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Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Introduction Duration: 1.0 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Recall a definition of chemistry
Compare and contrast mass and weight
Explain why chemist are interested in a submicroscopic definition of matter
Understand the process and stages of scientific problem solving
Compare and contrast types of variables
Understand the differences between scientific law and scientific theory
Compare and contrast pure and applied research
Understand there are levels of complexity in thinking, and how this is relevant to chemistry
State Standards: 3.1.A; 3.1.B, 3.1.C, 3.1.D, 3.1.E, 3.2.A, 3.2.B, 3.2.C
Content and Instructional Activities: UNIT OUTLINE - 2005
What is Chemistry and where is it used? o Ice breaker activity o How the brain works for memory
Scientific Method
Activity Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs”
Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Safety Duration: 1 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Know what an MSDS and NFPA label look like, and what types of information they contain
Interpret chemical labels
Differentiate between the terms caution, warning and danger
Know how to behave in case of a lab accident
Know what the terms toxicity, chronic toxicity, acute toxicity, mutagens, teratogens, carcinogens and LD-50 mean.
Understand the basics of lab safety and what types of behaviors are not acceptable
Know key lab safety equipment
Identify common lab equipment
Understand Right-to-Know
Know the difference between combustible and flammable
State Standard(s): Frankly, there are no state standards for chemical safety. Content and Instructional Activities: UNIT OUTLINE
Safety Overview Find and identify lab safety equipment
Safety Rules Contract Safety poster
Safety Warnings Movie? NFPA and MSDS notes Internet project on MSDS and terms
Introductions to lab equipment Find and identify lab equipment Practice weighing, measuring volume, Bunsen burners, hot plates
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Problem Solving Duration: 2.5 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Be able to apply a 3-step strategy for problem-solving.
Know SI units of length, mass, volume, time, temperature
Know/ use/ convert simple metric prefixes and problems
Know conversion factor and Dimensional Analysis
Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative measurements
Calculate accuracy, precision, and percent error and know the differences between them
Perform calculations of density
Convert complex units using Dimensional Analysis
State Standard(s):3.1.A; 3.1.C: 3.2.A: 3.2.B: 3.2.C: 3.2.D: 3.4.10.A; 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Measurement and the metric system Importance of units/ Units of measure Converting metric units
Problem Solving Three steps to word problems Conversion factors Conversion factor lab Dimensional Analysis
Simple
Complex problems/units
Types of measurements o Density lab
Accuracy/ Precision/ Percent Error Accuracy and Precision activities Worksheets and Percent Error
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab chemistry
Unit: Matter Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Recall the three states of matter and their general properties Understand and recall definitions for physical and chemical properties Know the difference between elements, mixtures and compounds Categorize matter as homogenous and heterogeneous mixtures Distinguish between ways to separate mixtures and compounds Apply the laws of Conservation of Mass and Conservation of Energy Know the parts of a solution Classify changes as either being physical or chemical
State Standards: 3.1.A, 3.1.B, 3.1.C, 3.1.D, 3.1.E, 3.2.A, 3.2.B, 3.4.10.A; 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities:
1. Categorize types of Matter i. Discovery Activity
b. Categorizing matter activity c. Notes – Types of Matter d. Separate mixtures lab or chromatography e. Pizza lab
2. Physical and Chemical Properties a. Notes – properties and changes b. Lab – Chemical and Physical changes c. Moleionairre or other review
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Lab Chemistry
Unit: Atomic Basics Duration: 2.5 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Recall a very brief history of Atomic Theory Know and understand the five main aspects of Dalton's Atomic Theory Understand how the Law’s of Definite proportion and Multiple Proportion were developed and led
to an understanding of the atom Know how the cathode ray tube and gold foil experiments lead to the development of the model
of the atom Know how light was used to develop Bohr’s model of the atom Understand how wavelength, frequency, velocity, and energy are all related in light Be able to calculate the energy of a photon given the wavelength and vice versa Understand what emission spectra are Know the three particles that make up the atom and their relative charges, masses and positions
in the atom Know what the term isotope means Be able to use the Atomic # and Mass # of an isotope to calculate the numbers of protons,
neutrons and electrons Be able to calculate average atomic mass
State Standards: 3.1.A; 3.1.B; 3.1.C; 3.1.D; 3.2.A; 3.2.B; 3.2.C; 3.4.10.A;
3.4.12.A Content and Instructional Activities:
Atomic History Greeks to Newton Symbols and important elements Laws of Mass and Proportion
M&M activity Dalton’s Atomic Theory
Atomic Structure Thomson and the electron Rutherford and the nucleus
Pennies lab eg. Symbols, Atomic number and mass
Light and Atoms Bohr’s planetary model Light and energy
Light theory activities Light, speed, wavelength, frequency Scientific notation
Atomic Specta Emission spectra
Atomic colors lab
Energy and frequency Explaining Atomic spectra Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Isotopes, Atomic Mass, and Ions
Candium Lab
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Quantum Mechanics Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
understand Schrodinger's atomic model based on quantum mechanics and the use of probability to predict the behavior of an electron.
