IB+Chemistry+11+2015-2016

=WELCOME TO IB CHEMISTRY 11 =

First a couple of quotes:

'Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.' - Winston Churchill

'Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.' - William Shakespeare

'We're not asking you to be perfect on every play. What we're asking of you and what you should be asking of each other is to give a perfect effort.' - Coach Ladouceur

Essential Information:
The Guide -

The Data Booklet - You will need to bring your OWN unmarked copy with you for test/quizzes etc. -

The OSSD Syllabus -

A pretty awesome YouTube Channel dealing with all the topics from IB Chemistry given by[| Richard Thornley.]

A pretty awesome Simulator we will be using from [|Iowa State University]


 * Tuesday, Sept. 8 - 2015**
 * Introduction to the course including the Guide, Data Booklet, OSSD Syllabus, group and white board arrangements.
 * Make sure you know your MyTools2Go information and you create an account on [|EdPuzzle]
 * Review of Essential Grade 10 Chemistry concepts - [[file:Review of chem concepts from grade 10 - Google Docs.pdf]]
 * Homework - Try out EdPuzzle for the first time. Once you have signed up our class code is avoqD0. Complete the first video dealing with atomic mass and such.


 * Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015**

More Review and Grade Level Assembly.

The concept of an isotope - Topic 2.1 NOS - 1.8 Evidence and improvements in instrumentation - alpha particles were used in the development of the nuclear model of the atom that was first proposed by Rutherford.
 * Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015**

NOS - 2.3 The subatomic particle theory of matter represents a paradigm shift in science that occurred in the late 1800's.


 * Discussed the concept of the isotope and how it creates decimal values on the periodic table.
 * Similarities and differences of isotopes
 * Discussed how a mass spectrometer is able to allow us to determine the relative mass of isotopes and how to use this data to determine the relative atomic mass or the isotope abundance.
 * Uses of radioactive isotopes and what makes them radioactive.

Homework: p. 65 #1 - 5 + The Ed Puzzle Video dealing with Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment. Make sure you create a diagram of Rutherford's experiment into your notes and explain how the results led to the discovery of the nucleus.

NOS - 1.9 - Theories being superseded - quantum mechanics is among the most current model of the atom. NOS - 2.2 - Use theories to explain natural phenomenon - line spectra explained by the Bohr model of the atom.
 * Friday, Sept. 11, 2015**

Topic 2.2 - Electron Configuration
 * Complete the flame test and discuss the results
 * Explain the basic concepts of spectroscopy and the differences between absorption, and emission.

Handout -

Homework - Just a couple of videos the first dealing with the[| EM Spectrum] and the second dealing with the [|spectrum of hydrogen].


 * Quiz - Review + Atomic Structure - Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 **

The Bohr model of the atom and observing line spectroscopy.
 * Monday, Sept. 14, 2015**


 * The Bohr model and its essential postulates
 * The line spectrum of hydrogen and how it converges at higher energies
 * The maximum number of electrons in a given main energy level.

Homework - p. 65 #6, 7, 8, 11, 12 + Research (briefly) and discuss the differences between the Balmer, Paschen and Lyman Line Spectrum for hydrogen. Which one did you look at in class and how do you know?

Quiz - Review
 * Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015**

Began to look at trends in the periodic table including atomic radius and ionization energy using a database. For homework ensure you have completed this investigation.

Periodicity - Topic 3
 * Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015**
 * Discussed and defined atomic radius, ionic radius, ionization energy, electron affinity and electronegativity.
 * Discussed how all of these trends are a result of two competing forces
 * The positive - negative attraction between the nucleus and the electrons
 * The negative - negative repulsion between the electrons
 * These forces depend on the size of the charges and the distance between them

Homework: Explain, using the concepts discussed in class, why 1. IE increases across a period 2. EA increases across a period and decreases down a group 3. EN increases across a period and decreases down a group

Practice Problem Day in Class -
 * Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015**

Laboratory - Investigating periodic trends
 * Friday, Sept. 18, 2015**


 * Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 + Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015**

The detailed version of the atom....the beginning of quantum mechanics.

