Active Chemistry (2011-2012)
Date	Focus Question	Agenda / Homework
8/31 Wednesday	Who are we? Why are we here?	Skittles Introduction HW: Friendly Letter - due Thursday 9/01 Class Policies – due Friday 9/02 Purchase class materials - due Tuesday 9/06
9/01 Thursday	What trends can be discovered on the periodic table? What questions do we have about the periodic table?	Friendly Letter due today Periodic Table Exploration Notebook setup directions
9/02 Friday	How can the periodic table be used to classify elements?	Friendly Letter & Class Policies due today Store Analogy Color-code the periodic table Class discussion Mendeleev video clips
9/05 Tuesday	How will we safely and supportively help each other to learn?	Introduction to Lab Safety and Lab Equipment Sign Safety Contract (due tomorrow)
9/06 Wednesday		Signed Safety Contract – due today Cont. above Periodic Table Talk – Take notes
9/07 Wednesday	What are elements and how are they classified? What is the difference between chemical and physical properties? What have students learned about how to stay safe in the laboratory?	Begin Activity 2: Elements and Their Properties p.7-14 “What Do You Think?”, p.7 Investigation #1a,2a
9/08 Thursday		Perform Lab: Elements and Their Properties p.8-9 (Investigation #3-8) HW: Study for Lab Safety Quiz
9/9 Friday		Science Lab Safety Quiz Self-Assess Class notebook set-up Finish collecting group data Record on white board for class data
9/12 Monday	How can physical and chemical properties of elements be used to classify them as metals or nonmetals?	Debrief: Elements and Their Properties p.8-9 Record class data and metal oxide data Discuss lab write-ups HW: write Conclusion for lab
9/13 Tuesday	How and why is the periodic table arranged as it is?	Check HW: Conclusions for lab Read Chem Talk, p.11-12 “What do You Think Now?”, p.12 Chem to Go, p.14, #1-8
9/14 Wednesday	What are atoms? Can a single atom be isolated? How do the masses of atoms compare? How are the proportions of atoms in a reaction important?	Activity 3: Atoms and Their Masses p.15-25 What do You Know? (both bullets) Investigation #1,2 Aluminum HW: complete above
9/15 Thursday		Activity 3: Atoms and Their Masses p.15-25 Investigation #3-10 Magnesium + Copper chloride or acetate HW: Read Chem Talk p.19-22 – Add to glossary: atomic mass units, atomic mass, Law of Definite Proportions
9/16 Friday		No Class today. Early release.
9/19 Monday		Activity 3: Atoms and Their Masses p.15-25 Investigation #10-13 Magnesium + Copper chloride or acetate Debrief Lab
9/20 Tuesday	What components need to be included in a scientific conclusion?	Attach to notebook as reference pages: Periodic Table (outside back cover) Data Analysis (in front of Glossary) Components of a Scientific Conclusion (in front of Glossary) Debrief Lab HW: Write a Lab Conclusion
9/21 Wednesday	What is the difference between chemical and physical changes? How can the periodic table be used to determine the number of subatomic particles in an element as well as identify names and symbols?	Notebook Check #1 Physical vs. Chemical Changes Atomic Structure HW: finish above; review for quiz
9/22 Thursday		Go over… Physical vs. Chemical Changes Atomic Structure Quiz #1 (reading Periodic Table, Lab Equipment, Physical/Chem Prop.)
