Measurement & Matter
Day 1 8/28
Standard: SCSh4. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Warm up— What is a significant digit?
Notes—Significant Digits
CW/HW—Significant Digits
Closing—Review some problems.

Day 2 8/31
Standard: SCSh4. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Warm up—How many sig figs are in 5.0089?
Notes-- Scientific Notation
CW/HW—Scientific Notation WS
Closing—Review problems

Day 3 9/1
Standard: SCSh4. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Warm up-- Why do scientists use scientific notation? Put 0.00345 in scientific notation.
Notes-- Metric System & Factor Labeling
CW/HW-- Metric Mania WS
Closing—Review Problems

Day 4 9/2
Standard: SCSh4. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Warm up-- Why do scientist use the metric system?
Notes—Matter & Changes
CW/HW—Matter WS
Closing— What is matter?

Day 5 9/3
Standard: SCSh4. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Warm up—What are the two types of properties?
Notes—Matter & Changes
CW/HW—Matter WS
Closing—What is an extensive property?

Day 6 9/4
Standard: SCSh4. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.

Warm up—What is an intensive property?
CW—Scientific Notation & Metric Conversions
Closing—Give an example of an intensive property. An extensive property?


Day 7 9/8
Standard:SC1. Students will analyze the nature of matter and its classifications.

Warm up—What is an intensive property?
Notes- Matter & Changes
CW—Matter WS

Closing—Give an example of an intensive property. An extensive property?

Day 8 9/9
Standard:SC1. Students will analyze the nature of matter and its classifications.

Warm up—What is an extensive property?
CW—Matter Brochure
Closing—Give an example of an intensive property. An extensive property?

Day 9 9/10
Standard:SC1. Students will analyze the nature of matter and its classifications.

Warm up—Study
Test—Measurement and Matter
Closing—Finish Brochure

Atomic Theory & Atomic Structure
Day 1 9/11
Standard: SC3 Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.

Warm up—What is a theory?
CW—Matter Maze
Closing-- What did Thomson discover?

Day 2 9/14
Standard: SC3 Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.

Warm up—What is the atomic theory?
Notes—Atomic Theory
CW—Matter Brochure
Closing-- What did Thomson discover?

Day 3 9/15
Standard: SC3 Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.

Warm up-- What is an isotope?
CISM Lesson

Day 4 9/16
Standard: SC3 Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.

Warm up-- What is CISM?
CISM Lesson

Day 5 9/17
Standard: SC3 Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.

Warm up-- What is CISM?
CISM Lesson

Day 6 9/18
Standard: SC3 Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.

Warm up—What are the subatomic particles?
CW—Finish Maze
HW—Subatomic Particles WS
Closing- Review Relative abundance.

Day 7 9/21
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.
d. Explain the relationship of isotopes to the relative abundance of atoms of a particular element.

Warm up—What is the difference between mass number and average atomic mass?
Notes-- Isotopes
CW—Matter Maze
HW—p. 117 23 & 24, p.124 81 & p. 125 4
Closing—Review the difference between mass number and average atomic mass.

Day 8 9/22
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.
d. Explain the relationship of isotopes to the relative abundance of atoms of a particular element.

Warm up—How is average atomic mass calculated?
CW— Isotope Activity
Closing—What identifies the element?

Day 9 9/23
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.
d. Explain the relationship of isotopes to the relative abundance of atoms of a particular element.

Warm up—Determine the number of protons, electrons and neutrons in Cobalt-59.
CW— Bean Bag Isotope Activity
Closing—How is the number of neutrons determined?

Day 10 9/24
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.
d. Explain the relationship of isotopes to the relative abundance of atoms of a particular element.

Warm up— Define energy levels.
Notes: Bohr Model vs. Quantum Mechanical Model
CW— p. 132 Section Assessment

Day 11 9/25
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.
f. Relate light emission and the movement of electrons to element identification.

Warm up— Describe the Bohr Model.
Notes-- How to draw the Bohr Model
CW— Drawing Bohr Models

Day 12 9/28
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
c. Explain the relationship of the proton number to the element’s identity.
f. Relate light emission and the movement of electrons to element identification.

Warm up—Describe the Quantum Mechanical Model
Notes—Electron Configuration
CW— Electron Configuration for Elements 1-25
Closing—Review 1 & 2

Day 13 9/29
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
a. Discriminate between the relative size, charge, and position of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the atom.
f. Relate light emission and the movement of electrons to element identification.

Warm up—Define Pauli exclusion principle and Hund’s rule.
Notes—Orbital Notation
CW— Orbital notation for Elements 1-25
Closing—Review 1 & 2

Day 14 9/30
Standard: SC3. Students will use the modern atomic theory to explain the characteristics of atoms.
f. Relate light emission and the movement of electrons to element identification.

Warm up— Draw orbital notation for boron.
Notes—Atomic Emission Spectra
CW—Spectral Lines WS
Closing— Quiz