• February 1^st, 2012

•     Mystery Boxes

•     Start Chapter 13 PowerPoint Notes (pages 1-4)

HW: Read 372-382 Review Sample problem on page 375 Do #11-12 then review sample problem on pg 379 do #13-14 and # 15 on pg 383. 

MU: Finish Models PowerPoint and review Chapter 13 PowerPoint through page 4, and do HW.

• February 2^nd, 2012   

•     Review HW

•     Question of the Day

•     Continue/Review Chapter 13 PowerPoint Notes (pages 2-3)

•     Diffraction Tubes and Power supply Demo with diffraction glasses

•     Wintergreen Lifesaver Demo

HW: Read 372-382 #18, 19 on pg 383 and #34-36, 38-40 and 50 on pg 386-387.

MU: Do Question of the Day, Continue PowerPoint pages above and do HW.

• February 3^rd, 2012
•      Review HW
•      Read "A Light of a Different Color" CHEMMATTERS Article write what you think are important facts from article.   

•      Discuss article from HW.

•      Black Light Demos- Black Light with Paper and Highlighters, and UV Bubbles

HW: Finish reading article and writing important facts

MU: Read article (get from Berwick) and write important facts.

• February 7^th, 2012     

•      Check off assignments: Atomic Models through history, two Chapter 13 textbook assignments, and light article facts

•      Continue/Review Chapter 13 PowerPoint Notes (pages 4-7)

•      SpectroVis demo with Diffraction Tubes and Power Supply

•      Match known emission spectra to unknown emission spectra

HW: None

MU: Get assignments checked off, Review PowerPoint pages above, and come in to learn how to match known emission spectra to unknown emission spectra.

• February 8^th, 2012  

•     Flame Test Exploration

•          review lab and do pre-lab: write 3 sentences form background, write purpose question, make a hypothesis, identify variables, draw a picture of set up from explained (and written) procedure, and copy data table.

HW: Finish pre-lab for Flame Test Exploration

MU: Do Question of the Day and pre-lab for Flame Test Exploration (see above for what to include).

• February 9^th, 2012     

•     Question of the Day

•     Finish Flame Test Exploration

•         get pre-lab checked off

•         test ions using sticks soaked in salt solutions

•         do analysis questions and conclusion

 HW: Finish analysis questions and conclusion for Flame Test Exploration

MU: Finish Flame Test Exploration (see above for what to include).

• February 10^th, 2012

•     Question of the Day

•     Atom simulation

•     Review Frequency and Energy Problems

HW:  Do Frequency and Energy Problems.

MU: Do the question of the day and do Frequency and Energy Problems above.

• February 13^th, 2012  

•     Review HW

•     Continue with Chapter 13 PowerPoint Notes (page 8-13)

•     Review Building Quantum Mechanical Models of the Atom with kits activity

HW: None

MU: Review Chapter 13 PowerPoint Notes pages above, come in before or after school to make up Quantum Mechanical Model Kits.

• February 14^th, 2012  

•     Complete Building Quantum Mechanical Models of the Atom with kits activity

•     Electron Arrangement of 10 Elements Handout- Electron configuration and orbital filling diagrams

•     Continue with Chapter 13 PowerPoint Notes (page 14)

•        do practice electron configuration,

HW: Finish Electron Arrangement of 10 Elements on Handout

MU: Get notes from someone in class or Berwick about how to do electron configurations and complete the Electron Arrangement of 10 Elements Handout and come in after school to do the Building Quantum Mechanical Models of the Atom with kits activity.

• February 15^th, 2012

•     Review Electron configurations (show short hand and tip for those that want to use it)

•     Discuss  electron dot diagrams.

HW: Finish electron dot diagrams for elements on the handout.

MU: Get notes from someone in class and do HW.

• February 16^th, 2012

•     Early Dismissal- Only periods 1 and 4

• February 21^st, 2012   

•    Review electron configurations full and condensed, orbital filling diagrams and electron dot diagrams

•     Discuss electron pairs and octets using electron dot diagrams

HW: Finish Electron Arrangement of 10 Elements on Handout

MU: Get notes from someone in class or Berwick about how to do electron configurations and complete the Electron Arrangement of 10 Elements Handout

• February 22^nd, 2012   

•     Review electron pairs and octets

•     Work on Chapter 13 Concept Review

HW: Finish Chapter 13 Concept Review #1-19

MU: Get notes from someone in class and do HW.

• February 23^rd, 2012   

•     Review Chapter 13 Concept Review (#1-19).

•     Discuss electron configurations for ions

•     Sing Periodic Table Song

•     Discuss electron configurations and dot diagrams from each group

•     Organize Elements in the Periodic Table Activity

•             Using playing cards to organize elements based on specific properties

 HW: None

MU: Get help on HW, get notes from someone in class on electron configurations, and join a group tomorrow to organize elements from periodic table.

• February 24^th, 2012   

•     Organize Elements in the Periodic Table Activity

•             Using playing cards to organize elements based on specific properties

•             Go around and share each organization, sketch each one and explain how it is organized

•             Answer following questions: Which organization could you find an element best based on the element's name? Which organization could you find an element based on physical properties?

•     Read "Many Looks of the Periodic Table" article (pg 12 in October 2008)

•         sketch and label pictures of at least three looks to the PT table

•         write a brief description of how they are organized

•         discuss as a class (there are 5 ways in the article)

HW: Finish reading article, sketching pictures of periodic table and writing explanations.

MU: Come in to organize elements from periodic table using playing cards, get and read article above and sketch three different organizations of elements for periodic table and write a short explanation of how they are organized.

• February 27^th, 2012 

•     Review Organization of Periodic Table Activity

•     Actual Periodic Table Organization of Elements using Chapter 5 PowerPoint Notes  (page 10-17)

•         Make Colored Periodic Table with key

•             families different colors

•             solids/solid, liquid/outline shaded in, gas/outline

•             black line for metalloids, metals and nonmetals

•             black outline around diatomic elements

HW: Finish Colored Periodic Table

MU: Review Chapter 5 Notes from page 10-17 and color periodic table using directions above.

• February 28^th, 2012

•     Start Family Properties PowerPoint        

•             Reactivity of Alkali Metals Demo Li, Na, K with water    

•             Alkaline earth metals (Periodic Trends and the Properties of Elements: the Alkaline Earth Metals Activity)    

HW: None

MU: Review PowerPoint above for notes about families.

• February 29^th, 2012

•     University of Idaho Speaker

HW: None

MU: None