AP Chemistry 2011-2012

Days : hours : minutes : seconds until the AP Chemistry test:

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Week of June 4, 2012

Monday

Describe demo activity. Students will choose from a list of chemistry demonstrations to perform for the class. Students will be graded on content, creativity, safety, perfomance.

Tuesday/Wednesday

Students will work on their demonstration projects.

Thursday/Friday

Students will present their chemistry demonstrations.

 

Week of May 28, 2012

MondayNo school.

Tuesday/Wednesday

Objectives: students will be able to

  1. Analyse a movie for scientific worthiness and accuracy
  2. Find a least 10 examples of scientific principles
  3. Defend or criticize the treatment of each scientific principle.

Procedure: students will watch a movie and list 10 examples where scientific principles are demonstrated. For each example, students will name the principle, describe the scene, defend its accuracy or explain the errors using valid scientific arguments.

Thursday

Students will do a lab, the Alchemist’s Dream, Copper to Gold.

Friday

Weather permitting, students will perform a pH lab on the environmental pathway.

Week of May 21, 2012

Monday

Post hot-air balloon clean-up. Students will write-up and turn in the copper-plating lab.

Tuesday/Wednesday
Objective: Students will be able to
1. use techniques and logic to determine the identities of 14 unknown solutions
2. work cooperatively in groups
Procedure: Students will prepare lab kits containing 14 unknown solutions in disposable pipets. Then using these thin-stem pipets, chem spot plates, pH paper, flame test wires and Bunsen burner students will determine the identities of 14 unknown solutions.

Thursday

Students will do a lab, the Alchemist’s Dream, Copper to Gold.

Friday
Weather permitting, students will perform a pH lab on the environmental pathway.

 

May 14, 2012

Reminder: bring about 30 sheets of 2’x2’ tissue paper (from the generic dollar store) for Monday.

Monday/ Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Follow directions
2. Cut and glue tissue paper
3. Make a hot air balloon
Procedure: students will design and make hot air balloons. Students will be graded on the height the balloons reach when filled with hot air.

Wednesday/Thursday
Weather permitting, we will fly hot air balloons.

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
When not flying hot air balloons, students will prepare and perform a lab using 14 unknown solutions.
Objective: Students will be able to
1. use techniques and logic to determine the identities of 14 unknown solutions
2. work cooperatively in groups
Procedure: Using thin-stem pipets, chem spot plates, pH paper, flame test wires and Bunsen burner students will determine the identities of 14 unknown solutions.

Week of May 7, 2012

Monday

Most students will take the AP chemistry test.

Tuesday/Wednesday (double period)

Students will perform a lab on electrochemistry, copper plating of a key.

Wednesday/Thursday (single period)

Students will do a lab, the Alchemist’s Dream, Copper to Gold.

Friday

Students will prepare solutions for a clock reaction lab, to be performed on Monday and Tuesday next week.

 

Week of April 30, 2012

Monday-Friday

Objective: students will review chemistry concepts and practice test-taking strategies.

Procedure: Administer practice AP tests, Free Response and Multiple Choice. Students will take the tests, score the tests, review difficult topics as necessary. Test taking strategies will be discussed.

 

Week of April 23, 2012

Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. describe the composition of common batteries and explain their operation
2. explain corrosion
3. describe the stoichiometry of electrolysis
4. calculate mass of products formed during electrolysis
5. Procedure:  cover sections 21.4 - 21.7. 
6. Review
Procedure: cover sections 21.6 - 21.7.  Students will complete practice sheets on electrochemistry.

Wednesday
Students will take a test on electrochemistry.

Thursday/Friday
Objective:  students will review chemistry concepts and practice test-taking strategies.
Procedure: Administer practice AP test, Free Response, Part A.  Students will be given 40 minutes to complete this part of the exam.  Administer practice AP test, Multiple Choice.  Students with a double period will be given the double period to complete this part of the exam.

