PS-Chem Weekly Plans

9/30-10/4


Monday

Review for unit 2 exam

HW - unit 2 objective work

Tuesday

Go over quiz

Review/study for exam

Wednesday

Test - Unit 2 exam

All formative work due

Thursday

Hand out unit 3 objectives

Notes - Intro to chemical bonding

HW - Read/KTU 6.1/6.3

Friday

Notes - Ionic bonding, writing ionic formulas

HW - Ionic bonding worksheet --> Link

9/23-9/27


Monday

Notes - Dot diagrams, octet rule, charges

Tuesday

Notes - Coulomb's law and pull

Wednesday

Go over quiz

Notes - Electronegativity, ionization energy, reactivity

HW - Periodic table review --> Link Link

Thursday

Periodic table practice

Review for quiz

Friday

Quiz - Periodicity

HW check

Unit 2 exam mid next week

9/16-9/20


Monday

Recap Friday & metal vs nonmetal organization

Notes - Periodic table organization

HW - Read/KTU sections 5.2/5.3

Tuesday

Video - Mendeleev's periodic table

Notes - History of the periodic table

Wednesday

Go over unit 1 test

Unit 1 reflection

Intro to periodic table puzzle activity

Thursday

Periodic table puzzle practice

HW - Periodic table puzzle worksheet --> Link

Friday

Periodic table practice

Quiz - CFA 3.2

9/9-9/13


Monday

Notes - Valence electrons & Lewis dot diagrams

Limitations of the Bohr model

Bohr model practice

Tuesday

Go over quiz parts of atom quiz

HW - Unit 1 objective work --> Link

Wednesday

Review/study for unit 1 exam

Thursday

Test - Unit 1 exam

HW check

Friday (Barnes out)

Hand out unit 2 objectives

Color code periodic table

Notes - Metals vs nonmetals

9/3-9/6


Monday

Labor day

Tuesday

PLC day

Wednesday

Debrief & discuss lab

Spectroscopy demos

Bohr atom intro

Thursday

Notes - Bohr atom & diagrams

HW - Bohr diagrams

Friday

Quiz - Parts of atom & Bohr

Unit 1 Exam next week

8/26-8/30


Monday

Lab safety discussion & tour

HW - Sign & return safety contract

Tuesday

Notes - Parts of the atom

Parts of the atom practice --> Link

HW - Protons, neutrons, electrons --> Link

Wednesday

Go over quiz

More parts of atom practice

Thursday

Even more parts of atom practice

Intro to Bohr atom & atomic spectra

Intro to the lab

Friday

Lab - Flame testing

8/19-8/23


Monday

Classification of matter wrap up & practice

HW - Matter classification worksheet --> Link

Tuesday

Chemical changes demo

Notes - Physical vs chemical changes

HW - Read/KTU section 4.2

Wednesday

Notes - Physical vs chemical properties

Thursday

Wrap up chemical properties & discuss tomorrow's quiz

Notes - History & parts of the atom

Hand out periodic table --> Link

Friday

Quiz - Matter classification & parts of the atom

HW check

8/12 - 8/16

Monday

     9th Grade Orientation

Tuesday

     Welcome & class expectations

​     HW - sign and return syllabus

Wednesday

     Academic effort discussion - How to be successful in chemistry class

     Effort rubric --> Link

​     Hand out objectives

Thursday

     Book checkout

     Active reading strategy --> Link

     HW - Read section 2.1

     Matter classification intro

Friday

     Notes - Classification of matter