9/23 Friday	What trends exist on the periodic table? What terms are used to assist in understanding atomic structure?	Mini-Activity: “Eggs as a Nucleus” Periodic Table Worksheet Atomic Structure Crossword HW: finish above
9/26 Monday	How can the location of electrons in elements be predicted?	Attach to notebook as reference pages: Common Ions Chart (in front of Glossary) Prof Mokeur’s Periodic Table Cont. Mini-Activity: “Eggs as a Nucleus” Introduce electron pathways HW: finish cutting Ion Models
9/27 Tuesday	How are ionic compounds named and formulas written using a periodic table and Common Ions Chart?	Add to glossary - atomic mass units, atomic mass, Law of Definite Proportions, element, atom, ion, chemical properties, physical properties, metal, non-metal, metalloid, compound, molecule Ionic Compounds Puzzle (match cations with anions, write both the name and the formula)
9/28 Wednesday
9/29 Thursday
9/30 Friday	What have students learned about naming and writing ionic compounds?	Famous Chemists (change seats) Quick Review Quiz #2 (Ionic Compounds)
10/3 Monday	How can observations of visible light help provide evidence for the behavior of electrons in an atom?	Activity 5: Electronic Behavior of Atoms p. 35-43 Investigation #1-9 HW: finish above
10/4 Tuesday
10/5 Wednesday	How can Bohr’s Model of the atom help us to explain our spectra observations? What are the limits of this model? What is the electromagnetic spectrum?	Debrief Act. 5 Read Chem Talk p.39-41 Do Checking Up #1-6 Return Quiz #2 (discuss mastery options) Return NB check and reflect
10/6 Thursday	How does increasing the number of electrons impact the spectrum of an atom?	What do you think Now? p.42 Act. 6: Atoms with More than One Electron p.46-55 HW: Notebook Check #2 (Monday)
10/7 Friday
10/10 Monday	How well have students kept up with their Chemistry Log? What is an electron configuration? How is an electron configuration written?	Go over Activity #6 – Investigation #6 Introduce Electron Configurations
10/11 Tuesday		Periodic Table Trends Reviewed Notebook Check #2 Handouts: Electron Configuration (Level One) Electron Configuration (Level Two) HW: finish above
10/12 Wednesday	How are valence electrons identified? What is a Lewis dot diagram? How can a Lewis dot diagram be used to display ionic bonding?	***Last Chance to Retake Quiz #2 (after school) Handouts: Valence Electrons Lewis Dot Diagrams Ionic Bonding HW: Finish above
10/13 Thursday	What is an octet? What is the difference between an ionic and covalent bond?	Do Chem to Go, p.66 Read Chem Talk, p.71-73 Checking Up, p.73 HW: finish above
10/14 Friday	No School	No School
10/17 Monday	How do ionic and covalent bonds differ? How are covalent molecule names written?	Reflect on NB Check #1,2 Discuss: Do Chem to Go, p.66 Read Chem Talk, p.71-73 Checking Up, p.73 Mini-lecture: Molecular Bonding Naming Covalent Compounds HW: finish above
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10/19 Wednesday
10/20 Thursday
10/21 Friday
10/24 Monday		Read Chem Talk p.82-84 only Do Checking Up p.84 #1-4 only
10/25 Tuesday	What is a mole? How is molar mass calculated? How are mole calculations performed using dimensional analysis?	Notebook Check #3 Moles Worksheet #1-8
10/26 Wednesday		Mole Calculation Worksheet #1-14
10/27 Thursday		Mole Calculation Worksheet #15-23
10/28 Friday	What have students learned about the periodic table?	Work day for Periodic Table Game Be sure to sign up for four of the eight concepts/skills
10/31 Monday
11/01 Tuesday	Do students know how to draw Lewis Dot structures? Do students know how to name covalent bonds and write covalent formulas?	Quiz: Lewis Dot Diagrams and Covalent Compounds Naming Begin Moles, Molecules, and Grams Worksheet #1-8
11/02 Wednesday	How can moles, molecules and grams be calculated for a substance using dimensional analysis? How will groups work collaboratively to improve their work based on feedback?	Calculating Bond Types Introduction to the “triangle method” Complete Moles, Molecules, and Grams Worksheet #1-8
11/03 Thursday		Complete Moles, Molecules, and Grams Worksheet #9-16 Ch.1 Periodic Table Games due today Will get feedback, then resubmit next Thursday (11/3)
11/04 Friday	No School	Veteran’s Day, so hug one today. J
11/07 Monday	How will we work together to prepare for our mid-terms on the Periodic Table?	Review for mid-terms Go over questions Clarify expectations, etc.