Week of April 16, 2012

Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. balance redox equations (review)
2. define the components of an electrochemical cell
3. distinguish between a galvanic and electrolytic cell
4. define cell potentials
5. use line notation to describe electrochemical cells.
Procedure: administer reaction quiz, then cover sections 21.1-21.2.  Distribute problem set to follow during class.
Homework:  pp. 942-945, 11, 13, 28, 30, 39, 41, 43, 57, 67, 69 due Thursday.

Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. predict relative strengths of oxidizing and reducing agents
2. predict if a cell reaction is spontaneous
3. calculate equilibrium constants from cell potentials
4. state the dependence of cell potential on concentration (Nernst equation)
5. solve problems using these concepts.
6. describe the composition of common batteries and explain their operation
7. explain corrosion
Procedure:  cover sections 21.3 - 21.6. 

Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. describe the stoichiometry of electrolysis
2. calculate mass of products formed during electrolysis
Procedure: cover sections 21.6 - 21.7.  Students will complete a worksheet on electrochemistry.

Week of April 2, 2012

Monday/Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to

Procedure:  cover sections 20.2  through 20.4.  Review using AP test questions on entropy and free energy. 
Homework:  pp. 887-889, 11, 15, 17, 23, 34, 36, 51, 57, 69, 86 due Tuesday for review.

Wednesday/Thursday
Objective: students will be able to determine products of reactions, write reactant and product formulas in net ionic form, answer questions about reactions.
Procedure:  hand out sample reaction quiz and packet.  Students will study the packet and take a practice quiz on return from break.

Friday
No school, Spring Break begins.

Week of March 26, 2012

Homework due Monday:  pp. 849-851: 32 (challenge problem), 51,53,55 (a,b,e,g), 59a, 67, 71, 73.

Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. calculate effect of common  ions on solubility
2. effect of pH on solubility
3. predict if a precipitation will occur when solutions are mixed
4. describe certain complex ions in solution
Procedure: cover applicable sections in Silberberg.  Hand out review pages to study for a test on Wednesday.
Lab reports due Friday.
Homework:  study these problems pp. 850-851, 74, 76, 80.

Wednesday
Students will take a test on chapter 19.

Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. define spontaneous process
2. define entropy
3. state the second law of thermodynamics
4. define free energy
5. predict spontaneity of chemical reactions based on DS and DH
6. state the third law of thermodynamics
Procedure: cover sections 20.1-20.2.
Homework:  pp. 887-889, 11, 15, 17, 23, 34, 36, 51, 57, 69, 86 due Monday.

Week of March 19, 2012

Homework due Monday:  pg. 849, 12, 16, 24, 28

Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
describe weak acid/strong base, weak base/strong acid titrations
solve titration problems
describe pH curves of monoprotic and polyprotic acids
determine Ka from titration curve
determine equivalence points
determine applicability of acid-base indicators.
Procedure:  cover section 19.2. 
Demo: show change in pH with titrant addition using pH meter.
Homework: pg. 849+ 32, 51, 53, 55, 59a due Friday.

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to determine by titration the molarity of a sodium hydroxide solution, determine the molar mass of an unknown acid.
Procedure:  students will perform Acid/Base Titration, experiment 15-2 in Chemistry Concepts and Applications.  Students will use a pH meter for the second part of the lab, allowing them to calculate the acid dissociation constant, Ka, of the unknown acid.

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday (non-lab days)
Objectives: students will be able to
calculate Ksp given solubility
calculate solubilities from Ksp
calculate effect of common ions on solubility
effect of pH on solubility
Procedure: cover section 19.3.
Homework:  pp. 850-851, 67, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 87 due Monday.

Week of March 5, 2012

Monday and Friday
Objective: students will be able to

Procedure: Cover sections to achieve above objectives.

Tuesday-Thursday
HSPA testing


Week of February 27, 2012

Monday
Homework due:  pp. 749-750, 15, 17, 19, 28, 30, 36, 42, 46, 48, 50.
Objectives: students will be able to define and apply LeChâtelier's principle.
Procedure:  cover sections 17.5-17.6, continue work on practice problems.
Homework:  study for a quiz on equilibrium.

Tuesday/Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to

Procedure: administer quiz on equilibrium, then continue with chapter 18 on acids and bases.cover sections 18.1 – 18.3.

