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Chemical Equations

Learning Module

Overview

This course is designed to be a supplement for high school chemistry students who miss the chemical equations unit. However, this could be used as a true online course as well. Some of the programs I will be using throughout the module are purchased by my school district. If others were to reuse this learning module, I am sure there are other programs that could be used to supplement the programs like Mastery Manager and Google Classroom. I have not entered in codes for the Mastery Manager Quizzes because those would be unique to the student and course that the student was enrolled in. Students will be able to see their scores and results from the Mastery Manager Learning Targe quizzes and unit test as soon as they submit the test. All of the assignments would be posted and completed in Google Classroom.

Assignment #1: Balancing Chemical Equations

For the Participant

Print out the notes packet

Watch the following video and take notes in your notes packet. When finished with the notes, complete the Google Form. Once you have submitted the Google Form, check your email for the answers to the multiple choice questions.

 

 

Complete the following worksheet and turn it into Classroom.

 

Here is the Answer Key.

 

Create a post in Classroom of a real world balanced chemical equation, and explain how this equation is used in the real world. Read and respond to a min. of 3 classmates’ real world posts.

 

Complete this Learning Target Quiz through Mastery Manager.

For the Teacher

Learning Target: Students will be able to balance chemical equations.

 

Tasks:

Students will watch the video and take notes. After the students finish the video, they will complete the Google Form that goes along with the video. Students will receive immediate feedback on how they performed with the multiple choice questions through email.

 

Students will complete the balancing equations worksheet and submit their work in Classroom. Students can check their answers once they have submitted their work. The teacher can also look through assignments to determine if a student’s work is unsatisfactory.

 

Students will create a post of a real world balanced chemical equation and explain how this equation is used in the real world. Students will also respond to a min. of 3 classmates’ real world posts.

 

Students will take a learning target quiz through Mastery Manager.

 

Assignment #2: Writing and balancing chemical equations

For the Participant

Watch the following video and take notes in your notes packet. When finished with the notes, complete the Google Form. Once you have submitted the Google Form, check your email for the answers to the multiple choice questions.

 

Complete the following worksheet and turn it into Classroom.

 

Here is the Answer Key.

 

Create the following post in Classroom. Find a YouTube video of a chemical equation and post the chemical reaction. In your post, write out the full equation in words, making three mistakes in the process. Watch three other videos created by your peers and find one of the three errors that your peer has made.

 

Complete this Learning Target Quiz through Mastery Manager.

 

For the Teacher

Learning Target: Students will be able to balance chemical equations.

 

Tasks:

Students will watch the video and take notes. After the students finish the video, they will complete the Google Form that goes along with the video. Students will receive immediate feedback on how they performed with the multiple choice questions through email.

 

Students will complete the writing and balancing equations worksheet and submit their work in Classroom. Students can check their answers once they have submitted their work. The teacher can also look through assignments to determine if a student’s work is unsatisfactory.

 

Students will find a YouTube video of a chemical equation and post the chemical reaction. In their post, they will write out the full equation in words, making three mistakes in the process. Students will then watch the reactions their peers posted, and find one of the three mistakes for three of their classmate’s posts.


 

Students will take a learning target quiz through Mastery Manager.

 

Assignment #3: Conservation of Matter Lab

For the Participant

Sign up for an account in Late Night Labs

Search for the Conservation of Matter Lab. Read through the lab manual, complete the lab, and submit the completed lab in Classroom.

 

There are no posts for this assignment.

 

For the Teacher

Learning Target: Students will be able to prove the conservation of matter.

 

Tasks:

Students will complete a small scale lab that proves matter is converserved.

 

Students will complete a lab that proves the conservation of matter and will complete the analysis questions.

 

Assignment #4: Types of reactions

For the Participant

Watch the following video and take notes in your notes packet. When finished with the notes, complete the Google Form. Once you have submitted the Google Form, check your email for the answers to the multiple choice questions.

 

 

Complete the following worksheet and turn it into Classroom.

 

 

Here is the Answer Key.

 

 

Create the following post in Classroom. Find a YouTube video that shows an example of one of the 6 types of chemical equations and post the video in Classroom. In your post, write out the full equation. Watch three other videos created by your peers and research a different type of reaction that one of the reactants is involved in.  

 

 

Complete this Learning Target Quiz through Mastery Manager.

