Lesson Plan for the Week of December 16, 2013

Monday:  Students will use a study guide to take notes for the semester test.  Students will then continue the activity from Friday: "Alien Periodic Table."

Tuesday:  Students will complete the study guide for the semester test.  When completed, students will play a review game.

Wednesday:  Semester Test.  The test will cover Chapters 1 through 5.  A practice test for each chapter is available on this web site.

Thursday:  Chemistry vocabulary bingo.

Lesson Plan for the Week of December 9, 2013

Monday:  After watching a segment of "Chemistry:  The Standard Deviants," Students will continue to balance equations.

Tuesday:  Students will read Chapter 5, Section 2, over types of chemical equations.  Students will then complete a worksheet where they will identify and balance equations.

Wednesday:  Snowman Challenge:  Students will see how many equations they can balance in one class period.

Thursday:  Quiz over balancing equations.  Following the quiz, students will learn the difference between endothermic and exothermic reactions.

Friday:  Lab:  Putting Bubbles to the Test.  (Students must have all work completed before they may participate in labs.)
This is the last day for turning in missing assignments for credit.

Lesson Plan for the Week of December 2, 2013

Monday:   Students will complete a MBC activity where they determine the type of bond formed by identifying elements involved as metals or nonmetals.  Following will be a class discussion over metallic bonds.

Students will then complete the Chapter 4 Review (MBC).

Tuesday:  Due:  Chapter 4 Review.

Students will complete "Write Now:  Everything You Know About an Element."

Introduction to Chapter 5:  Law of Conservation of Mass.

Students will then complete the vocabulary for Chapter 5 (MBC).

Wednesday:  Test: Chapter 4.  (To prepare for the test, students should take the practice test found under "Practice Tests" on this web site.)

Following a short video over the Law of Conservation of Mass, students will be introduced to the parts of a chemical equation: reactants, products, coefficients, subscripts, and yield sign.

Thursday:  Due:  Chapter 5 Vocabulary.

Students will begin learning how to balance chemical equations.  Students will need to practice balancing equations by using the link found on this web site under "Science Links."

Friday:  Lab:  Students should complete "What's the Matter with Bubbles" and begin the lab "Putting Bubbles to the Test."  (Students must have all work completed before they may participate in lab.)

Lesson Plan for the Week of November 25, 2013

Monday:  Students will review reading and writing chemical formulas by completing "Chemical Formula Review" on MBC.  Students may submit this assignment twice, if necessary, for the best score.  Students will then be introduced to covalent bonds.
Homework:  Ionic Bonding/Covalent Bonding.

Tuesday:  Lab:  What's the Matter With Bubbles.  (This lab is to make up for the lab missed due to a two-hour delay last Friday.  Students must have all work completed to participate in labs.)

Wednesday:  Video and Report:  Fantastic Fireworks

Thursday and Friday:  Thanksgiving Holiday!!  Enjoy!

Lesson Plan for the Week of November 18, 2013

Monday:  Student groups will finish presentations over "The Five Most Important Elements."
Introduction to reading chemical formulas: Students will be introduced to coefficients and subscripts in order to determine the number of atoms of each element in a chemical formula.  Students will read an introduction to chemical formulas on MBC, then view a short tutorial.  Students will then complete the worksheet "Writing and Reading Chemical Formulas" on MBC.  

Tuesday:  We will review how to determine the number of valence electrons using an element's location on the periodic table. Students will read Chapter 4, Section 1, p. 121.  Students will complete the worksheet "Writing Electron Dot Diagrams" and create electron dot diagrams for four elements.

Wednesday:  Students will read Chapter 4, Section 3, pp. 134-136.     Students will use electron dot diagrams to show how ionic bonds from between positive and negative ions. (This will complete the worksheet they began yesterday.)

Thursday:   Students will complete the worksheet "Determining oxidation numbers".    Students will then read Chapter 4, Section 2, pp. 126-130. Students will go to MBC to match formulas to chemical names.  

Friday:  Lab:  Students will continue to lab "What's the Matter with Bubbles." (Students must have all work completed in order to participate in labs.)

Lesson Plan for the Week of November 11, 2013

Monday:  Students will be creating and submitting a graph using data provided.  These graphs will be created and submitted online using the program "Create a Graph." 

Tuesday:  Test:  Chapter 3 (Get ready for the test by taking the practice test found on this website.)
Students will then complete the vocabulary assignment for Chapter 4 (MBC).

Wednesday:  Due:  Chapter 4 Vocabulary.  Students will use class time today to complete their visuals for the presentation tomorrow.  The requirements for the assignment are found at the end of "The Periodic Table" bundle on MBC.

