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Unit 2: Chemistry - Exploring Matter (22 hours)
Students will conduct investigations into the properties of elements and compounds, while focusing on laboratory and environmental safety.
Text: Science 9, Nelson
Concepts and Connections



Lesson One;
-WHIMIS training in library (no more than one day)      -complete WHIMIS in next week
 -Go over laboratory safety instructions start worksheet
  on “What safety errors?”                                                  -handout on “What safety errors?”

Lesson Two;
-define physical, chemical properties, reactants, products -complete worksheet on changes
-list indications a chemical reaction has occurred
-demonstrate physical and chemical  changes
-do worksheet on physical/chemical change

Lesson Three;
–review indications a chemical reaction has occurred      -complete lab
-Do “Physical and Chemical Change” lab
- burn magnesium with the use of a bunsen burner

Lesson Four;
- introduce corrosion ,design an experiment
-characterize matter into pure substances and mixtures

Lesson Five;
-describe contribution by John Dalton
 -describe contribution by J.J. Thomson
-do “Chasing the Electron”, p.232-233
-describe contribution by Ernest Rutherford
-do “The Rutherford Atom” activity
-review the subatomic particles of an atom

Lesson Six;
-distribute periodic table
 -review naming, symbols ,atomic # ,mass #
  of elements on periodic table
 - calculate # of proton, # of electrons, # of neutrons  - complete worksheets

Lesson Seven;
 - quiz on first 20 elements name and symbol
-describe contribution by Niels Bohr
-describe “Bohr-Rutherford” atom
-draw first twenty elements                                    -quiz on Bohr-Rutherford model

Lesson Eight;
-quiz on Bohr-Rutherford model
-demonstrate energy levels using different gases and diffraction grating
-do “Flame Tests” lab

Lesson Nine;
-quiz on Bohr-Rutherford model
-view film on “Chemical Families”
 -start worksheet from Science 9, “Elements and Compounds”

Lesson Ten;
 -fill in trends on blank periodic table
-do “Investigation 6-B”,  p. 201-202
-fill in “Blank Grid” of periodic table
 -describe valence, octet rule
 -explain behavior in families and periods

Lesson Eleven;
-describe ions and isotopes
-describe ionic bonds
-describe covalent bonds
-describe metals and non-metals, metalliods

Lesson Twelve;
-describe compounds and molecules
-review synthesis and decomposition
-Gas tests(oxygen, hydrogen , carbon dioxide)

Lesson Thirteen;
- test for gas produced by manganese oxide and hydrogen peroxide
- use molecule kit to build different compounds
-explain “Factors Affecting the Rate of
  Dissolving” Lab

Lesson Fourteen;
-introduce “Element Poster” project                            -lab due
-test next class (up to lesson 13)

Lesson Fifteen;
-Test on lessons 1-13                                                     -complete poster

Lesson Sixteen;
 -work on “Element Poster”                                           -work on poster

Lesson Seventeen;
–ions lab

Lesson Eighteen;
 -ions lab continue

Lesson Nineteen;
- culminating task test for contaminates in different water samples

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