SCH4U

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Tuesday, September 2 || We covered a lot today! Remember that your course outline and classroom expectations need to be signed by you (and by a guardian if you are under 18 years old).
 * = SEPTEMBER ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Work Covered ** || ** Files ** ||
 * Day 1

We will look back to the safety precautions, parts of a formal lab, and the lab rubric as we get closer to lab assignments. || Wednesday, September 3 || UNIT ONE - Organic Chemistry
 * Course outline
 * Classroom expectations
 * Student information page
 * Safety precautions in the laboratory
 * Parts of a formal lab report outline
 * Generic lab rubric
 * Grade 11 Chemistry Diagnostic || [[file:SCH4U Course Outline.doc]]
 * Day 2

|| Thursday, September 4 || * Note: Naming Alkenes, Alkynes, and Cyclics || Friday, September 5 || * Recap on alkenes, alkynes, and cyclics || Monday, September 8 || * Note: Isomers || Tuesday, September 9 || * Lab 1: Modeling Hydrocarbons (cont'd) || (see yesterday's files) || Wednesday, September 10 || * Quiz! || Thursday, September 11 || * Note: Ethers, Esters, Amines, and Amides || Friday, September 12 || * Worksheet 10: Organic Compounds and Functional Groups || Monday, September 15 || * Computer Lab - Work on Physical Properties Assignment || || Tuesday, September 16 || * Quiz! Wednesday, September 17 || Post-Secondary Pathways Assembly || || Thursday, September 18 || * Note: Organic Reactions Monday, September 22 || * Note: Organic Reactions || Tuesday, September 23 || * Physical Properties of Organic Compounds Handout Due Wednesday, September 24 || * Physical Properties Science Fair! || Thursday, September 25 || * Polymers and Polymerization || Friday, September 26 || * Lab 3: Investigating Polymers Monday, September 29 || * Polymers Work Tuesday, September 30 || * Review Period || ||
 * Note: Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Naming Alkanes
 * Handout: Models used to represent structures
 * molecular formula, structural formula, line diagrams
 * Worksheets 1 & 2: Naming Alkanes || [[file:Drawing Structures (from text).pdf]]
 * Day 3
 * Worksheet 3: Naming Alkenes and Alkynes
 * Worksheet 4: Cyclic Compounds || [[file:Naming Alkenes and Alkynes.pdf]]
 * Day 4
 * took up some of the worksheets
 * stressed proper numbering of carbons
 * Note: Aromatics/Benzene
 * Worksheet 5: Aromatic Hydrocarbons || [[file:Aromatic Hydrocarbons Worksheet.pdf]]
 * Day 5
 * Worksheet 6: Isomers
 * Lab 1: Modeling Hydrocarbons || [[file:Isomers Worksheet.pdf]]
 * Day 6
 * Day 7
 * Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Cyclics, Aromatics, Isomers
 * Note: Alcohols, Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids
 * Worksheet 7: Alcohols, Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids || [[file:Alcohols, Aldehydes, Ketones, and CAs Worksheet.pdf]]
 * Day 8
 * Worksheet 9: Ethers, Esters, Amines, and Amides || [[file:Ethers, Esters, Amines, and Amides Worksheet.pdf]]
 * Day 9
 * Handout: Physical Properties and Forces between Molecules || [[file:Organic Compounds and Functional Groups Worksheet.pdf]]
 * Day 10
 * Day 11
 * Alcohols, Aldehydes, Ketones, CAs, Ethers, Esters, Amines, Amides
 * Computer Lab - continue assignment || (see yesterday's file) ||
 * Day 12
 * Day 13
 * Combustion, Substitution, Addition, Elimination, Mild Oxidation
 * Worksheet 8: Organic Reactions ||  ||
 * **PD DAY** ||
 * Day 14
 * Formation of Ethers, Esters, Amines, and Amides
 * Worksheet 11: Organic Reactions Part 2
 * Textbook: Page 82, #1a-d || [[file:Organic Reactions Part 2.pdf]]
 * Day 15
 * Lab 2: Making Esters || [[file:Lab - Esterification Reactions with Marking Scheme.pdf]] ||
 * Day 16
 * Summary Sheet for compiling information
 * Also posted in a doc file for better organization of ideas || (handouts received in class)
 * Day 17
 * Worksheet 12: Polymerization
 * Textbook reading and questions (handout from MHR text)
 * Section 2.2 - Polymer Equations
 * Answer #13-16, 18 on page 120
 * Answer #19-24 on page 124
 * Answer #1-6 on page 127 || [[file:Polymers and Polymerization FITB Note.pdf]]
 * Day 18
 * Continue Polymers Worksheet/Questions || [[file:Polymers Mini-Lab.pdf]] ||
 * Day 19
 * Study for Wednesday's Test || [[file:Organic Chemistry Review.pdf]] ||
 * Day 20

