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Homework- core class

Week of 11/23 to 11/27

Monday, 11/23/09, Day 64
Purpose/Focus: Understand how chemical formulas and equations are written. 
Compare metallic, ionic and covalent bonds.
	
Agenda:
1.	Bell work- Study for Test
2.	Test on Chemical Bonding.
3.	Film- Atom Bond.
Homework: None

Tuesday, 11/24/09, Day 65
Purpose/Focus: Understand how chemical formulas and equations are written. 
Compare metallic, ionic and covalent bonds.
Agenda:	
1.	Bell work- None
2.	Goop lab
Homework: None.

Wednesday – Friday, 11/25 – 11/27, No School, Thanksgiving Break	


Week of 11/16- 11/20

Friday, 11/20/09, Day 63
Purpose/Focus: Understand how chemical formulas and equations are written. 
Compare metallic, ionic and covalent bonds.
Agenda:
1.	Bell Work- Write these in your journal and count the number of atoms 
in each compound
                C6H7O2(OH)3
		CaH2(PO4)2
		Mg(OH)2

2.	Finish flipbook on bonding terms
3.	Compound matching.
Homework:  Study for test on Monday over Chapter 6 and pages 186-187 in 
chapter 7 Do extra credit vocab worksheet.

Thursday, 11/19/09, Day 62
Purpose/Focus: Understand how chemical formulas and equations are written. 
Compare metallic, ionic and covalent bonds.
Agenda:	
1.	Bell work- Write this in your journal:
Test on Monday Study Ch. 6 all and Ch. 7, Sec 2
Go over bell work, vocab study sheet and flipbook.
2.	Vocab word sort- match the definitions to the correct term. 
3.	Start flipbook on chemical terms.
Homework: Study vocab



Wednesday, 11/18/09, Day 61
Purpose/Focus: Understand how chemical formulas and equations are written. 
Compare metallic and covalent bonds.
Agenda:
1. Bell work- Label the parts of the chemical formula below and then count 
the number of atoms of each element.     
		2CaCO3
2. go over homework
3. Carbon bonding film.
4. Directed reading on Covalent bonds.
Homework: Covalent bond worksheet.

Tuesday, 11/17/09, Day 60
Purpose/Focus: Understand how chemical formulas and equations are written.
Agenda:	
1.Bell work- Write the following definitions in your journal.
	Chemical formula - a way of describing the number of atoms that make 
up one molecule of a compound
	Subscript- the number written below and to the right of a chemical 
symbol.
	Coefficient- the number written in front of a chemical formula.
2.Notes on writing and reading Chemical formulas.
3.Counting atoms.
Homework: Directed reading- Chapter 7, Sec. 2
	
Monday, 11/16/09, Day 59
Purpose/Focus: To compare different shapes of mineral crystals.
Agenda: 
Bell work- Make the following chart in your journal.
Ionic Bonds		Covalent Bonds		Metallic Bonds
Transfer electrons	Share electrons		Electrons overlap 
each other
Between metals and 	Between nonmetals	Between metals of the 
nonmetals					same type
Weak bonds		Strong bonds		Flexible bonds
1.Finish crystal lab
2.Look at various crystals
Homework: Finish lab write-up.


Week of 11/09 to 11/13

Friday, 11/13/09, Day 58
Purpose/ Focus: Describe how matter, which is mostly neutral, can attain a 
charge by gaining or loosing electrons (ions). Compare the 3 types of bonds.
Agenda:
1.	Bell Work- Write a four sentence essay on the following question: Use 
your textbook page 165 to help you.  Why did we make cystals in lab yesterday?
2.	Check Crystals
3.	Film on chemical bonding.
Homework:  Have a great week-end. 

Thursday, 11/12/09, Day 57
Purpose/Focus: Describe how matter, which is mostly neutral, can attain a 
charge by gaining or loosing electrons (ions). Make ionic crystals.
Agenda:	
1.	Bell work- Define the following in your journal:
Saturated Solution- a solution that can hold no more of the substance 
dissolved in it.
Crystal Lattice- use textbook
2.	Review how ionic bonds are formed.
3.	Making Crystals lab.
Homework: Crystal Chemistry Worksheet

