ADVANCED CHEMISTRY LESSON PLANS
by Stacey Burkett
February 20, 2008
CHEMISTRY LESSON PLANS
WEEK 1 (8-26-07à 9-1-07)
Monday
Go over syllabus: class requirements, grading policy, rules
Handout textbooks
Tuesday
Discuss physical and chemical changes.
Use demonstration to illustrate chemical change and determine the indicators for chemical reaction. Distinquish between reactant and products and endothermic and exothermic reactions.
Handout safety contracts.
Wednesday
Go over safety contract and lab safety rules.
Thursday
Quiz on lab safety
Begin Bunsen burner lab
Friday
Finish Bunsen burner lab and unburnable match lab.
WEEK 2
Monday
Discuss the three phases of matter and how to distinguish between them.
Describe what occurs during a phase change both energy and molecular.
Demonstrate endothermic reaction
Give students a list of chemical symbols they must have memorized.
Tuesday
Discuss the differences between elements, compounds, homogeneous mixtures and heterogeneous mixtures.
Wednesday
Discuss the basic structure of the periodic table.
Identify metals, nonmetals, metalloids, alkali, alkaline, halogens, and noble gases.
Melts in your hand demonstration.
Thursday
Review for test
Friday
Test over chapter 1
Week 3
Monday
Go over test chapter 1
Discuss metric units of measurement used in chemistry.
Tuesday
Introduce dimensional analysis and work problems using English units and metric units.
Wednesday
. Review work with dimensional analysis.
Quiz over dimensional analysis
Thursday
Chemical and physical changes lab.
Friday
Finish lab
Week 4
Monday
Discuss significant figures and how to determine how many a number has
Tuesday and Wednesday
Discuss rules for using sig. figs. in calculations
Thursday
Review for test
Friday
Test over metric system and dimensional analysis
Week 5
Monday
Discuss Dalton’s theory of the atom.
Describe the basic structure of the atom and its relative size.
Examples relate to football field and baseball stadium.
Discuss forces holding electrons to the nucleus.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Discuss thomsons exp. Which discovered the electron
Describe rutherford’s gold foil experiment
Describe millikan’s oil drop experiment.
Thursday
Define atomic number and mass number.
Do problems involving calculations using mass number.
Do problems calculating the average atomic mass of an element.
Friday
Discuss isotopes and their uses in science and medicine.
WEEK 6
Monday and Tuesday
Do adv. isotopes of pennies lab.
Wednesday
Discuss average atomic mass and how its related to the mole, molar mass and avogadro’s number.
Thursday and friday
Dimensional analysis using molar mass, mole and avogadro’s number.
WEEK 7
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
Test over chapter 3
Wednesday
Go over test chapter 3
Discuss the major properties of electromagnetic radiation: frequency, energy, wavelength.
Thursday
Discuss Bohr’s model of the atom and his theory on what causes fluorescence
Demonstration: fountain of light
Friday
Discuss the areas of the electromagnetic spectrum and uses of each area
WEEK 8
Monday and Tuesday
Spectroscope and emission spectrum lab
Wednesday and Thursday
Go over Quantum numbers
Friday
Draw orbital notations and electron configurations and determine the number of valence electrons in an atom. Include applications of Hund’s rule.
WEEK 9
Monday
Discuss the importance of valence electrons and draw electron dot diagrams for elements
Tuesday
Test chapter 4
Wednesday
Go over test
Show students how the structure of the periodic table is related to the electron configuration and number of valence electrons.
Do shorthand electron configurations
Thursday
Discuss trends in atomic and ionic radii and why they exist.
Discuss ionization energy and trends on the periodic table.
Friday
Define electronegativity, its trends on the periodic table, why these trends exist and the usefulness in determining how elements will react.
WEEK 10
Monday
Test chapter 5
Tuesday
Discuss ionic bonding include types of elements that form ionic bonds and tendency form these bonds
Describe the characteristics of ionic compounds
Draw electron dot diagrams of ionic bonding
Do zinc and sulfur demonstration.
Wednesday
Discuss covalent bonding
Describe the characteristics of covalent compounds
Draw electron dot diagrams for covalent compounds
Thursday
Draw lewis structures for covalent molecules and polyatomic ions
Give students a list of polyatomic ions which they need to memorize
Friday
Discuss VSEPR theory and how it can be used to determine the 3-dimensional shape of molecules.
WEEK 11
Monday
Use VSEPR to predict and model molecular shape
Tuesday
Continue modeling molecular shape and discuss how molecules may be polar or nonpolar
Wednesday
Discuss intermolecular attractions and how they affect properties of the elements
Do polarity of water demonstration.
Thursday
Test chapter 6
Friday
Go over polyatomic ions and name compounds with them.
WEEK 12
Monday
naming and writing formulas of ionic compounds
Tuesday
Discuss how to write formulas for polyatomic ions
Wednesday
Polyatomic ion quiz
Name and write formulas for covalent compounds
Thursday
Determine the percent composition of compounds
Friday
Do conversions with chemical formulas
WEEK 13
Monday
Determine the empirical and molecular formulas from experimental data.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Lab: determining the empirical formula of a compound.