11/08 Tuesday
11/09 Wednesday
11/10 Thursday	Are students able to demonstrate a high degree of knowledge regarding the periodic table?	Mid-term Exam: Part 2 (use teacher provided periodic table only)
11/11 Friday		Mid-term Exam: Part 2 Final (improved) Periodic Table Game Due
11/14 Monday	How are very small numbers or very large numbers written in scientific notation? What are significant figures? How are they identified and used in calculations?	Handouts: Scientific Notation Significant Figures Calculations Using Significant Figures
11/15 Tuesday	What are the five reaction types? How are equations balanced?	Reaction Types (video clip / notes) Balancing Equations Practice handouts
11/16 Wednesday
11/17 Thursday		Work time: Types of Reactions handouts (2)
11/18 Friday	How can chemical reactions be turned from words into equations?	Work time: Word Equations
11/21 Monday	How are chemical reactions predicted?	Work time: Predicting Products of Chemical Reactions
11/22 Tuesday		Go over Predicting Products of Chemical Reactions Combination Reactions (odds only)
11/23-25 Wed-Fri	No School – Thanksgiving Vacation
11/28 Monday	How will we define art? What materials can be used to create art? How is chemistry related to art?	Ch.3 Artist as Chemist Activity 1: What Makes Something Art? p. 179-181 Investigation #1-3 Notebook Check tomorrow
11/29 Tuesday	How have chemistry students kept up on their chemistry logs this month? What will students created to represent themselves?	Notebook Check #4 from Moles to Predicting Products Create Clay Sculpture (Day 1 Mass)
11/30 Wednesday	How are synthesis reactions predicted?	Return Chemistry Notebooks (Chem Logs) More Reaction Type Notes - Synthesis
12/1 Thursday	How are decomposition reactions predicted?	More Reaction Type Notes – Decomposition Work time
12/2 Friday	How are lab write-ups to be completed in Chem this year? How is percent water in a sample calculated?	Lab Write-Up: Dehydration of Clay (Act 5C) (Day 2 Mass) Calculate Percent Water by Mass Work time HW: Combination and Synthesis (odds) due Monday B.O.P.
12/5 Monday	How is the reaction of aluminum metal with copper chloride a single displacement reaction?	Check Synthesis and Decomposition Predictions Lab Write-Up: Dehydration of Clay (Day 3 Mass) Calculate Percent Water by Mass Aluminum and Copper Chloride Lab (if done) Catch up time (if not done) HW: Single and Double Replacement (odd)
12/6 Tuesday	How can single and double replacement reactions be written?	Check Single and Double Replacement Predictions Aluminum and Copper Chloride Lab (if done) Practice for tomorrow’s quiz
12/7 Wed-day	How well do students know how to balance equations and predict reaction types?	Quiz: Balancing Equations and Predicting Reaction Types Notebook Check Reflection
12/8 Thursday	What are acids and bases? How do they behave chemically?	Guest Teacher: Mr. Helm Lab Write-Up: Dehydration of Clay (Day 4 Mass) Calculate Percent Water by Mass Read Chem Talk Acids and Bases p.184-190 (Act2) Take 3 column notes Do Checking Up #1-4 p.190 Do Chem To Go p.192 #1-11
12/9 Friday	What determines the reactivity of metals? How can chemical reactivity be used to predict reactions?	Guest Teacher: Mr. Helm Read Chem Talk Reactivity of Metals p.184-190 (Act3) Take 3 column notes Do Checking Up #1-4 p.198 Do Chem To Go p.200 #1-8
12/12 Monday	What can we conclude concerning dehydration from our data?	Lab Write-Up: Dehydration of Clay (Day 5 Mass) Calculate Percent Water by Mass Complete Graphs and Conclusion
12/13 Tuesday	How do metals behave physically? What’s an alloy? How and why are they created?	Guest Teacher: Mrs. Heckroth Read Chem Talk Alloys and Their Properties p.204-207 (Act4) Take 3 column notes Do Checking Up #1-3 p.207 Do Chem To Go p.209 #1-5
12/14 Wed-day
12/15 Thursday	What is a hydrate? What is an anhydrate? How can the formula for an anhydrate be calculated from laboratory data?	Borax Crystal Growing
12/16 Friday
1/2 Monday	No School	“Snow Day”
1/3 Tuesday	Have students mastered predicting and balancing chemical equations?	Community Connections Predicting Equations Quiz Read Chem Talk: Hydrates and Anhydrate p.215-218 Make 3-column notes Do Checking Up #1-4
