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PHYSICAL SCIENCE
UNIT 7: BONDING AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS

 

Yeast break down the glucose in bread to make alcohol and carbon dioxide. The bubbles of carbon dioxide gas are trapped by the bread dough and make it rise.

C 6 H 12 O 6 ( glucose ) -->

2 C 2 H 5 OH ( ethyl alcohol ) + 2 CO 2
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JAN 31

Intro to ionic bonding -- modeling activity

FEB 1

Reading: p. 389-396 -- ionic bonding intro

WS: Oxidation states

FEB 4

BONDS: IONIC, COVALENT, AND METALLIC

* Introduction to bonding
** Animations of bonds

* Lewis dot diagrams of atoms
**Draw Lewis dot diagrams for all the atoms in the first three rows of the periodic table

WS 9: Introduction to chemical bonds

 

 

FEB 5

PREDICTING CHEMICAL FORMULAS

 

FEB 6

DRAWING CHEMICAL BONDS AND WRITING CHEMICAL FORMULAS

* Lecture
* Practice in class: Ionic bonding and covalent bonding
** WS Ionic bonding
** WS: Covalent bonding

 

FEB 7

REVIEW OF BONDING

Practice questions

Quiz on bonding

Intro to balancing chemical equations (CPO)

Due: Test corrections

 

FEB 8

Finish Intro to balancing chemical equations (CPO)

WS: Balancing chemical equations

Practice: WS: Types of reactions

 

FEB 11

CHEMICAL REACTIONS PRACTICE

More practice
* Level B: WS 19
* Level A: WS 20: Balancing chemical equations

 

FEB 12

Review: bonding and chemical reactions

If you miss class or need extra practice on balancing equations:

* Read text 362-368
* Practice problems

-- p. 369, Q21
-- p. 370, Q 13,14
-- p. 371, Q 15

Answers to questions

FEB 13

TEST ON BONDING AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS

 

 

 FEB 14 FEB 15