Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Chemistry Oct. 13 & 14, 2015

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a reading assignment  so that they can apply some reading strategies to determine the main idea and write a response to questions generated from the reading.
W.O.D. Ruse-trick
WARM-UP (interpreting diagrams)

Page 103 Fig 4.1 how does a mixture of atoms of different elements differ from a compound?

Reading assignment

1.Before reading the article look at title and sub-headings and write 1-2 questions that come to mind.
2.What is the main idea of this article?
3.What happens to old cell phones?
4.What problems do old cell phones create in our environment?
5.What is the author’s suggestion about handling old cell phones? Explain how it should be done.
6.How can students at PHS make a contribution to help with the large number of cell phones that are accumulating around us?
Additional questions
1. What percentage of our trash do cell phones makeup?
2. Name the heavy metals found in cell phones
3. What problems does exposure to heavy metals cause in humans?
4. What are the advantages of recycling cell phones?

CW
Questions-models of the atom; answer on loose-leaf paper

1.Which sub-atomic particle is each of the following responsible for discovering: (a) JJ Thomson (b) J. Chadwick
2.What contribution did Rutherford make to our understanding of atomic structure?
3.Rutherford stated that “most of the atom is empty space”. Why did he say this?
4.Draw a diagram of what you think a Rutherford atom would look like.
5.Niels Bohr model (p129). Draw a diagram of what you think the Bohr’s model looks like. How is it different from Rutherford’s model?
6.What is the modern description of the atom?

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