Homework, due Friday: pp. 797-799, 6, 8, 10, 24, 26, 28, 32, 42, 44, 48, 56.

Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will be able to

Procedure: Cover sections to achieve above objectives.


Week of February 20, 2012

Monday

No school

Tuesday/Wednesday (double)

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedure: Students will perform a lab on equilibrium.

Thursday/Friday (and single periods Tuesday and Wednesday)

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedure: cover equilibrium problem solving, following pertinent sections in Silberberg. Distribute sample problem sheet including table to aid in the organization of this type of problem solving. Reinforce problem solving techniques by reviewing questions on equilibrium.

Homework: pp. 749-750, 15, 17, 19, 28, 30, 36, 42, 46, 48, 50. Due Friday.


Week of February 13, 2012

Monday/Tuesday

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedure: cover sections 24.1 and 24.2

Monday Homework: pp. 1079 - 1080, 5, 11, 13, 17, 21, 42, 44, 46, 59, due for Tuesday review

Tuesday Homework: study for a test on chapters 16 and 24.


Wednesday

Students will be evaluated on concepts from chapters 16 and 24 by taking a test.

Thursday/Friday

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedure: Start chapter 17 on chemical equilibrium. Cover sections 17.1-17.3.

Demos: show temperature effect on equilibrium by heating a CoCl2 solution, show effect of reagent addition on transitions from CuCl2 to Cu(OH)2 to Cu(NH3)42+(aq) and back. Begin equilibrium problem solving, section 17.4-17.5. Distribute sample problem sheet including table to aid in the organization of this type of problem solving.

Homework: pp. 749-750, 15, 17, 19, 28, 30, 36, 42, 46, 48, 50. Due Monday.


Week of February 6, 2012

Monday/Tuesday

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedures: cover topics in Silberberg and by reviewing the AP test questions.

Homework: pg 707+, 27, 29, 35, 41, 42, 44, 50, due Wednesday

Wednesday/Thursday

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedure: cover sections 24.1 and 24.2

Homework: pp. 1079 - 1080, 5, 11, 13, 17, 21, 42, 44, 46, 59, due for Friday review

Friday

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedure: cover section 24.2

Homework: study for a test on chapters 16 and 24.

Week of January 30, 2012

Monday/Tuesday
Continue with chapter 16 on kinetics. 
Students will be able to define reaction order and solve problems on first, second and zero order reactions.
Review for midterm exam on Tuesday.

Wednesday-Friday
Midterms.

Week of January 23, 2012

Monday/Tuesday

Objectives: students will be able to

  1. give examples of reactions of hydrocarbons

  2. define organic functional groups

  3. name alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxcylic acids, esters

  4. describe reactions of alcohols and acids

    Procedure: distribute nomentclature rules, cover pages in the text to cover the objective topics.

Demos: show rotation of plane polarized light by sugar solution to demonstrate the properties of optical isomers.

Homework, due Tuesday: pp.659, 44, 61, 63

Homework for Wednesday: Study for a Quizzang on chapter 15.

Wednesday
Administer quizzang on chapter 15. In period 15, begin chapter 16 on reaction rates, see below for plans.


Thursday/Friday

Objectives: students will be able to

Procedure: Begin chapter 16 on Chemical Kinetics, cover sections 16-1 to 16.3.

Week of January 16, 2012

Monday

No school

Homework due Tuesday:  define key terms on page 655, sections 15.1 and 15.2.

Tuesday/Wednesday

Objectives: students will be able to

  1. define and name alkanes, alkenes, alkynes

  2. define isomerism in these compounds

  3. discuss stereoisomers, give examples

  4. find and name isomers of a given hydrocarbon

  5. give examples of reactions of hydrocarbons

Procedure: distribute nomentclature rules, cover pages in the text to cover the objective topics. Distribute midterm review packet.

Demos: show examples of gaseous, liquid and solid alkanes, show rotation of plane polarized light by sugar solution to demonstrate the properties of optical isomers.

