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 Mr. D.'s 2009-2010 Honors Chemistry Class Calendar

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August  (top)  

 

20

 Staff In-Service

21

Teacher Work Day

24

Frosh-Fest

(Freshman Orientation Day)

Waiver Day for 10, 11, 12th grades

 

Open House at LHS (6:00-7:45 PM)

25

First Day of School

First Day of School

 

 Lab Safety

     

 Lab Report Guidelines

 

26

Measurement; Units, Powers of 10, Prefixes and Conversions, Volume

 

Practice Worksheet

Answer Key -Measurement

Side 1      Side 2

 

Extensive SI Units List

27

Measurement; Units, Powers of 10, Prefixes and Conversions, Volume

 

Practice Worksheet

Answer Key -Measurement

Side 1      Side 2

 

Extensive SI Units List

 

28

Uncertainty in Measurement and Significant Figures

 

Practice Worksheet

 

31
Calculations Involving Sig Figs

 

Practice Worksheet

 

September   (top)


 

 

1

Lab; Determining Thickness and Number of Al atoms of Aluminum Foil

2

Quiz: Conversions, Calculations with Units, and SI Base Units

 

 

3

Lab Report Guidelines

 

Completion of Lab and Lab Report

 

4

Dimensional Analysis

 

 

Practice Worksheet

 

Worksheet Key #2a-h Worksheet Key #2i.,j. #3

7

School Dismissed

  Labor Day

 

8

Dimensional Analysis

Continued

 

Practice Worksheet

 

Worksheet Key #2a-h Worksheet Key #2i.,j. #3

 

9

Elements Quiz (40 pts.)

 

Re-Take Quiz (Conversions and Derived Units)

10 

Density and PowerPoint for Review

 

Density Practice Worksheet

 

Density Worksheet Answer Key

 

11

Density Analysis; Sugar Content in Beverages

14

Density Analysis; Sugar Content in Beverages

15

Chpt. 3, 1-5 Classification of Matter

 

Practice Worksheet

 

16

Test: Chapter 2
Units, Conversions, Sig Figs, and Density

17

18

 

21

Energy; Heat and Temperature
 

Some Silly Trivia

 

Heat Practice Worksheet

Heat Worksheet Answer Key

22

Heat and Energy

 

 

Heat Practice Worksheet

Heat Worksheet Answer Key

 

23

Calorimetry Pre-Lab Discussion 

 

Specific Heat of a Metal

24

Specific Heat of a Metal

25

Specific Heat of a Metal

 

28

Energy Concept Self-Check

Test Review

 

 

29 Blood Drive

 

Test: Chapter 3 -Matter and Energy

30

Chapter 4; Elements,

 Atoms, and Ions

 

Atomic Notation PowerPoint Review

Homework; Text P. 119 #21-34, 37, 39, 41, 95

 

October   (top

 

1

Chpt. 4; Introduction to the Periodic Table

Homework; Text P. 120 # 49, 50, 53, 57, 60, 62-73, 77, 83

 

 

 

Chpt. 5; Types of Compounds and Nomenclature

 

Naming Compounds Practice Worksheet

 

Answer Key

 

Helpful Links:

Periodic Table With Major Charges

Naming Flow Chart

Ion Sheet

 

5

Chpt. 5; Types of Compounds and Nomenclature

 

Naming Compounds Practice Worksheet

 

Answer Key

Helpful Links:

Periodic Table With Major Charges

Naming Flow Chart

Ion Sheet

 

6

Writing Chemical Formulas from Names of Compounds

 

Writing Chemical Formulas Practice Worksheet

 

Writing Formulas Answer Key

7

Test; Atomic Structure and Nomenclature

8

Chpt. 6; Balancing and Writing Chemical Equations

 

Practice Worksheet; Equations

9

Chpt. 6; Balancing and Writing Chemical Equations
Text Questions; Writing a Balanced Chemical Equation from a word description of a Reaction.

 

Practice Worksheet; Equations

12

Classifying Reactions: Describing Reactions in Aqueous Solution -Nature of the Solute and Solubility Rules

 

Practice Worksheet

 

Solubility Rules

13

7.3 Net Ionic Equations

 

  Practice Worksheet

 

Double Displacement Worksheet Answer Key

14

Lab; 4 Bottle Experiment

15

Fairfield County Fair

School Dismissed

16

 Central OEA Day

 School Dismissed

19

Reactions that Form Water; Acid and Bases

 

Text P.197 #31-36, 39, 40

 

Complete 4-Bottle Experiment

20

Quiz; Writing Chemical Equations

 

Practice Test, Writing Equations

 

Writing Practice Test Answer Key

21

Chapter 8; Reduction-Oxidation Reactions

(Synthesis, Decomposition and Combustion Reactions)

Thermite!

