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Resources:

Chemistry II H- Textbook: Modern Chemistry by Holt

Chemistry II-CP textbook: Chemistry: Matter and Change by Glencoe

Also used are all supplementary materials supplied with either text, various images and video clips off of the internet, and streaming videos from the Sc ETV channel.

** labs are always done in small cooperative groups!!

Numeracy for the week:

 Chemistry II- redox reactions

Chemistry II-cp specific gravity calculations

Chemistry I-cp mol calculations

 

Lesson Plans for the week of 5/17/10

 

Chemistry II-honors

The student will be able to:

1)   Explain the bonding characteristics of carbon and why it is able to bond with a variety of substances.

2)   Illustrate the structural formulas and names of simple hydrocarbons.

3)   ID the basic structure of common polymers.

4)   Classify organic compounds in terms of their functional groups.

5)   Discuss why dye will chemically combine with cotton.

6)   Answer questions to all objectives this semester.

7)   ID the unknown chemical in a lab situation.

 

   Monday: (5/17)

Test on obj # 1-4

Assessment: test will be graded

Homework: study for test

 

Tuesday: (5/18)

    The student will tie-dye (lab) t shirts to see the die chemically adhere to the shirt. They will answer questions on a lab report. (written assignment)

   Assessment: questions will be graded

Homework:

 

Wednesday: (5/19)

The teacher will go over the objectives covered on the exam. The teacher will work examples to remind the students how to do things.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday (5/20)

    Seniors (about ˝ the class) will take their final exams. Other will work an exam review.

    Assessment: exams will be graded

Homework: study rules

 

Friday: (5/21)

The student will follow the procedures to the “ID the damaging Dumper lab”. The student will ID the unknown pollutant.(writing assignment)

Assessment: Lab report will be graded

Homework: study notes

 

Chemistry II-cp

The student will be able to:

1) Discuss the role of activation energy and the effects of temperature, particle size, stirring, concentration, and catalysts in reactions rates.

2) define chemical equilibrium

3) Write chemical expressions and carry out calculations involving them.

4) Make predictions using La Chatelier’s Principle.

5) Calculate equilibrium constants

6) be able to draw or name hydrocarbons

 

    Monday: 5/17

The teacher will have a short review and then the students will answer the questions on a test.

Assessment: test will be graded

Homework: study for the test

 

Tuesday: 5/18

    The student will tie-dye (lab) t shirts to see the die chemically adhere to the shirt. They will answer questions on      a lab report. (written assignment)

    Assessment: lab report will be graded

Homework: study notes

 

    Wednesday: 5/19

The teacher will give the students review problems to work for studying for their exam.

Assessment:  review problems will be graded

Homework: finish lab report

 

    Thursday: 5/20

     The teacher will review over topics covered on the exam.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes, practice problems

 

Friday: 5/21

The students (seniors) will answer questions on the exam. There is only 1 non-senior in this class.

Assessment: exam will be graded

Homework:

 

 

Chemistry I-CP

The student will be able to:

 

1) calculate the answers to stoichiometric problems given by the teacher.

 

(Correlation to South Carolina Science standards)

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

 

Monday: (5/17)

The teacher will introduce stoichiometry to the students and they will work problems along with her .

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study over problems

 

Tuesday: (5/18)

The teacher will use the overhead to show practice problems for stoichiometry. The teacher will give the class 5 problems to practice for homework.

Assessment: oral problems

Homework: work problems

 

Wednesday: (5/19

The class will work problems on a worksheet. The teacher will move around the room and help where needed. (the 4 seniors in the class will be given a review sheet for the exam, on Friday.)

Assessment: lab report will be graded.

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday: (5/20)

The class will go over the worksheet and its correct answers. The teacher will answer any questions.

Assessment: WS will be graded

Homework: study for test/exam

 

Friday: (5/21)

 The 4 seniors will take their semester exam and the rest of the class will take their stoichiometry test

Assessment: test/exam will be graded.

Homework:

 

 

Lesson Plans for the week of 5/10/10

 

Chemistry II-honors

The student will be able to:

1)   Assign oxidation numbers to reactants and products and ID oxidizing and reducing agents, and elements oxidized and reduced.

2)   Explain what redox is.

3)   Balance redox reactions (using 2 methods)

4)   Write half-reactions 

5)   Explain the bonding characteristics of carbon and why it is able to bond with a variety of substances.

6)   Illustrate the structural formulas and names of simple hydrocarbons.