 

Get in touch with a local chemist!

Before you contact your chemist, please write out a list of 10-15 questions that you will ask the chemist. You can connect with the Chemist via email, google hangout, or through a phone call. Some questions to consider are the following: 

What type of chemistry are you researching?

Is there anything in regular chemistry I am learning about now, that you use everyday at your job?

Do numbers really matter when measuring volumes and masses?

Don't forget to ask about the person and his/her background! 

You will have the ability to compile the information in any manner that seems fit for you. You can use a Google Doc, Google Slide, Drawing etc. Please sumbit interview into Google Classroom.

 

Some ideas of where to look for a chemist- Abbot, Dow Chemical, any college professor who teaches chemistry or any teacher at LHS who use to work in the industry. 


 

 

 

For the Teacher

Learning Target: Students will be able to identify the 6 different types of equations

 

Tasks:

Students will watch the video and take notes. After the students finish the video, they will complete the Google Form that goes along with the video. Students will receive immediate feedback on how they performed with the multiple choice questions through email.

 

Students will complete the types of equations worksheet and submit their work in Classroom. Students can check their answers once they have submitted their work. The teacher can also look through assignments to determine if a student’s work is unsatisfactory.

 

Students will find a YouTube video of one of the types of chemical equations. They will include the chemical formula in their post. Students will then read three other posts created by peers and find a different type of chemical equation that one of the reactants is involved in.



Students will take a learning target quiz through Mastery Manager.

 

Students will contact a local chemist and interview the chemist. Interview will be submitted through Google Classroom. 

Assignment #5: Predicting Products

For the Participant

Watch the following video and take notes in your notes packet. When finished with the notes, complete the Google Form. Once you have submitted the Google Form, check your email for the answers to the multiple choice questions.

 

Complete the following worksheet and turn it into Classroom.

 

Here is the Answer Key.

 

Create the following post in Classroom. Write a chemical equation predicting the products for the reaction. In your post, three mistakes in the process. Read through three posts created by your peers and find one of the three errors that your peer has made

 

Complete this Learning Target Quiz through Mastery Manager.

 

 

For the Teacher

Learning Target: Students will be able to predict the products in a chemical equation.

 

Tasks:

Students will watch the video and take notes. After the students finish the video, they will complete the Google Form that goes along with the video. Students will receive immediate feedback on how they performed with the multiple choice questions through email.

 

Students will complete the predicting products worksheet and submit their work in Classroom. Students can check their answers once they have submitted their work. The teacher can also look through assignments to determine if a student’s work is unsatisfactory.

 

Students will predict the products of two reactants. In doing so, they will make three errors in the process. These errors will be noted by their peers.


 

Students will take a learning target quiz through Mastery Manager.

 

Assignment #6: Chemical Reaction Types Lab

For the Participant

Sign up for an account in Late Night Labs

 

Search for the Chemical Reaction Types and their Equations lab. Read through the lab manual, complete the lab, and submit the completed lab in Classroom.

 

There are no posts for this assignment.

 

For the Teacher

Students will conduct a lab that has students determine the types of equations and predicting products.

 

Assignment #7: Inquiry Lab

For the Participant

Design a full lab write up, procedure, analysis, material list that allows someone to witness three different types of chemical equations. This document provides you with the chemicals that are available to you as well as the template for the analysis questions. You will include an answer key with your lab. Post the full lab report with the answer key in Classroom.


Once you have submitted, you will receive peer review on your lab report. You will also provide feedback to three other peer’s labs. Once you have received your feedback, you have the option to revise your lab before submitting the lab for a grade. Labs and review will be submitted through Classroom.

Here is the rubric you will be graded on for the lab. 

For the Teacher

Students will design a lab that demonstrates three of the types of equations students have learned about in this unit.

 

Assignment #8: Review and test over chemical equations

For the Participant

Complete the online prequiz through Mastery Manager

 

Any learning targets that were not mastered, it is required to complete the written review for those learning targets. Please submit this review into Classroom.

 

Here is the Answer Key to the Review:

 

When ready, complete the following test in Mastery Manager and Google Classroom.

 

Multiple Choice Section (Mastery Manager)

 

Free Response Section (Turn in via Google Classroom)

 

For the Teacher

Students will review and then take a comprehensive exam on the material from the chemical equations unit.