Chemistry (Period 6) Assignments

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Term
2011-2012 School Year
Department
(d) Science
Location
229
Code
Sci10
Description

Course Description

Prerequisite: Conceptual Physics, Algebra I
Co-requisite: Algebra II

Chemistry is the second high school laboratory science course, and is required of all students for graduation. It is a required prerequisite for AP Biology. Exponential and logarithmic functions will be used and taught as needed. It will include a substantial hands-on laboratory component where critical thinking and problems solving skills will be at the forefront of successful lab completion.

The course will move at a fast pace in order to cover a large breadth of topics.

Course Materials


Prentice Hall Chemistry, California Wilbraham, Staley, Matta, Waterman, 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Link to Powerschool for grades
Link to SuccessNet for online textboox

Essential Standards and Resource Links


Investigation and Experimentation Students demonstrate safety procedures and equipment use.
They plan experiments by controlling variables, and have multiple quantitative means of gathering and analyzing data.
They can use dimensional analysis to setup and solve problems.
Atomic Theory Students can describe how key experiments advanced the Atomic Model.
They understand the difference between physical, chemical and nuclear changes, know the meaning of atomic number, atomic mass, quarks, and isotope, and can describe what occurs during alpha, beta, and gamma decay.
They can solve radioactive decay problems involving half-life, and know that some elements only exist in laboratory settings.
Students know Avagadro’s number and can use it with molar mass to convert between mols and kilograms.
Electron Orbits Students can synthesize information including orbital types, Pauli’s exclusion principle, quantum electron states, and hybridization to describe and diagram the general characteristics of an element’s electron cloud.
Students understand that electron orbits quantized, and that falling electrons emit unique light spectra.
Students can determine the ionized charge of an element on the basis of full, empty, hybrid, or half full orbitals.
Students can label the regions, groups, and periods of the periodic table and can describe element’s properties in these categories.
Electronegativity and Bonds Students understand how the electronegativity scale can be used to determine the type of bond formed between two elements, and can correctly notate and interpret bond types using stick diagrams, Lewis dot diagrams, and VSEPR theory.
Students can describe how elements can be used to form an electrochemical potential (battery).
Students predict how hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces might affect properties such as surface tension.
Inorganic Chemistry Students can balance and solve chemical equations.
Students can identify and label the reaction type (redox, neutralization, single sub, double sub, synthesis, decomposition).
Students can calculate percent yield using molar masses of products and reactants.
Organic Chemistry Students can balance and solve chemical equations.
Students can identify and label the reaction type (redox, neutralization, single sub, double sub, synthesis, decomposition).
Students can calculate percent yield using molar masses of products and reactants.
Solutions Students can use or gather data on solubility, and understand the concepts solute, solvent, solubility, and how solubility is affected by polarity, competing solutes, and temperature.
Students know methods for separating out solutions including chromatography, fractional distillation, and precipitation.
Students can calculate and mix solutions with specific molarities.
Acids and Bases Students can calculate a solution’s pH from H+ and OH- concentrations, can define acids and bases according to the Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, and Lewis acid-base definitions, and can identify a written neutralization reaction.
Students understand weak versus strong acids and bases and buffer solutions, and can perform and analyze titrations.
Reaction Rates and Equilibrium Students label reactions as endothermic, exothermic, or spontaneous using Gibbs free energy, and can describe enthalpy changes.
Students understand and can calculate initial reaction rates based on concentration, pressure, and temperature using LeChatelier’s Principle.
Students know the meaning of equilibrium and can calculate equilibrium constants. Students understand the effects of catalysts, enzymes, and inhibitors.
Kinetics and Thermodynamics Students have synthesized the Kinematic Theory of Matter including heat, specific heat, thermal energy, temperature, states of matter, phase change, latent heat, rate of diffusion, and boiling and melting point depression.
Students can convert between temperature scales, and can calculate the relationship between thermal energy, heat flow, specific heat, and temperature, and can use a calorimeter.
Students know how to use gas laws to calculate pressure, partial pressure, volume, temperature, and mols of gases.

