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Week of 6/3/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
6/3	Notebook Check Personal Grade Review After-School Final Review			HAPPY SUMMER TO ALL!
6/4	Overall Semester Review After-School Final Review			See You in August!
6/5	Final Exams - Periods 1 and 2
6/6	Final Exams - Periods 3 and 4 (Student of the Semester Assembly and Awards)
6/7	Final Exams - Periods 5 and 6

Week of 5/20/19			Week of 5/27/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
5/20	Begin organic chemistry - naming alkanes, alkenes, alkynes HW - p. 96-97 due Tuesday		5/27	Memorial Day Holiday - No School (Yay!)
5/21	Functional Groups with examples, naming each CW - p. 98-99 HW - Finish due Thurs		5/28	Organic Molecule Kit Activity
5/22	10th Grade Beach Trip Reward		5/29	Last Day of Direct Instruction
5/23	Lab Demonstrations -Pyrotechnic Ones in the Parking Lot HW - Bring juggling materials (tennis balls, rubber balls, handballs, beanbags, etc. -- no eggs, no fruit) due Friday		5/30	Performances Snake Sharing Day (!)
5/24	Juggling Day		5/31	Academic Jeopardy

Week of 5/6/19			Week of 5/13/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
5/6	Basicis of oxidation and reduction, LEO says GER, balancing and recognizing processes, redox reactions, oxidation numbers, half-reactions HW - p. 92-93 due Tues		5/13	Intro to electrochemistry, batteries, half-cells, anodes, cathodes, volts, amps, ohms, predicting voltages HW - p. 94-95 due Tuesday	Intro to electrochemistry, batteries, half-cells, anodes, cathodes, volts, amps, ohms HW - p. 94-95 due Tuesday
5/7	Oxidizing and reducing agents, disproportionation CW - Selected problems from p. 647-8 HW - Finish CW		5/14	More on electronics, coulombs, amperes, ohms, volts, Ohm's Law, simple circuits HW - Chocolate Speed of Light Home Lab Activity - due Thursday
5/8	Lab Experiment - Half-Life Activity		5/15	Lemon Battery Activity
5/9	Demonstrations - Spectroscopy - Electron Energy Levels		5/16	Electromagnetic spectrum, waves, wavelength, frequency, speed, c = lf, E = hf, electron energy levels, photons
5/10	Game Activity - NIM HW - Bring lemon for Wednesday 5/15 HW - Chocolate Lab due Thursday 5/16	Game Activity - NIM HW - Bring lemon for Wednesday 5/15 HW - Chocolate Lab due Thursday 5/16	5/17	Nuclear chemistry intro, types of radiation, decay series, nuclear equations, half-life HW - Mini-Project due May 30 HW - p. 133-134 worksheets due Mon 5/20

Week of 4/22/19			Week of 4/29/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
4/22	Begin Unit 7 - Chemical Equilibrium, Le Chatelier's Principle and shifting equilibrium with examples, expressions for Keq, calculation of Keq HW - P. 79-82 due Thurs	Begin Unit 7 - Chemical Equilibrium, Le Chatelier's Principle and shifting equilibrium with examples, expressions for Keq HW - P. 79-82 selected problems due Thurs	4/29	More on heat problems, Gibbs, enthalpy problems CW - p. 131-135 done solo with textbook HW - Finish CW due Tues	More on heat problems CW - p. 131-135 done in partners with textbook HW - Finish CW due Tues
4/23	10th Grade FIELD TRIP - Museum of Tolerance		4/30	2nd look at reaction kinetics, potential energy, catalysis, activation energies, activated complex CW - p. 137-140 done partners with textbook HW - Finish due Wednesday	2nd look at reaction kinetics, potential energy, catalysis, activation energies, activated complex CW - p. 137-140 done in small groups with textbook HW - Finish due Wednesday
4/24	Lab Experiment -- Temperature vs. Rate of Chemical Reaction HW - Lab Report due Friday		5/1	Review for Quest #6 Unit 7
4/25	Lab Experiment -- Temperature vs. Rate of Chemical Reaction -- graphing exercises		5/2	Quest #6 - Unit 7
4/26	Keq review, basic thermodynamics, q = mcT, specific heat, enthalpy, exo- vs. endothermic, potential energy vs. time diagrams, heat of reaction, entropy,, Gibbs Free Energy HW - p. 76-78 due Monday	Keq review, basic thermodynamics, q = mcT, specific heat, enthalpy, exo- vs. endothermic, potential energy vs. time diagrams, heat of reaction, entropy HW - p. 76-77 due Monday	5/3	Demonstrations in the Laboratory (from 4/25) Quest make-up Day