Homework, due Friday: pp.657-659, 10, 15, 19, 21, 27, 29, 44, 61, 63

Thursday/Friday

Objectives: students will be able

  1. define organic functional groups

  2. name alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxcylic acids, esters

  3. describe reactions of alcohols and acids

Procedure: cover sections in the text to meet above objectives. Distribute chapter 15 practice.

Demo: make an ester from organic alcohol and organic acid.

Homework: Study for a Quest on chapter 15.


Week of January 9, 2012 Monday/Tuesday

Objectives: students will be able to

  1. discuss factors affecting solubility (pressure, temperature)

  2. calculate solution concentrations in mass percent, mole fraction, molality

Procedure: cover sections in chapter 13 to cover objectives.

Homework: pp. 524-528 12, 14, 39, 41, 55, 59, 65, 78, 83, 85, 87, 95, 99, due Thursday.

Wednesday/Thursday

Objectives: students will be able to

  1. calculate molar mass using vapor pressure lowering

  2. explain the effect of a solute on osmotic pressure

  3. define and use Raoult's Law

  4. use colligative properties to characterize a solute

  5. define and discuss colloids

Procedure: cover sections 13.5 - 13.6.

Homework: study for chapter 12/13 test.

Friday

Administer test on chapters 12 and 13.

Homework: TBA

Week of January 2, 2012

Monday

No School: Happy New Year

Tuesday/Wednesday

Objectives: students will be able to

  1. Describe properties of the liquid state

  2. describe structure, properties and bonding in the solid state

  3. use the Bragg equation to solve problems

  4. give characteristics and examples of crystalline solids

Procedure: cover sections 12.4-12.6 to meet above objectives. Part of the double period class will be used to return and review tests.

Thursday/Friday

Objectives: students will be able to

  1. describe doping in semiconductors

  2. define solubility, solute, solvent

  3. discuss energies of solution formation

  4. discuss factors affecting solubility (pressure, temperature)

Procedure: cover section 12.7 and sections in chapter 13 to meet above objectives.

Homework to be announced.


Week of November 28, 2011

Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. apply trends in the periodic table to explain properties and sizes of ions
2. predict trends in electron affinity
3. describe ionic vs. covalent bonding
4. explain an energy vs. internuclear distance diagram in terms of atomic attractions and repulsions
5. calculate lattice energy
6. use lattice energy to explain the formation of various ionic solids
7. compare bond energy and bond length in covalent compounds
8. apply bond energy concepts to IR spectroscopy
Procedure: Begin chapter 9 on bonding, cover sections 9.1 - 9.3 in the text to meet above objectives.
Homework: pp. 353-355, 13, 19, 23, 27, 29, 31, 49, 57 due Thursday

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. use electronegativity to predict bond polarity
2. draw Lewis structures, including exceptions to the octet rule
3. explain resonance
4. draw resonance structures
5. calculate and use formal charge
Procedure: finish chapter 9, start chapter 10.
Homework: pp. 388-389, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, due Monday.

Week of November 21, 2011

Homework due Monday: pp. 322-324, 12, 14, 22, 26(condensed), 28(condensed), 30, 38, 42, 54 a, b, 56 a, b, 71, 75, 83

Monday
Objectives: students will be able to define and predict these trends using the periodic table:
a. atomic radius
b. ionization energy
c. electron affinity
d. metallic behavior
Procedure: finish chapter 8, distribute practice questions.

Tuesday
Administer test on chapters 7 and 8

Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. describe ionic vs. covalent bonding
2. calculate lattice energy
3. use lattice energy to explain the formation of various ionic solids
Procedure: Begin chapter 9 on bonding, cover sections in the text to meet above objectives.

Thursday/Friday
No school

Week of November 14, 2011

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday(single periods)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. define these terms: node, orbital, wave function, probability distribution, degenerate energy levels
2. explain and use quantum numbers to assign energy level, sublevel, electron spin to various atoms
3. cite and use Pauli exclusion principle
4. describe s, p, d and f orbital shapes
Procedure: Cover Schroedinger's equation, quantum numbers, orbital shapes.

Tuesday/Wednesday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. prepare cobalt solutions of various concentrations
2. use the Spec 20 spectrometer
3. identify the concentration of a cobalt solutions of unknown concentration
4. state and use Beer’s Law
5. work cooperatively in groups
Procedure: students will perform a spectroscopy lab.