1/4 Wed-day		Complete Clay Lab Collect last data, graph, conclusion
1/5 Thursday		Discuss Art in Chem Project rubric (due 1/19) Solubility Curves
1/6 Friday	What are the physical and chemical changes that occur when metals are heated and manipulated under various conditions?	Activity 4: Physical Behavior of Metals p.201-203 What Do You Think? Now? P.201,207 Investigation Part A: Making Brass Investigation Part B: Properties of Steel Three Column Notes: Chem Talk p.204-207 Checking Up p.207 #1-3 Chem. Essential Questions p. 208
1/9 Monday
1/10 Tuesday
1/11 Wed-day
1/12 Thursday	Are students able to demonstrate the ability to predict products of balanced chemical equations in words and formulas?	Review past assignments for next NB Check Next NB Check is Tuesday 1/17 B.O.P. Individual Work time All Reaction Prob. “Evens” due tomorrow B.O.P. Re-Quiz: Predicting Products tomorrow
1/13 Friday		Re-Quiz: Predicting Products Silently work on NB Check items for Tuesday. Art Project Work time (tentative due date 1/20
1/16 Monday	No School	Martin Luther King Day
1/17 Tuesday		NB Check Ch.3 Chemistry in Art Act #1-5 Begin Act. #6 Dyes
1/18 Wed-day
1/19 Thursday
1/20 Friday	What observations can be made in order to determine if a product is a solution, a solid precipitate or both? What is a precipitate? How can solubility rules help to predict the formation of a precipitate?	Begin Act #7 Paints Part A: Precipitate Reactions (Lab) p.224-226
1/23 Monday		Complete Act #7 Paints
1/24 Tuesday		Go over Chem To Go answers
1/25 Wed-day		Review for Final Day
1/26 Thursday		Final Exam Proctored by Mrs. Heckroth
1/27 Friday	Teacher Workday – Student non-attendance
1/30 Monday
1/31 Tuesday
2/1 Wed-day
2/2 Thursday
2/3 Friday
1/30 Monday
	How can mass of reactants or products be calculated?	Stoichiometry: Mass-Mass Relationship Notes/Ex. HW: Stoichiometry: Mass-Mass Problems #1-5
	How can the mass of a product be calculated experimentally?	Discuss HW Notebook Check Lab: Synthesis of MgO
	How do limiting reactants affect the amount of product?	Smores’ Activity on Limiting Reactants
1/3 Monday	How much do students recall from before break?	Predicting Equations Review
1/4 Tuesday		Predicting Products of Chemical Reactions
1/5 Wed-day	How can a double displacement reaction be demonstrated in lab?	Lab: Double Displacement (Part 1)
1/6 Thursday	How can a product of a double displacement reaction be predicted theoretically and experimentally? How is chemistry connected to art?	Lab: Double Displacement (Part 2) Go over Predicting Products of Chemical Reactions
1/7 Friday		Lab: Double Displacement (Part 3) Ch.3 Engage: The Chemistry of Art Begin Clay Lab (sculpture representing self)
1/10 Monday		Discuss Double Displacement Lab in light of The Circle of Scientific Inquiry Check Clay Lab Ch.3 Engage: The Chemistry of Art HW: Read Chapter Challenge p.176-178
1/11 Tuesday	How will we define art? What materials can be used to create art? How is chemistry related to art?	Ch.3 Artist as Chemist Activity 1: What Makes Something Art? p. 179-181 What Do You Think? Investigation #1-3 HW: Chem To Go #1
1/12 Wed-day	Late Start	No Class today
1/13 Thursday	What is molarity? How is molarity calculated? Why is molarity important?	Guest Teacher: Mrs. Heckroth Take notes from handout – “ How to Calculate Molarity” Do Molarity Worksheet Problems #1-6 HW: finish above
1/14 Friday		Discuss Molarity Worksheet Problems #1-6 HW: More Molarity practice
1/17 Monday		Check off and go over Molarity (M) practice Do Pre-lab for Kool-Aid Concentration Lab. HW: Calculate the Molarity of the following Standard Solutions: 142 g sodium sulfate in 1.0 L of solution 342 g of aluminum sulfate in 1.0 L of solution 58.8 g sodium chloride in 1.0 L of solution 98 g sulfuric acid in 0.5 L of solution 21.1 g lithium chloride in 4.0 L of solution
1/18 Tuesday		Calc. molarity of solutions from Double Replacement Perform Kool-Aid Lab (complete solution)
1/19 Wed-day	What is appropriate to include in a lab conclusion?	Write conclusions for labs, etc.
