*Students will learn to use common laboratory measuring tools
*Students will be able to identify the correct number of significant digits in a measurement
*Students will be able to apply the rules for significant digits when calculating numbers either through addition/subtraction or multiplication/division
*Students will be able to report calculated numbers to the correct number of significant digits
*Students will be able to use common lab instruments
*Students will be able to measure quantities using lab instruments and indicating measurements to the correct number of digits
*Students will be able to identify the independent and dependent variables, the control, and the constants in any experiment
*Students will apply the use of the Scientific Method to solve several problems.
*Students will use the CER (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning) method to work through environmental issues.
Students will do their first lab investigation on Thursday, 9/14.
Open House will be on Tuesday, 9/12.
*Students will describe what chemistry is and its practical applications.
*Students will become familiar with common laboratory equipment and lab safety rules.
*Students will bring home a lab safety contract to be signed by a parent or guardian and returned by Friday, 5/8.
There will be a quiz on lab equipment next week.
*Students will interpret solubility curves.
*Students will identify acids and bases based on their properties.
Acid-Base lab will be on Wednesday, 5/7.
Chapter 14 Quiz will be on Thursday, 5/9.
Students received the final exam review on Wednesday, 5/31. All students should be using the review as a guide and be in the process of reviewing for the final exam.
Chapter 13 Test (Gas Laws only) will be on Tuesday, 5/23.
*Students will determine the amount of a substance in a chemical reaction.
*Students will apply stoichiometric ratios to solve gas law problems.
There will be a quiz that covers only gas stoichiometry following the Memorial Day break.
*Students will explain the relationships between pressure, volume, and temperature of a gas.
*Students will apply the appropriate gas law to the correct problem.
*Students will apply the Ideal Gas Law to find the pressure, volume, temperature, or moles of gas.
*Students will explain the difference between real and ideal gases.
Boyle’s Law lab will be Tuesday, 5-16.
*Students will describe the states of matter in terms of particle arrangement.
*Students will explain phase changes in terms of energy; endothermic or exothermic.
*Students will interpret phase diagrams.
Chapter 12 Test is Wednesday, 5-10.
*Students will describe the postulates of the Kinetic Molecular Theory
*Students will explain the types of intermolecular forces and how they affect the properties of a substance.
*Students will describe the states of matter and the changes in the states of matter.
*Students will interpret phase diagrams.
Evaporation Lab will be on Thursday, 5-4.
*Students will review Chap. 11 – Stoichiometry.
*Students will practice mass to mass problems.
*Students will determine the limiting and excess reactants in a chemical reaction.
*Students will calculate the percent yield in a chemical reaction.
Chapter 11 Test will be on Wednesday, 4/26. This test will also include hydrates.