Honors/Gifted Chemistry

Week of: Feb 24, 2025

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Honors/Gifted Chemistry

Monday

Standard(s): SC1e. Construct an explanation of light emission and the movement of electrons to identify elements.

LT: We are learning how electrons move from ground state to excited state and back down to ground state.

SC: 

• I can explain the fundamentals of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• I can relate energy changes to the production of light. 

• I can connect the relationship between energy and visible light. 

• I can differentiate between ground and excited states of electrons.

• I can investigate the effects of energy changes in the production of light emissions to identify elements.

Lesson/Activity:

• Set-up for Lab #4: Flame Tests

• Lab #4 in pairs or trios. Selected by Ms. Watkins

• Complete any missing work from last Thursday or Friday due to absences or the internet outage on Thursday (done when not in the lab area).

• HW: R.A. #10 and #11 due Tuesday, February 25th; Flocabulary #5 due TONIGHT by 11:59 p.m.

Resources: 

• Modern Chemistry by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 

• Google Classroom and Flocabulary

• ActivInspire for lab information

• Lab equipment - wooden splints, six nitrate solutions, paper towels, Bunsen burners, and Flint Strikers.

Tuesday

Standard(s): SC1e. Construct an explanation of light emission and the movement of electrons to identify elements.

LT: We are learning how electrons move from ground state to excited state and back down to ground state.

SC:

• I can explain the fundamentals of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• I can relate energy changes to the production of light. 

• I can connect the relationship between energy and visible light. 

• I can differentiate between ground and excited states of electrons.

• I can investigate the effects of energy changes in the production of light emissions to identify elements.

Lesson/Activity:

• Check R.A.s #10 and #11, while students Cut out and set-up for Lab #5.

• Execute Lab #5: Turn off lights and use new equipment to document the spectral lines in the lab.

• Start notes on Ch. 4: Electrons in Atoms (I. Waves and Particles)

• Your Black History Month Project is due tomorrow!!!

• HW: Black History Month Project is due tomorrow!! R.A. #12 is due on Thursday, February 27th.

Resources: 

• Modern Chemistry by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

• Lab materials: colored pencils, scissors, worksheets, spectroscopes, spectrometers, 3-D glasses, volt machine, and gas tubes.

• Promethean Board, Google Classroom, and PowerPoint

Wednesday

Standard(s): SC1e. Construct an explanation of light emission and the movement of electrons to identify elements.

LT: We are learning how electrons move from ground state to excited state and back down to ground state.

SC: 

• I can explain the fundamentals of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• I can relate energy changes to the production of light. 

• I can connect the relationship between energy and visible light. 

• I can differentiate between ground and excited states of electrons.

• I can investigate the effects of energy changes in the production of light emissions to identify elements.

Lesson/Activity:

• Turn in Black History Month Projects (Google Classroom or in person!)

• Finish notes on Waves and Particles (including the Photoelectric Effect and the Wave-Particle Duality of light and electrons)

• Video clip: “It’s a wave” from Big Bang Theory. (10 minute clip)

• Finish POGIL #2: “Electron Configuration”

• HW:  R.A. #12 due tomorrow.

Resources: 

• Modern Chemistry by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

• Worksheets - POGIL #2

• Promethean Board for PowerPoint and short video clip

Thursday

Standard(s): SC2a. Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence to compare the physical and chemical properties at the macroscopic scale to infer the strength of intermolecular and intramolecular forces.

LT: We are learning how to compare chemical and physical properties using inter- and intramolecular forces.

SC: 

• I can define and provide examples of chemical and physical properties.

• I can define mixtures, pure substances, compounds, diatomic molecules, and solutions.

• I can conduct an investigation to compare physical and chemical properties.

Lesson/Activity:

• Check R.A. #12.

• Video clip with worksheet: “Hidden Figures” for last two days of Black History Month and properties of the spacecraft (chemical and physical); many of these women were researched for the Black History Month Project as well as learned about with Flocabulary #5 due earlier this week.

• HW: Work on notebooks - lab conclusions, except for Lab #3; Table of Contents, missing and/or on-time Reading Assignments, missing webquests, incomplete worksheets, etc.

Resources: 

• Modern Chemistry by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

• Worksheet, video clip, and Promethean Board

Friday

Standard(s): SC2a. Plan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence to compare the physical and chemical properties at the macroscopic scale to infer the strength of intermolecular and intramolecular forces.

LT: We are learning how to compare chemical and physical properties using inter- and intramolecular forces.

SC: 

• I can define and provide examples of chemical and physical properties.

• I can define mixtures, pure substances, compounds, diatomic molecules, and solutions.

• I can conduct an investigation to compare physical and chemical properties.

Lesson/Activity:

• Check any missing work - webquests, Reading Assignments, NFPAs, POGILs, worksheets, etc. 

• Finish Video clip with worksheet: “Hidden Figures” for last two days of Black History Month and properties of the spacecraft (chemical and physical); many of these women were researched for the Black History Month Project as well as learned about with Flocabulary #5 due earlier this week.

• HW: Work on notebooks - lab conclusions, except for Lab #3; Table of Contents, missing and/or on-time Reading Assignments, missing webquests, incomplete worksheets, etc.

Resources: 

• Modern Chemistry by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

• Worksheet, video clip, and Promethean Board