Wednesday, October 1 || * Organic Chemistry Unit Test ||  || Thursday, October 2 || UNIT TWO - Structures and Properties of Matter || Friday, October 3 || * The Bohr Model of the Atom (and its limitations) || || Monday, October 6 || * The Quantum Mechanical Model || media type="file" key="3 - Orbitals - Scandium.mp4" width="300" height="300" || Tuesday, October 7 || * Electron Configuration || || Wednesday, October 8 || * Electron Configuration Battleship || Thursday, October 9 || * Flame Test Lab || || Friday, October 10 || * Quiz! Tuesday, October 14 || * More on Lewis Structures/Formal Charges Wednesday, October 15 || * More hybridization! || || Thursday, October 16 || * Computer Lab - It's Not Easy Being Green Assignment || || Friday, October 17 || ** FLAME TEST LAB DUE ** || Monday, October 20 || * Work Day - VSEPR Assignment || || Tuesday, October 21 || * Computer Lab - It's Not Easy Being Green Assignment || (see last Thursday's files) || Wednesday, October 22 || * Polarity || || Thursday, October 23 || * Intermolecular Forces || || Friday, October 24 || ** VSEPR and Polarity Assignment Due ** Monday, October 27 || ** Green Products "Presentations" ** ||  || Tuesday, October 28 || * Properties of Solids Group Jigsaw Wednesday, October 29 || * Lab: Classifying Types of Solids || || Thursday, October 30 || * Rollover Day ||  || Friday, October 31 || * Review Day || ||
 * ** OCTOBER ** ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Work Covered ** || ** Files ** ||
 * Day 21
 * Day 22
 * The History of the Atom (Videos)
 * Evolution of the Atomic Model Graphic Organizer
 * Textbook - page 166, #4,5,6,11 || [[file:1. Atomic Models - text note.pdf]]
 * Day 23
 * Day 24
 * Day 25
 * Day 26
 * Periodic Table Trends || [[file:5 - Electron Configuration Battleship.docx]]
 * Day 27
 * Day 28
 * Orbitals and Electron Configuration
 * Periodic Table Trends
 * Bonding and Lewis Structures || [[file:Answers - Lewis Structures.pdf]] ||
 * THANKSGIVING ||
 * Day 29
 * Hybridization || [[file:8 - Quantum Mechanics and Bonding.pdf]] ||
 * Day 30
 * Day 31
 * Day 32
 * VSEPR Theory || [[file:9 - VSEPR Theory.pdf]]
 * Day 33
 * Day 34
 * Day 35
 * Day 36
 * Day 37
 * Lab: Boiling Points and Intermolecular Forces || [[file:15 - Lab - Boiling Points and Intermolecular Forces.pdf]] ||
 * Day 38
 * Day 39
 * Text: Section 4.6
 * MHR Text (pg 166-172; 196-201) || [[file:16 - Types of Solids Organizer.pdf]] ||
 * Day 40
 * Day 41
 * Day 42

Monday, November 3 || ** Structures & Properties Unit Test ** ||  || Tuesday, November 4 || ** UNIT 3: ENERGY CHANGES AND RATES OF REACTION ** || Wednesday, November 5 || * Thermodynamics, Enthalpy, and Calorimetry || || Thursday, November 6 || * Lab: Making a Hot Pack or Cold Pack || || Friday, November 7 || * Communicating Enthalpy Changes || Monday, November 10 || * Hess's Law || || Tuesday, November 11 || * Half Period || Wednesday, November 12 || * Energy Efficiency Assignment || || Thursday, November 13 || * Lab - Hess's Law and the Enthalpy of Combustion of Zinc || || Friday, November 14 || * Rollover Day ||  || Monday, November 17 || ** Thermochemistry Test ** || GOOD LUCK! || Tuesday, November 18 || * Chemical Kinetics and Rates of Reaction || || Wednesday, November 19 || * Collision Theory || || Thursday, November 20 || * Factors Affecting Reaction Rates || Friday, November 21 || * Formal Inquiry Lab - Reaction Rates Monday, November 24 || * Lab - Day 2 Tuesday, November 25 || * Reaction Rates and Reaction Mechanisms || || Wednesday, November 26 || * Study and Review Day || || Thursday, November 27 || ** Chemical Kinetics Test ** || GOOD LUCK! || Friday, November 28 ||  ||   ||
 * = NOVEMBER ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Work Covered ** || ** Files ** ||
 * Day 43
 * Day 44
 * Thermochemistry || [[file:1 - Thermochemistry FITB.pdf]]
 * Day 45
 * Day 46
 * Day 47
 * pg 319 - #1-3
 * pg 320 - #1-3
 * Calculations Work Day! || [[file:4 - Communicating Enthalpy Changes.pdf]]
 * Day 48
 * Day 49
 * 10:35 - Remembrance Day Ceremony || [[file:6 - Enthalpies of Formation.pdf]]
 * Day 50
 * Day 51
 * Day 52
 * Day 53
 * Day 54
 * Day 55
 * Day 56
 * Textbook-Assisted Note || [[file:12 - Factors Affecting Rate.pdf]]
 * Day 57
 * Introduction
 * Hypothesis
 * Methods || [[file:13 - Rates of Reaction Lab.pdf]] ||
 * Day 58
 * Follow through with procedure || (Friday's file) ||
 * Day 59
 * Day 60
 * Day 61
 * Day 62