Homework:


 * TEST - Topic 2 and a bit of Topic 3 (details to follow) - Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 **

Wed**nesday, Sept. 23, 2015** Completed atomic structure looking at the special cases of copper and chromium.
 * Basically their structure is based on the fact that atoms what filled or half filled orbitals

Began to consider uncertainty and error:
 * Accuracy and precision
 * Systematic and random error
 * Percent and absolute error

Ways to determine error:
 * Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 + Friday, Sept. 25**
 * half the smallest interval
 * standard deviation
 * it is told to us ... :)
 * We make an educated guess

Discussed Error Propagation when completing calculations.

Homework -

[|EXTRA RESOURCES]
 * Friday, Sept. 25, 2015**

Here is some practice for the Test on Tuesday - +

Looked at how to determine the error in the slope of a graph using the maximum and the minimum slope.

Hand - in - The graph of the rebound height vs. the drop height with the slope and the error in the slope calculation.

Chemical Reactions in detail. With Particular emphasis on single displacement and double displacement reactions.
 * Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 + Thursday, Oct. 1.**
 * Looked at exactly what transferred with respect to the electrons
 * The concept of the net ionic equation and what it means
 * The dissociation of ionic compound in water.
 * What the reactivity of various metals means to how they are found in nature.

Homework: + [|VIDEO]


 * Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 - Test**


 * Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 - Nothing you were practically all gone to Stratford.**

Mini Laboratory - The 5 Types of Chemical Reactions and net ionic equations.
 * Monday, Oct. 5 - 2015 + Tuesday, Oct. 6 - 2015**

Colorimetry Laboratory -

Looked at molecular compounds, how they form by sharing electrons, drawing structural diagrams and Lewis Dot diagrams for various compounds and began to explain their shapes. I was away you worked on the Structural Diagram Worksheet
 * Wednesday, Oct. 7 - 2015**
 * Thursday, Oct. 8 - 2015**

Looked at the bonding continuum and how the type of bond can be determined using the difference in electronegativity.
 * Friday, Oct. 9 - 2015**

Homework: p. 86 # 11 - 13 + p. 94 #1 - 4 + ** QUIZ - Drawing structural diagrams and predicting polarity = Thursday, Oct. 15. **

Practice with determining the polarity of a molecule. -
 * Tuesday, Oct. 13 = 2015**

Dative Bonding
 * Wednesday, Oct. 14 - 2015**
 * How do we determine the structure of 'weird' molecules such at the polyatomic ions and carbon monoxide.
 * Looked at the algorithm for completing this and how they are a bit different from regular polar covalent bonds.

Homework:

Quiz - Structural Diagrams and began discussing Intermolecular Forces (IMF).
 * Thursday, Oct. 15 - 2015**
 * These are the forces between molecules NOT atoms
 * Looked at four different ways that this can occur.

Completed Discussing IMF - on your own I am going to be away this day. Handout - Homework:
 * Friday, Oct. 16 - 2015 **

Odds and Ends related to topic 4 including:
 * Monday, Oct. 19 - 2015**
 * Metallic Bonding, Allotropes of carbon and the structure of silicon dioxide.



Introduction to VSEPR Theory
 * Wednesday, Oct. 21 - 2015 + Thursday, Oct. 22 - 2015**
 * What the theory stands for ... the simply idea of a molecule trying to minimize energy by maximizing the distance between electron pairs
 * The Spacings of the electrons and why
 * Drawing molecules using VSEPR theory and naming them
 * It is all centered around the number of negative centers the central atom has.

Homework FOR Wednesday - Simple Draw the molecule using VSEPR Theory, state the name type and state the bond angle for each of the following molecules: Carbon monoxide; sulfate ion; hydronium ion; nitrite ion

Homework FOR Thursday -

I will be away this period to work on this absolutely boring IB review stuff. Here are some practice problems for you to work on....we will be having a test next week ... likely Wednesday.
 * Friday, Oct. 23, 2015**



Discussed the Odds and Ends stuff including:
 * Monday, Oct. 26 - 2015**
 * Giant covalent structures, the allotropes of carbon, and metallic bonding.
 * Looked at the practice problems related to topic 4

Test - Thursday, Oct. 29 - 2015

Looked at the concept of the mole and how it relates to Avogadro's number. Discussed how the definition of a mole was created before knowing how many molecules it actually contained. Looked at how to convert between moles and molecules and atoms.
 * Tuesday, Oct. 27 - 2015**

The concept of molar mass and how it is a tool for relating the macroscopic world of the laboratory to the microscopic world of chemical reaction.
 * Wednesday, Oct. 28 - 2015 + Friday, Oct. 30 - 2015**

Homework:

Test - Topic 4 - Bonding
 * Thursday, Oct. 29 - 2015**

Percent Composition - Determining the percentage by mass a molecule is made up of various compounds.
 * Monday, Nov. 2 - 2015**

Found the Percent composition of Popcorn. Homework: Found [|HERE]. Try Problems #1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10

Laboratory - Determining the percent composition of magnesium oxide - [|HERE].
 * Tuesday, Nov. 3 - 2015 + Wednesday, Nov. 4 - 2015**

You will complete the laboratory and calculations for YOUR trial on Tuesday/Tuesday night. On Wednesday we will go over what to do with your calculated data and how you complete the conclusion and evaluation section.



I will be away today, so you will work in your groups on this [|problems] involving moles, and percent composition.
 * Thursday, Nov. 5 - 2015**


 * Friday, Nov. 6 - 2015**

Empirical and Molecular Formulas
 * Using experimental data to determine the molecular formula of a compound.

Homework: [|HERE].

Combustion Analysis Homework: +
 * Monday, Nov. 9 - 2015**
 * How the combustion analyzer operates
 * How to use combustion analysis data in order to determine the percent composition of a compound.

Laboratory - Determining the formula for an unknown hydrate - DUE - Tuesday, Nov. 17 - 2015
 * Tuesday, Nov. 10 - 2015**

Introduction to Stoichiometery
 * Wednesday, Nov. 11 - 2015**

[|Here] are those mole conversion problems

Test - The Mole
 * Thursday, Nov. 12 - 2015**

Stiochoimetry homework -

Limiting Reactants:
 * Friday, Nov. 13 - 2015**
 * Discussed how we can use ratios to determine the limiting reactant during a chemical reaction.

Homework:

The concept of percent yield and how it relates to chemistry and industry.
 * Monday, Nov. 16 - 2015**

Homework: Try #2, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12

Mini Laboratory - Determining the percent yield of a chemical reaction - [|HERE].
 * Tuesday, Nov. 17 - 2015**

Involved Stoichiometry Problems completely in class - [|HERE]. + Solutions -
 * Wednesday, Nov. 18 - 2015**

Nothing....almost all of you were gone.
 * Thursday, Nov. 19 - 2015**


 * Friday, Nov. 20 - 2015**
 * PD DAY**

Assessment Time...You get to work in the laboratory today.
 * Monday, Nov. 23 - 2015**

The Ideal Gas
 * Tuesday, Nov. 24 - 2015**
 * What does it mean to be an ideal gas?
 * What are the important variables (the state variables) for an ideal gas?
 * Kinetic molecular theory
 * The concept of pressure
 * The difference between real gases and ideal gases

Homework: Determine the differences between real and ideal gases.

Mini - Laboratory - Using the Vernier Sensors to determine Boyle's Law - Laboratory can be found[| HERE.]
 * Wednesday, Nov. 25 - 2015**

Explaining the major gas laws with kinetic molecular theory.
 * Thursday, Nov. 26 - 2015**
 * Charles' Law (Absolute Zero), Lussac Law + Avogadro's Law

Applications of the gas laws and putting it all together. The Ideal gas. Homework:
 * Friday, Nov. 27 - 2015**

Quest - Stoichiometry
 * Monday, Nov. 30 - 2015**

The concept of partial pressures please watch this [|VIDEO]. + Try these problems -

