1. Objective: Understand the difficulties and uncertainties of science.
Thursday September 5th
Daily Question
Black Box Activity
Objective: Understand the difficulties and uncertainties of science.

2. Daily Question 9/5/13
What is the difference between a theory and a law? (don’t worry about being right, what is your understanding of these terms?)

3. Monday September 9th Daily Question Pentadoodle Cooperative Quiz
Objective: Learn effective strategies to work in groups and assess what you have learned this far in chemistry.

4. Daily Question 9/9/13
In your own words, describe the following: theory, hypothesis.
What strategies did you use to order the cards in the create-a-table activity?

5. Tuesday September 10th Daily Question Go Over Quiz Breaking the Code
Objective: Identify trends and groups on the periodic table.

6. Daily Question 9/10/13
Below is a picture of the Periodic Table that Mendeleev put together. Identify some properties that he used to organize his table.

7. Wednesday September 11th
Daily Question
Wrap-up Breaking the Code
Pudding and Clouds
Objective: Understand the development of the atom.

8. Daily Question 9/11/13
Using the cards below, draw a card for Ag (silver).

9. Thursday September 12th Daily Question Wrap-up Pudding and Clouds
Building Atoms
Objective: Further develop understanding of atomic structure (what atoms look like).

10. Daily Question 9/12/13
Were the models from the pudding and clouds activity theories or hypotheses? Explain.
Can our understanding of atomic structure change again today?

11. Friday September 13th Daily Question TEDed video Atom Building Game
Objective: Further explore the structure of the atom, focusing on the subatomic particles.

12. Daily Question 9/13/13
The atomic number is the same as the number of what subatomic particle?
What must be true if an atom is neutral? (think about numbers of subatomic particles)

13. Monday September 16th, 2013 Daily Question Cooperative Quiz (CQ)
M&M Isotope activity
Objective: Learn one of the ways atoms of the same element can differ from each other.

14. Daily Question 9/16/13 What never changes in an atom?
What element has a mass number of 13 and 7 neutrons?

15. Tuesday September 17th Daily Question Subatomic Heavyweights
Objective: Students will learn about isotopes on a deeper level.

16. Daily Question 9/17/13
What does the atomic mass on the periodic table tell you?

17. Wednesday September 18th
Daily Question
Discuss Isotopes
Talk about Radioisotopes
Its Greek to Me
Objective: Learn more about isotopes and start talking about radioisotopes.

18. Daily Question 9/18/13
Calculate the average atomic mass of sulfur if 95.00% of all sulfur atoms have a mass of amu, 0.76% has a mass of amu and 4.22% have a mass of amu.

19. Thursday September 19th Daily Question Finish up It’s Greek to Me
Whiteboard Practice
Pennium Lab
Objective: Be able to describe the nuclear differences of atoms.

20. Daily Question 9/19/13 Write the following isotopes 2 ways:
Calcium with a mass number of 40
Carbon with a mass number of 14
Finish the following nuclear reaction:
63Li → 42He + __________

21. Practice
Determine the number of protons, neutrons, electrons, mass number, atomic number and atomic mass for the following isotopes:
Carbon with a mass of 14
Chlorine with a mass of 36
Phosphorus with a mass of 31

22. Practice Finish the follow nuclear reaction: 4720Ca  0-1e + ?
23994Pu  42He + ?
4219K  0-1e + ?

23. September 20th, 2013 Daily Question Finish Pennium Lab
Chain of Reaction Practice
Objective: Learn more about nuclear reactions and how they decay.

24. Daily Question
Complete the following equations:

25. Practice Which of the following are isotopes of one another?
Determine the number of protons, neutrons, electrons, mass number, atomic number and atomic mass.
Boron with a mass of 11
Oxygen with a mass of 15

26. Practice What is the most common isotope of the following elements: NiCr Na Mg

27. Monday September 23rd Daily Question Cooperative Quiz Half Life
Objective: Be able to describe what a half life is and perform calculations involving half lives.

28. Daily Question 9/23/13 Determine the following for the element Carbon:
Atomic number
Atomic mass
Protons
Neutrons (possibilities)
Electrons

29. Daily Question #2 9/23/13 Finish the following nuclear reaction:
21284Po  42He +

30. Tuesday September 24th Daily Question Questions on Homework
Life on the Edge
Objective: Understand more about the nature of atoms in relation to their electrons.

31. Daily Question 9/24/13
The half-life of Na-20 is 30 minutes. How much of a 3.0 gram sample remains after 90 minutes?

32. Wednesday September 25th
Daily Question
Star Spectra Gizmo
Objective: Develop a deeper understanding of the role of electrons in an atom.

33. Daily Question
Provide the following information for element number 34.
The element’s name and symbol.
The number of protons in the nucleus
The total number of electrons for this element
The number of core electrons for this element.
The number of valence electrons.
The group number for this element
The names of other elements with similar properties.

34. Thursday September 26th Daily Question Discuss Star Spectra Shell Game
Objective: Students will be able to write a long form electron configuration.

35. Joke of the Day
Did you hear about the chemist who was reading a book about helium?
He couldn’t put it down

36. Daily Question 9/26/13
How do scientists determine the composition of stars?
What is an emission spectra?

37. Friday September 27th Daily Question Go Figure activity
Objective: Students will continue practicing writing long form electron configurations and learn how to write short form.

38. Joke of the Day
Sodium is always so antisocial….

39. Daily Question 9/27/13
Write the electron configuration for the following elements: Na Ge

40. Monday September 30th Daily Question Cooperative Quiz
Periodic Trends Lab
Objective: Students will be able to identify common trends on the periodic table.

41. Joke of the Day

42. Daily Question
Write the long and short form electron configuration for the following elements: As Ba

43. October 1st, 2013 Daily Question Trends Lab Review packet
Objective: Students will be able to identify common trends on the periodic table.

44. Joke of the Day Why can you never trust atoms?!
They make up everything

45. Daily Question Write the long and short electron configuration for Sb
A sample of Sodium-24 decays to 30 grams in 4 half lives. How much was the original sample?

46. October 2nd, 2013 Daily Question Review
Objective: Prepare for unit test.

47. Joke of the Day
What is a chemists favorite kind of tree?
A chemistree

48. Daily Question 10/2/13
What scientists are credited for the discovery of the following:
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
What scientist ordered the periodic table by atomic mass and was able to predict missing elements?