Thursday 22 November 2018

What's on our test?

Test date:        Day 2 November  29
                        Day 1  November 30, 2018


You will have a periodic table.
1.  20 questions on Naming formula and writing names:    
a.  monatomic     NaCl,      CaCl2
b.  polyatomic     (NH4)2SO4
c.  covalent        CO

2.  20 marks on acid base neutralization equations. 
3.  20 marks on balancing equations
4.  Challenging questions:  10 marks. 
I will give you a word equation.  You convert that to formula equation, and then balance it.

20 Multiple choice questions on Acids, Bases and indicators and our labs. See our worksheets on acid and base.

ex. What colour does phenylpthalein turn for base?  pink
What colour does litmus paper turn for acid?  red
What colour does universal indicator turn for base?  blue

What happens when you put a burning splint to Oxygen?  to Hydrogen?

Hand in a big summary sheet worth 10 test marks
Summary sheet is due Day 1  November 30. 
Day 2 Dec 3

Your summary sheet must include:
1.  What is the periodic table and what are some patterns? families:  halogen gases, alkali metals, alkali earth metals
2.  Where are the metals and nonmetals on the periodic table?  What are transition metals?  What are the charges for some families on the periodic table?

3.  How do you find a name or formula?
a.  monatomic compounds
b. polyatomic compounds
c. transition metal compounds
d. nonmetal-nonmetal compounds?

4.  Give examples of balancing equations. write a how to guide

5.  Write a summary of everything about ACIDS and BASES and INDICATORS
6.  Write a short summary of our labs:    liver latte lab,   calcium and water lab,   dry ice lab,   3 unknown substances lab.




Wednesday 14 November 2018

Unknown Substance A, B and C

You have been given 3 beakers of unknown substances.   Devise an experiment to determine the identity of these substances.  Note that a hint is in a few of the worksheets that have been handed out in the last two weeks!

1.  Title of lab   5 marks
2.  Collaborators and pie graph:  who are the investigators and what did they do?   5 marks
3.  Write your purpose in a paragraph.     10 marks
You write clearly and get your point across. you write well      7-10 marks
your paragraph is not in sentence form or it is not so clear 5-6 marks
your paragraph needs some editing or some work to make it complete  0-4 marks
4.   Write your procedure in a step by step fashion with illustrations in pen and in colour   
10 marks
your steps are very clear and your illustrations and photos are very detailed and help tell the story effectively
7-10 marks
your steps are clear and you have a few illustrations
3-6 marks

your steps tell the story and needs more work to make it complete
0-2 marks


Results and Discussion  10 marks
You report your results and describe what you found in a clear fashion with illustrations and photos
8-10 marks
your results are easy to understand
6-8
your results are hard to understand
0-5


Conclusion   5 marks
Note that your result can be "inconclusive" if you are not sure of what happened!

You tell me your conclusion AND your reasoning in a well written fashion
4-5

you tell me your conclusion but  your reasoning is not easily followed
3/5

you simply write a conclusion with no reasoning
0-2