PS-Chem Weekly Plans
1/13-1/17 Week 2
Monday
Lab safety discussion & lab tour
HW - Sign & return safety contract (due FRIDAY)
Tuesday
Video - atomic #, mass #, charge --> Link
Parts of the atom practice --> Link
HW - Protons, neutrons, electrons --> Link (reassigned from last week)
Wednesday
More parts of atom practice
Notes - Intro to Bohr atom & atomic spectra
Intro to flame testing lab
Thursday
Quiz - Parts of the atom
All homework due at end of unit (but stay caught up!)
Friday
Lab - Flame testing
1/6-1/10 Week 1
Monday
Course intro & expectations
HW - Return signed syllabus
Tuesday
Book checkout
Active reading strategy
HW - Read/KTU section 4.2
Wednesday
Academic effort - How to be successful in chemistry class
Effort rubric
Hand out objectives
Thursday
Notes - History and parts of the atom
Hand out periodic table --> Link
HW - Protons, neutrons, electrons --> Link
Friday
Notes - Parts of the atom continued
Parts of the atom practice --> Link
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 - Stoichiometry
HW - Stoichiometry wkst -->
Tuesday
Go over quiz
Practice with moles & stoichiometry
Wednesday
Quiz - Stoichiometry
Thursday
Go over quiz
Study for exam
Friday (PLC schedule)
Test - Unit 4 exam
All unit 4 formative work due
12/2-12/16 Week 17
Monday
Notes - Chemical equilibrium
HW - Read/KTU section 7.5 & 7.1
Tuesday
Notes - LeChatelier's principle
HW - Equilibrium worksheet --> Link
Wednesday
Quiz - Chemical reactions
HW check
Thursday
Notes - Unit conversions
Friday
Notes - The mole and molar mass
HW - Molar mass wkst --> Link
11/25-11/29 Week 16
Monday
Thermochem crash course video
Notes - Thermochemistry
HW - Thermo & rates wkst --> Link
Tuesday
Notes - Reaction rates
Iodine clock demo
Wednesday
No school
Thursday
No school
Friday
No school
11/18-11/22 Week 15
Monday (Barnes out)
Practice with chemical word equations
HW - Word equations practice worksheet --> Link
Tuesday
Pre-ACT
Wednesday
Go over quiz
Lab - Reaction types
Thursday
Lab - Reaction types
HW - Read/KTU sections 7.3/7.4
Friday
Wrap up lab
Notes - Intro to thermochemistry
11/11-11/15 Week 14
Monday (Barnes out)
Video - Balancing chemical equations
Phet - balancing equations practice -->
HW - Reaction types & balancing wkst --> Link (Balancing portion)
Tuesday
Notes - How to balance chemical equations
Balancing equations practice
Wednesday
Notes - Reaction types
HW - Read/KTU section 7.3/7.4
Thursday
Reaction types practice
Predicting products
Friday
Quiz - Balancing equations & reaction types
11/4-11/8 Week 13
Monday
Review & study for exam
Retake covalent bonding quiz??
HW - Study for exam!
Tuesday
No school
Wednesday
Test - Unit 3 exam
HW check
Thursday
Hand out objectives
Notes - Chemical reactions/equations intro
HW - Read/KTU section 7.1/7.2
Friday
Go over test
Practice balancing equations
10/28-11/1 Week 12
Monday
Notes - Intermolecular attractions
Water/alcohol demo
Tuesday
Notes - Ionic vs covalent properties
Wednesday
Go over quiz
Intro to lab
Thursday
Lab - Ionic vs covalent
Friday
Lab - Ionic vs covalent
Unit test is next week!
10/21-10/25 Week 11
Monday
Practice lewis structures
HW - Lewis structures --> Link
Tuesday
More Lewis practice
Notes - Polar bonds
HW - Read/KTU section 6.2
Wednesday
Notes - Intermolecular attractions
Thursday
Practice with polar bonds and IMAs
Review for quiz
Friday
Quiz - Covalent bonding
HW check
10/14-10/18 Week 10
Monday
No school
Tuesday
No school
Wednesday
Ionic bonding review
Notes - Covalent naming rules
Thursday
Go over quiz
Covalent naming practice
HW - mixed naming worksheet -->
Friday
Notes - Lewis structures
Practice drawing Lewis structures
10/7-10/11 Week 9
Monday
Go over unit 2 exam
Practice with ionic formulas
Notes - Polyatomic ions
HW - Ionic bonding worksheet --> Link (revisited from last Friday)
Tuesday
Notes - Ionic naming rules
Wednesday
Ionic naming practice
HW - Naming worksheet --> Link
Thursday
Quiz - Ionic bonding
Friday
No school
9/30-10/4 Week 8
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 Week 7
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 Week 6
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 Week 5
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 Week 4
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 Week 3
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 Week 2
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 Week 1
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