Week of 4/15/19 -- SPRING BREAK -- Yeah, baby!

Week of 4/1/19			Week of 4/8/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
4/1	HOLIDAY -- Cesar Chavez Day -- No April Fool's Day here!		4/8	Trends in the Periodic Table -- Atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity, number of valence electrons, melting point, thermal conductivity and more HW - p. 41-42 due Tues	Trends in the Periodic Table -- Atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity, number of valence electrons, melting point, thermal conductivity and more HW - p. 43 Crossword due Tues
4/2	Unit 6 - Intro to Bonding, ionic, covalent, metallic, electronegativity, electron affinity, the magic 1.7, VSEPR Theory HW - Chemical Bonding and Identifying Bonds due Wed	Unit 6 - Intro to Bonding, ionic, covalent, metallic, electronegativity, electron affinity, the magic 1.7 HW - Chemical Bonding and Identifying Bonds due Wed	4/9	Lewis Dot Diagrams for molecules and polyatomic ions HW - Finish classwork for homework
4/3	Lab Experiment - Density HW - Lab Report - due Friday		4/10	Review for Quest on Unit 6 Light
4/4	Demonstrations		4/11	Quest #5 - Unit 6
4/5	Molecular Geometries and Bonding Review CW - Ball and Stick Molecular Model Activity		4/12	Academic Jeopardy (and make-up quest day)

Week of 3/18/19			Week of 3/25/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
3/18	Acids and Bases, naming important ones, properties, weak vs. strong, common examples, pH and pOH, salts PLUS pH = -log[H+], Ka, Kb, Kw, Normality and Molality calcs HW - p.86-87 due Tues	Acids and Bases, naming important ones, properties, weak vs. strong, common examples, pH and pOH, salts HW - p.86-87 due Tues	3/25	Strong and weak acid and base interactions, intro to titrations, endpoint, equivalents, solubility curves, normality, conjugates HW - Worksheets pp. 88-89 due Tues	Strong and weak acid and base interactions, intro to titrations, endpoint, equivalents, solubility curves HW - Prepare one side of a 3" x 5" notecard due Tues
3/19	Boiling Point Elevation, Freezing Point Depression W/CALCS, pH of Common Substances CW Acid-Base research worksheets HW - p. 68-71 due Wed	Boiling Point Elevation, Freezing Point Depression, pH of Common Substances CW Acid-Base research worksheets HW - p. 68-69 due Wed	3/26	Solubility Rules, Ksp with calculations, predicting reactions and precipitates HW - Ten question quiz with answers (2 calcs.)	Solubility Rules, Ksp, predicting reactions and precipitates HW - Fifteen question quiz with answers (4 calcs.)
3/20	Red Cabbage Indicator Lab HW - Lab Writeup due Friday		3/27	Review for Exam #4 - Unit 5 After School Session until the last student goes home.
3/21	Demonstrations		3/28	Exam #4 - Unit 5 - Liquids and Solutions
3/22	Moebius Strip Activity plus Folding Crystalline Solids Activity		3/29	Mathematical Tricks and Curiosities (many) Test Make-up Day

