Thursday September 30th, 2010 - Terry Fox Run

SNC 1D
1. Hand in Lab Report: "Density Graph Lab".
2. Lab Report handed back & discussed: "Heating Curve of Water".
3. Lesson/Note: Classification of Matter.
4. Assigned work: Grade 9 Daily Worksheet - due tomorrow. Time was given in class to begin this worksheet.
Reminder: Due tomorrow - Read p. 192-198, do p. 198 #1-5,11

SPECIAL FOR PARENTS: Click here for a copy of the Parent Information Sheet:
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/Parent%20info%201D%20Sept%202010.doc

SNC 2D
No class if you participated in the Terry Fox run.
Those remaining in class worked on the worksheets and questions due Monday (see past posts).

Wednesday September 29th, 2010

SNC1D
1. Work on Density Graph Lab & calculating slope. Lab Report due tomorrow.
2. Assigned work (due Friday): Read p. 192-198, do p. 198 # 1-5,11

SNC 2D
1. Take up homework and ask questions from lab report. Lab Report due tomorrow.
2. Lesson/Note: Types of Chemical Reactions.
3. Assigned work:
Two worksheets: "Balancing Equations" and "Types of Chemical Reactions" - due Monday
Also: Read 6.5 and 6.6, do p. 239 #1,4 and p. 243 #3,4 (due Monday)

Chembalancer assignment also due Monday - SEE YESTERDAY'S POST! - This was shown in class today.

Tuesday September 28th, 2010 - Hockeyville Day!

SNC 1D
1. Lesson/Note: Slope of a Line
2. Work on Lab Report for Density Graph Lab. Lab report due Thursday.

SNC 2D
1. Lesson/Note: Balancing Chemical Equations
2. Take up yesterday's homework.
3. Assigned work (due tomorrow): Read 6.4, do p. 236 # 3,5-7 (Note: The answer for #5c in the back of the book is wrong - it should have a 2 in front of Na)
4. Lab Report for Gas? Which Gas? due Thursday.

5. Assignment (due Monday): Chembalancer Online Assignment. Go to the Classic Chembalancer Game using the link below and:
- Balance all the Equations.
YOU MUST HAND IN THE 11 BALANCED EQUATIONS WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
http://funbasedlearning.com/chemistry/chemBalancer/default.htm

Monday September 27th, 2010

SNC 1D
Density Graph Lab. Lab Report due Wednesday. Today: Make a hypothesis and measure the mass, length, width & height of a minimum of 3-4 different sized objects of 2 different materials (min. 7 objects total). Begin a mass vs volume graph. Bring the graph with all plots pointed on it in order to be prepared for class tomorrow.

SNC 2D
1. Complete Lab: Gas? Which Gas? (test the gas formed when baking soda and vinegar react). Lab report due Wednesday so try to come up with questions by tomorrow.
2. Lesson/Note: Law of Conservation of Mass
3. Assigned work: Read p. 225-226 and p. 230-231,
Do p. 226 #2,4,7 and p. 232 #2,4,6 (due tomorrow)

Friday September 24th, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Hand in Chemical or Physical Change Worksheet
2. Quiz 2
3. Density Activity: Find the mass and volume of 3 objects and determine which two are made of the same material. Worksheet due Tuesday.
4. Assigned work: Read p. 179-182, do p. 182 #1,2

SNC 2D
1. Quiz 2
2. Day 2 of Lab: Gas? Which Gas?
Today: Observe & practice test for carbon dioxide (bubble the gas through limewater). Also, test the "unknown" gas produced when calcium reacts with water. Lab Report due Wednesday Sept 29.

Thursday September 23rd, 2010

SNC 1D
- Complete Physical & Chemical Change Activity Worksheet. In the last column, state whether each change is Physical or Chemical and provide a reason why. Worksheet due tomorrow.

SNC 2D
Begin Lab: Gas? Which Gas? Today: Observe and practice the test for oxygen (glowing splint) and the test for hydrogen (flaming splint).

Wednesday September 22nd, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Physical & Chemical Change Activity. Complete 5 of 10 changes, record observations, and conclude whether the change was physical or chemical. We will finish the worksheet in class tomorrow.
2. Part of assigned density questions taken up.

SNC 2D
1. Lesson/Note: Nomenclature Flowchart
2. Assigned work: Nomenclature Worksheet 5 (due Friday).
3. Class time given to work on assigned work from yesterday.

Tuesday September 21st, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Lesson/Notes:
Physical & Chemical Properties
Physical & Chemical Change
2. Worksheet (completed & taken up in class) - Physical & Chemical Changes
3. Short note: Density
4. Assigned work (due tomorrow): Density Worksheet

SNC 2D
1. Take up homework.
2. Lesson/Note: Polyatomic Ions
3. Questions regarding lab report answered. Lab report due tomorrow.
4. Assigned work (due Thursday): Polyatomic Ion worksheet & Read 5.9, do p. 205 #1-7

Monday September 20th, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Hand in Lab Report: "Heating Curve of Water"
2. Significant Digits Lesson completed. Worksheet taken up.
3. Bunsen Burner Lab and Quiz 1 handed back.
4. Assigned work (due tomorrow): Read p. 183-186, do p. 186 #1-3.

SNC 2D
1. Lab: "Bond? Which Bond?" carried out. Lab Report due Wednesday.
2. Make sure textbook questions assigned Friday are complete.

Friday September 17th, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Quiz 1
2. Lesson/Discussion: Significant Digits.
3. Due Monday: Lab Report for Heating Curve of Water Lab

SNC 2D
1. Take up Nomenclature Worksheet 2 (Multivalence)
2. Quiz 1
3. Begin Intro to lab: Bond? Which Bond?
4. Assigned work (due Monday).
Read p. 196-199, do p. 200 # 4,5,9
Read p. 206-211, do p. 212 # 4,7,8

Thursday September 16th, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Work on lab report: Heating Curve of Water (due Monday).
2. Complete note: Sections of a Lab Report
3. Measurement Note & Activity.
4. Worksheet: Significant Digits. Try to complete the back for tomorrow. At the end of class, I put numbers on the front board which are the correct number of significant digits for the examples on the front of the worksheet.
They are: #1. 3,5,4,5 #3 A) 3,2,4,2 B) 1,3,5,3,2 C) 3,4,5,7,4
If you are having trouble doing the back of the worksheet, use these examples to help!
Quiz Tomorrow!

SNC 2D
1. Take up 2 worsheets handed out on Tuesday.
2. Lesson/Note: Multivalent Metals (Formulae for Metals which contain more than one Valence/Oxidation Number)
3. Assigned work (due tomorrow) Nomenclature Worksheet 2 (Multivalence)
Copies of the note and worksheet are here:
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/Multivalence%20note%20and%20Nomenclature%20worksheet2.doc

Also: I have re-posted the "SmartBoard Note" from Tuesday and Wednesday as a .pdf file so that you would be more likely to open it. It is here:
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/Ionic%20%26%20Covalent%20Compounds%20SmartBoard.pdf

Wednesday September 15th, 2010

SNC 1D
Heating Curve of Water Lab. Lab report due this Friday.
Today we heated water from ice through to boiling while taking the temperature every 30 seconds. Students started graphing the data during class and should try to finish the graph in preparation for tomorrow's class.

SNC 2D
1. Lesson/Note: Covalent compounds (Part 2 of the Smartboard presentation from yesterday). A link to the "Notebook" file is here, although you may not be able to open it without the appropriate software.
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/Ionic%20Compounds.notebook
2. Take up homework (worksheet): Nomenclature 1 If you are still having trouble with this, you should come for help at lunch tomorrow!
3. Time given to work on 2nd worksheet: "Nomenclature Assignment" Both sides due tomorrow.

Tuesday September 14th, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Take up 10 textbook questions from yesterday.
2. Lesson/Note: Observations & Properties
3. Identifying substances using their properties activity.
No homework.

SNC 2D
1. Make & complete chart (Lewis-Dot diagrams etc)
2. Lesson/Note/Smartboard activity: Ionic compounds
3. 2 worksheets handed out. 1st worksheet (Nomenclature 1) due tomorrow.

Monday September 13th, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Finish Bunsen Burner Lab. Most students handed this in today. Hand in by tomorrow.
2. Assigned work from textbook (due tomorrow): Read p. 175-178, do p. 178 #1-10 (time given in class)

SNC 2D
1. Take up questions on p. 191
2. Note/Worksheet: How to Count Atoms. Complete worksheet in class.
3. Assigned work (due tomorrow): Read 5.6, do p. 195 # 1-7, 10-12

Friday September 10th, 2010

SNC 1D
1. Take up WHMIS Symbols page.
2. Bunsen Burner Lab

SNC 2D
1. Lesson/Note: Ions
2. Lesson/Note: Inside the Atom Part 2 (a copy can be found on yesterdays post)
3. Assigned work: Read p. 188-190, do p. 191 #2d,5-7

Thursday September 9th, 2010

SNC 2D
1. Finish taking up worksheet: Grade 9 Daily.
2. Lesson/Notes: (Copies of the notes are available throught the links below)
A) Classification of Matter
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/FOV1-0023AA6F/ClassificationofMatter%20Note.doc
B) Inside the Atom (Part 1)
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/FOV1-0023AA6F/Inside%20the%20Atom%20Note.doc
3. Worksheet: Atomic Particle Worksheet. Due tomorrow: 1st 20 on the front and first 10 on the back. Many finished this in class.
4. Assigned work: Read p. 184-187, do p. 187 #2,3,6,7

SNC 1D
1. Find the Average cost per pair of students and "Analyze the Data". Take up remainder of "Day 1 Activity" worksheet.
2. Lesson/Note: Safety Rules.
3. Worksheet (due tomorrow): Hazard Symbols. Use your textbook and the internet to complete as much as you can. We will take this up in class tomorrow.

Wednesday September 8th, 2010

SNC 2D
1. Complete and take up p. 178 b#2-8
2. Worksheet: Grade 9 Daily. Begin & take up.

SNC 1D
- Short class - Panther Pack Activity.
1. Work on Science Room Activity Worksheet. Complete for homework.

Tuesday September 7th, 2010 - Welcome Back!

SNC 2D
1. Lockers Assigned.
2. Read p. 170-177, do p. 178 #2-8.

SNC 1D
1. Course Outline handed out.
2. Begin Room Activity and "Tools of the Trade" (2 handouts).