Wednesday, 11/11/09, Day 56
Purpose/Focus: describe how matter, which is mostly neutral, can attain a 
charge by gaining or loosing electrons (ions).
Agenda:
1.Bell work- Use the blue textbook to pages 134-136:
	Define 	ion
	Read about forming positive bonds and summarize how positive bonds 
	are formed.
	Read about forming negative bonds and summarize how negative bonds 
	are formed.
2. Take notes on rule for forming ions.
3.Bonding with a classmate activity.
Homework: None


Tuesday, 11/10/09, Day 55
Purpose/Focus: Describe how valance electrons allow different atoms to form 
chemical bonds.
Agenda:	
1.Bell work- Write the following definitions in your journal:
    Ionic Bond
    Covalent 
    Metalic bond 
2.Rules of Bonding
3.Notes on Chemical bonding.
Homework: Ionic Bonding Worksheet

Monday, 11/09/09, Day 54
Purpose/Focus: Practice presentation skills by sharing power point 
presentations with classmates.  
Agenda:
1.Bell work- Define the following in your journal-
		Chemical bonding
		Chemical bond
		Valance electron
2.Share power point presentations
Homework: Directed Reading- Ch. 6, Sec. 1


Week of 11/02-11/06

Friday, 11/06/08, Day 59
Purpose/Focus: Use the periodic table to gather information and draw 
conclusions about chemical elements.	
Agenda:
1.	Bell work- study for test
2.	Test on periodic table
3.	Turn in bell work. Clean out notebook.
Homework: Have a great week-end!

Thursday, 11/05/09, Day 52
Purpose/ Focus: Use the periodic table to gather information and draw 
conclusions about chemical elements.
Agenda:	
1.	Bell work. Turn to page 150 in the textbook and answer questions 1-
4.  You do not have to write the question, but write why you chose the answer 
that you did. 
2.	Film on chemical families.
3.	Review puzzles.
Homework: Study for test

Wednesday, 11/04/09, Day 51
Purpose/ Focus: Use the periodic table to gather information and draw 
conclusions about chemical elements.	
Agenda:
1.Bell work- get papers back.
2.Final day to work on project on Chemical Family Album
3.Start homework, if done.
Homework: Chemical Scavenger Hunt- use internet. If you do not have internet, 
you can use your textbook to find the info. Chapter 5
Test on Chapter 5, Periodic Table on Friday.

Tuesday, 11/03/09, Day 50
Objective: 1.2.7 Use the periodic table to gather information and draw 
conclusions about chemical elements.
Agenda:
1.Bell Work- organize papers in notebook.
2.Computer lab to work on power point projects. Due Wednesday.
Homework: Start to study for test on periodic table. Test is on Friday.
	
Monday, 11/02/09, Day 49 (Sub Plan)
Purpose/Focus: Read current events in science related to the periodic table. 
Use the periodic table to gather information and draw conclusions about 
chemical elements.	
1.Bell work- None
2.Read articles in Science World Magazine and answer questions on 
handout.
3.	Do Review Puzzle.
Homework: Finish puzzle as homework. Test on Chapter 5 the periodic table is 
on Friday, 11/06.


Week of 10/26 to 10/30

Friday, 10/30/09, Professional Day - No School

Thursday, 10/29/09, Day 48, Field Trip Day
Purpose/Focus: Use the periodic table to gather information and draw 
conclusions about chemical elements.
Agenda:	
1.Finish coloring activity and hand it in.
Homework: None. Have a great week-end!

Wednesday, 10/28/09, Day 47
Purpose/Focus: Use the periodic table to gather information and draw 
conclusions about chemical elements.	
Agenda:
1.Follow step-by-step directions to color code a periodic table by families.
2.Do puzzle if done early.
Homework: None	

Tuesday, 10/27/09, Day 46
Purpose/Focus: Use the internet to gather information and draw conclusions 
about a chemical family of elements. Create a power point presentation on 
your family of elements.Agenda:
1.Bell Work- None
2.Work on power point with partner.
Homework: None

Monday, 10/26/09, Day 45
Purpose/Focus: Use the internet to gather information and draw conclusions 
about a chemical family of elements. Create a power point presentation on 
your family of elements.	
1.Bell work- Make a table with valance numbers 1-8 at the top. Sort the 
following elements to the correct valance number.  O, Ca, C, N, Na, Ne, Ar, 
K, Mg, Si, I, and Ba
2.Begin Element Family Portrait Project
3.Work on computers with your partner. 
Homework: Finish any work owed before grades close.








			

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