chemistry lesson plans
by Stacey Burkett
February 20, 2008
CHEMISTRY LESSON PLANS
WEEK 1 8-26 à 9-1-07
Monday
Go over syllabus: class requirements, grading policy, rules
Handout textbooks
Assignments: none
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.
Assignment: Assignments will depend upon class progress
Wednesday
Go over safety contract and lab safety rules.
Assignment: Assignments will depend upon class progress
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
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.
Wednesday
Do problems using dimensional analysis in the metric system.
Thursday
Review work with dimensional analysis.
Quiz over dimensional analysis
Friday
Chemical and physical changes lab.
Week 4
Monday
Finish lab
Tuesday and Wednesday
Dimensional analysis using both metric and English units.
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 major discoveries which led to the modern model of the atom.
Thursday
Define atomic number and mass number.
Do problems involving calculations using mass number.
Friday
Discuss isotopes and their uses in science and medicine.
WEEK 6
Monday and Tuesday
Do 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
Describe the numbers and types(spdf)of orbitals in an atom
Thursday and Friday
draw electron configurations and determine the number of valence electrons in an atom.
WEEK 9
Monday
Review for test
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.
Thursday
Review Wednesday lesson
Relate the reactivity of elements to their # of valence electrons.
Sodium and water demonstration
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 and 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
Discuss metallic bonding
Friday
Discuss polar and nonpolar molecules
Demonstrate polarity of water
WEEK 11
Monday
Review for test chapters 5 and 6
Tuesday
Test chapters 5 and 6
Wednesday
Go over test
Discuss naming ionic compounds
Thursday
Review and practice naming ionic compounds
Friday
Go over polyatomic ions and name compounds with them.
WEEK 12
Monday
Work on naming and writing formulas of ionic compounds
Tuesday
Naming covalent compounds and writing their formulas
Wednesday
Practice naming compounds with both covalent and ionic compounds
Thursday
Determine the percent composition of compounds
Friday
Do conversions with chemical formulas
WEEK 13
Monday
Review percent composition an conversions.
Tuesday and Wednesday
Determine the empirical and molecular formulas from experimental data.
Thursday and Friday
Lab: determining the empirical formula of a compound.
WEEK 14
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
Test chapter 7
Wednesday
Go over test
Discuss chemical equations identifying reactants, products, coefficients, and subscripts
Thursday
Define symbols used for aqueous, solid, liquid, catalyst, gas and heat
Demonstration: reaction of potassium chlorate
Friday
Balancing chemical reactions
WEEK 15
Monday
Balancing chemical equations
Tuesday
Balancing chemical equations
Wednesday and Thursday
Writing and balancing equations from paragraphs
Friday
Discuss synthesis and decomposition reactions
Demonstration: Decomposition of nitrogen triiodide
Week 16
Monday
Discuss single and double replacement reactions and combustion reactions
Demonstrations of single and double replacement reactions
Tuesday and Wednesday
Practice balancing equations and identifying types of reactions
Thursday and Friday
Lab: Reaction types
Week 17
Monday
Review for test and go over lab
Tuesday
Test balancing equations chapter 8
Week 18
Monday and Tuesday
Fill out reviews for semester exams
Wednesday and Thursday
Semester exams
WEEK 19
Monday-Thursday
Review naming compounds and writing formulas
Review balancing chemical equations
Friday
Test over this weeks review
WEEK 20
Discuss and practice making conversions from products to reactants using balanced chemical equations. Mole-mole, gram-mole and mole-gram conversions
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 law
Work problems using Boyle’s law
Demonstrate Boyle’s law using vacuum pump
Wednesday
Discuss Charles Law
Work problems using charles law
Demonstrate charles law using vacuum pump
Thursday
Discuss gay-lussac’s law
Work problems using gay’lussacs law
Demonstrate gay-lussacs law using aluminum can demonstration.
Friday
Discuss and work problems using combined gas law
WEEK 23
Monday and Tuesday
Discuss and work problems involving the ideal gas equation
Wednesday
Review for test
Thursday
Test chapter 10 and 11 gases
Friday
Go over test
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”
Wednesday
Discuss solubility and reading solubility graphs
Discuss concentration and the difference between concentration and solubility
Thursday
Work problems calculating concentration in percent by mass
Friday
Work problems calculating concentration in molarity
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
Review concepts taught this week
WEEK 26
Monday
Define emulsifiers and give several examples
Discuss how soap work to remove oil and grease
Tuesday
Review for test
Wednesday
Test over solutions
Thursday
Go over test
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-Thursday
Discuss use of indicators and do indicator lab
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