Thursday:  Student presentations:  The Five Most Important Elements.

Friday:  Lab:  Students will complete "A Rocky Problem" and begin "What's the Matter with Bubbles."

Lesson Plan for the Week of November 4, 2013

Monday:
Video/Report: Fireworks
Students will then use colored pencils to complete a packet over the periodic table.  The table they color will show each family of the periodic table, the groups and periods, the number of valence electrons, and important elements.

Tuesday:  
Students will complete the element newsletter they began last Wednesday.  This assignment is due at the end of class today.

Wednesday:  
Video/Report:  Metalloids and Other Metals.
Students will begin working in groups to complete the webquest "The Top Five Most Useful Elements" under "Chapter Resources" in their online textbook.

Thursday:  
Chapter 3 Review
Students will complete the group webquest, "The Top Five Most Useful Elements".

Friday:  
Lab:  A Rocky Problem.
(All work must be completed before students may participate in labs.)

Lesson Plan for the Week of October 28, 2013

Monday:  Students will watch a video over 'Transition Metals' and complete a video report (MBC).
Today students will locate and save a picture of their element, an electron diagram, and a picture of their element in use.

Tuesday:  Students will watch a video over metalloids and complete a video report.  Students will complete the research for the element newsletter. Students will then begin work on an element newsletter.  

Wednesday:  Students will complete and submit an element newsletter using either iWorks or Word.

Thursday:  Demonstration:  Monster Toothpaste (identifying the signs of a chemical reaction)

Friday:  Lab:  Marble Lab.
Students will work in groups to complete "Mendeleev's Castle."

Lesson Plan for the Week of October 21, 2013

Monday:  Students will take notes over the second part of the power point presentation found in "The Periodic Table" bundle on MBC.
Students will complete the MBC assignment "Comparing Periodic Tables."

Tuesday:  Students will choose an element for research.
Students will be introduced to the family of Alkali Metals.  Students will watch a short video and complete a video report.  

Wednesday:  Students will research their chosen element using provided sites on the internet.  Students will take notes (worksheet & pencil).  Students will turn in their notes at the end of class today for a participation grade.

Thursday:   Fall Break

Friday:  Fall Break  

Lesson Plan for the week of October 14, 2013

Monday:  Due:  Chapter 3 Vocabulary.  
A moment of music: The Elements by Tom Lehrer.  
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html
Students will be introduced to Mendeleev's periodic table by Hank Green in a short video segment.
Students will complete an element scavenger hunt using the periodic table found in their textbook.

Tuesday:  Students will take notes over "The Periodic Table and Families" power point presentation (MBC).
Students will complete the boiling/melting point graphs they began last week.

Wednesday: Students will use the internet to find three different periodic tables.  Students will submit a copy of each table and explain what information is available on the table and how that information could be useful.

Thursday:   Due:  Boiling/melting point graphs.
Video/Report:  Part II of "Hunting for the Elements."

Friday:  8th Grade Field Trip

Lesson Plan for the Week of October 7, 2013

Monday: Students will watch the the first part of the video "Hunting the Elements" and complete a video report. 

Tuesday:  Test:  Chemical Symbols (This is the 7th and last test over chemical symbols.  Students who have not demonstrated mastery will receive a zero for this assignment.)  
Students will complete the Chapter 2 Review (MBC) during class today.

Wednesday:  Students will complete a packet over graphing.  Students will then create a graph of either boiling or melting points for 8 elements. (This assignment was postponed from last week due to 2-hour delays.)

Thursday:  Test over Chapter 2. Prepare for the test by taking the practice test located on this website.
Students will then complete the Chapter 3 Vocabulary (MBC).

Friday:  Students who have completed all work for this week will finish outstanding labs.  Labs for this nine week period include:
Splatter Lab
Measuring Matter
Separating Matter
Plant Pigment (EC)
Bubble Lab
Marshmallow Lab

Lesson Plan for the week of September 30, 2013

Monday:  Test over chemical symbols.
Students who have not passed their elements test will complete a worksheet over chemical symbols.  Students must pass the elements test with 100% accuracy in order to receive a grade.  Students who have not shown mastery by the end of the nine weeks will receive a zero on the test. 
Students will complete and the Power Point presentation over changing states of matter. Students will then complete "States of Matter Vocabulary" to review terms from this section of the chapter (MBC).
Students will then search the internet to find the boiling point and melting point of eight elements from the periodic table.  Students will use this information to create a graph.

