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Class Calendar

7/31 - No School | Last Day of Summer Break
8/1 - Administrative Day | No Students
8/2 - In-Service Day | No Students
8/3 - Teacher Work Day | No Students
8/4 - In-Service Day | No Students
 
8/7 - 2-Hr Day, Distribute schedules
8/8 - First Full Day, syllabus, particle diagrams/whiteboarding demo
8/9 - (SUB) States of matter and phase changes WST
8/10 - Unit 1 Notes, Properties of states of matter, entropy, physical/chemical change demo
8/11 - Unit 1 Notes, Physical/Chemical properties and changes WST, 
 
8/14 - Unit 1 Notes, elements/compounds/mixtures WST 1 WST 2, Separation Techniques, 
8/15 - Separating a Mixture Lab
8/16 - Unit 1 Test; Unit 2 Notes on Atoms & Electrons; Atomic Models
8/17 - Atomic Theory (Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr) WebQuest 
8/18 - (SUB) Isotopes & Drawing Bohr Models and Lewis Dot Structures
 
8/21 - Notes on Atoms; Drawing Bohr Models & Lewis Dot Structures
8/22 - Intro to Quantum, Quantum Model Video (2:23)
8/23 - Practice: Electron Configuration, Nobel Gas Notation, & Orbital Diagrams
8/24 - Quantum Practice: EC, NGN, OD; Blank Periodic Table to label Wst
8/25 - (Pep Rally) Review; Regular Periodic Table & Reference Sheet PDF
 
8/28 - Unit 2 Test; Begin Unit 3: Periodic Table & Trends Wst and Periodic Table
8/29 - Unit 3 Notes   
8/30 - (SUB) Unit 3 Notes; Periodic Trends Video; 
8/31 - (SUB) Periodic Trends POGIL wst
9/1 - (SUB) Periodic Trends Explained Handout; Periodic Table Practice wst
 
9/4 - Labor Day, No School
9/5 - Finish Periodic Groups; Begin Periodic Trends: atomic radius
9/6 - Go over Unit 2 Tests; Finish trends: ionization energy and electronegativity
9/7 - Unit 4: Bonding Notes (Ions & Charge Trends & Ionic/Covalent Bonding)
9/8 - Notes Ionic Bonding (Ionic naming and formula writing with monatomic & polyatomic ions)
 
9/11 - Teacher Administrative Day | No Students
9/12 - Check Ionic Wst; Covalent formula writing Wst; 
9/13 - VSEPR Molecular Geometries WebQuest & Simulation Site; Additional Practice
9/14 - Units 1 & 2 Remediation during class; Units 3 & 4 Review; Bunsen burner skills lab
9/15 - Fireworks Lab; Units 3 & 4 Review
 
9/18 - (SUB) Review: Molecular Geometries & Ionic/Covalent Naming
9/19 - Units 3 & 4 Test
9/20 - Go over unit test; Unit 5: Balancing Equations & Simulation
9/21 - Unit 5: Types of Reactions 
9/22 - HOMECOMING!
 
9/25 - (Picture Day; No ICU); Predicting Products Syn/Decomp/Combustion & SR/DR/AB
9/26 - (Picture Day; No ICU); Types of Reactions Lab
9/27 - Units 3 & 4 Remediation during class; Unit 5 Review
9/28 - Mid-Term Exam (Units 1-5)
9/29 - Make-Up Work / "BBC - A Volatile History" Video (59 min)
 
10/2 - Fall Break
10/3 - Fall Break
10/4 - Fall Break
10/5 - Fall Break
10/6 - Fall Break
 
10/9 - Unit 6: (Notes) Measuring & Sig Figs & Accuracy/Precision Video (20 min); Measuring
10/10 - Unit 6: (Notes) Sig Figs, Scientific Not., Metric Conversions Video, Practice
10/11 - Unit 6: (Notes) Metric Conversions Video, Practice
10/12 - Unit 6: Density Practice & Lab
10/13 - Unit 7: Molar Mass & Avogadro's Number (18-min Video), Percent Composition (7-min Video)
 