Gas Stoichiometry - Relating Avogadro's Law and Stoichio - The concept of a molar volume - Completing stoichiometry with gases
 * Tuesday, Dec. 1 - 2015**

Nothing
 * Wednesday, Dec. 2 - 2015**

Grade 8 Math Competition - Ya'll get to help me :)
 * Thursday, Dec. 3 - 2015**

Solution Chemistry the concept of molar concentration. Homework:
 * Friday, Dec. 4 - 2015**

Laboratory - Using Alka Seltzer to blow up balloons - [|HERE].
 * Monday, Dec. 7 - 2015**

Making solutions 1. Using a volumetric flask and dissolving an ionic compound 2. Diluting a concentrated solution.
 * Tuesday, Dec. 8 - 2015**

The idea of serial dilution and propagating the error using these methods.

Homework:

Factors affecting solubility - The concept of like dissolves like
 * Wednesday, Dec. 9 - 2015**

1. Solubility of ionic compounds + Solubility curves 2. Solubility of organic compounds

[|Homework:] Rank the following molecules in terms of increasing solubility in water

Laboratory - Developing a solubility curve for an ionic compound -
 * Thursday, Dec. 10 - 2015**

Introduction to Acids and Bases - Properties of acids and bases - Arrhenius Theory and the concept of the hydronium ion - Bronsted Lowry Theory
 * Friday, Dec. 11 - 2015 + Monday, Dec. 14 - 2015**

Homework: +

TEST - Stoichiometry of Gases, Solids and Liquids
 * Tuesday, Dec. 15 - 2015**

pH Calculations - Self ionization of water - What is pH and how do we calculate it? - pH Calculations with stoichio problems
 * Wednesday, Dec. 16 - 2015**

Homework:

Pot Luck + Christmas cheer
 * Thursday, Dec. 17 - 2015**

Likely not much
 * Friday, Dec. 18 - 2015**

Looked at pH calculations.
 * Monday, Jan 4 - 2015**

Homework: [|HERE]. - Solutions - Reactions with acids and bases mini investigation - [|HERE].
 * Tuesday, Jan 5 - 2015**

More on reactions with acids and bases and the creation and prevention of acid rain. Handout - [|HERE].
 * Wednesday, Jan 6 - 2015**

Practice Problems with pH calculations - [|HERE].- Solutions -
 * Thursday, Jan 7 - 2015**

Introduction to the concept of titrations as a method for determining an unknown concentration.
 * Friday, Jan 8 - 2015**

Homework:

Laboratory - Determining the concentration of an unknown acid using titration technique
 * Monday, Jan 11 - 2015**

DUE - Friday, Jan 15 - 2015

It Naming Day:
 * Tuesday, Jan 12 - 2015**
 * Naming and drawing alkanes, alkenes and alkynes.
 * Always start with the longest chain (note for alkenes and alkynes the longest chain must contain the double or triple bonds)
 * Number branches so that the smallest numerical values are obtained.


 * Wednesday, Jan 13 - 2015**

Practice Naming:

Rules for naming ring structures and an introduction to isomers.


 * Thursday, Jan 14 - 2016**
 * TEST - Acids and Bases**

Cyclohydrocarbons and Organic Halides
 * Friday, Jan 15 - 2016**

Naming Alcohols and their properties
 * Monday, Jan 18 - 2016**

More on alcohols and the reactions with alcohols
 * Tuesday, Jan 19 - 2016**

Review Day (I am away again today...apologies)
 * Wednesday, Jan 20 - 2015**

Aldehydes and Ketones
 * Thursday, Jan 21 - 2015**

Carboxylic Acids
 * Friday, Jan 22 - 2015**

Review of Chemistry 11 - I have attached plenty of practice problems
 * Monday, Jan 25 - Wednesday, Jan 27 - 2015**



Note: Suggested way to study. 1. Read through all of your notes completing the example problems on your own. 2. Attempt some of the review problems and if you have difficulty with any question go back to that part of your note and review. 3. Try those problems that we do in class working station to station 4. Complete the tests done in class.