1/20 Thursday
1/21 Friday		Notebook update – work day
1/24 Monday	How can the physical properties of metals be modified? What properties of metals make them useful as works of art or tools for creating art?	Activity 4: Physical Behavior of Metals p.201-209 Investigation: Part A: Making Brass Part B: Properties of Steel Chem To Go (all)
1/25 Tuesday	What have students learned about properties of metals? What have students learned about stoichiometry calculations?	Complete Clay Lab (data collection/graphing) Review Sheet work time
1/26 Wed-day		Notebook Check #3; Review Questions
1/27 Thursday		Unit 2 Test: Mass-Mass, Molarity, % Concentration
1/28 Friday	No School	Teacher Workday – End of semester
1/31 Monday	How did students do on their test? What more does each need to learn?	Review Unit 2 Test Molarity and Percent Composition, Mass to Mass Stoichiometry
2/1 Tuesday	How can various combinations of soluble compounds be used to determine which will produce insoluble precipitates in double replacement reactions?	Activity #6: Paints, p.224-232 More Molarity Calculations Practice
2/2 Wed-day
2/3 Thursday
2/4 Friday
2/7 Monday
2/8 Tuesday
2/9 Wed-day	How can natural materials be used as dyes? How will the pH of a solution affect the color?	Activity #7: Dyes, p.233… (modified) Solubility Graphs and Problems
2/10 Thursday
2/11 Friday
2/14 Monday
2/15 Tuesday	How can hydrated sodium borax beads be created? What information can we gather from each other regarding lab our laboratory experiences?	Activity #8: How Does Stain Glass Get Its Color? p.241-245 Compare results from last few labs: Paints, Dyes, Glass
2/16 Wed-day
2/17 Thursday		Discuss Art Project Organize Notebook for check on Monday
2/18 Friday		No Class today (Per.4,5,6 only)
2/21 Monday	No School today
2/22 Tuesday	What have students learned about the chemistry in art? How will students demonstrate their learning through art?	Mrs. Heckroth – Guest Teacher Notebook Check Time to work on “Art Project”
2/23 Wed-day
2/24 Thursday
2/25 Friday
2/28 Mon		Return notebooks and discuss Lab work time
3/1 Tuesday		Snow Day –No School
3/2 Wed		Last work day
3/3 Thursday	What is solubility and how is it affected by temperature for substances?	Notebook check corrections due Solubility practice pH and pOH
3/4 Friday
3/7 Monday	What have students learned about the chemistry in art? How will students demonstrate their learning through art?	Chemistry in Art Exhibit (projects due) Self/Peer Evaluations Discuss Molality Practice problems
3/8 Tuesday	What do molality, molarity, pH, normality, titration, and neutralization have in common? What do molality, molarity, pH, normality, titration, and neutralization have in common? How are the different?	pH and pOH continued (handout)
3/9 Wed.		Activity 7 p.485-488 Colorful Chem. Acids, Bases, and Indicators #1-7 Normality (handout)
3/10 Thurs.