Week of 3/4/19			Week of 3/11/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
3/4	Gas Stoichiometry HW - Worksheet Practice problems - due Tues		3/11	Return Tests and discuss History of Chem - A Volatile History - Part 2	Return Tests and discuss History of Chem - A Volatile History - Part 2
3/5	More Gas Stoichiometry HW - Review worksheet - due Wed		3/12	Begin Unit 5 - Liquids - Tons of Vocabulary and Definitions HW - Page 15-1 due Wed
3/6	Formal Review for Test #3 - Unit 4 - Gases Study, do practice probs, study, do more practice probs, do even more practice probs		3/13	March Madness Chem Activities due EOP HW - Crossword Puzzle on Solutions - due Thurs	Charts and Graphs Activity due EOP HW - Crossword Puzzle on Solutions - due Thurs
3/7	Dear Martin Day -- 30 minutes class review -- Have Your Questions Ready		3/14	Calculations Involving Concentration M1V1 = M2V2 involving Molarity, and some of Molality, Normality, mass percentage, ppm, ppb, ppt HW - Pages 15-2 thru 15-4 due Fri	Calculations Involving Concentration M1V1 = M2V2 but only involving Molarity HW - Pages 15-2 thru 15-4 due Fri
3/8	EXAM #3 - Unit 4 - Gases - notes okay for minus 15% HW - Extra Credit (5 pts) - Either bring in a box of tissues or a gallon of distilled water due Mon 3/11		3/15	Water Quality Activity due EOP - Honors by yourselves, CP in partners -- Also review HW in class

Week of 2/18/19			Week of 2/25/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
2/18	HOLIDAY - No School - President's Day - YAY!		2/25	Gay-Lussac's Law, Combined Gas Law, Ideal Gas Law with Van der Waals approximations HW - Gas Law worksheet problems - pages 20,21,22,24 - due Tues	Combined Gas Law and Ideal Gas Law HW - Gas Law worksheet problems - pages 20,21,22,24 - due Tues
2/19	Review for Unit 3B Exam After School Study Session -- all questions answered		2/26	Chemical Magic Squares Activity (solo in Honors, partners in CP) HW - Bring empty aluminum can to class due Wed HW - Worksheets pp. 23, 25 due Wed	Chemical Magic Squares Activity (solo in Honors, partners in CP) HW - Bring empty aluminum can to class due Wed
2/20	Exam #2 - Unit 3B - no notes		2/27	Demonstration Day -- The Paper Triangle, Mighty Air Pressure, Breaking Yardsticks, Sucking Eggs
2/21	Begin Unit 4 - Theory of Gases - Pressure, Force, Barometers		2/28	Avogadro's Hypothesis, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, Kinetic Theory, Real vs. Ideal Gases Gas laws worksheet practice HW - In class quiz - practice with gas laws due Fri	CW/HW - In-class quiz - practice with gas laws due Fri
2/22	Basic Gas Laws - Boyle's, Charles', and Graham's Laws with examples	Basic Gas Laws - Boyle's and Charles' Laws with examples	3/1	Riddles, riddles and more riddles

Week of 2/4/19			Week of 2/11/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
2/4	Types of Chemical Reactions (with energy considerations for Honors) HW - p.67-68 worksheet due Tues		2/11	Stoichiometry - Five-step process - Mass-Mass problems - advanced examples HW - Stoichiometry Practice Problems p.73-76 - plus Acids due Tues	Stoichiometry - Five-step process - Mass-Mass problems HW - Stoichiometry Practice Problems p.73-74 - due Tues
2/5	You Tube Chemical Demonstration Videos HW - Classification of Chemical Reactions - p.60 worksheet - due Wed		2/12	Research Assignment Online with School Computers HW - Stoichiometry Practice Problems p.62 & 64 due Thurs
2/6	Bill Nye Videos -- Phases of Matter and Chemical Reactions HW - Two video review worksheets - due Thursday		2/13	Limiting Reagents w/custom handout HW - Limiting Reagents worksheet practice - due Friday
2/7	Review HW worksheets Intro to Stoichiometry and Mass-Mass problems w/many examples		2/14	Mass-Gas and Gas-Gas problems, standard temperature and pressure, molar volume at STP HW - Stoichiometry Practice Problems p. 63 & 65 due Friday
2/8	Molecular Modeling Activity due EOP	Spaghetti Lab HW - Lab writeup due Mon 2/11	2/15	Homework Review all day HW - Custom quiz with answers - 10 for CP Chem, 15 for Honors due Tuesday