7)   ID the basic structure of common polymers.

8)   Classify organic compounds in terms of their functional groups.

 

   Monday: (5/10)

Go over review sheet with practice problems that they had a s homework over the weekend.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study for test

 

Tuesday: (5/11)

The students will answer the questions on a test.

    Assessment: test will be graded

Homework:

 

Wednesday: (5/12)

The student will follow the procedures to the “ID the damaging Dumper lab”. The student will ID the unknown pollutant for extra credit they can suggest a way to clean the pollutant out of the pond.(writing assignment)

Assessment: Lab report will be graded

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday (5/13)

Notes on hydrocarbons off of the smartboard

    Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study rules

 

Friday: (5/14)

The teacher will show examples of drawing hydrocarbon structures and of naming hydrocarbon structures. The students will do some at their desks.

Assessment: oral questions.

Homework: practice drawing and naming

 

Chemistry II-cp

The student will be able to:

1) Analyze the energy changes (exothermic and endothermic) in chemical reactions.

2) Describe the changes in potential and kinetic energy in a system

4) Describe the difference and give examples of temperature and heat.

5) Describe how energy flow affects internal energy.

6) Calculate the unknown using the specific heat equation.

7) Describe the enthalpy of a reaction.

10) Identify which metal they have in a calorimetry lab.

11) Discuss the role of activation energy and the effects of temperature, particle size, stirring, concentration, and catalysts in reactions rates.

12) define chemical equilibrium

13) Write chemical expressions and carry out calculations involving them.

14) Make predictions using La Chatelier’s Principle.

15) Calculate equilibrium constants

 

 

 

Monday: 5/10

The teacher will go over the review sheet the students answered in class on Friday.

Assessment: review sheet will be graded

Homework: study for the test

 

Tuesday: 5/11

The student will answer the questions on the test.

Assessment: test will be graded

Homework: study notes

 

    Wednesday: 5/12

The students will follow the written procedure to the calorimeter lab, “Which is your metal?”. They will answer the questions on the lab report. (Writing assignment)

Assessment:  lab sheet will be graded

Homework: finish lab report

 

    Thursday: 5/13

The teacher will discuss obj #11. The students will give examples of the different effects on reaction rate.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes, practice problems

 

Friday: 5/14

The teacher will show examples of equilibrium shifts. The students will try some at their desks.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes and rework problems.

 

 

Chemistry I-CP

The student will be able to:

 

1) Calculate the conversions, using the mol, between the units of mass, representative particles, and volumes of gases at STP. (I.C.3)

2) Calculate the percent composition of a substance from the chemical formula. (IV.B.3.d)

3) Calculate the empirical formula for a compound (IV. B.3.d)

4) ID the types of chemical reaction in a lab situation

 

(Correlation to South Carolina Science standards)

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

 

Monday: (5/10)

The teacher will introduce the mol and define it to the class. The teacher will show the students how to do the molar mass problems on the overhead.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study over problems

 

Tuesday: (5/11)

The teacher will use the overhead to show practice problems for representative particles and volume. The teacher will give the class 5 problems to practice for homework

Assessment: oral problems

Homework: work problems

 

Wednesday: (5/12

The students will follow the written lab procedures to the ID the chemical reactions lab. They will answer the questions (writing assignment)  at the end of the lab.

Assessment: lab report will be graded.

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday: (5/13)

The student will work examples of all types of problems on a worksheet. The teacher will move around the room and give individualized help where needed

Assessment: WS will be graded

Homework: finish ws if a slower worker and needs more time

 

Friday: (5/14)

 The class will work all of the problems on the overhead. The teacher will clarify or answer any questions.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study for test

 

 

Lesson Plans for the week of 5/3/10

 

Chemistry II-honors

The student will be able to:

1)   Assign oxidation numbers to reactants and products and ID oxidizing and reducing agents, and elements oxidized and reduced.

2)   Explain what redox is.

3)   Balance redox reactions (using 2 methods)

4)   Write half-reactions 

***** No lab this week because we have to get through the material so that the students will know how to answer the questions on the lab report.

      Monday: (5/3)

The teacher will show the students how to assign oxidation numbers to elements and determine which is oxidized and reduced.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: finish sheet started in class

 

Tuesday: (5/4)

     The teacher will lead the class in going over the classwork/homework practice sheet on oxidizing and reducing agents and elements oxidized and reduced. The teacher will show examples of balancing redox reactions with the ˝ reaction method.

    Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Wednesday: (5/5)

The teacher will give the students several examples of balancing reactions using ˝ reaction. The teacher will go over the correct answers. The students will do some on a practice sheet.

Assessment: practice sheet will be graded

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday (5/6)

The class will work practice problems on a worksheet for balancing redox reactions using both methods.

    Assessment: sheet will be checked

Homework: study rules

 

Friday: (5/7)

 

The class will go over the answers to the worksheet from yesterday. The teacher will answer questions.

Assessment: oral questions.

Homework: practice reactions

 

Chemistry II-cp

The student will be able to:

1) Analyze the energy changes (exothermic and endothermic) in chemical reactions.

2) Describe the changes in potential and kinetic energy in a system

4) Describe the difference and give examples of temperature and heat.

5) Describe how energy flow affects internal energy.

6) Calculate the unknown using the specific heat equation.

7) Describe the enthalpy of a reaction.

8) Work Hess law problems.

9) Describe entropy

10) Identify which metal they have by calorimetry.

 

 

Monday: 5/3

The students will copy notes off of the smartboard for all objectives.

Assessment: lab report/calculations graded

 

Tuesday: 5/4

The teacher will work examples of specific heat problems. The students will try some at their desks.

Assessment: oral questions.

Homework: study notes

 

    Wednesday: 5/5

    The students will work a practice sheet with specific heat problems on it. The class will go over the correct answers.

Assessment: sheet will be graded

Homework: study notes, practice problems

 

    Thursday: 5/6

The teacher will show examples of Hess’s law problems. The students will try some at their desks.

Assessment: classwork grade for the problems

Homework: study notes, practice problems

 

Friday: 5/7

The students will follow the written procedures to the calorimeter lab. They will answer the questions (writing assignment) in the conclusions part of the lab report.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes and rework problems.

 

 

Lesson Plans for the week of 5/3

 

Chemistry I-CP

The student will be able to:

 

1) Calculate the conversions, using the mol, between the units of mass, representative particles, and volumes of gases at STP. (I.C.3)

2) Calculate the percent composition of a substance from the chemical formula. (IV.B.3.d)

3) Calculate the empirical formula for a compound (IV. B.3.d)

4) ID the types of chemical reaction in a lab situation

 

(Correlation to South Carolina Science standards)

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

 

Monday: (5/3)

The teacher will introduce the mol and define it to the class. The teacher will show the students how to do the molar mass problems on the overhead.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study over problems

 

Tuesday: (5/4)

The teacher will use the overhead to show practice problems for representative particles and volume. The teacher will give the class 5 problems to practice for homework

Assessment: oral problems

Homework: work problems

 

Wednesday: (5/5

The students will follow the written lab procedures to the ID the chemical reactions lab. They will answer the questions (writing assignment)  at the end of the lab.

Assessment: lab report will be graded.

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday: (5/6)

The student will work examples of all types of problems on a worksheet. The teacher will move around the room and give individualized help where needed

Assessment: WS will be graded

Homework: finish ws if a slower worker and needs more time

 

Friday: (5/7)

 The class will work all of the problems on the overhead. The teacher will clarify or answer any questions.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study for test

 

 

 

 April 26th, 2010

Chemistry II-honors

The student will be able to:

1)   Discuss the role of activation energy and the effects of temperature, particle size, stirring, concentration, and catalysts in reaction rates.

2)   Explain the role of collision frequency, the energy of collisions, and the orientation of molecules in reaction rates.

3)   define chemical equilibrium

4)   Write chemical expressions and carry out calculations involving them.

5)   Make predictions using La Chatelier’s Principle.

6)   Determine in a lab situation, how systems at equilibrium respond to changing conditions.

 

 

Monday: (4/26/10)

The teacher will lead the class in notes and practice problems on objectives # 3 and 4. The students will try some at their desks.

    Assessment: oral questions

Homework: pg 595 #1-9; pg 622 # 5-11

 

Tuesday: (4/27/10)

The teacher will lead the class in being able to make predictions on the equilibrium reactions.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Wednesday: (4/28/10)

The students will answer the questions on a review sheet about obj # 3-5. The teacher will go over the correct answers and answer any questions that the students have.

Assessment: Review sheet graded

Homework: study review sheet.

 

Thursday: (4/29/10)

After a short review, the students will take a test on objectives 1-5.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Friday: (4/30/10)

The student will follow written directions to the lab. The students will do the calculations and answer the questions (written assignment) to be turned in for a grade.