3/11 Fri.		Mrs. Heckroth – guest teacher Check Normality Finish lab: Acids, Bases, Indicators p.485-488 pH Review Problems
3/14 Monday	What is titration? How is it calculated? How are titrations of acids and bases used to calculate the concentration of an unknown?	Titration Lab Titrations Practice Worksheet Acid-Base Titration
3/15 Tuesday
3/16 Wed.
3/17 Thurs.		Solutions Test Review Sheet HW: Review for test Organized Chem Log for check
3/18 Fri.
3/21 Monday	How well have students documented their learning in the chem. Log?	Chem Log Notebook Check Discuss Solutions Test Review Sheet HW: Review for test
3/22 Tuesday	Are students able to do calculations related to solutions/concentrations?	Test on Solutions Calculations
3/23 Wed.	How do the size and shape of molecules affect their physical state? How and why are molecules classified as polar and non-polar? Why do substances appear in different states of matter?	Activity 2: Solids, Liquids or Gases? p.361-368 Part A: Size and Shape of Molecules Part B: Boiling and Melting Point of Molecules Read/Notes on Chem Talk HW: Chem Cartoons: Matter in a State (attach, read, highlight)
3/24 Thurs.
3/25 Fri.	What is the difference between a real and ideal gas? How will students demonstrate and teach the gas laws?	Chem Cartoons: Gases, Real and Ideal (attach, read, highlight) Begin preparation of Gas Laws Presentation: Avogadro’s, Boyle’s,Charles’s,…
3/28 Monday	Learning Targets The students will: 1. devise a teaching tool to teach others about the relationship between two conditions that have an affect on gases (gas laws). 2. explain the reasoning behind their teaching tool of choice.	Learning Activity: 1. As a class analyze the conditions that have the potential to impact a sample of gas. 2. In partners students will pick two conditions (unique from other groups), then design a demonstration to illustrate and teach this relationship to their classmates. Learning Assessment: 1. As a class students will generate a rubric to be used in the assessment of demonstrations and teaching effectiveness. 2. As students experience partner presentations, they will reflect upon the question: "How has this demonstration/presentation shown how the two gas conditions stated affect each other?
3/29 Tuesday
3/30 Wed.		Presentation Day #1
3/31 Thurs.	How are Gas Law calculations completed?	Presentation Day #2 Review: Gas Law Practice Calculations
4/1 Fri.	What kinds of cool stuff can be done with liquid nitrogen? J	Demonstration: Liquid Nitrogen Day! Thanks Mr.Hill!
4/4-4/8	Enjoy!	Spring Break – No School.
4/11 Monday	Are students able to perform Gas law calculations? How does high altitude affect a gas?	Welcome back – Community Connections time Discuss Gases, Real and ideal/Gas Laws Practice Gas Law Calculations HW: Perform calculations (show work with units) Boyle’s Law #1,4; Charles Law #32,35
4/12 Tuesday		(Science HSPE / Late start: Per.1,4,5,6 only) Read, discuss, analyze article on Leadville, Colorado Do #1-7 HW: Perform calculations #73,76 (show work w/ units)
4/13 Wed.	How do gases behave “ideally”? What is Boyle’s Law? What is Charles’ Law? What is the Combined Gas Law? How can each be calculated? How can the Ideal Gas Law be used to calculated an unknown pressure, volume, moles, or temperature of a gas?	Work time: Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Combined Gas Law handouts
4/14 Thurs.		Gas Laws Scenario posters (groups)
4/15 Fri.
4/18 Monday		Gas Laws poster sharing time HW: Ideal Gas Laws handout #1-6
4/19 Tuesday		Go over any questions on Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Combined Gas Law
4/20 Wed.		“Quest” Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Combined Gas Law (calculations assessment) HW: Ideal Gas Laws handout #7-12
4/21 Thurs.		Ideal Gas Laws practice #1-10
4/22 Fri.	Can a gas be identified through laboratory calculations?	Lab: Is butane really in the lighter?