 

 

22

Chapter 8; Reduction-Oxidation Reactions

(Single Displacement Reactions and Activity Series)

 

Transfer of electrons Practice Worksheet

Transfer electron WS Answer Key

23

Lab; Observing, Predicting and Writing Balanced Chemical Equations

26

Lab; Observing, Predicting and Writing Balanced Chemical Equations

27

Watch the Exploding Pumpkin!

 

Bonus Opportunity

(Test Points given towards understanding of chapters 2-8)

 

28

Unit Test; Chapter 6,7,8, Writing Chemical Reactions (40 Pts.)

 

Equation Writing Practice Pre-Test

 

Equation Writing Pre-Test Key

29

9: The Mole

 

Mole Worksheet

Answer Key

30   End of First quarter (Personal Day -Absent)

9: The Mole

 

Mole Worksheet

Answer Key

 

November   (top)  

2

9: The Mole

Mole Worksheet

Answer Key

 

 

Lab; Determine Atomic Mass of Ag

Percent Composition and Empirical Formulas

 

Empirical Formula Worksheet

 

Key Side 1

Key Side 2

 

 

5  Data Day -Absent

Percent Composition and Empirical Formulas

 

Empirical Formula Worksheet

 

Key Side 1

Key Side 2

 

6

Lab; Empirical Formula of an Oxide of Magnesium

9

Lab; Empirical Formula of an Oxide of Magnesium 

 

10

Lab; Formula of a HydrateLab;

 

11

Lab; Empirical Formula of an Oxide of Tin

12 Parent Teacher Conferences

Empirical Formula of an Oxide of Tin

 

 

13

In Class Test Review

Big 4 Practice Test Practice

 

Practice Test Questions

 

16

Chapter 9 Test; The Mole and Empirical Formulas (50 pts.)

 

Mole and Empirical Practice Test

 

17

Chapter 9 Test; The Mole and Empirical Formulas (Part 2; 15 pts.)

18

Chapter 10; Stoichiometry and Percent Yield

 

Stoichiometry Worksheet

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

19

Chapter 10; Stoichiometry and Percent Yield

 

More Stoichiometry with "Guided" Quiz (10 pts.) at end.

TiCl4  + 4Na -> 4NaCl + Ti

Zn + 2NaOH + 2 H2O -> Na2Zn(OH)4 + H2

 

20

Lab; Molar Relationships in a Chemical Reaction

23

Lab; Molar Relationships in a Chemical Reaction

Theoretical and Percent Yield

 

Lab Completion. Due at end of class.

24

Side 2 of Stoichiometry Worksheet

25

 Thanksgiving Break
School Dismissed

26

 Thanksgiving

 School Dismissed

27

  Thanksgiving Break

 School Dismissed

30

Lab; Stoichiometric Analysis of a Mixture
 

 

December  (top)  

 

1

Lab; Stoichiometric Analysis of a Mixture

 

2

Quiz; Stoichiometry and Percent Yield (30 pts.)

Calculations Involving a Limiting Reactant

 

Limiting Reactant Worksheet

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

Open Note Quiz (5 pts.) at end

4

Calculations Involving a Limiting Reactant

 

Limiting Reactant Worksheet

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

7

Calculations Involving a Limiting Reactant

 

Limiting Reactant Worksheet

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

8

Lab; Limiting Reactant Stoichiometry

 

9

Lab; Limiting Reactant Stoichiometry

 

 

10

Quiz: A complete Stoichiometry Problem. (10 pts.)

11

Heats of Reactions

 

Heats of Reaction Worksheet

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

14

Test Review

 

Stoichiometry Practice Test

 

 

15

Stoichiometry Test, Part 1

16

Stoichiometry Test, Part 2

17

 

18

Combination Lock Bonus

 

21

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

22

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

23

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

24

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

25

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

28

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

29

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

30

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

31

 

 

January  (top)  

 

1

 Christmas Vacation

 School Dismissed

4

11.1; Modern Atomic Theory -Light Energy and the Quantum Atom

 

Light Energy and Bohr Atom Worksheet
 

Answer Key

5

Wave Mechanical Model and Electron Configuration

 

In Class Practice:
P.323, #28­­-32, 35-42, 101, 102, 103

 

6

11.8,9 Electron Configurations and Properties of the Periodic Table

Orbital Notation, Shorthand, and valence electrons

 

In Class Practice:  P. 324 # 49-52, 60, 61, 93, 95

 

7

11.8,9 Electron Configurations and Properties of the Periodic Table

 