understand the electron cloud in terms of shells, subshells, and orbitals.
know how to write electron configurations and orbital diagrams (for elements up to #86) based on the Schrodinger model.
understand how Schrodinger's model can be used to predict the behavior of atoms with the noble gases serving as the benchmark of stability.
understand how Schrodinger's model explains family behavior in the periodic table.
be familiar with Mendeleev's original organization for the perodic table and his "missing" elements.
be familiar with the concept of "periodicity".
be familiar with the contribution of Henry Mosely and the reorganization of the periodic table using Modern Periodic Law.
be able to identify elements in the periodic table in terms of the following: periods, groups, metals, transition metals, inner transition metals, nonmetals, metalloids (semi-metals), alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, and noble gases.
understand the periodic trends in atomic radius of atoms and the structural reasons for those trends.
understand how atoms change in radius when they form ions.
understand how first ionization energy changes
understand how electronegativity changes State Standard(s):3.1.A; 3.1.B; 3.2.A; 3.2.B; 3.2.D; 3.4.10.A; 3.4.12.A Content and Instructional Activities:
Review history
Periodic Properties
Quantum Model – Differences from Bohr Probability activity
Quantum numbers Shells or PQN’s Subshells
S, p, d, f
Shapes Order of filling
Aufbau, Pauli, Hund o pencils and cups
orbital diagram arrow diagram relate to periodic chart
valence electrons
Periodic Properties and how related to Quantum numbers/energy levels Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Periodic Table Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Know what groups and periods are on the periodic table Be able to recall the family (group) names of groups 1A, 2A, 7A and 8A Know where to find metals, non-metals and metalloids on the periodic table Know some typical properties of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids Find the s-block, p-block, d-block, and f-block elements on the chart Realize that properties repeat in families Know the transition metals, rare earth names Realize that Noble gases have a stable electronic configuration, and that other
elements try to achieve this configuration
Recall how, and understand why, group I, II, VI and VII elements achieve pseudo noble gas electronic configurations to become more stable
Recall the definition of ionization energy Recall and understand the variation in ionization energy when moving about the
periodic table Recall how and why atomic radius and electronegativity vary when moving about
the periodic table
State Standard(s): 3.1.A; 3.1.B; 3.1.E; 3.2.A; 3.2.B; 3.2.C; 3.2.D; 3.4.10.A;
3.4.12.A Content and Instructional Activities: Development of the table Missing Elements activity Designing your own Table activity Organization of the table Visual cues/markers for s,p,d,f block elements Periodic Trends Poster project recommended
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Ionic Compounds Duration: 1.5 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Define chemical bond
Describe difference between cations and anions
Relate bond formations to electron configuration
Account for the properties of ionic compounds
Write formulas for ionic compounds
Name ionic Compounds
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1A, 3.1B, 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.2C, 3.2D, 3.4.10A, 3.4.12A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Bond Types and Electronegativity o Discovery lab/activity on bond types vs. properties
Draw Lewis Structures/Apply to Periodic Table
Use Manipulatives to Explore Nomenclature o Rules and practice sheets
Nomenclature for Polyatomics, Transition Metals
Ionic Compound Lab-e.g. “Six Solution Lab”
Metallic Non-Bonding o Copper-to-Silver-to-Gold Lab
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Covalent Compounds Duration: 3 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Apply the octet rule to covalent bonds
Describe single, double, triple bonds
Compare/contrast sigma and pi bonds
Relate the strength of covalent bonds to bond length and bond energy
Name binary covalent compounds
Name acids
Draw molecular structures using Lewis rules
Understand VSEPR theory
Predict the shape and bond angles in molecules
Describe the properties of covalent compounds
Know polar vs. nonpolar bonds and molecules
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1B, 3.1C, 3.2 all, 3.4.10.A, 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities: UNIT OUTLINE
Compare and Contrast Covalent and Ionic Bonds o Discovery activity- e.g. “Solutions on Board”
Multiple Bonds and Strengths
Covalent Properties o Lab or scavenger hunt activities
Lewis Structures and Practice
Naming Covalent Compounds and Simple Acids
Molecular Structures
Molecular Shape o Balloon activity or Ball and Stick lab
Polarity o Bend Water o Chromatography lab
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Reactions and Equations Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Recognize evidence of chemical change
Represent chemical reactions with equations
Classify chemical reactions
Identify different types of reactions
Balance chemical equations
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1C, 3.1E, 3.2B, 3.2D, 3.4.10A, 3.4.12A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Discovery Activity: e.g.-Effervescent Tablet into Base
Chemical Change and Reactions o Equations-Types and Balancing o M&M activity
Types of Reactions o Lab
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: The Mole Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Relate a mile to common counting units
Describe how a mole is used in chemistry
Convert moles to particles
Calculate from grams to moles to atoms and back
Recognize molar relationships in formula
Calculate molar mass
Calculate moles of compounds from grams
Determine number of atoms or ions in a mass of a compound
Calculate percent composition
Determine empirical and molecular formulas
Know what hydrates are
Determine the formula for a hydrate
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1.A, 3.2.A, 3.2.B, 3.2.C, 3.2.D, 3.4.10.A, 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Discovery Labs- Weighing for Counting (several)
What is a mole?
