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Final exam review
Final Exam Monday June 8th 8:30-10:30; 100 multiple choice questions, comprehensive from the second semester content. Final exam outline is available in Google Classroom and a hard copy was distributed in class (5/26/26).
Unit 6 exam: Chemistry of Climate Change
Collect Objectives journal
Review for test
Unit 6 exam tomorrow; 45 m.c. questions
Complete corrections
Organize Data book
Plickers
Unit 6 exam Wednesday May 27th; 45 m.c. questions
Return assignments
Make corrections
Plickers
Unit 6 exam Wednesday May 27th; 45 m.c. questions
Objectives journal due tomorrow
Revisit Investigative Phenomenon; do SEP (50) page 117; correct
Revisit Anchoring Phenomenon (51) page 117; correct
Complete unit notes
Continue corrections
Objectives journal due on Friday
Update Data book
Submit assignments from yesterday (and Wednesday, if applicable)
Make corrections
Notes: Consequences of Climate Change
Correct SEP (41) page 106, CCC (42) page 108, SEP (43) page 109, CCC (44) page 110, CCC (45) page 111, and SEP (49) page 116; homework check /4
Revisit Investigative Phenomenon; do SEP (50) page 117; correct
Revisit Anchoring Phenomenon (51) page 117; correct
Correct CCC (32) page 96 and CCC (35) page 99
Notes: Consequences of Climate Change
Read pages 105-117
Do SEP (41) page 106, CCC (42) page 108, SEP (43) page 109, CCC (44) page 110, CCC (45) page 111, and SEP (49) page 116; due tomorrow
Analyzing lab data: Climate Change and the Carbon cycle; due Monday, one submission per lab group
Notes: Evidence of Climate Change
Discuss Anthropogenic (caused by human activity) Carbon emissions
Read pages 77-84
Do SEP (22) page 84; due tomorrow
Unit 6 exam is on Friday May 29th; exam outline is available in Google Classroom
Notes: Consequences of Climate Change
Do CCC (32) page 96 and CCC (35) page 99; due tomorrow
Read pages 95-104
Discuss CCC (3) page 63
Continue notes: The Greenhouse Effect
Read pages 69-76
Discuss the effect of water and ozone in the atmosphere (page 65)
Discuss the effect of CO2 and CH4 in the atmosphere and compare and contrast with H2O and O3; how is radiation affected by each?
Discuss SEP (8) page 68
Review Stoichiometry of gases problems?
Do SEP (46) and Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon (47) page 59 (vol 2)
Investigative Phenomenon: What is causing an increase in floods?
Video: Flooding from Florence
Do CCC (1&2) page 61 vol. 2
Notes: The Greenhouse Effect
Read pages 62-68
Do CCC (3) page 63; due tomorrow
Submit Gas Law lab
Gas Law lab quiz
Demo video: can crush
Demo video: Ammonia fountain
Stoichiometry of gases practice
Gas law lab, Part 2; lab due Monday
Gas law lab quiz Monday; know: Variables and laws being studied; see Google Classroom posting
Stoichiometry of gases practice
Gas Law lab part 2: Boyles’ Law; lab due Monday
Gas law lab quiz on Monday; know: Variables and laws being studied; see Google Classroom posting
Revisit phenomena; seat partner CER check-in; submit
Submit Ideal Gas Law problem set
Gas law lab, Part 1: Charles’ Law
Our Planet, Our Business video; submit question sheet at the conclusion of the video