Orbital Filling Diagrams, Lewis Dot Structures, and electron "bookkeeping"

 

8

 

No School

Snow Day #1)

11

Atomic Properties and Periodic Trends

 

In Class Practice: P. 325  #65-78, 112, 114

 

 

12

The Periodic Law

Puzzling Worksheet

 

 

13
In Class Practice:  P. 324 # 49-52, 60, 61, 93, 95
 

Self-Check Practice Worksheet; electron configuration and the Periodic Table

 

Answer Key

 

14

Test; Chapter 11 --Quantum Mechanics and the Periodic Table

15

12:  Chemical Bonding; Bonding and Electronegativity (Lewis Structures of Atoms)

 

Homework, P. 360 #1-15, 17, 19, 26, 27, 29, 31-33, 36, 37, 48

18

 Martin Luther King Day

 School Dismissed

19

Honors Chemistry Midterm Review

20    Midterm Exams

Periods 2, 4, 6

21    Midterm Exams

Periods 7, 8, 9

22    Midterm Exams

Periods 1, 3, 5
End of 2nd 9 Weeks and 1st Semester

 

25

12:  Chemical Bonding; Bonding and Electronegativity (Lewis Structures of Atoms and Stable Ions)

 

Homework, P. 360 #1-15, 17, 19, 26, 27, 29, 31-33, 36, 37, 48

26

Lewis Structures of compounds that obey the octet rule

 

List of Lewis Drawings

27

Lewis Structures of compounds that obey the octet rule

 

List of Lewis Drawings

28

VSEPR; Molecular Geometry

29

VSEPR; Molecular Geometry of expanded octets

 

Bond Polarity, Dipole Moments, and Polarity

February  (top)  

 

Chapter 12 Test;

Chemical Bonding

Chemical Bonding Practice Test

 

Periodically Puzzling All-Star Review!

 

2

14.1-3

Polarity and van der Waals

Intermolecular Attractions, Effect of Boiling points on Hydrides.

 

Polarity, Dipole Moments and Intermolecular Attractions

 

Animated Video

Liquid N2 Video

 

Intermolecular Attraction Self-Check Quiz

 

3

Phase Change and Heating Curves

 

Worksheet- Heat Curve

 

Heat Curve WS Answer Key

 

4

Lab; Cooling Curve and Determination of Heat of Crystallization of Lauric Acid

 

Part 1-  Cooling Curve

5

Lab; Cooling Curve and Determination of Heat of Crystallization of Lauric Acid

 

Part 2-  Heat of Fusion of Lauric Acid

8

Lab; Heat of Crystallization of Lauric Acid

 

 

 

9

No School

Snow Day (#2)

 

 

10

No School

Snow Day (#3)

 

 

11

Pressure, Vapor and Vapor Pressure

 

Vapor Pressure Handout, Self-Check

Vapor Pressure Key Side 1

Vapor Pressure Key Side 2

 

Pressure,

Molecules in Motion

(Source)

"Crush Can" demo

 

Lab; Vapor Pressure of Water (didn't work well)

12

Water: Density and Phase Diagrams

 

Practice WS Phase Diagram

 

Answer Key

 

15

 Presidents Day

 School Dismissed

16

No School

Snow Day (#4)

 

17

No School

Snow Day (#5)

 

18

Lab; Determination of Heat of Fusion of Ice

 

19

Chapter 14 Test; Condensed State of Matter

 

22

Ideal Gas Laws -Pressure, Volume, Temperature, and the Combined Gas

 

Gas Laws Worksheet 1

Gas Laws Worksheet 1 Key

 

Virtual Labs

Charles Law

Boyle's Law

 

23 (Sub Day)

Periodically Puzzling All-Star Review!

24

Ideal Gas Laws -Pressure, Volume, Temperature, and the Combined Gas (Continued)

 

Gas Laws Worksheet 1

Gas Laws Worksheet 1 Key

 

Virtual Labs

Charles Law

Boyle's Law

 

25

Gas Laws Lab; Exploring the Properties of Gases

 

Gas Laws; Relationships among Variables

 

Answers to Relationships Worksheet

 

 

26

Gas Laws Lab; Exploring the Properties of Gases

 

Gas Laws; Relationships among Variables

 

Answers to Relationships Worksheet

 

Lab; Molar Volume of a Gas

Virtual Lab; Mg + HCl

 

March  (top)  

1

Gas Laws Review

Pressure Chamber

Virtual Gas Behavior

 

Pre-Lab; Molar Volume lab

Lab; Molar Volume of a Gas

Virtual Lab; Mg + HCl

2

Lab; Molar Volume of a Gas

Virtual Lab; Mg + HCl

 