Thursday
Review for test
Friday
Test chapter 7
WEEK 14
Monday
Go over test
Discuss chemical equations identifying reactants, products, coefficients, and subscripts
Tuesday
Define symbols used for aqueous, solid, liquid, catalyst, gas and heat
Demonstration: reaction of potassium chlorate
Wednesday
Balancing chemical reactions
Thursday
Friday
Balancing chemical equations
WEEK 15
Monday
Writing and balancing equations from paragraphs
Tuesday
Discuss synthesis and decomposition reactions
Demonstration: Decomposition of nitrogen triiodide
Wednesday
Discuss single and double replacement reactions and combustion reactions
Demonstrations of single and double replacement reactions
Thursday
Practice balancing equations and identifying types of reactions
Friday
Lab: Reaction types
Week 16
Monday
Lab: Reaction types
Tuesday
Review for test and go over lab
Wednesday
Test balancing equations chapter 8
Thursday and Friday
Discuss and practice making conversions from products to reactants using balanced chemical equations. Mole-mole, gram-mole and mole-gram conversions
Week 17
Monday
Discuss and work problems using limiting reactants
Tuesday
Discuss and work problems using limiting reactants
Week 18
Monday and Tuesday
Fill out reviews for semester exams
Wednesday and Thursday
Semester exams
WEEK 19
Monday
Review naming compounds and writing formulas
Review balancing chemical equations
Tuesday
Review stoichiometry calculations
Wednesday and thursday
Lab: stoichiometry
Friday
Test over this weeks review
WEEK 21
Monday and Tuesday
Lab: Stoichiometry of chemical reactions
Wednesday
Review for test
Thursday
Test chapter 9
Friday
Go over test
Discuss Kinetic Molecular Theory of gases
WEEK 22
Monday
Finish discussing Kinetic Molecular Theory
Tuesday
Discuss Boyle’s and Charles’s law
Work problems using Boyle’s and Charles’s law
Demonstrate Boyle’s law using vacuum pump
Wednesday
Discuss gay-lussac’s law
Work problems using gay’lussacs law
Demonstrate gay-lussacs law using aluminum can demonstration
Thursday
. Discuss and work problems using combined gas law
Friday
Discuss diffusion rates and work problems to find the difference in diffusion rates of different gases
WEEK 23
Monday and Tuesday
Discuss and work problems involving the ideal gas equation
Wednesday
Discuss Dalton’s law of partial pressures and how to work problems using it.
Thursday
Do problems involving the stoichiometry of gases and avogadro’s law
Friday
test 10 and 11
WEEK 24
Monday
Discuss Mixtures and how to distinguish them form true solutions (tyndall effect)
Define the following terms and how they are related to solutions: solvent, solute, solutions
Tuesday
Discuss how substances dissolve and the factors affecting whether a substance will dissolve or not.
Explain rule of thumb “ Like dissolves like”
Predict whether a substance will be soluble in another substance
Wednesday
Discuss solubility
Discuss concentration and the difference between concentration and solubility
Work problems calculating concentration in percent by mass
Thursday and Friday
Work problems calculating concentration in molarity and molality
Start crystal in gel lab
WEEK 25
Monday
Finish crystal in gel lab
Tuesday
Discuss factors affecting solubility of gases
Describe “ the bends” and discuss how and why this condition occurs in divers
Wednesday
Discuss methods used to separate mixtures
Describe how the process of distillation works using “stills” and crude oil separation as examples.
Thursday
Discuss how boiling point and freezing points are affected by concentrations of solutions
Demonstrate boiling without heat
Friday
Use freezing point and boiling point depression formulas to calculate changes in bp or fp
WEEK 26
Monday
Define emulsifiers and give several examples
Discuss how soap work to remove oil and grease
Tuesday
Go over solubility rules and discuss reactions in aqueous solution and formation of precipitates
Thursday and Friday
Stoichiometrical calculations involving solutions
WEEK 27
Monday
Test over solutions
Tuesday - Friday
Taks review
WEEK 28
Taks review
WEEK 29
TAKS TESTING
WEEK 30
Monday
Define and describe the characteristics of acids and bases
Do demonstrations illustrating different properties of acids and bases
Tuesday
Name and write formulas for acids
Wednesday - Friday
Discuss the pH scale and how it measures hydrogen ion concentration.
Work problems involving pH calculations.
WEEK 31
Monday and tuesday
Discuss use of indicators and do indicator lab
Thursday
Discuss bronsted-lowry definition of acids and bases
Identify conjugate acid/base pairs
Friday
Discuss formation of acid rain and go over major causes of acid rain include chemical reactions which produce acid rain and its affect on the surrounding.
WEEK 32
Monday
Discuss acid/base reactions and write chemical equations to represent the reactions.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Do problems calculating volumes and concentrations of acids/bases needed to neutralize each other.(titration problems)
Thursday and Friday
Lab: titration of acid and base
WEEK 33
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
TEST over acids and bases
WEEK 34
Monday
Discuss concept of equilibrium and Le chetelier’s principle
Tuesday
Setup equilibrium expressions for chemical reactions
Wednesday and Thursday
Discuss equilibrium of weak acids and work problems finding the pH
Friday
Discuss buffers and how they work
WEEK 35
Monday and Tuesday
Work equilibrium problems using buffers
Wednesday and Thursday
Discuss and work problems involving salt hydrolysis
Friday
Test over weak acids and bases
Week 36
Review for semester exams
Semester exams