Continue Gas Law problem set; due tomorrow (accommodations deadline)
Submit Combined Gas Law problem set
Ideal Gas Problem set: do all practice problems and Additional problems #s 1-4; due Wednesday May 6th
Additional problems MUST be done on separate paper showing manipulated formula, units, and all steps for solving
Given the Combined Gas Law, you will be able solve for an unknown variable, given the known variables
Given the Ideal Gas Law, you will be able solve for an unknown variable, given the known variables
Continue Combined Gas Law problem set
Ideal Gas Problem set: do all practice problems and Additional problems #s 1-4; due Wednesday May 6th
Additional problems MUST be done on separate paper showing manipulated formula, units, and all steps for solving
Complete Gas Law notes
Gas Quiz
Questions on Gas Law problem set; due Monday
Correct SEP (6) page 202 and Evaluate (7&8) page 204
Notes: Temperature and Gas Laws
Practice: Boyle’s law and Charles’ Law; due Friday
Do all practice problems and Additional Problems #s 1, 2, 5, 6, & 12
Gas quiz on Thursday; know: Kinetic molecular theory including postulates, diffusion, gas properties, principles associated with demos done in class, how a barometer works, variables associated with the gas laws
Complete Global Warming videos
Read page 200-201 (vol 1)
Do SEP (3); due today
Notes: Gases and Pressure
Phenomena: Bell Jar
Read pages 202-204
Do SEP (6) page 202 and Evaluate (7&8) page 204; due tomorrow
Gas quiz on Thursday; know: Kinetic molecular theory including postulates, diffusion, gas properties, principles associated with demos done in class, how a barometer works, variables associated with the gas laws
Submit Feedback and Climate change lab
Correct CCC (12) page 19
Discuss Convection in the Atmosphere (page 21)
Correct CCC (14) page 21
Video: Water Cycle; questions sheet due today
Complete Feedback and Climate Change lab; due today
Feedback and Climate Change lab quiz
Ocean Acidification demonstration video
CO2 ocean acidification demo video
Carbon cycle video
Energy in the Atmosphere video
Review diagram on page 19
Do CCC (12) page 19; discuss
Discuss Convection in the Atmosphere (page 21)
Do CCC (14) page 21; discuss
Feedback and Climate Change lab; due Friday
Feedback and Climate Change lab quiz tomorrow; know: purpose of tablets, which solution melted more ice, what are the top sources for Earth’s carbon
Correct CCC (6) page 10 and SEP (7) page 13
Correct SEP (8) page 14
Discuss SEP (9) page 16
Correct SEP (10) page 16
Discuss Water and Energy in the Atmosphere
Notes: Kinetic Molecular Theory
Discuss SEP (11) page 18
Correct CCC (6) page 10 and SEP (7) page 13
Revisit CER: What is causing drought in California?
Complete notes on Water Cycle
Demo: Water cycle
Notes: Feedback systems
Do SEP (8) page 14; due tomorrow
Discuss SEP (9) page 16
Do SEP (10) page 16; due tomorrow
Read pages 17-27
Discuss CCC and SEP page 5
Notes: Geochemical cycles
Do CCC (6) page 10; due Tuesday
Do SEP (7) page 13; due Tuesday
Discuss Anchoring Phenomena: Why are we seeing more extreme weather? (page 2 & 3 Volume 2)
Begin CER
Complete “Inquiry Launch” page 3
Discuss Investigative Phenomena: What is causing drought in California?
Do CCC (1) and SEP (2) page 5; due tomorrow
Read pages 6-16 vol 2
Submit Shell lab
Revisit Anchoring and Investigative Phenomena from this unit (page 215)
Return assignments
Corrections
Unit 5 exam: Dynamics of Chemical Reactions and Ocean Acidification
Tomorrow is the last day for submission of late work for this unit
Read pages 6-16 vol 2
Shell lab due tomorrow
Dynamics of Chemical Reactions and Ocean Acidification exam tomorrow
Video: Ocean currents
Correct SEP (13) p. 189
Correct CCC (14) page 191
Take reading for Shell activity
Correct SEP (15) page 192 and CCC (16) page 193
Read 198-203
Do CCC (21) page 199, SEP (23) page 200, and SEP (24) page 201; due tomorrow
Notes: ENSO
Video: ENSO
Read 204-210
Do CCC (28) page 207 and SEP (29) page 209; due today
Correct CCC (7) page 181, CCC (8) page 181, CCC (10) page 185, SEP (11) page 187
Take Shell lab measurements
Discuss Biogenic Carbon (p. 186 vol 2)
Discuss Methane and feedback systems (p. 188 vol 2)
Complete Unit notes
Do SEP (13) p. 189; due tomorrow
Read 189-197
Do CCC (14) page 191; due Monday
Do SEP (15) page 192 and CCC (16) page 193; due tomorrow
Collect Shell lab data
Career Day presentation: Geneticist
Speaker: Joseph Shen
Correct CCC (3) page 175 and SEP (5) page 178
Plan and set-up Shell acidity experiment; take initial readings
Read 180-181
Do CCC (7) page 181; do CCC (8) page 181; due today
Read 182-188
Do CCC (10) page 185; do SEP (11) page 187; due today
Demo: CO2 in different temperatures of water
Notes: Ocean Acidification
Correct CCCs (1 & 2) page 173
Discuss CO2 and Ocean pH
Discuss Acid forming reactions in Seawater
Discuss Geographic Ocean pH variation
Read 174-180
Do CCC (3) page 175; due today
Do SEP (5) page 178; due today
Begin planning and set-up of Shell acidity experiment
Correct SEP (16) page 162
Correct CCC (20) page 168 and SEP (21) page 169
Do SEP (19) page 165
Do questions 23-25 on page 171
Revisit Anchoring Phenomena: How do our everyday activities impact Earth?
Investigative Phenomenon: What is happening to the world’s coral reefs?
Video: Coral Bleaching
Read page 173
Do CCCs (1 & 2) page 173; discuss
Notes: Ocean Acidification
Dilution formula practice
do SEP (16) page 162; due Tuesday April 7th
Do CCC (20) page 168 and SEP (21) page 169; due Tuesday
Do SEP (19) page 165
Corrections to assignments
Correct CCC (11) page 157
Correct Sample Problem (12) on page 158
Correct SEP (13) page 159 and SEP (14) page 160
Discuss Acid-Base Titrations (page 162); do SEP (16) page 162; due tomorrow
Do CCC (20) page 168 and SEP (21) page 169; due Friday
Dilution formula practice
Update Data Book
Return assignments
Record Objectives and submit journal
Submit Titration lab
Titration lab quiz
Read 156-163
Do CCC (11) page 157
Do Sample Problem (12) on page 158
Do SEP (13) page 159
Do SEP (14) page 160
Acid Base Quiz
Complete Titration lab; due tomorrow
Titration lab quiz tomorrow; know: the reactants and products in each experiment, how we will use the titration data in the experiment, know the safety hazards that were present in the lab, definitions used in the lab, the type of reaction we are observing, and the procedure for reagent disposal
Lab debrief (time permitting)
Submit Cabbage Juice Lab
Acid and Base Quiz tomorrow; know: properties of acids and bases, acid base definitions, pH range for acids and bases
Begin Titration lab; due Thursday
Titration lab quiz on Thursday; know: the reactants and products in each experiment, how we will use the titration data in the experiment, know the safety hazards that were present in the lab, definitions used in the lab, the type of reaction we are observing, and the procedure for reagent disposal
Read pages 166-170
Do CCC (20) page 168 and SEP (21) page 169; due Friday
Buffer activity due tomorrow (online)
Warm-up: How can we increase the pH in a lake that has been affected by acid rain?
Revisit Investigative Phenomena (page 155); do SEP page 155
Discuss Reactions of Acids and Bases (page 156)
Notes: Titrations
Cabbage Juice lab due tomorrow
Notes: Buffers
Buffer virtual lab; due Wednesday
Submit pH problem set
Cabbage juice lab; due Tuesday
Acid Base quiz on Wednesday; know: properties of acids and bases, acid base definitions, pH range for acids and bases
Complete notes from yesterday
Questions from pH problem set? Complete all practice problems and do the Additional Problems on a separate piece of lined paper showing all of your work and boxing your final answer to receive credit; due tomorrow
Discuss Strengths of Acids and Bases (page 154); do Applying Concepts (9) page 154
Revisit Investigative Phenomena (page 155); do SEP page 155
Discuss Reactions of Acids and Bases (page 156)
How can we increase the pH in a lake that has been affected by acid rain?