Homework due Friday: pp. 322-324, 12, 14, 22, 26(condensed), 28(condensed), 30, 38, 42, 54 a, b, 56 a, b, 71, 75, 83

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. explain the splitting of energy levels in polyelectronic atoms using the following
a) shielding
b) orbital shape
c) penetration effect
2. draw electron configurations of atoms and ions using the Aufbau principle and Hund’s rule
3. define and predict these trends using the periodic table:
a. atomic radius
b. ionization energy
c. electron affinity
d. metallic behavior
Procedure: finish chapter 8, distribute practice questions.

On the other double period days:
Objective: Students will be able
1. to relate the color of emission spectra to several elements
2. determine identity of unknown solutions using emission spectroscopy
3. color within the lines
Procedure: students will do a minilab on spectroscopy, identify unknowns using flame tests.

Week of November 7, 2011

Monday/Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. calculate energy of electrons between different energy levels of the hydrogen atom using the Bohr model of the atom.
2. calculate DeBroglie wavelengths
3. describe the quantum mechanical model of the atom
4. define these terms: node, orbital, wave function, probability distribution, degenerate energy levels, uncertainty principle
Procedure: continue with chapter 7, discuss topics to cover above objectives. Distribute problem set for guided practice and comprehension.
Homework due Monday: pp 284+, 40, 42, 52, 56, 58, 60, 70

Period 15
Objectives: students will be able to prepare cobalt solutions of various concentrations.

Tuesday

No school

Thursday/Friday

No school

Week of October 31, 2011

Monday
Objectives: students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of concepts covered in chapter 6 by taking a quiz.
Procedure: administer quiz on chapter 6, on enthalpy, heat, work, energy, Hess's law, enthalpies of formation.
In period 15, students will do a minilab on atomic spectra.
Homework: read sections 7.1 – 7.5.

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Objective: students will be able to
1. define the wave nature of matter,
2. solve problems using the relationships between energy, wavelength, frequency and mass
3. discuss the developments in physics/chemistry at the turn of the last century (photoelectric effect, Planck’s observations of incandescent solids) which lead to the development of quantum theory
4. calculate DeBroglie wavelengths,
5. state the relationship between wavelength, frequency and speed of EM radiation
6. calculate energy of electrons between different energy levels of the hydrogen atom using the Bohr model of the atom.
Procedure: start chapter 7, discuss topics to cover above objectives. Distribute problem set for guided practice and comprehension. Minilab on Tuesday for double periods.
Demos as appropriate.

Friday
I will not be in school. Classwork: pp. 283-284, 10, 12, 24, 26, 30, 40, 42, 56, 60.

Week of October 24, 2011

Homework: pp. 247-249, 3, 7, 11, 18, 30 due Monday.

Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. solve problems on calorimetry
2. state Hess’s Law
3. solve problems using Hess’s Law.
Procedure: derivation of the definition of enthalpy, Hess’s Law, model problems using Hess’s Law.
Homework: pp. 249 34, 38, 40, 44, 64, 72, 76, 87, 91 due Thursday.

Wednesday/Thursday
Objective: students will be able to
1. solve problems on standard enthalpies of formation
2. write reactions of formation with reactants, products in standard states.
Procedure: cover standard enthalpies of formation, standard states, model problems on these concepts.

Friday
Objectives: students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of concepts covered in chapter 6 by taking a quiz.
Procedure: administer quiz on chapter 6, on enthalpy, heat, work, energy, Hess's law, enthalpies of formation.
In period 11-13, students will do a minilab on atomic spectra.
Homework: read sections 7.1 – 7.5.

Week of October 17, 2011

Monday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. compare real vs. ideal gases
2. review homework
Procedure: discuss objective topics, review.

Tuesday
Objective: students will be evaluated on concepts of chapter 5 on gases.
Procedure: administer test on chapter 5. In double period classes, continue with chapter 6.

Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. solve problems on calorimetry
2. state Hess’s Law
3. solve problems using Hess’s Law.
Procedure: Start chapter 6, cover calorimetry, derivation of the definition of enthalpy, Hess’s Law, model problems using Hess’s Law.
Homework: pp. 247-249, 3, 7, 11, 18, 30, 34, 40, 44 due Monday.

Thursday/Friday
Objective: students will be able to
1. solve problems on standard enthalpies of formation
2. write reactions of formation with reactants, products in standard states.
Procedure: cover standard enthalpies of formation, standard states, model problems on these concepts.

Monday
No school

Tuesday/Wednesday (single periods)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. define the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
2. define the meaning of Kelvin Temperature in terms of average kinetic energy of gas particles
3. derive the expression for root mean squared velocity.
4. distinguish between effusion and diffusion
Procedure: discuss objective topics, assign problems to solve in class.
Homework: read the lab procedure and tape it into lab books
Homework: pp. 215-217, 68, 74 b, d, 85 b, d, 94. Due Thursday.

Tuesday/Wednesday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to
Work safely in a lab environment with potentially dangerous materials
Correctly use sensitive lab equipment, especially an analytical balance
determine an experimental value for the gas constant, R.
Procedure: Students will perform lab activity #13, Determination of R: The Gas-Law Constant.

Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Derive Graham’s Law, solve problems
2. compare real vs. ideal gases
3. review homework
Procedure: discuss objective topics, assign problems to solve in class.
Demo: molecular race.

Friday
Objective: students will be evaluated on concepts of chapter 5 on gases.
Procedure: administer test on chapter 5.

Week of October 3, 2011

Monday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. identify products of elemental redox reactions
2. balance redox reactions in base using the half-reaction method
Procedure:
Collect lab reports. Go over homework, distribute practice sheet.
Homework: study for a test on chapter 4.

Tuesday
Objective: students will demonstrate comprehension of the concepts covered in chapter 4 by taking a test.
Procedure: administer chapter 4 test, continue with chapter 5 in periods 3-5 and 11-13.

Tuesday/Wednesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. state the definition of pressure
2. convert between common pressure units (Pa, atm, torr)
3. state Boyle’s, Charles’s Laws
4. graphically interpret the gas laws
5. solve problems using these laws.
Procedure: discuss objective topics.
Homework for chapter 5: pp. 213-217, 7, 9, 23, 27, 31, 36, 41, 43, 54, 68, due Monday

Thursday/Friday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. state Avogadro’s Law
2. solve problems using these laws
3. state and use Dalton's law of partial pressures
4. derive the formula for the density of an ideal gas.
Procedure: discuss objective topics, assign problems to solve in class.
Homework: Read lab procedure for Determination of Gas Constant, R.

Week of September 26, 2011

Monday/Tuesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. perform calculations involved in acid-base volumetric analysis
2. define redox
Procedures:
1. Cover sections 4.3 - 4.4 in Silberberg.
2. Demonstrate acid-base titration
3. Start redox.
Homework: work on these exercises: pp. 168-171, 46, 52, 63, 65, 67, 71, 86, pg. 942 13 a, c, 15 b, c, 17 a, due Monday, October 3.

Wednesday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. identify products of elemental redox reactions
2. balance redox reactions in acid using the half-reaction method
Procedure:
discuss types of redox reactions, balance redox reactions in acid solution.
Homework due October 3: write up gravimetric lab report, all classes.

Thursday/Friday

No school

Answers to chapter 3 practice: 1. C, 2. X and Z, 3. Cr3Si2, 4. 11.8% 5. D, 6. 0.200 mol, 7. 1 6 2 3

Problems. A. a. SiCl4(l) + 2H2O(l) --> 4HCl(aq) + SiO2(s) b. SiCl4 c. 35.37g d. H2O, 8.77g e. 72.6% B. P2O5, P4O10

Week of September 19, 2011

Monday
Objective: students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of concepts in chapter 3 by taking a quiz.
Procedure: administer quiz on stoichiometry.

