Grade 8 Chemistry Spring 2020

Grade 8 Chemistry Lessons for Spring 2020

 Assessments:                                               
Test date:     Week 17: the test will be open notebook, but you may not bring your Ilmiö book along.    
Study guidance for open note tests here.        

Week number	Date	Lesson content	Lesson resources and links	Homework
2	6 Jan	Introduction - safety, classroom procedures. Units to be studied this term and probable assessment dates. Why to wear goggles? -demonstration. Introduction to acids and bases.	Safety info egg white and sodium hydroxide egg white with hydrogen peroxide introduction notes The Periodic Table	Warning sign test next week. Warning signs can be found from the copy you got.
3	13 Jan	Testing a variety of liquids to find out if they are acids or alkaline. Evaluating indicators.	Testing indicators results and notes	Revise your notes to check your understanding.
4	20 Jan	Indicators notes. Mixing acids and alkalis. Neutralisation Salts Acid + alkali -> salt + water Naming salts: chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, phosphates Tutorial video - naming salts	Rainbow fizz experiment Rainbow fizz result Neutralisation, naming salts notes more notes	Naming salts exercises. Exercise copy received during the lesson and can be found at the end of the notes.
5	27 Jan	Neutralising an acid using careful measurements - practicing experimental techniques. The key ideas are: avoiding contamination correct and accurate measurements comparing class results to ensure greater reliability naming apparatus correctly.	notes	Write a method of the neutralisation of an alkali.
6	3 Feb	TET week - no lessons
7	10 Feb	Going through the method from last weeks experiment - neutralising an alkali. Introducing the experiment and context for the assessment task.	Example method Investigation task sheet Criterion	Use aproximately 30 minutes to plan your investigation. Next week your purpose and hypothesis needs to be ready. The method doesn't need be ready but you have to have a written plan in you notebook to explain how are you going to do the experiment.
8	17 Feb	Doing the investigation		Write apparatus and method parts to your report at home.
9	24 Feb	Doing the investigation Writing the report		Finalize your report. Deadline on Wednesday 11.3. (after the ski break). Any exceptions need to be agreed with Anna before hand.
11	9 Mar	Atom structure of an atom Atomic mass, atomic number, the number of protons, neutrons, electrons isotopes electron shells	notes If you missed the lesson come and get a exercise copy from Anna.	Do the exercise copy about electron shells up to Magnesium.
12	16 Mar
13	23 Mar
14	30 Mar
15	6 April
16	13 April
17	20 April	The test
18	27 April
19	4May
20	11 May
21	18 May