How large is a mole? Number of rooms for one mole of rice activity
Number of Moles in Various Objects o Worksheets
Determine molar mass of compounds o Drops of water on a penny activity o Worksheets
Percent composition, Empirical formulas and molecular formulas o Worksheets
Hydrates o Hydrate lab
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honor Lab Chemistry
Unit: Stoichiometry Duration: 2 week
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Write mole ratios from balanced equations
Calculate amounts of products or reactants given the mass of another product or reactant
Identify limiting reagents
Determine theoretical yield
Determine percent yield
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1A, 3.1C, 3.2A, 3.2B, 3.2C, 3.2D, 3.4.10A, 3.4.12A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Analogy-e.g. Bike Building
Mole Ratios o Worksheets
Mass-to-Mass Analogy o Calculate simple stoichiometry problems o Stoichiometry Lab
Limiting Reagent o Worksheets/analogies
Percent Yields and problems o Percent yield lab
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Kinetic Theory and Gases Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Understand how Kinetic-molecular Theory explains properties of solids, liquids, and gases
Explain how gas pressure is measured
Explain how a change in energy can cause a phase change
State the relationship among pressure, temperature, and volume in the combined gas law
Use the ideal gas law to calculate problems
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1A, 3.1B, 3.1.C, 3.1.D, 3.1.E, 3.2.A, 3.2.B, 3.2.D, 3.4.10.A, 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Human molecule activity to explore P, T, V relations
Kinetic theory o Diffusion of molecules activity
Gas laws o Worksheets o Pressure, volume activity (eg. Weigh a car)
Ideal Gas law o Worksheets
Gas Lab Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass)
Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Solutions Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Describe characteristics of solutions
Describe solubility and identify factors affecting solubility
Calculate concentrations of solutions
Explain and describe the four colligative properties
Identify properties of suspensions and colloids
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1.A, 3.1.B, 3.1.C, 3.2.B, 3.2.D, 3.4.10.A, 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Discovery activity – oil and water eg.
Solutions and solubility o L – Rock candy eg.
Concentration o Kool-aid activity eg.
Molarity worksheets
Colligative properties o Boiling Pt. elevation or Freezing Pt. depression egs.
Suspension o Tyndall effect activity
Beer’s Law
Phase Diagram o Gas, Liquid, Solid
Like Dissolves Like Laboratory
Solubility Patterns o Periodic Trends of Alkaline Metal Salts
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate
Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Reaction Rates and Kinetics Duration: 2 week
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Know factors effecting the rates of reactions using collision theory
Interpret the meaning of the rate of a reaction
Know collision theory
Interpret potential energy diagrams
Calculate average rates of reaction from data
Express the relationship between reaction rate and concentration
Determine reaction orders using the method of initial rates
State Standards: 3.1.12A, 3.2.12 A, 3.2.10 B, 3.2.10 C, 3.4.12 B, 3.7.10 A, 3.8.12 C Content and Instructional Activities:
A model for reaction rates o Expressing rates o Calculating rates o Calculating average rates o Collision theory
Factors affecting rates o Nature of reactants o Concentration, Surface area, temperature, catalyst
Rate Laws o Specific rate constant o Reaction order o Determining Reaction order
If time : Instantaneous Reaction Rates o Reaction mechanism and rate determining step
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment:
Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Chemical Equilibrium Duration: 2.0 week
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
. Recognize the characteristics of chemical equilibrium
. Write equilibrium expressions for systems that are at equilibrium.
. Calculate equilibrium constants from concentration data.
. Describe how various factors affect chemical equilibrium.
. Explain how Le Chatelier’s principal applies to equilibrium systems.