10/16 - Unit 7: Molar Mass, Percent Composition, Avogadro's Number Practice
10/17 - Senior ACT | No Assignment
10/18 - Unit 7: Stoichiometry & Percent Yield (mol-mol, mol-g, g-g) Practice
10/19 - Teacher Administrative Day | No Students
10/20 - (SUB) Stoich Recap Videos: mol-mass (12-min) mass-mass (8-min); Stoich Practice
 
10/23 - Unit 7: Limiting Reactants & Percent Yield Practice 
10/24 - Units 6 & 7 Study Guide; and answers 
10/25 - Units 6-7 Test
10/26 - Stoichiometry Lab
10/27 - Hawk Walk & Senior Night
 
10/30 - (SUB) Unit 8 Notes; Kinetic Molecular Theory (Video); Combined Gas Law (Video) Practice
10/31 - (SUB) Unit 8 Notes; Ideal Gas Law (Video 1; Video 2); Ideal Gas Law Practice
11/1 - (SUB) Unit 8 Notes; Gas Stoichiometry (Video 1; Video 2); Mixed Practice
11/2 - (SUB) Unit 8 Notes; Gas Laws Review
11/3 - (SUB) Unit 8 Quiz
 
11/6 - Go over Units 6 & 7 Test; Pass back Unit 8 Quiz
11/7 - Unit 9 Notes; Solubility (video); factors affecting solubility (video 1; video 2)
11/8 - Unit 9 Notes; Saturation (video 1; video 2), molarity (video), dilutions (video)
11/9 - Review Units 8 & 9
11/10 - Units 6 & 7 Remediation in class; Review Units 8 & 9
 
11/13 - Review Units 8 & 9
11/14 - Units 8 & 9 Test
11/15 - Stoichiometry Rocket Lab
11/16 - (SUB): Calorimetry POGIL
11/17 - (SUB): Specific Heat Calculation Practice
 
11/20 - Thanksgiving Break | No School
11/21 - Thanksgiving Break | No School
11/22 - Thanksgiving Break | No School
11/23 - Thanksgiving Break | No School
11/24 - Thanksgiving Break | No School
 
11/27 - Unit 10 Notes: Eureka Videos (1 | 2 | 3); Heat vs Temp; Endo/Exo; Heat of Fus/Vap
11/28 - Unit 10 Notes: Heat of Fusion/Vaporization & Go over Units 8 & 9 Test
11/29 - EOC: English I & II (no ICU | Blocks 3-1-2-4); Unit 10: Heat of Fusion/Vaporization Wst
11/30 - EOC: English I & II (no ICU | Blocks 3-2-1-4); Unit 10: Specific Heat
12/1 - EOC: English I & II Make-Ups; Unit 11 Notes: Nuclear reactions & Half-Life
 
12/4 - (SUB) EOC: Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry (reg. sch.); Unit 11 Notes: Half-Life Wst
12/5 - EOC: Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry (reg. sch.); Unit 11 Notes: Half-Life & Project
12/6 - EOC: Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry (reg. sch.); Unit 11: Project
12/7 - EOC: US History & Biology (no ICU; 1st and 3rd Blocks only); Chernobyl Video
12/8 - EOC: US History & Biology (no ICU; 2nd and 4th Blocks only); Chernobyl Video
 
12/11 - Guest Speaker - Navy Nuclear Engineer
12/12 - Unit 11: Project
12/13 - Unit 11: Project (Early Turn-In Incentive +10 pts) 
12/14 - Final Exam Review (Units 6-7, 8-9); Units 8 & 9 Remediation | Test Corrections Due
12/15 - Final Exam Review (Units 8-9, 10-11); Projects DUE!
 
12/18 - FINAL EXAM | 1st Block (8:30-10:00) | 2nd Block (10:15-11:45)
12/19 - FINAL EXAM | 3rd Block (8:30-10:00) | 4th Block (10:15-11:45)
12/20 - FINAL EXAM | Make-Up Exam by appointment only, Admin approval required
12/21 - Winter Break
12/22 - Winter Break
 
12/25 - Winter Break
12/26 - Winter Break
12/27 - Winter Break
12/28 - Winter Break
12/29 - Winter Break
 
1/1 - Winter Break
1/2 - Winter Break 
1/3 - In-Service Day | No Students 
1/4 - Teacher Administrative Day | No Students
1/5 - Safety Review Day | No Students 
 
1/8 - First Full Day, syllabus/website/Remind/safety, particle diagrams/whiteboarding demo
1/9 - Unit 1 Notes, Properties of states of matter, entropy, physical/chemical change demo
1/10 - Chemistry Chat Activity (No make-up work)
1/11 - Unit 1 Notes, Physical/Chemical WST 
1/12 - Unit 1 Notes, elements/compounds/mixtures WST 1 WST 2, Separation & Chromatography 
 
1/15 - MLK Jr. Day | No School
1/16 - SCHOOL CLOSED | INCLEMENT WEATHER
1/17 - SCHOOL CLOSED | INCLEMENT WEATHER
1/18 - SCHOOL CLOSED | INCLEMENT WEATHER
1/19 - SCHOOL CLOSED | INCLEMENT WEATHER
 
1/22 - SCHOOL CLOSED | INCLEMENT WEATHER
1/23 - 2-HR DELAY | Unit 2 Notes; on Atoms & Electrons; Atomic Models 
1/24 - Atomic Theory WebQuest | PhET 1 | PhET 2 | Vid 1 | Vid 2
1/25 - Isotopes & Drawing Bohr Models and Lewis Dot Structures
1/26 - CSI Lab (Physical Properties Review)
 
1/29 - Intro to Quantum; Electron Configs & Noble Gas Notation
1/30 - Practice: Simulation 1, Simulation 2, Orbital Diagrams
1/31 - Quantum Practice: EC, NGN, OD; Blank Periodic Table to label Wst
2/1 - Review; Regular Periodic Table & Reference Sheet PDF
2/2 - Units 1 & 2 Test; Unit 3: Periodic Table Trends Activity | https://ptable.com 
 
2/5 - Unit 3 Notes; Periodic Trends Video
2/6 - Periodic Trends; Trends Explained Handout; Periodic Table Practice wst
2/7 - Go over Units 1 & 2 Test; Unit 4: Ionic Bonding Notes ; Periodic Table of Ionic Charges  
2/8 - Notes Practice Naming & Formula Writing with Ionic Compounds; Practice 1
2/9 - Notes Practice Naming & Formula Writing with Ionic Compounds; Practice 2   
 
2/12 - Notes: Ionic vs. Covalent Bonding; Covalent formula writing Wst 
2/13 - Notes: Ionic vs. Covalent Bonding; VSEPR Molecular Geometries WebQuest & Simulation
2/14 - VSEPR Practice; Drawing Molecules with Single Bonds and with Multiple Bonds
2/15 - Units 1 & 2 Remediation during class; VSEPR Practice continued
2/16 - Fireworks Lab | Background Article 1 | Background Article 2 | How Fireworks Work (6 min)
 
2/19 - Presidents' Day | NO SCHOOL
2/20 - Units 3 & 4 Review 
2/21 - Units 3 & 4 Review 
2/22 - Units 3 & 4 Test
2/23 - Begin Unit 5: Balancing Equations & Simulation
 
2/26 - Unit 5: Balancing Equations & Simulation
2/27 - Unit 5: Types of Reactions
2/28 - Predicting Products Syn/Decomp/Combustion & SR/DR/AB
2/29 - Predicting Products Syn/Decomp/Combustion & SR/DR/AB
3/1 - Types of Reactions Lab
 
3/4 - Go over unit test; Mid-Term Review
3/5 - Election Day & In-Service Day | No Students
3/6 - Mid-Term Review
3/7 - Mid-Term Exam (Units 1-5)
3/8 - Units 3 & 4 Remediation (test corrections due)
3/11 - Unit 6 Notes: Scientific Notation, Metric Conversions, Conversion Table Resource
3/12 - Junior ACT | Freshman Orientation Night
3/13 - Unit 6 Notes: Dimensional Analysis Conversions
3/14 - Unit 6 Notes: Significant Figures (Sig Figs) & Practice 
3/15 - Unit 6 Notes: Mass, Volume, Density
 