Correct SEP (6) page 150 and Sample Problem (8) page 153
Notes: Properties and definitions of acids and bases
pH notes
pH problem set; do all practice problems and Additional problems #s 1-3 on a sheet of lined paper showing all steps and units (where applicable); due Friday
Read 151-154
Submit Equilibrium lab
Equilibrium lab quiz
Discuss Ionization of water (page 150)
Do SEP (6) page 150; correct
Discuss Calculating pH (page 151)
Do Sample Problem (8) page 153; due tomorrow
Notes: Properties and definitions of acids and bases
Discuss Investigative Phenomena: How does acid rain impact the environment?
Video: Killed by Rain
Brainstorm: What do you know about acids, bases, and pH?
Demo: phenolphthalein and acids and bases, litmus paper, pH paper
Notes: Properties and definitions of acids and bases
Read pages 145-150
Equilibrium and Le Châtelier’s Principle Lab; due Tuesday
Equilibrium lab quiz on Tuesday; know: factors that can affect equilibrium, know which of these we are manipulating in this lab, know the difference between an independent variable and a dependent variable, know the safety hazards present in the lab
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz
Demo: Sodium acetate and temperature
Correct SEP (21 & 22) page 143 and “Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon”
Correct CCC (16) page 138 and SEP (18) page 140
Equilibrium problem set; all practice problems and Additional problems #1-5 due tomorrow
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz tomorrow
Complete notes: Factors that affect Equilibrium
Correct SEP (21 & 22) page 143 and “Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon”
Do CCC (16) page 138 and SEP (18) page 140; due tomorrow
Begin Equilibrium problem set
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz this Thursday; know: definitions, how the arrow is represented (double), factors that affect equilibrium and reaction rates, difference between static and dynamic, Le Châtelier’s Principle
Notes: Le Châtelier’s Principle
Correct CCC (15) page 137, SEP (17) page 139, CCC (19) page 141
Notes: Factors that effect equilibrium
Do SEP (21 & 22) page 143 and “Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon”; due today
Warm-up: What is the difference between static and dynamic equilibrium?
Continue Equilibrium notes
Demo: Elephant toothpaste
Demo: Glowing splint test
Read pages 136-141
Do CCC (15) page 137, SEP (17) page 139, CCC (19) page 141; due today
Iodine lab post-lab quiz
Submit Iodine Lab
Correct CCC (10) page 131, SEP (12) page 133, SEP (13) page 134, CCC (20) page 142
Complete Catalyst and Inhibitor notes
Notes: Equilibrium
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz next Thursday; know: definitions, how the arrow is represented (double), factors that affect equilibrium and reaction rates, difference between static and dynamic, Le Châtelier’s Principle
Submit CER
Reaction Rate lab: Iodine Clock; due tomorrow
Post-lab quiz on tomorrow; know: what variables are held constant in the experiment, what variables were changed, predict what will happen when the concentration of KIO3 was increased, what was the method of product disposal
Correct SEP (3) page 123, CCC (5) page 125, SEP (6) page 126, and CCC (7) page 127; homework check /2
Discuss SEP (14) page 135
Read pages 136-141
Do CCC (20) page 142
CER peer review; CER due tomorrow
Notes: Catalysts and Inhibitors
Review Enzyme function page 134
Do CCC (10) page 131, SEP (12) page 133, SEP (13) page 134; due tomorrow
Do SEP (3) page 123, CCC (5) page 125, SEP (6) page 126, and CCC (7) page 127; due tomorrow
Notes: Factors that Affect Reaction Rates
Revisit the investigative Phenomenon CER
Notes: Activation Energy
Do SEP (14) page 135; due tomorrow
Discuss CCC page 129
Review Phenomena
Notes: Reaction rates
Review Energy diagrams
Notes: Factors that affect reaction rates
Do SEP (3) page 123, CCC (5) page 125, SEP (6) page 126, and CCC (7) page 127; due Tuesday
Heat and Energy in the Earth System Unit exam
Please bring both editions of textbooks on Monday
CER: What is the chemical reaction involved in the formation of Limestone caves? Make a claim.
