• ATOMIC STRUCTURE

    In this unit we will learn about the atom and its structure. From atomic models to electron configurations we will see how complex a residence the electron has in an atom.
     
     
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    Unit Outline

    Day 1 - 
    Review Unit 1 Test
    Ted Ed Video:
    Just How Small is an Atom?
    Scale:  Uses metric conversions to go from coffee been to carbon atom (for perspective)
    Worksheet
    : Notes – Chapter 4 Fill-in
    Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 3-8:  Subatomic particles
    Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 9-12:
    Reading periodic table (atomic number, mass number, practice)
    PhET SimulationBuild an Atom
    Explore Learning
    Element Builder Gizmo
    Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 14-16:  Effect of changing particles
    Worksheet
    :  Chapter 4 – Atomic Structure, Sheet 1
    HW:  Worksheet:  Chapter 4 – Atomic Model Timeline

    Day 2 - 
    IPOD # 7
    atomic structure chart
    Review HW
    Worksheet
    :  Atomic Structure, Sheet 1 (finish)
    Chapter 4 Notes, Slides 14-16:
      Effect of changing particles
    Chapter 4 Notes, Slide 17
    :  Isotope definition
    Chapter 4 Notes, Slide 18-20
    :  Practice
    Lab: 
    Beans
    HW:  Worksheet:  Chapter 4 – Atomic Model Timeline

    Day 3
    IPOD # 8
    isotopes
    FC – Atomic Structure & Isotopes
    Worksheet
    : Notes – Chapter 5 Fill-in
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 2-4:
    Democritus & Dalton
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 5-7:
    Thompson
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 8-9:
    Rutherford
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 10:
    ChadwickChapter 5 Notes, Slide 11-12:  Bohr
    Demo: Energy Levels (with candy)
    Chapter 5
    Notes, Slides 13-22:  Schrodinger – quantum mechanical  model, orbital shapes, capacity
    Activity: Color code periodic table (shows s,p,d,f)
    Chapter 5
    Practice, Slides 23-24:  Writing configurations

    Day 4 - 
    Chapter 5 Practice, Slides 23-24:  Writing configurations
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 25-26:
    Shorthand Notation
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 27:
    Exceptions
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 28-30:
    Orbital Notation, Filling Rules
    Worksheet
    : Chapter 5 – Electron Configurations, Orbital Notation                

    Day 5
    IPOD # 9
    electron configurations/orbital notations
    Worksheet
    : – Chapter 5 – Electron Configurations, Orbital Notation

    Day 6
    IPOD # 10
    electron configurations/orbital notations
    Worksheet
    : – Chapter 5 – Electron Configurations, Orbital Notation
    Demo:  Energy Levels with lab stools/table and candy (slide 31)
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 32-33: Flame Tests
    Lab
    Flame Test
    Notes, Slides 34: Quantum, photon

    Day 7 -
    Quiz
    electron configurations
    Ted Ed Video: “Is light a Particle or a Wave?”
    Demo:
    Iron Filings (Electrons falling back to their ground state after being excited looks like sparklers or fireworks)  
    Ted Ed Video: “What is Color?”   
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 41: EM Spectrum (use to review inverse nature of wavelength & frequency)   
    Chapter 5 Notes, Slides 42-44: Atomic Emission Spectra                                     
    Activity Labeling the Periodic Table
    Follow instructions to color – use pages 142-143 in textbook (add Halogens!)

    Day 8
    Ted Ed Video:
    “The Genius of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table”
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 4-5:
    Periodic Law
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 6-8:
    Valence electrons
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 9-29:
    Characteristics of metals/nonmetals/metalloids, families (with valence electrons)
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 31-35:
    Octet Rule
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 36-38:
    Lewis Dot Notation
    Worksheet
    : Guided Notes – Periodic Table
    Ted Ed Video:
    “Solving the Puzzle of the Periodic Table”

    Day 9
    IPOD # 11
    chart (family, configurations, valence, lewis dot, anion/cation, ion charge)
    Activity:
    Trend Identification (using lab station graphs)
    Worksheet
    : Guided Notes – Trends
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 41-46:
    Atomic Radius Trend
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 47-52:
    Ionization Energy Trend
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 53-57:
    Electronegativity Trend
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 58-61:
    Ion Size Trend
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slide 62:
    Summary of Trends                                                                      

    Day 10 - 
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 53-57:
    Electronegativity Trend
    Chapter 6 Notes, Slides 58-61:
    Ion Size Trend
    Worksheet: Chapter 6 – Circle the Trend

    Day 11
    IPOD # 12
    trends
    Demo:
    Sodium & Potassium
    Core Prep:
    Mock Data (graphing, line of best fit, interpreting line)
    Worksheet
    :  Practice Core Study Guide
    Worksheet
    :  Periodic Practice #3

    Day 12 - 
    IPOD # 13
    family & trends (name an element that…)
    Worksheet
    :  Unit 2 Review
    Worksheet:  Study Guide
    Worksheet:  Periodic Table puzzles

    Day 13
    Practice CORE
    Periodic Trends 
    Worksheet:  Unit 2 Review
    Worksheet:  Study Guide                                                                                                             

    Day 14
    Unit 2 Test
    Chapters 4-6

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