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Complete Thermodynamics and Gas Laws Lab Report
Created: Friday, May 25 12:20 PM

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Have procedure fully thought through and planned out prior to class so as to make effective use of your lab time.
Created: Wednesday, May 23 1:45 PM

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Complete mind map and study guide in preparation for test.

The powerpoint with the harder level questions is titled Thermodynamics Review, available from the http://www.wscacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=147720&type=u&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=179584 page.
Created: Wednesday, May 16 4:01 PM

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P. 581 #43-47, 57-67, 83-89
#90-110 if <60% on last benchmark
Created: Monday, May 14 10:33 AM

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Study for thermodynamics test Wednesday.
Also look over organic chemistry notes to begin preparation for finals.
Created: Friday, May 11 8:08 AM

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Acids and Bases (Titration of a Buffer Solution) Lab completed, write-up due Monday
Created: Monday, April 30 10:04 AM

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Ch 14
23-24, 31-32, 39-40, 43, 46-51,55-58, 62, 69, 73, 89-105 odd

Ch 17
#32-33, 38-41, 43, 45-46, 55-85 odd, 87-103 odd
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Ch. 18 Notes
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Ch. 17 Notes
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Research calorimetry. Have a solid understanding of the procedure you'll use on Monday to determine the specific heat of your 1-mole metal sample empirically.
Created: Friday, March 23 5:23 PM

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P. 407 #26-49, 60, 66
Created: Wednesday, March 21 7:46 AM

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Ch. 14 Notes
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Ch. 13 Notes
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Study for the Acids and Bases test Wednesday.

Also have a procedure for a titration using a buret ready, and have the control group theoretical calculations done in MS Excel.
Created: Monday, March 12 9:46 AM

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Complete the practice test\study packet for the upcoming Acids and Bases test.
Created: Monday, March 12 9:47 AM

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Begin titration lab research. Start with procedures for buret and titration use. Make sure you have access to a computer with MS Excel, and the Solver add-in pack installed.
Created: Wednesday, March 7 12:32 PM

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Science fair projects are due.
Created: Monday, February 27 3:48 PM

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Bring science fair research papers in both digital and printed formats, and any other resources needed to take advantage of 45 minutes of work time.
Created: Monday, February 27 3:49 PM

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http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATE9/LogPrac.htm

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATE9/logEquationPrac.htm

Handout from Algebra 2 textbook
Created: Friday, February 10 2:28 PM

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Esterification Lab Writeup due.
Created: Wednesday, February 1 12:14 PM

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Ch. 16 Notes
Created: Monday, January 30 8:54 AM

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Memorize the relationship between your physics equations and units of measurement for a checkpoint quiz.

Created: Monday, January 23 7:53 AM

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Complete research for the esterification lab, so that you're prepared to plan with your group and start synthesizing and refining.

Make sure you have adequately addressed all the 'though questions', in order to be on the right track.
Created: Thursday, January 26 4:01 PM

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P. 465 #22-55
Created: Monday, January 23 7:48 AM

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Ch. 17 Notes
Created: Friday, January 20 12:21 PM

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Homework assigned to specific students based on benchmark results
Created: Friday, January 20 12:22 PM

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Complete work as you see fit on the study guide for Friday's semester 1 final.
Created: Friday, January 13 3:16 PM

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Ch. 24 Notes
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Ch. 23 Notes
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Science Fair 1st anti-procrastination deadline

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Hypothesis
Background Research
Procedure (rough draft, pre-revision)
Materials List

Check-in with an expert of some type (teachers might count depending on the topic)
Created: Wednesday, December 14 5:55 PM

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Ch. 22 Notes or summary.

Continue studying hydrocarbon bases and functional groups for Monday's quiz.
Created: Wednesday, December 14 5:55 PM

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Read Chapter 12, paying attention to the 3rd section in particular. Do P. 380 #48-56.
Created: Friday, December 2 8:11 PM

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Continue work on your battery lab. Research out the cost and safety precautions associated with any materials you are planning on using. Write both regular and half-reactions for your battery plans, and do things like identify the anode and cathode, and say which is reduced and which is oxidized.
Created: Monday, November 28 12:13 PM

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Have 3 possible batteries designed to share with your lab group. I'd recommend a 'sure thing' easy design, possibly taken directly from the textbook examples, a slightly more ambitious design, and a 'long shot' design like the lithium ion battery I've heard you discussing in class.