Assessment: lab report graded

Homework: study notes

 

Chemistry-II Cp

 

The student will be able to:

    1) define and describe the Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry models for acids and bases

2) distinguish between strong and weak acids and bases in a lab.

3) describe the ionization of water

4) define pH and pOH

5) describe the pH scale and where different pH and pOH things would be placed.

5) calculate pH and pOH

 

 

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

(State science standard to which the objective reflects)

 

 

Monday: (4/26/10)

The teacher will work many examples of the pH and pOH calculations. The students will then practice some at their desks.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study formulas

 

Tuesday: (4/27/10)

The students will work all the problems on a practice worksheet

Assessment: WS will be graded

Homework: study problems

 

Wednesday: (4/28/10)

The class will go over the correct answers to the problems. The class will take a quiz on the problems.

Assessment:  quiz will be graded

Homework: study over practice problems

 

Thursday: (4/29/10)

The students will follow written instructions to do the ID of different substances to their pH. (pH lab) (writing assignment in answering questions)

Assessment: lab questions will be graded

Homework: study notes

 

Friday: (4/30/10)

After a short review, the students will answer the questions on a test on acids and bases.

Assessment: test will be graded

Homework:

 

 

The student will be able to:

     1) Identify the types of reactions.

2) Balance given reactions.

3) Complete, write, and balance given chemical reactions.

 

(Correlation to South Carolina Science standards)

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

 

 

Monday: (4/26/10)

The teacher will have a review on the types of reactions and balancing reactions. The students will work some at their seats.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Tuesday: (4/27/10)

The teacher will introduce writing and completing (synthesis and composition). The teacher will start with easy ones and give the students the rules to follow as they complete them. The students will follow along and practice at their seats.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Wednesday: (4/28/10)

The teacher will show them how to complete single replacement and double replacement reactions. The students will work some simple ones at their desk. The teacher will go over those.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday: (4/29/10)

The teacher will give the students a sheet of reactions to complete and balance. The students will work at their desks as the teacher moves around the room and helps where needed.

Assessment: worksheet graded

Homework: finish sheet if not finished

 

Friday: (4/30/10)

The class will follow the written procedures to the “types of reactions lab”. The students will answer the analysis questions (writing assignment).

Assessment: Lab report will be graded.

Homework: finish lab report

April 19th, 2010

Chemistry II-honors

The student will be able to:

7)   Discuss the role of activation energy and the effects of temperature, particle size, stirring, concentration, and catalysts in reaction rates.

8)   Explain the role of collision frequency, the energy of collisions, and the orientation of molecules in reaction rates.

9)   define chemical equilibrium

10)               Write chemical expressions and carry out calculations involving them.

11)               Make predictions using La Chatelier’s Principle.

12)               ID their metal after calculating its specific heat.

 

Monday: (4/19/10)

The students will finish the lab ( in small groups) they began on Thursday and the class will then come together and work on the calculations for the specific heat of their metal. (also include writing assignment) The class will then begin the questions on reaction kinetics.

Assessment: lab report will be graded

Homework: Finish questions if not completed in class.

 

Tuesday: (4/20/10)

The teacher will lead the class in going over the correct answers to the questions they did last week. The teacher will answer any questions on the concepts.

    Assessment: lab report will be graded

Homework: study notes

 

Wednesday: (4/21/10)

The teacher will lead the class in notes and practice problems on objectives # 3 and 4. The students will try some at their desks.

    Assessment: pg 581 # 1-3 and 6

Homework: study notes

 

Thursday: (4/22/10)

The teacher will lead the class in being able to make predictions on the equilibrium reactions.

Assessment: pg 582 14 and 16

Homework: study notes

 

Friday: (4/23/10)

The students will answer the questions on a review sheet about obj # 3-5. The teacher will go over the correct answers and answer any questions that the students have.

Assessment: Review sheet graded

Homework: study review sheet.

 

 

Chemistry-II Cp

 

The student will be able to:

1) Explain the process of dissolving and why some substances dissolve in water.

2) Correctly use the terms saturated, unsaturated, supersaturated, concentrated, and dilute as they pertain to the strength of solutions.

3) Discuss the factors that affect the rate of dissolution of a substance.

4) Calculate the unknown in the molarity, molality, and % concentration equations.

5) Illustrate the colligative properties of solutions (including freezing point depression and boiling point elevation and their practical uses.

6) follow written procedures to determine the solubility of several substances.

    7) define and describe the Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry models for acids and bases

8) distinguish between strong and weak acids and bases in a lab.