Week of 1/21/19			Week of 1/28/19
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
1/21	HOLIDAY - MLK Jr. Day - No School (Yay!)		1/28	Review for Test #1 with Study Guide and Topics HW Study worksheet due Tuesday
1/22	Element Report Introduction and Questions -- REPORT due Firday Basic Empirical Formulas and Subsequent Molecular Formulas HW - Practice worksheet due Wed		1/29	Test #1 - Unit 3A
1/23	Meet in Lab - Demonstration Day		1/30	Balancing Chemical Equations, symbols used, phases, energy changes with lots of examples HW - Balancing practice worksheet #1 due Thurs
1/24	Compounds Card Game Review		1/31	More on balancing equations and introduce word equations HW - Balancing equations worksheet #2 due Friday
1/25	Compounds Quiz #2 Element BINGO!		2/1	Game activity -- Academic Jeopardy

Week of 1/7/19 - Prep Week			Week of 1/14/19 - First Real Week - Begin Unit 3
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
1/7	Teacher Prep and Professional Development		1/14	Fun Chem Stories Compounds List - Commons - 1st 15 for quiz Intro to Mole Concept Avogadro and Dimensional Analysis HW - Certification due Wed	Fun Chem Stories Compounds List - Commons - 1st 15 for quiz, Not So Common - selected ten Intro to Mole Concept Avogadro and Dimensional Analysis HW - Certification due Wed
1/8	Teacher Prep and Professional Development		1/15	Graphing Activity - Partners in CP -- Done Solo in Honors
1/9	Teacher Prep and Professional Development		1/16	Moles and Molar Calculations, Number of Atoms of Each Element in Each Molecule, Moles to Atoms and Molecules and vice-versa, etc. HW - Moles worksheet due Thursday
1/10	Teacher Prep and Professional Development		1/17	Molar Mass calculations for compounds with lots of examples HW - Practice worksheet due Friday
1/11	First Day Back -- BBC: Chemistry - A Volatile History Part 1 HW - Get a dedicated chemistry notebook due Mon		1/18	Compounds Quiz #1 Percentage Composition and Examples

WINTER BREAK -- 12/24/18 to 1/4/19 -- See you on January 11th!

Week of 12/17/18 - Finals Week			Week of 12/10/18
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
12/17	Giving chemical formulas from the names CW - Formula Fill-in HW - 15 Question Quiz with Answers - due Tues AFTER SCHOOL REVIEW SESSION	Giving chemical formulas from the names CW - Formula Fill-in HW - 10 Question Quiz with Answers - due Tues AFTER SCHOOL REVIEW SESSION	12/10	Basic Atomic Structure Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, quarks, symbols Isotopes, amu, masses, charges Atomic Number and Atomic Mass Average Atomic Mass calculations HW - pages 27-28 due Tues	Basic Atomic Structure Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, quarks, symbols Isotopes, amu, masses, charges Atomic Number and Atomic Mass HW - pages 26-27 due Tues
12/18	REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM (UNIT 2 TEST) == BRING GIFTS!!! AFTER SCHOOL REVIEW SESSION		12/11	Intro to the Periodic Table - Trends, periods, groups Additional Allotropes HW - Practice Test 4A -- due Thurs	Intro to the Periodic Table - Trends, periods, groups Allotropes HW - Practice Test 4A -- due Thurs
12/19	FINAL EXAMS (periods 1 and 2)		12/12	Activity - Independent Thinking Exercise/Contest - Alien Periodic Table - due EOP
12/20	FINAL EXAMS (periods 3 and 4)		12/13	Ions, cations, anions, naming and forming binary chemical compounds Polyatomic ions handout Additional ions, old vs, new names HW - Chez Chemistry Cafe - due Mon 12/17	Ions, cations, anions, naming and forming binary chemical compounds Polyatomic ions handout HW - Chez Chemistry Cafe - due Mon 12/17
12/21	FINAL EXAMS (periods 5 and 6)		12/14	Transition metal compounds, multivalent ions, Roman numeral designations, non-metal compounds and Latin prefixes Correct HW and return everything Oxyacids and oxoanions	Transition metal compounds, multivalent ions, Roman numeral designations, non-metal compounds and Latin prefixes Correct HW and return everything

Week of 12/3/18			Week of 11/26/18
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
12/3	Demonstrations - See class notes		11/26	Phases of Matter and their changes Conservation Laws REVIEW for QUIZ #1	Phases of Matter and their changes Conservation Laws REVIEW for QUIZ #1
12/4	Classification Activity - due at EOP HW - Crossword and Wordsearch due Wed		11/27	Quiz #1	Quiz #1
12/5	Temperature Conversions and Density Calculations HW - Worksheet due Thurs		11/28	What is Chemistry? == Matter, Energy, Beginning History, Mixtures vs. Compounds HW - Worksheet due Thurs
12/6	History of Chemistry - part 2 HW - Worksheet #4 due Fri		11/29	Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter HW - Study Guide p.3-4 due Fri	Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter Separation Techniques HW - Study Guide p.3-4 due Fri
12/7	First Twenty Elements - symbols, important facts Abundances - Earth, ocean, human body, universe Important experiments - Crookes, Millikan, Rutherford		11/30	Bill Nye Videos -- Matter and Atoms & Molecules -- CW Worksheets due at EOP

Thanksgiving Week Break (YAY!!)

Week of 11/12/18			Week of 11/5/18
Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry	Date	Honors Chemistry	Chemistry
11/12	Veteran's Day HOLIDAY - No School	Veteran's Day HOLIDAY - No School	11/5	Introduction What Do You Want to Do? Six characteristics Why are You Here? Stupidity vs. Ignorance	Introduction What Do You Want to Do? Six characteristics Why are You Here? Stupidity vs. Ignorance
11/13	Intro to The Scientific Method Taco Sauce Demonstration HW - Ten Observations of Watching Water Boil due Wednesday	Intro to The Scientific Method Taco Sauce Demonstration HW - Ten Observations of Watching Water Boil due Wednesday	11/6	Discussion on Current State of Class and Grading Fun Assignment Lost on the Moon	Discussion on Current State of Class and Grading Fun Assignment Lost on the Moon
11/14	Scientific Notation Significant Figures Derived Units Dimensional Analysis HW - Worksheet #1 Back due Thursday	Scientific Notation Significant Figures Derived Units Dimensional Analysis HW - Worksheet #1 Back due Thursday	11/7	Qualities of a Scientist Branches and Careers in Chemistry HW - Get certification signed due Thurs	Qualities of a Scientist Branches and Careers in Chemistry HW - Get certification signed due Thurs
11/15	Temperature Scales, Conversions and Important Points Types of Experimental Errors, Controls vs. Tests *Calculating Percentage Error HW -- Worksheet #2 due Friday	Temperature Scales, Conversions and Important Points Types of Experimental Errors, Controls vs. Tests HW -- Worksheet #2 due Friday	11/8	Safety Rules	Safety Rules
11/16	Quantitative Data vs. Qualitative Data Mixtures and Compounds Homogeneous vs. Heterogeneous Mixtures Elements and Substances	Quantitative Data vs. Qualitative Data Mixtures and Compounds Homogeneous vs. Heterogeneous Mixtures Elements and Substances	11/9	SI System of Measurement Metric System Accuracy vs. Precision CW -- Worksheet #1 Front - Review exercises	SI System of Measurement Metric System Accuracy vs. Precision CW -- Worksheet #1 Front - Review exercises

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