. Determine equilibrium concentrations of reactants and products State Standards: 3.1.A; 3.1.B, 3.1.C, 3.1.D, 3.1.E, 3.2.A, 3.2.B, 3.2.C Content and Instructional Activities: Chemical Equilibrium
Discovery Lab- Does this equal same amounts of reactants and products? Factors affecting chemical equilibrium
Hydrogen Bonding Using Equilibrium Constants Chemical Journal- Electrolytes Portfolio-Lead-Based Paints Problem-Solving Lab-How does fluoride prevent tooth decay? ChemLab- Comparing Two Solubility Product Constants Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities
Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Acids/Bases Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Identify properties of acids and bases
Classify solutions as acidic, basic or neutral
Relate the strength of an acid to its ionization constant
Calculate acid and base concentrations experimentally
Write chemical equations for neutralization reactions
Explain the meaning of pH and pOH
Know the fundamentals of neutralization
Explain buffers and how they relate to pH
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1.A, 3.1.B, 3.1.C, 3.2.B, 3.2.D, 3.4.10.A, 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Acids and Bases o Properties Lab o Indicators Lab o Common Products Lab
pH and pOH o Titration Lab o pH Meter Lab, Science in Motion o Buffer Lab
Neutralization Reaction Worksheet Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate
Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Organic Chemistry Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Compare and contrast the structures and properties of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes.
Draw the structures for the alkanes, alkenes and alkynes.
Distinguish between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon.
Nomenclature of the respective structures.
Distinguish between two main categories of isomers, structural isomers and stereoisomers.
State Standards: 3.1.10B, 3.2.12 C, 3.3.12 A, 3.3.12 B, 3.7.10 A, 3.8.12 A
Content and Instructional Activities:
Introduction to Alkanes o Viscocity of Motor Oil Discovery Lab o Analyze Hydrocarbon Burner Gases o Alternative Energy
Reading assignment with questions
Cycloalkanes o Naming cyclo-structures o Properties of cyclo structures
Alkenes and Alkynes o Synthesis and Reactivity of Ethyne
Isomers o Identifying structural, geometric and optical isomers
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate
Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Thermodynamics Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards:
Explain what energy is and distinguish between potential and kinetic energy Know endothermic vs. exothermic reactions Distinguish between heat capacity and specific heat Understand and categorize various forms of energy Be able to use the formula for calculating heat energy using specific heat
capacity Be able to calculate simple calorimetry problems Write thermochemical equations for reactions Describe how energy is lost or gained during changes is state Use Hess’s law of summation of enthalpies of reations to calculate the enthalpy
change Determine the enthalpy change for a reaction using standard enthalpies of
formation
State Standards: 3.1.A; 3.1.C; 3.2.A; 3.2.B; 3.2.D; 3.4.10.B; 3.4.12.B;
Content and Instructional Activities:
o Energy o Types of energy Notes o Heat, temperature, endothermic, exothermic
Exploring endo and exothermic lab - Flinn o Specific heat and heat capacity o Calorimetry Lab o Thermochemical equations and enthalpy
Changes in state lab and graphing o Hess’s law and heat of formation o If Time allows – Reaction spontaneity and Gibbs free energy
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate
Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
Subject Area: Honors Lab Chemistry
Unit: Nuclear Chemistry Duration: 2 weeks
Essential Outcome and Related Standards: ALL students should;
Understand many nuclei are unstable
Know alpha, beta, and gamma radiation
Know units of measures of REM and calculate your yearly average
Determine atomic number, mass, and element given by alpha and beta decay
Determine half-life and apply in general to radioactive dating
Determine a transmutation of 235
U to Pb to Au
Know difference between fission and fusion
Understand how radio activity is useful in everyday life
STATE STANDARDS: 3.1.A, 3.1.C, 3.2.A, 3.2.B, 3.2.C, 3.2.D, 3.4.10.A, 3.4.12.A
Content and Instructional Activities:
History/Nuclear Radiation o Proton/neutron ratio o Alpha, beta, gamma rays
Radioactive Decay o Worksheets o Lead to Gold activity
Transmutations o Half-life calculations
Fission and Fusion o Dirty Bomb internet activity
Applications and Effects o Calculate your yearly dosage
Remediation: Additional worksheets and internet sites as appropriate Enrichment: Web Quests and Lab Reports as appropriate Assessment Criteria: Teacher and Publisher created tests, labs, review sheets, and activities Resources and Materials: Glencoe “Chemistry – Matter and Change” Flinn – “ChemTopic Labs” Mr. Ian Guch – Chemfiesta materials “Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications” (Josey-Bass) Internet and other materials as determined appropriate by the instructor
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