Tuesday:  Students will be introduced to the gas laws by reading the online textbook, Chap. 2, Lesson 3, and then completing "Table-Gas Laws" (MBC).  Students will watch the "What's Science Got to Do With It?" episode "Under Pressure".  

Wednesday:  Students will complete the MBC assignment "Which Gas Law Applies" based on their understanding of the gas laws. Students will then use the gas laws to complete the MBC assignment "Gas Laws:  Calculating Pressure, Volume, and Temperature."

Thursday:  Due:  Boiling Point/Melting Point graphs.  Students will participate in a Venn Diagram activity over the gas laws.


Friday:  Last day of the nine weeks for turning in late work.  After today, no late work will be accepted, unless it is the result of an absence.  Students who have completed all work to date will participate in labs.  Students who have completed all labs for this nine weeks will complete the "Marshmallow" lab.

Making an Atom Model

On Monday, September 23, students will be creating a model of an atom in class as a formal assessment (test.)  Students have already been assigned an atom. They will need to bring some materials for this activity.  Please Do Not spend money on this assignment.  Buttons, candies, beans or other small objects could be used to represent subatomic particles. Students will need 20 of each particle.  Each particle should be a different color.  Particles representing protons and neutrons should be about the same size.  Electrons should be smaller.  Students will also need to bring a marker.  I will provide glue and tag board.


Formal Assessment:  Atom Model


You will need to bring the following materials to class on Tuesday:


• Particles to represent subatomic particles:
20 @ Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
(Remember the respective size of each particle!)
• Markers:  You will need one or two markers.  One should be black or blue.
• Compass (I have a few.  Not enough for the entire class.)


I will supply the poster board and the glue.


You will create an atom model during class.  You will be expected to determine the correct number of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and place them in their correct locations within the atom.  Electrons must be placed in the appropriate electron shell.
You will also include the element name, chemical symbol, atomic mass, atomic number, and a key.

 Happy Science!

Lesson Plan September 23, 2013

Monday: In-class assessment:  Atom Model 
(Students were provided directions for this assignment last week. They should bring necessary materials to class today.)

Tuesday:  Test over chemical symbols (5th test).  Students have been given a letter to parents that should be signed and returned before they take today's test.
Students will begin the bundle for Chapter 2 over "States of Matter". Today students will complete the vocabulary for the chapter and submit their work on MBC.

Wednesday:  Due:  Chapter 2 Vocabulary.
After watching a short video over states of matter, students will use their textbook and a variety of web sites to complete the "Table-States of Matter" worksheet.

Thursday:  Students will watch a "Crash Course" video by Hank Green over liquids.  Students will then take notes over Chapter 2, Section 1, while viewing a Power Point presentation.

Friday:  Following a vocabulary review, students who have all work completed and turned in will participate in a lab.  

Lesson Plan for the Week of September 16, 2013

Monday:  Due:  Chemical symbol flashcards (only for those students who have not passed the test over chemical symbols.)

Test:  Chemical Symbols (4th test)

Students will review matter and atomic structure by checking their answers to the worksheet "Atomic Structure Review".  

Students should begin to study at home for a test over Chapter 1 to be given on Friday.  Students can prepare for the test by taking the online practice test located on this website (under "Matter and Atoms Practice Test".)

Students will be introduced to electron diagrams and determine the location of electrons around the nucleus of an atom (worksheet to be completed in class).

Tuesday:  Students will complete “Write Now:  Atomic Structure.” 

Students will then watch the “BrainPOP “Atomic Model.”

Students will be assigned an element and provided instructions for creating an atom model.  Students will create their model in class on Tuesday, September 25. They will need to bring materials from home to represent protons, neutrons, and electrons.  Other materials (glue, poster board, markers) will be provided.  This project should not be expensive.  Students may use a variety of materials, such as cereal, candy, beads, or buttons.  Materials must be small in order to fit on the piece of poster board provided.  Creativity is encouraged.  The assignment is a formal evaluation of their knowledge of atomic structure and will count as a test grade.  Students should bring the instructions home to share with parents tonight.

Wednesday:  Using their online textbooks, students will complete the interactive concept map under “Chapter Resources,” “Concepts in Motion.”  Students will then take the “Online Test Practice” under the “Chapter Review” tab.   After they have finished these two review items, students will complete the online Chapter 1 Review (MBC). These are to be completed by the end of class today.

Thursday:  Video/Report:  Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures.

Students will then complete the vocabulary assignment for Chapter 2 (MBC).

Friday:  Test over Chapter 1.  

Students will then begin the lab "Using Your Marbles."