Chemistry 11

Quarter 3: January 29 – March 28, 2018

Teachers: Jacob Hundt, Bryan Heystek, Vicki Ramsay

Week 1
Mon: 01/29/18 Intro to Chem 11
Course Project Review
Demo: burning wood, burning metal – weighing
reactants and products
Phlogiston: the story
HW: Lavoisier Reading for Wednesday
Wed: 1/31/18 Discuss reading
Lab: Density is a Periodic Property
HW: post-lab questions
Fri: 02/02/18 Discussion of Lab questions
Review of Molar Mass
HW: Read Dalton for Wed, 2/7

Week 2
Mon: 02/05/18 Brainstorming of project ideas
stories: cobalt, smart phones, rare metals, TFOA,
elements cards
Demo:

Wed: 2/7/18 Properties of Esters Discuss Dalton Reading

1st Law of Thermodynamics
demonstration: conservation of mass
Fri: Feb 9 Read Periodic Properties of Elements Molarity equations
HW: Avogadro reading for Mon 2/12

Week 3
Mon, 2/12/18: Project topics due, list of
resources, one-sentence
description of why source is
valuable
Discuss Avogadro
Periodic Table Card Activity
Wed: 02/14/18 What is a Chemical Reaction?
HW: post lab questions
Fri: Feb 16 molar mass & molar mass & molarity
molarity
 Student Support Conferences February 19-23
Week 4
Mon, 02/26/18: Rough Draft #1 due
submit via google docs to
vickilynnramsay@gmail.com,
bryanheijstek@gmail.com, and
jacobhundt@gmail.com

Discuss Mendeleev
Periodic table cards (Mendeleev's 63 elements)
Wed, Feb 28: Ionic bonding
Lab: Halogens
HW: post lab questions

Friday March 2: Review lab questions

Discuss covalent bonding
HW: chapter 4 reading, development of our view
of the atom

Week 5
March 5 Discuss chapter 4 reading, Rutherford's discovery
March 7 Periodic Table Lab: Alkali Earth Metals, Le Manz
disaster
HW: crossword puzzle
March 9 Rough Draft #2 due Finish Lab, answer post lab questions together and
for homework

Week 6
March 12 Rough Draft of letters due Development of atomic model: Neils Bohr and
beyond
Wednesday, March 14 Development of our view of the atom: Radiation,
Radioactivity
Friday, March 16 Film:

Week 7
March 19 Final drafts of paper & letters due Presentations day 1
March 21 Presentations day 2
March 23 Presentations day 3
Week 8
March 26 Baking day
Discussion of chemical contents in baking
powder, baking soda, etc.
March 28 Wrap up

Chemistry Readings:

Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry, Bernard Jaffe

The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean