October 2013
Week 8
Atoms/Periodic
Table
Essential Question:
What causes some
nuclei to be
unstable?
Week 9
Radioactivity
Essential Question:
How are alpha, beta,
and gamma radiation
alike?
Week 10
Radioactivity
Essential Question:
How does
radioactivity and
nuclear energy
impact YOUR daily
life?
Monday
September 30
 Notes Chapter 19
Section 1: Metals
 Video: Hunting for
Elements
 Give study guide for
test
Monday
October 7
 Notes: Chapter 18
Section 2: Nuclear
Decay
 Video: Food
Irradiation (20/20)
 Notebook Quiz
 HW: Half-Life video
Monday
October 14
HOLIDAY
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday
October 1
 Notes Chapter 19
Sections 2 & 3:
Nonmetals & Mixed
Groups
 Elements Match Up
activity
Tuesday
October 8
 Notes: Radioactive
Half-life and
Radioactive Dating
(2 slides)
 LAB: Radioactive
Decay (Pennies)
 Nuclear Decay WS
Tuesday
October 15
Teacher
Workday
Wednesday
October 2
 Show Your Cards
Game
 Review call out items
for test
 Test: Ch. 17 & 19
 Study guides due
for extra credit
only!
Friday
October 4
 Begin Radioactivity;
handout notes
packet for use
during entire
chapter
 Notes: Chapter 18,
Section 1
 Video: Marie Curie
Tuesday
October 9
Tuesday
October 10
Tuesday
October 11
 Webquest: Nuclear
Decay (Computer lab)
 HW: Guided Notes
Section 3: Detecting
Radioactiv.
Section 4: Nuclear
Reactions
 Notes Chapter 18
Section 3:
Detecting
Radioactivity
Section 4: Nuclear
Reactions
 Video: The Eyes
of Nye
 HW: Study for
quiz
 Nuclear Decay Quiz
 Preview Irradiation
Article with
discussion of sample
 HW: Nuclear Power
Fission vs. Fusion
WS
Wednesday
October 16
Thursday
October 17
Friday
October 18
 Irradiation Article
assignment:
a) assign article
b) group discussion
c) prep for
presentation
 HW: Nuclear Decay
Practice WS
P-SAT Day
Physical Science
Thursday
October 3
 Article
Presentations
 HW: Radioactivity
Study Guide for
chapter test

Introduce Element
Book UPA
a) Explain
b) Show models
c) Begin
research
d) Plan design
GPS Standard
SPS4. Students will
investigate the
arrangement of the
Periodic Table.
a. Determine the trends of the
following:
• Number of valence electrons
• Types of ions formed by
representative elements
• Location of metals,
nonmetals, and metalloids
• Phases at room temp.
GPS Standard
SPS3. Students will
distinguish the
characteristics and
components of
radioactivity.
a. Differentiate between
alpha and beta particles
and gamma radiation.
b. Differentiate between
fission and fusion.
c. Explain the process halflife as related to
radioactive decay.
d. Describe nuclear
energy, its practical
application as an
alternative energy source,
and its potential problems.
GPS Standard
SPS3. Students will
distinguish the
characteristics and
components of
radioactivity.
a. Differentiate between alpha
and beta particles and gamma
radiation.
b. Differentiate between fission
and fusion.
c. Explain the process half-life
as related to radioactive decay.
d. Describe nuclear energy, its
practical application as an
alternative energy source, and
its potential problems.
October 2013
Week 11
Chemical Bonds
Essential Question:
What part of an atom
determines how it
will bond with atoms
of other elements?
Week 12
Chemical Bonds
Essential Question:
How are covalent &
ionic bonds alike?
How are they
different?
Physical Science
Monday
October 21
 Media Center: work
on gathering
information for
element book UPA
Tuesday
October 22
 Chapter 18 TEST
 Chemical Bonds
Diagnostic
Assessment
Monday
October 28
Tuesday
October 29
 Element book UPA’s
due!
 Notes: Writing Ionic
formulas
 HW: Writing Binary
formulas WS
 Review HW
 Notes: Writing ionic
names
 Compound Naming
cheat sheet
 HW: Ionic Bonding &
Formula Writing WS
Wednesday
October 23
 Ch. 20 Section 1
notes: Stability in
Bonding
 Work on element
books in class
 HW: Bonding - Let’s
Get Together WS
Wednesday
October 30
 Review HW
 Notes: Writing
Covalent Names
 Naming & Covalent
Compounds WS
Thursday
October 24
 Ch. 20 Section 2
notes: Types of
Bonds
 Practice exercise
 HW: Chemistry
calculations WS
Thursday
October 31
 Mini-lab: Building
Ionic vs. Covalent
Bond activity
 HW: Chemical
Bonds Formula
Writing
Friday
October 25
 Interactive Website
activity
 Guided Reading
and Questions
Friday
November 1
 Textbook
Assignment
pg. 626, #1-18
pg. 628, #1-11
GPS Standard
SPS2. Students will
explore the nature of
matter, its
classifications, and its
system for naming
types of matter.
b. Predict formulas for
stable binary ionic
compounds based on
balance of charges.
c. Use IUPAC
nomenclature for transition
between chemical names
and chemical formulas
of
• binary ionic compounds
(containing representative
elements).
• binary covalent
compounds (i.e. carbon
dioxide, carbon
tetrachloride).
GPS Standard
SPS2. Students will
explore the nature of
matter, its
classifications, and its
system for naming
types of matter.
b. Predict formulas for
stable binary ionic
compounds based on
balance of charges.
c. Use IUPAC
nomenclature for transition
between chemical names
and chemical formulas
of
• binary ionic compounds
(containing representative
elements).
• binary covalent
compounds (i.e. carbon
dioxide, carbon
tetrachloride).