Assessments:
Test date: week 46 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 | |
| 32 | 6 Aug | ||||
| 33 | 13 Aug | Introduction - safety, classroom procedures. Units to be studied this term. Introduction to acids and bases. Base and alkali differences (an alkali is a base which dissolves in water). Where acids and alkalis are found. Dangers of both. |
Monday lesson notes Tuesday lesson notes Thursday lesson notes
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week 33 link | |
| 34 | 20 Aug | Testing a variety of liquids to find out if they are acidic or alkaline. Evaluating indicators. | Mon lesson notes Tues lesson notes Thurs lesson notes |
Learn the pH scale (1,red acid; 7,green, neutral; 14 purple, alkali) | |
| 35 | 27 Aug | Mixing acids and alkalis. Neutralisation Salts Acid + alkali -> salt + water Naming salts: chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, phosphates Tutorial video - naming salts |
Rainbow fizz experiment Naming salts practice sheet Lesson notes: Mon Tue Thur |
week 35 link | |
| 36 | 3 Sep | Neutralising an acid using careful measurements - practising experimental techniques. The key ideas are: avoiding contamination; correct and accurate measurements; comparing class results to ensure greater reliability; naming apparatus correctly. | Lesson notes: Mon Tue Thur |
Finish writing the method for the experiment done in class. | |
| 37 | 10 Sep | Going through the homework from week 35. Introducing the experiment and context for the assessment task. | Report instructions Headings for the report Writing frame |
Spend at least 30 minutes on your plan for your investigation so you will be ready to start the experiment soon after the start of the next lesson. You do not have to complete the plan, but make good progress with it. | |
| 38 | 17 Sep | Starting the investigation | |||
| 39 | 24 Sep | Continuing the investigation | -continue with work on your investigation The plan should be completed, and you need to think about how to process your results. Read through the instructions- have you covered everything ? |
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| 40 | 1 Oct | Continuing the investigation | Monday group - your report is due in at the START of next lesson Tuesday and Thursday groups: your report is due in at the END of next lesson |
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| 41 | 8 Oct | Monday group: introducing the Periodic Table. What do the numbers mean ? Atomic mass, atomic number, protons, neutrons and electrons. Scale of the atom. Isotopes. Tuesday & Thursday groups: finishing the investigation |
Monday notes | Grade 8 - read your notes through, check nothing is missing, and check you understand the work. If you are confused about something, email me with what the problem is, and I can go through this in the lesson or arrange a tutorial. |
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| 42 | 15 Oct | Monday - Volatile History of Chemistry episode 1 video Tuesday and Thursday groups: introducing the Periodic Table. What do the numbers mean ? Atomic mass, atomic number, protons, neutrons and electrons. Scale of the atom. Isotopes. |
Tuesday notes Thursday notes |
No homework this week - you've done enough | |
| 44 | 29 Oct | Reactivity patterns in the Periodic Table Noble gases, alkali metals and the halogens |
Monday and Tuesday notes Thursday notes Alkali in metals in water video clip Ferocious elements video |
Read through all the notes you have on the Periodic Table so that you know what these terms mean: atomic number, atomic mass, isotope, nucleus, electron, proton, neutron, period, group, alkali metals, halogens, noble gases. There will not be a test but I may ask you in class to answer (without looking at your book...). |
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| 45 | 5 Nov | Brief recap of the work so far for the test. Electron shells and the periodic table Period = number of electron shells Group indicates number in the outer shell Each atom aims to have a full outer shell |
Monday notes Tuesday notes Thursday notes |
Study for the test - open note | |
| 46 | 12 Nov | The test | No homework | ||
| 47 | 19 Nov | Ions - how they form. Bonding in ionic compounds. Chemical formulae |
Monday notes Tuesday notes Thursday lesson - many students were absent so we did different things and there are not notes BUT you still must do the homework. |
Homework link here | |
| 48 | 26 Nov | Ionic bonds - recap Properties of ionic compounds Molecular (covalent) bonds Thursday group - we are a little behind. Making salmiakki and then we covered ionic compounds. |
Monday notes Tuesday notes Thursday notes Ionic and molecular compounds |
No homework this week | |
| 49 | 3 Dec | Making salmiakki Chemical reaction equations - learning to balance these |
Monday and Tuesday notes No Thursday lesson |
No homework this week | |
| 50 | 10 Dec | Thursday - covalent compounds Chemical reaction equations (all groups) |
Thursday notes No notes for Monday and Tuesday lessons |
No homework this week | |
| 51 | 17 Dec |