3/18 - Parent-Teacher Conferences | Administrative Day | No Students 
3/19 - Unit 6 Notes: Measuring Significantly 
3/20 - Unit 7: Molar Mass, Percent Composition, Avogadro's Number (WST) 
3/21 - Unit 7: Molar Mass (Practice) and Lab (Measuring and Density)
3/22 - Unit 7 Practice | Pep Rally Schedule | PEP RALLY!
 
3/25 - Spring Break | NO SCHOOL
3/26 - Spring Break | NO SCHOOL
3/27 - Spring Break | NO SCHOOL
3/28 - Spring Break | NO SCHOOL
3/29 - Spring Break & Good Friday | NO SCHOOL
 
4/1 - Unit 7: Intro to Stoichiometry Mole Map & Wst
4/2 - Early Dismissal Due to Weather | Intro to Stoichiometry Mole Map & Wst
4/3 - Unit 7: Stoichiometry & Percent Yield Practice
4/4 - Unit 7: Limiting Reactants with T-Charts and BCA Tables Wst
4/5 - Units 6 & 7 Review 
 
4/8 - SOLAR ECLIPSE | NO SCHOOL
4/9 - Lab: Creating Copper
4/10 - Make-Up Lab | Units 6 & 7 Review
4/11 - Units 6 & 7 Test
4/12 - Make-Up Tests
 
4/15 - English I/II EOCs | Blocks 3-2-1-4 | Intro to Boyle's Law
4/16 - English I/II EOCs | Blocks 3-2-1-4 | Intro to Charles' Law
4/17 - Math EOCs | Regular Schedule | Gas Behavior & Simulation
4/18 - Math EOCs | Regular Schedule | Go over Units 6 & 7 Test and Test Corrections
4/19 - Math EOCs | Regular Schedule | Combined Gas Law
 
4/22 - US History EOC | 1st Block & 3rd Block | Combined Gas Law
4/23 - US History EOC | 2nd Block & 4th Block | Combined Gas Law
4/24 - Make-Up Testing | Ideal Gas Law Wst
4/25 - Make-Up Testing | Gas Stoichiometry Wst
4/26 - Make-Up Testing | Gas Laws Mixed Review
 
4/29 - Units 6 & 7 Remediation Quizzes during class
4/30 - Unit 9 - Solutions Notes, Solute vs Solvent, Saturation Curves Practice
5/1 - Unit 9 - Concentration Notes, Calculations, Molarity & Dilutions Practice
5/2 - Units 8 & 9 Review
5/3 - Units 8 & 9 Test
 
5/6 - Make-Up Tests
5/7 - Liquid Nitrogen Day | Pep Rally Schedule | Fine Arts Signing Ceremony
5/8 - Conquest for Cold (Video)
5/9 - Finding the Elements (Video) | Pep Rally Schedule | School-Wide Talent Show 
5/10 - Pep Rally Schedule | HAWK FEST & MOVE-UP PEP RALLY!
 
5/13 - Senior Exams (Blocks 3/4) | Final Exam Review
5/14 - Senior Exams (Blocks 1/2) | Final Exam Review | Mr. Vaughn proctors AP Exam at Motlow
5/15 - Final Exam Review
5/16 - Guest Speaker - Navy Nuclear Engineer
5/17 - Final Exam Review
 
5/20 - FINAL EXAM | 1st Block (8:30-10:00) | 2nd Block (10:15-11:45)
5/21 - FINAL EXAM | 3rd Block (8:30-10:00) | 4th Block (10:15-11:45)
5/22 - FINAL EXAM | Make-Up Exam by appointment only, Admin approval required
5/23 - Teacher Work Day | No Students
5/24 - Last Day of School | 2-Hr Day