Please Note: Lesson plans/Homework are updated daily usually between 7:30-8:30PM based on the material we've accomplished in class -- therefore, dates for quizzes, tests and assignments may change.
March 2010
Honors Chemistry
PHSchool website Quia website Dr. Gever's Quia Page Dr. Gever's Wiki
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Mon. 3/1/10 |
--Hand in Flame Tests Lab if you haven't done so --Warm-Up: Periodic Trends --Go over Circle the Trends WS --Do WS 1&2-Periodic Puzzles #1 & 2 --Demo: Ca, Na, K |
--If you were absent, here's the completed Blank Periodic Table
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Tue. 3/2/10 |
--Light, frequency, wavelength, energy --Go over book questions --Review for test tomorrow --Discuss Virtual Lab (computer activity) --Go over Family Trends Lab --Vocabulary crossword puzzle |
Go to Dr. Gever's Wiki to see: --Vocabulary Practice: Ch 5 --Vocabulary Practice: Ch 6 ID: 602lastname; PW: (secret word) If it doesn't work, send me an e-mail
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Wed. 3/3/10 |
--Test: Chapters 5 and 6 --We are working on chapters 7 and 8. On the geverwiki, read the vocabulary for chapter 7 and do the vocabulary review |
Tests will be graded for Friday |
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Thurs. 3/4/10 |
--Introduction to Bonding: Using Lewis dot diagrams, show how sodium atoms and chlorine atoms combine to make sodium chloride salt. Do the same for calcium & chlorine; and for sodium & phosphorus; write formula for aluminum oxide --Compare Metallic bonding vs ionic bonding vs. covalent bonding and properties of each --WS 1 & 2: ionic substances --Video: metals |
--Chapters 7-8 Notes Part 1 (34 slides)
--Start looking for a 1982 Penny for Monday's lab
Do Vocabulary Review Ch 7 WS from the geverwiki -- due tomorrow -- will be graded
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Fri. 3/5/10 |
--Warm-Up: Write the formulas for strontium bromide, sodium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, sodium phosphate --Writing formulas with polyatomic ions --Notes: Comparing bonding: metallic vs. ionic vs. covalent bonding & properties |
Chapter 7: Ionic & Metallic Bonding pp. 207-210: Prob #35,38,39,41-45,48, 62,63,67
--Bring in 2 pennies (before 1982 works best) |
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Mon. 3/8/10 |
--Go over Ch 5-6 test --Go over Ch 7 book questions --Notes: Ch 7-8 |
--No homework |
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Tue. 3/9/10 |
--Look at Composition of Alloys --Continue notes --Ch 7-8 starting with Slide 19 --VSEPR Theory -- Lab |
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Wed. 3/10/10 |
--Covalent Bonding Notes: Special bonding --Coordinate Covalent Bonds --Resonance --Exceptions to the Octet Rule --Do WS #2,3,4; go over #2 & 3 on board --Introduce the difference between: --Polar vs. Nonpolar Bonds --Polar vs. Nonpolar Molecules --Go over VESPR bonding lab & fill in last column "polar vs. nonpolar molecule" |
--Quiz on Friday |
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Thurs. 3/11/10 |
--Acids HCl, HF, etc. are polar covalent, not ionic --Polyatomic ions -- structures --"Like dissolves like" --Intramolecular vs. Intermolecular forces: notes --Van der Waals forces --dipole interactions --dispersion forces --Hydrogen bonds --Bond dissociation energies --Bonding WS -- Intermolecular forces |
--Download both sets of notes for Chapter 9: --Bring in lab shoes if you wear sandals to school! |
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Fri. 3/12/10 |
--Quiz: Focus on
--Quia game -- Rags to Riches-Bonding (easy) --Quiz game -- Rags to Riches- Intermolecular forces (more challenging) |
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Mon. 3/15/10 |
--Intro to Formula Writing and Naming Compounds (notes) |
--Bring in lab shoes if you wear sandals to school! |
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Tue. 3/16/10 |
--Go over Ch 7-8 quiz --Review for tomorrow's test --Finish Activity: Ionic Chemicals Formulas & Names, and go over answers |
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Wed. 3/17/10 |
--Test: Chapters 7 & 8 |
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Thurs. 3/18/10 |
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Fri. 3/19/10 |
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Mon. 3/22/10 |
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Tue. 3/23/10 |
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Wed. 3/24/10 |
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Thurs. 3/25/10 |
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Fri. 3/26/10 |
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Mon. 3/29/10 |
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Tue. 3/30/10 |
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Wed. 3/31/10 |
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