4/25 Monday	What is partial pressure? How can it be calculated?	Go over Ideal Gas Problems #1-10 And other calculations
4/26 Tuesday	How have students kept up with recording their in learning in their notebooks?	**Guest Teacher today.** Notebook Check #7 Floating Balloon HW: Make corrections on Quest
4/27 Wed.	How can stoichiometry be used to calculate the mass or volume of a gas reacted or produced by using the balanced chemical equation? How can the ideal gas law be used to calculate the volume of a gas at STP or non-STP conditions?	Go over Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure Post Lab: Is butane really in the lighter? Return notebooks HW: Study for next Quest (Ideal Gas Law, Dalton’s Law)
4/28 Thurs.		Introduction to Gas Stoichiometry Utube Clip (lecture) Gas Stoichiometry #1-3
4/29 Fri.		Gas Stoichiometry Questions #1-6 HW: finish above for Monday Start studying for Gas Stoichiometry
5/2 Monday		Gas Stoichiometry Practice #1-3
5/3 Tuesday		Gas Stoichiometry Calculations #1-7
5/4 Wed.		Gas Stoichiometry Calculations #8-14
5/5 Thurs.		Review for tomorrow’s assessment
5/5 Fri.	Are students able to determine which gas law calculations to perform under various situations?	Gas Laws Quest #2
5/9 Monday	What are sig. figs? Why are they important in chemistry?	Significant Figures Calculations Using Significant Figures HW: finish above
5/10 Tuesday	What is organic chemistry? How are hydrocarbons named? What is the general structure of hydrocarbons?	Return Quest #2 (make corrections on separate paper) Introduction to Organic Chemistry Differentiate between Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Differentiate between alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. What group do all of the above belong to?
5/11 Wed.		Notebook Check #8 Add to Organic Chemistry Notes HW: Structure of Hydrocarbons (97)
5/12 Thurs.	How can organic molecules be combined to produce odors?	Lab: Ester Production
5/13 Fri.	What are the common functional groups? How are organic molecules named and structures written?	Add to Organic Chemistry Notes Functional Groups (98)
5/16 Monday		Naming Other Organic Molecules (99)
5/17 Tuesday		Structures of Other Organic Compounds (100)
5/18 Wed.		SLCs from 4-7pm
5/19 Thurs.		Early Release – Period 1,2,3 I-touch/internet research: Goggle “Organic Nomenclature”, then take notes on new information/practice problems SLCs from 12-4pm
5/20 Fri.	No class today.	Early Release – Period 4,5,6
5/23 Monday	How are organic molecules drawn, named and used in reactions?	Isomers using Molecular Models
5/24 Tuesday		Organic compound naming Worksheet
5/25 Wed.		Go over Organic Chemistry Reactions #1-12
5/26 Thurs.		Quest: Sig. Figs, Organic Nomenclature and reactions, Calculations using balanced equations (open notebook)
5/27 Fri.	How can the heat of combustion for a particular hydrocarbon be calculated?	Pre Lab for Heat of Combustion Lab
5/30 Monday	No School	Memorial Day
5/31 Tuesday	How can the heat of combustion of a substance be calculated?	Lab Equipment Scavenger Hunt Heat of Combustion Lab (gather data)
6/1 Wed.		Pre/Post: Heat of Combustion Lab (calculations)
6/2 Thurs.		Prepare for Notebook check: Organics/Nomenclature
6/3 Fri.	What is heat of activation?	Notebook check: Organics/Nomenclature Read Chem Talk p.535-539 Do Checking Up #1-12 ( on separate paper; incorporate Q/A
6/6 Monday	How will students demonstrate and explain the chemistry of two different Special Effects?	Work time for Special Effects demonstrations (Macro/Micro explanations)
6/7 Tuesday
6/8 Wed.
6/9 Thurs.		Special Effects Presentations Lab Clean-up
6/10 Fri.
6/13 Monday	What have chemistry students learned throughout the year? Will they be able to demonstrate it on an exam? Do students understand their responsibilities to maintain the lab and equipment?	Review for final exam Lab Clean-up
6/14 Tuesday
6/15 Wed.		Year-End Final
6/16 Thurs.		Discuss final exam / make corrections Return Texts, etc.
6/17 Fri.	Enjoy your summer!	25 minutes periods – Loose ends and Good-byes.