9) describe the ionization of water

10) define pH and pOH

11) describe the pH scale and where different pH and pOH things would be placed.

12) calculate pH and pOH

 

 

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

(State science standard to which the objective reflects)

 

 

Monday: (4/19/10)

The teacher will help the students to organize and write a full lab report on the solubility lab they completed on Friday. (also include writing assignment)

Assessment: lab report will be graded

Homework: study formulas

 

Tuesday: (4/20/10)

Review more molarity, molality, and % concentration problems.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study problems

 

Wednesday: (4/21/10)

The class will take a test on solutions (chapter 14).

Assessment: test will be graded.

Homework: study over practice problems

 

Thursday: (4/22/10)

The students will take notes on obj # 7-11. The teacher will go over the info. The class will answer questions where needed.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Friday: (4/23/10)

The teacher will show many examples of calculating the pH and pOH for substances. The class will work examples at their desks.

Assessment: exam/lab reports will be graded

Homework: study for exam

 

 

The student will be able to:

     1) Identify the types of reactions.

2) Balance given reactions.

3) Complete, write, and balance given chemical reactions.

 

(Correlation to South Carolina Science standards)

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

 

Monday: (4/19/10)

The teacher will help the students to write a lab report on the separation of the mixture lab we did last Friday. (also include writing assignment)

Assessment: lab report will be graded

Homework:

 

Tuesday: (4/20/10)

The teacher will teach the students how to write and name acids. The students will practice some at their seats. Review writing and naming the covalent and ionic ones.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study rules

 

Wednesday: (4/21/10)

After a short review, the students will take a test on writing and naming compounds.

Assessment: test will be graded.

Homework: study over practice problems

 

Thursday: (4/22/10)

The teacher will review balancing reactions. The students will balance some at their desks.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Friday: (4/23/10)

The teacher will start showing the students how to write and balance synthesis and decomposition reactions. The students will try some at their desks.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

 

Lesson Plans for the week of 4/12/10

 

Chemistry II-H

The students will be able to:

1)   Define and describe temperature and discuss its differences from heat.

2)   Calculate the unknown in the specific heat equation.

3)   Explain enthalpy change, enthalpy of reaction, enthalpy of formation, and enthalpy of combustion.

4)   Analyze the energy changes (endothermic and exothermic) associated with chemical reactions.

11) Calculate Hess’s law and Gibb’s free energy

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

(State science standard to which the objective reflects)

 

Monday: (4/12/10)

The teacher will talk about the chapter notes outline. The students will fill in where they are missing things. The teacher will show examples of specific heat problems and the students will work some at their desks.

Assessment: notes outline will be graded.

Homework: study notes

 

Tuesday: (4/13/10)

The teacher will continue to go over the notes and the students will make sure they filled in the proper information.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study notes

 

Wednesday: (4/14/10)

The teacher will discuss enthalpy and start Hess Law problems. The students will try some at their desks.

Assessment: teacher questions.

Homework: page 552, 553 #7-12

 

Thursday: (4/15/10)

The students will work practice problems at their desk while the teacher moves around the room and gives individual help where needed.

Assessment: lab report will be graded

Homework: pg 553 #23-27

 

Friday: (4/16/10))

The students will follow the written procedures to do the specific gravity lab. The students will write the lab report after the lab is completed. (Writing assignment)

Assessment: oral questions and lab report graded

 

Chemistry-II CP

 

The student will be able to:

         4) Explain the process of dissolving and why some substances dissolve in water.

5) Correctly use the terms saturated, unsaturated, supersaturated, concentrated, and dilute as they pertain to the strength of solutions.

6) Discuss the factors that affect the rate of dissolution of a substance.

7) Calculate the unknown in the molarity, molality, and % concentration equations.

8) Write a paragraph describing why the diet coke/mentos fountain happens.

http://www.myscschools.com/offices/cso/Science/Sciencef/912ScienceStandards.doc

(State science standard to which the objective reflects)

 

Monday: (4/12/10)

The students will do the diet coke and mentos lab and then the students will write a paragraph describing why it happens (writing assignment)

Assessment: problems checked

Homework: finish

Tuesday: (4/13/10)

The teacher will work many example problems for % concentration, molarity, and molality on the smartboard. The students will practice some at their desks.

Assessment: oral questions

Homework: study over practice problems

 

Wednesday: (4/14/10)

The students will practice a sheet of % concentration, molarity, and molality problems as the teacher moves around the room and helps wh