3

Lab; Molar Volume of a Gas

Virtual Lab; Mg + HCl

 

4

Quiz; Gas Laws

 

Gas Laws Practice Quiz

 

Answer Key, Side 1

Answer Key, Side 2

5

The Ideal Gas Law, Gas Density and Molar Mass

 

Ideal Gas Worksheet

 

Ideal Gas Law WS Key

 

Ideal Gas Law Simulator

8

Lab; Determine Molar Mass of Vapor

 

 

 

 

9

More Gas Laws

-Dalton Law of Partial Pressure and Graham's Law of Effusion

 

Mixed Gas Laws Worksheet

 

Answers to Mixed Gas Laws Worksheet

10

Gas Stoichiometry and Avogadro's Principle

 

Gas Stoichiometry Worksheet

 

Key Side 1

Key Side 2

 

11

Lab; Gas Stoichiometry

 

12

Lab; Gas Stoichiometry

15 OGT Testing Week

Lab Completion

Test Review

16 OGT Testing Week

 

17   OGT Testing Week

18   OGT Testing Week

Test; Chapter 13

Gases

 

Gas Laws Practice Test

 

Answers to Gas Laws Practice Test

 

19    OGT Testing Week

Test; Chapter 13

Gases

 

Gas Laws Practice Test

 

Answers to Gas Laws Practice Test

 

22

Test; Chapter 13

Gases

 

Gas Laws Practice Test

 

Answers to Gas Laws Practice Test

 

23

Solution Composition and Concentration

 

Solution Concentration WS

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

24

Solution Composition and Concentration

 

Solution Concentration WS

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

25 

Lab; Determine Molarity of an unknown solution of HCl

26    End of 3rd Quarter

 

Lab; Solubility Curve of KCl

29

Factors Affecting Solubility

 

Solubility Practice Worksheet

 

Solubility WS Answer Key Side 1

Solubility WS Answer Key Side 2

 

 

30

Quiz; Solutions (Concentration and Solubility)

 

Quiz Prep: Class note, Solution Concentration WS. Solubility WS. Additionally P. 467 #97, 99, 100, 101, 111, 115, 119, 125.

 

31

Colorimeter Lab; Beer's Law [Cu+2]

 

April  (top)  

 

 

 

1

Colorimeter Lab; Beer's Law [Cu+2]

 

2

Good Friday

 School Dismissed

 

5

Spring Break

 School Dismissed

Spring Break

 School Dismissed

Spring Break

 School Dismissed

Spring Break

 School Dismissed

9

Spring Break

 School Dismissed

12

Colligative Properties of Solutions (Part 1)
Boiling Point Elevation

Freezing Point Depression 
(Carbonated beverage demo)

 

Colligative Properties WS-1

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

13

Colligative Properties of Solutions (Part 1)
Boiling Point Elevation

Freezing Point Depression 
(Carbonated beverage demo)

 

Colligative Properties WS-1

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

14

Lab; Molar Mass of Sulfur by Freezing Point Depression

15

Lab; Molar Mass of Sulfur by Freezing Point Depression

16

Colligative Properties of Solutions (Part 2)

Vapor Pressure

Osmotic Pressure

 

Colligative Properties WS 2

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

19

Colligative Properties of Solutions (Part 2)

Vapor Pressure

Osmotic Pressure

 

Colligative Properties WS 2

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

20

Colligative Properties Overview and Test Review

21

Quiz; Solubility Curve

22

Quiz; Colligative Properties of Solutions

23

Solution Stoichiometry  Calculate concentrations of all ions at end of reaction.

 

Solution Stoichiometry Practice Worksheet

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

26

Solution Stoichiometry  Calculate concentrations of all ions at end of reaction.

 

Solution Stoichiometry Practice Worksheet

 

Answer Key Side 1

Answer Key Side 2

 

27

Bonus: Marathon Problem

Determine the concentration of all ions and mass of precipitate at completion of a double replacement reaction

28

Lab: Solution Stoichiometry (Analysis of a Mixture)

 

29

Lab: Solution Stoichiometry (Analysis of a Mixture)

 

 

30

Test Review; Solution Stoichiometry

 

May  (top)  

3

Test Practice Problems for Quiz:  P. 467 93, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 111, 115, 119, 125

or

ACT Practice Test

Answers to Text Practice Problems for Quiz

 

4

Solution Chemistry Test

 

Solution Chemistry Practice Test

 

Answer Key to Practice Test

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31

 Memorial Day

 School Dismissed

 
June   (top)  

 

1 2 Final Exams 3 Final Exams 4 Final Exams
Last Day of School
7   Staff Records Day