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday (non lab days)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. write balanced equations for the reactions
2. explain the polar nature of water
3. distinguish between strong and weak electrolytes
4. recognize and classify types of reactions
5. define molarity
6. calculate molarity of a solution
7. prepare a solution of a given molarity
8. execute stoichiometric calculations involving precipitation reactions
Procedure: Start chapter 4, cover sections 4.1-4.3 and 3.5 (molarity) in Silberberg

Homework: work on these exercises: pp. 166-168, 5, 17 a, b, 32, 34, 36, 38, pg. 127 (chapter 3, on molarity), 93, 95 due Friday.

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday (double period)
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Quantitatively precipitate a chloride salt
2. Dry and weigh the product
3. Determine the amount of chloride in an unknown salt.
Procedure:
Students will perform Experiment 8 in Nelson and Kemp, Gravimetric Analysis of a Chloride Salt.

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday (single periods)
Objectives: students will be able to
Solve titration problems.
identify products of elemental redox reactions
characterize oxidation-reduction reactions
Procedure:
On the day after lab, students will weigh silver chloride samples to complete their lab experiment. Then cover sections 4.4 & 4.5 in Silberberg.

Homework: pp. 168-171, 46, 52, 63, 65, 67, 71, 86, 90 due Monday.

Week of September 12, 2011

Monday
Administer quiz on chapters 1 and 2.

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday (non lab periods)
Objective: students will be able to
1. calculate the number of atoms, moles in a sample
2. calculate molar mass, percent composition
3. find empirical and molecular formula
Procedure:Start chapter 3 on stoichiometry, cover the sections in Silberberg to accomplish the objectives. Hand out lab procedures.
Homework due Thursday: pp. 123-128 11, 15, 17 a, 21, 26, 36 c, d, 42, 54 b, c, 62, 66, 74, 80, 84, 108, 111, 113.

Tuesday/Wednesday (lab double period)
Objectives: students will get into lab groups, check lab drawer inventory. Students will be able to use basic laboratory equipment and work safely in a laboratory environment.
Procedure: discuss lab safety, assign lab groups, discuss lab reports, lab policy, expectations. Go over Lab Book/Report policy. Students will perform lab exercise #1, Basic Laboratory Equipment
Homework: write up lab, due next Tuesday/Wednesday.

Wednesday/Thursday
Objective: students will be able to
1. solve stoichiometry problems
2. balance equations
3. calculate masses of reactants, products
4. calculating limiting reagents
Procedure: Cover chapter 3 on stoichiometry, cover the sections in Silberberg to accomplish the objectives.

Friday
Objective: students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of concepts in chapter 3 by taking a quiz.
Procedure: administer quiz on stoichiometry. Read sections 4.1 – 4.3 in Silberberg, write solubility rules for Monday.

Nomenclature answers:

Practice quiz answers page 1:

Practice quiz answers page 2:

Week of September 5

Monday Labor Day, no school

Tuesday
Objective: students will be able to
1. state course goals and expectations
2. observe several chemical changes in a test tube
3. state the scientific method, discuss the role of the chemist in society.
Procedure:
1. Take roll, assign seats, give overview of the course, including goals and expectations. Distribute course outline, rules, department safety and conduct rules.
2. Review the scientific method
3. Conduct a chemistry experiment. Students will add a common iron nail to copper sulfate solution and sodium chloride. The students will observe changes in the test tube.
4. Confirm book distribution.
Homework: Read course outline, obtain notebooks. By Friday, show covered book, return parent/guardian signed form.

Wednesday/Thursday
Objectives: students will be able to
1. report answers to the correct number of significant figures
2. solve problems with focus on units and conversion factors
3. examples: temperature conversion and density
Procedures:
1. complete chemistry experiment (iron in copper sulfate)
2. begin chapter one, chemical foundations. Go over chapter one summer assignment.
3. Hand out follow-up exercises, to be completed in class, or for homework.
Homework: complete chapter one follow-up assignment.

Friday
Objectives: students will be able to discuss the early history of science, state the contributions of Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford.
Procedure: Go over chapter 2 summer assignment, hand out follow-up assignment.
Homework: The procedure for Experiment 1, Basic Laboratory Equipment, will be distributed so that students may read it and include the procedure in their lab books.