Also have 3 potential science fair project topics brainstormed. A good topic is one you're interested in, is specific in scope, and can be answered using available materials quantitatively.
Created: Sunday, November 27 7:47 PM

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Ch. 21 notes or summary
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Ch. 9 Notes or summary
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Ch. 8 Notes or summary
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Questions on p. 211
Created: Monday, October 31 10:43 AM

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Handouts on electronegativity and bond type, ionization, molecule formation, and balancing equations.
Created: Monday, October 31 10:25 AM

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Ch. 7 Notes or summary
Created: Wednesday, October 26 12:31 PM

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Study for atomic theory test. Study guide available soon.
Created: Friday, October 21 10:33 AM

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Study guide.

We will have time for 20 minutes of Q&A before the test Wednesday.
Created: Monday, October 24 10:41 AM

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Ch. 6 Notes, annotation, or summary
Created: Monday, October 17 11:34 AM

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Read 10.1
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P. 821 #25-28, 35, 38-44
P. 296 #10-15
Created: Monday, October 17 10:31 AM

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Read and take short notes on Ch. 25. This content will preview Friday's lesson.

Also complete your Rydberg Equation calculations using a spreadsheet program to automate as much of the math as possible, as demonstrated in class.
Created: Wednesday, October 12 7:58 PM

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Rydberg/Sprectroscopy pre-lab
Created: Monday, October 10 10:47 AM

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Read Ch. 5, summarize, take short notes, or annotate class notes.
Created: Thursday, October 6 3:38 PM

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Read Chapter 4. Summarize key ideas.
Created: Monday, October 3 11:40 AM

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Bridge lab write-up is due.

A sample write-up/template will be passed out Friday to help with this.
Created: Wednesday, September 28 4:27 PM

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P. 96 #57-73
P. 99 #1-5, 8

Show your work on all dimensional analysis problems or you will be asked to redo it.
Created: Monday, September 26 10:36 AM

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Continue studying for the test on Wednesday

Put some time into your bridge lab write-ups. You should have a question, hypothesis, experimental design, initial procedure, list of revisions to the procedure, and a data table which is starting to get filled in at this point.
Created: Friday, September 23 3:37 PM

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Study Guide

Downloadable if lost or absent

Answer key available soon.
Created: Monday, September 19 11:56 AM

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Finish benchmark if necessary (odd problems only)

Read/skim 3.1-3.3 in textbook
P. 72#9-15,
P. 79 #18-27
P. 87 #38-45
P. 96 #57-73,
P. 99 #1-5, 8

Consider revising your bridge experiment procedure if you had time to discuss and edit it in class.
Created: Thursday, September 15 2:39 PM

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Write a procedure to answer the question, "How does spreading out the load affect the carrying capacity of a bridge?"

Materials available to conduct this lab will include drinking straws, string, paperclips, baggies, some kind of weights, a triple beam balance, and scotch tape.
Created: Thursday, September 15 2:41 PM

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Procedure Writing
Write a procedure for the question, "How is the level of the victim's pain correlated to the audience's enjoyment in slapstick comedy?".

To do this successfully, first list out the following ideas:
1) Independent Variable
2) Dependent Variable
3) Controlled Variables
4) Control Group
5) Baseline
6) Placebo
7) Multiple Trials

Make sure you're using quantitative data and not qualitative data.

Then try to write a step-by-step guide on how to do the experiment, incorporating the ideas you'd outlined.

Include a way to analyze your data as part of your procedure using a scatterplot.
Created: Thursday, September 1 2:52 PM

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Dimensional Analysis 1

Please make sure your work is shown neatly and systematically or a Redo will be issued. Identifying givens, the units of measurement for the answer, maintaining clear cross-cancellation of units, and doing the math last are critical to successful mastery of this skill.
Created: Thursday, September 1 2:51 PM

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Cover textbook. Have logged in to online textbook, class web-page, and powerschool.
Created: Thursday, September 1 2:48 PM