Sand dollar video
Brainstorm: Reactions that are reversible
Brainstorm: factors that can affect reaction rates
Correct CCCs (1 & 2) page 121 (vol. 2)
Read pages 122-134
Review your CER and add evidence from this section to support your claim
Do CCC (9) page 129
Pair Share CER for the investigative phenomenon
Do SEP (26) and Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon page 95; correct
Read 119-121 in Volume 2 of textbook
Anchoring Phenomenon: How do everyday activities impact Earth?
Complete prompt on page 119
Investigative Phenomenon: How do limestone caves form?
Video: Limestone caves
CER: What is the chemical reaction involved in the formation of Limestone caves? Make a claim.
Ocean Acidification explained (video)
Sand dollar video
View earthquake wave videos
Correct SEP (22) page 89 and SEP (23) page 91
Submit CER for Volcanoes
Update Data book
Tomorrow is last day for late work submissions for this unit
Bring Volume 2 of textbook for Wednesday
Heat and Energy in the Earth system unit test Friday
Tutoring tomorrow after school
Plickers
Distribute Volume 2 of workbook
Distribute new data book sheet
Tsunami video
Read pages 88-92
Do SEP (22) page 89 and SEP (23) page 91; due Monday
Volcano CER due tomorrow
Late work for unit must be submitted by Wednesday for late credit
Heat and Energy in the Earth System unit test on Friday; tutoring on Wednesday from 3:35-4:35
Plate tectonics evidence from Iceland
CCC (19) page 85
Demo: Liquids and energy
Notes: Earth Structure and Seismic Waves
Exam outline is available in the “Resource” folder in Google Classroom
Update CER with new claim/evidence/reasoning
Submit Pangaea Lab
Update CER with seat partner
Correct SEP (15) page 80, SEP (16) page 81, and CCC (17) page 83
Notes: Plate Motion
Plate tectonics evidence from Iceland
Do CCC (19) page 85
Plate Tectonics quiz
Pangaea Lab debrief; Pangaea Lab due tomorrow
Notes: Causes of Plate tectonics
Correct SEP (14) page 79
Do SEP (15) page 80, SEP (16) page 81, and CCC (17) page 83; due Thursday
Lab: The Rise and Fall of Pangaea; due Thursday; this will be a group submission document (1 per group)
Plate Tectonics quiz tomorrow; know: about the formation of Pangaea, what happens at plate boundaries, theories of continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics and the evidence for each, age of the rock at the mid-ocean ridge, and what happens when two plates subduct
Discuss Plastic Deformation
Discuss SEP (7) page 72
Correct SEP (9) page 74 and CCC (12) page 77
Discuss SEP (8) page 73, CCC (10) page 75, SEP (11) page 76
Notes: Sea Floor spreading
Do SEP (14) page 79; due tomorrow
Read pages 80-87
Plate Tectonics quiz on Wednesday (Feb 18); know: about the formation of Pangaea, what happens at plate boundaries, theories of continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics and the evidence for each, age of the rock at the mid-ocean ridge, and what happens when two plates subduct
Notes: Continental Drift
Video: Convection currents
Video debrief: questions
Video: Summary of convection
Read pages 73-78
Do SEP (9) page 74 and CCC (12) page 77; due today
Correct SEP (3) page 67, CCC (4) page 69, SEP (5) page 70, and SEP (6) p. 71; homework check /2
Notes: Plate Tectonics and Sea floor spreading
Notes: Calorimetry
Do SEP (18) page 54
Read about Investigative Phenomenon: Why are there so many volcanoes in California?
Begin CER; write question, make a claim, cite evidence to support claim (if possible)
Do CCC (1) and SEP (2) page 65; due today
Read pages 66-72 in textbook
Do SEP (3) page 67, CCC (4) page 69, SEP (5) page 70, and SEP (6) page 71; due tomorrow
Given the concept of energy transformations, you will be able to describe how energy changes from one form to another and prove by answering guided questions correctly.
