Science Classroom Connection

We will reinforce and practice upon the electron configuration process that we discussed in class yesterday and correct homework page 67 in our Science Notebook Reading Guide based on said topic.

We will discuss and reinforce a set of three rules that can be used to determine electron arrangement in an atom. We will examine the ground state of electron configuration in terms of the aufbau principle, Pauli exclusion principle, and the Hund’s rule. Furthermore, we will elaborate upon the electron arrangement in terms of orbital diagrams, electron configuration notation, and the noble-gas notation. Finally, we will focus our attention on the importance of the valence electrons and practice upon sketching an electron-dot structure of several atoms.

Students will reinforce the Quantum theory of the atom by elaborating upon Bohr’s model of the atom and comparing/contrasting it to the quantum mechanical model of the atom. Furthermore, students will relate the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to Schrodinger wave equation. Moreover, students will analyze the characteristics of the hydrogen’s atomic orbitals that they’ve learned recently. In the remaining time, we will review the lab activity results on the flame test that was done yesterday.

Note that students are to follow the given procedure in the lab and observe the safety rules per our classroom contract. 

Students will examine the results of a flame test that is used to demonstrate the emission spectrum of seven different substances as well as perform a flame test on an unknown material and use their results to try to determine the identity of an unknown substance. Furthermore, students are to analyze their findings and document their conclusions.

Students are to define the nine terms on the Quantum theory and the atom, elaborate upon Bohr model of the atom, discuss the sequence of the process by de Broglie that was put forth in developing his equation, i.e., the quantum mechanical Model of the atom, and further discuss how the Heisenberg’s principle influenced Schrodinger to develop his wave equation. Finally, students will compare and contrast the Bohr and quantum mechanical models of the atom, and be able to identify four facts about atomic orbitals based on the element hydrogen.