SNC2D Chemistry Unit Plan

DATE
Tuesday
September
8

LESSON
Course outline, learning
skills and expectations
Performance task dates

Wednesday
September
9

Lab Safety and WHMIS

Safety contract
Periodic table
Properties of matter

Thursday
September
10

Atomic structure
Bohr-Rutherford diagrams
Chemical families
Ionic charges
Ionic bonding
Names and formulae of
Ionic compounds

Friday
September
11

KEY CONCEPTS

Monday
September
14
Tuesday
September
15

Ionic compounds continued

Quiz: Ionic Compounds
(assessment)
Names and formulae of
molecular compounds

Wednesday
September
16

Thursday
September
17

Friday
September
18
Monday
September
21

Tuesday
September

Quiz: Molecular
Compounds
(assessment)
Names and Formulae of
Polyatomic Compounds
Quiz: Polyatomic
Compounds
(assessment)
Hydrocarbons and organic
compounds (reading)
Video: Addicted To Plastic

Finish video
Mixed nomenclature
practice
LAB: Properties of
Substances Prep
(assessment) DUE Wed.
Sept 23
LAB: Properties of
Substances

Lab Safety Guidelines

Organization of the periodic table
Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens,
noble gases
Physical and chemical properties and changes
B-R diagrams of the atoms/ions for Elements 120
Valence electrons; ions; ionic charges
Predicting how elements combine to form
compounds
Predicting chemical formulae from the name of a
compound
Writing the name of a compound from the
chemical formula
Writing the names and formulae of the
multivalent ions (Fe, Cu, Pb, Sn)
Continued practice
Covalent bonding
Writing the name of a compound using the
Greek prefix method
Writing the formula of a molecular compound
from the name
Formulae of the molecular elements (H2, N2, O2,
F2, Cl2, Br2, I2)
Polyatomic ions; chemical formulae; naming
compounds containing polyatomic ions; oxyacids
vs. binary acids.

What does organic really mean?

Connection to hydrocarbons and synthetics;

watch and complete questions

Review all nomenclature and chemical formulae

Evaluate safety hazards.
Prepare purpose, materials and put procedure
steps in numerical order

Carry out the investigation

DATE
22

LESSON

Wednesday
September
23

Thursday
September
24
Friday
September
25
Monday
September
28
Tuesday
September
29

Wednesday
September
30
Thursday
October 1
Friday
October 2

Mixed Nomenclature
Quiz (evaluated)
Peer assess lab
Word equations, skeleton
equations
Counting atoms review
Balancing chemical
equations
Types of chemical reactions
Catch up day/review
Case Study introduction
(reading for homework)
Quiz: Chemical
Equations and
Balancing
General reactions
Quiz: Types of Reactions
Acids and bases
The pH Scale
Case Study DUE at end
of class (evaluated)
Neutralization reactions
Acid/base review and/or
hands-on activity
Unit Review
LAB: Types of Reactions
(preparation) DUE Wed.
Oct. 7
LAB: Types of Reactions

Monday
October 5

Tuesday
October 6
Wednesday
October 7

LAB: Types of Reactions

DUE at end of class

Thursday
October 8

CHEMISTRY UNIT TEST

Friday
October 9
Monday
October 12

PD DAY

THANKSGIVING

KEY CONCEPTS

Writing word equations

Reactants and products
Understanding what makes a good lab

Law of conservation of mass

Skeleton equations; balanced chemical
equations
Synthesis, decomposition, single and double
displacement, combustion
(complete/incomplete)

Identifying/predicting using general reactions

table

In-class assignment based on the

homework reading

pH scale; acids; bases

Salts; indicators

Begin write up; set up observation table

Conduct lab; begin writing lab report

Finish lab report