Given the concept of thermal inversions, you will be able to describe how temperature changes when mixed with cool air from the sea and prove by answering a modeling prompt 70% correctly.
Video: Energy (Bill Nye); answer and submit questions
Modeling Thermal inversions; complete modeling sheet and submit
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab questions? Due tomorrow
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab; lab due Friday; lab quiz Friday; know: safety hazard described in the manual, how to define calorimeter, formula used in the assessment section, lab outcome
Notes: Calorimetry
Do SEP (18) page 54
Correct SEP (22) page 61, SEP (23) page 62, SEP (24) and “revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon” page 63
Energy quiz tomorrow; know:
Kinetic molecular theory
How molecules move in a solid, liquid, and gas
Know how energy flows through a system
Compare and contrast convection, conduction, and radiation
Why thermal equilibrium is hard to maintain
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab quiz
Discuss Investigative phenomenon
Correct CCC (13) page 48, CCC (15) page 50, and SEP (17) page 53
Do SEP (22) page 61, SEP (23) page 62, SEP (24) and “revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon page 63; due tomorrow
Do SEP (18) page 54
Read pages 55-62
Submit Thermodynamics problem set
Energy quiz Thursday; know:
Kinetic molecular theory
How molecules move in a solid, liquid, and gas
Know how energy flows through a system
Compare and contrast convection, conduction, and radiation
Why thermal equilibrium is hard to maintain
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab; lab due Thursday; lab quiz tomorrow; know: safety hazard described in the manual, how to define calorimeter, formula used in the assessment section, lab outcome
Warm-up #1: How does a lava lamp work?
Warm-up #2: How can a lava lamp be used as a model to explain conduction?
What is convection? Convection simulation
Notes: Convection and radiation
Notes: Feedback systems
Read 48-53
Do CCC (13) page 48, CCC (15) page 50, and SEP (17) page 53; due Tuesday
Energy Quiz on Thursday
Submit Specific Heat problem set
Thermodynamics Problem set is due Tuesday; include work and units in all steps and box in final answer
Notes: Mechanisms of Heat Flow
Video: Lava Lamp
Notes: Conduction
Correct CCC (8) page 41 and CCC (12) page 47
Specific Heat problem set due tomorrow
Do Thermodynamics Problem set; due Tuesday; include work and units in all steps and box in final answer
Notes: Gibbs Free Energy
Read pages 41-47; do CCC (8) page 41 and CCC (12) page 47; due tomorrow
Submit pHet lab sheet
Specific Heat problem set due tomorrow
Computer simulation: Thermal difference between substances with different specific heats
Computer simulation: does heat flow faster through a hotter source?
Laws of Thermodynamics simulations
Notes: Heat of vaporization and fusion
Submit Model Energy Conservation sheet
PhET activity sheet due tomorrow
Notes: Heat Capacity
Heat Capacity Problem set: do all problems on a separate piece of paper showing units and all work. Box in final answers
Modeling: Energy Transfer and Conservation w.s.;
Pair/share: discuss your model from your w.s. with your seat partner; what are the limitations? Model sheet due tomorrow
Discuss SEP (7) page 40
PhET simulation: Energy forms and changes; complete activity sheet; due Wednesday
Correct CCC (1) & SEP (2) page 35; SEP (4) page 37
Notes: Laws of Thermodynamics
Modeling: Energy Transfer and Conservation w.s.; due in class
Pair/share: discuss your model from your w.s. with your seat partner; what are the limitations?
Do SEP (7) page 40; discuss
Bring Chromebooks or computers next week on Monday for pHet activity
Complete reading from yesterday (10 minutes)
Authentic Reading assignment due
Notes: Kinetic energy
Read 35-38
Do CCC (1) & SEP (2) page 35; SEP (4) page 37; due tomorrow
Revisit Anchoring Phenomena
Introduce Investigative Phenomena: page 34-35
Popcorn reading (lab groups) “Supercharged geothermal energy…”
Do Authentic Reading h.o; due tomorrow
Review exam content from semester 1
Course outline semester 2
Course expectations