons --> Link

Tuesday

Notes - Average atomic mass

Mini lab - Beanium intro

HW - Calculating atomic mass wkst --> Link

Wednesday

Mini lab - Beanium

Lab debrief

Thursday

Quiz - Parts of atom

Friday

Lab safety discussion

Lab tour

HW - Lab safety contract

9/16-9/20  Week 6


Monday

Test - Unit 1 exam

HW check 

Tuesday

Hand out unit 2 objectives

Notes - History of the atomic model

HW - Read/KTU 4.1/4.2

Wednesday

Finish atomic model history

Notes - Parts of the atom

Thursday

Parts of atom continued

Phet parts of atom practice

Friday

Go over test

Unit 1 reflection

9/9-9/13  Week 5


Monday

Finish classification of matter discussion

Notes - Physical vs chemical changes

HW - Classification worksheet --> Link

Tuesday

Notes - Physical vs chemical properties

Go over dimensional analysis quiz

HW - Objective work --> Link

Wednesday

Wrap up physical vs chemical

Quiz - CFA 1.2 (given as take home)

Thursday

Go over CFA

Review for exam

Friday (Barnes out)

Review for unit 1 exam

Exam and homework check are Monday

9/3-9/6  Week 4


Monday

Labor day

Tuesday

PLC day

Wednesday

Debrief measurement lab

Dimensional analysis practice 

HW - Read/KTU sections 2.1/2.2

Thursday

Quiz - Dimensional analysis (homework check next week)

Notes - Classification of matter

Friday

Notes - Physical vs chemical change

Unit 1 exam next week!

8/26-8/30  Week 3


Monday

Notes - Dimensional analysis

Tuesday

Dimensional analysis practice

HW - Dimensional analysis wkst --> Link

Wednesday

Go over measurement quiz

More DA practice

Lab intro

Thursday

Lab - Measurement and DA

Friday

Finish/debrief lab

Dimensional analysis practice

8/19-8/23  Week 2


Monday

Measurement practice

Notes - Accuracy/Precision/Error

HW - Measurement practice --> Link

Tuesday

Notes - Significant Figures

HW - Read/KTU section 3.2

Wednesday

Notes - Sig figs in math

Sig figs practice

HW - Sig figs practice --> Link

Thursday

Review of scientific notation

Notes - Intro to the metric system

Friday

Quiz - Measurement

HW check

8/12 - 8/16  Week 1

Monday

9th grade orientation

Tuesday

Course intro & welcome

MTSS videos

HW - Return signed syllabus

Wednesday

Academic effort discussion - How to be successful in chemistry class

Effort rubric

Hand out objectives

Thursday

Book checkout

Active reading strategy

HW - Read section 3.1

Friday

Notes - Measurement & accuracy vs precision

Practice with measurements