Grade+7+Chemistry+autumn+2013

For Ilmiö translations and full IB criteria, click here

= HOX! IMPORTANT: I have had to change the usernames for access. There is now only one username for everyone which is: student.student = = The password remains the same. =

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giving out textbooks and allocating usernames to wikispaces.
 * **Week/date** || **Activity** || **Resources** || **Homework** || **Deadline** ||
 * 33 || Introduction and safety rules;

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|| If not finished, complete the safety rules 'cut and stick || By next lesson || 7B 22/8 7AB 23/8 7B 27/8 || Lighting burners Using burners to heat water. Drawing scientific diagrams (2D) States of matter - solids, liquids and gases. Vocabulary for the changes between the states (Ilmiö, p.24) || || Learn the vocabulary. || By next lesson || 7B 29/8 7AB 30/8 7B 3/9 || Checking knowledge of the change of state vocabulary **Does adding salt change the boiling point of water ?** Filling in the experiment report sheet. (This is NOT a formal assessment but will be graded as green/orange/red - it is important that everyone can use these sheets so we are practising here). Recording temperatures as data in a table. Lab safety in action. || || Finishing off the report, including an evaluation || By next lesson || 7B 5/9 7AB 6/9 7B 10/9 || What are mixtures and what are pure substances ? Separating out a mixture: salt from sand. Writing this up. || lmiö p.29-36 || Completing the write up: Prediction, Diagram, Method || By next lesson || Separating liquids - demonstration of 'distillation' of copper sulphate solution
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 * 37 || Checking salt crystals from previous lesson Checking the write ups - conclusions and evaluations

Chromatography || Ilmiö chapters 3 and 4 p.29-41 || Finish your results, conclusion and evaluation of the salt and sand experiment - just wirte a sentence for each section.

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Boil water, let it cool, then drink it. How does it compare to tap water? || By next lesson || Heterogenous and homogenous mixtures || Ilmiö chapters 3 and 4 p.29-41 ||  ||   ||
 * 38 || Explaining chromatography: dissolving, solutions, solvent, solute
 * 39 || Properties of substances Iron and sulfur - properties. Physical separation. Chemical reactions. Properties of iron sulfide.

How atoms are arranged in elements, mixtures and compounds || || What have I learnt so far ? Brief review || For next lesson ||
 * 40 || Written assessment task on criteria B and C to show you understand how to write a method for an experiment to separate a simple mixture.

Element names in Finnish and English, and their symbols. The correct way of writing symbols eg Cu is copper not cu nor CU || The sheet will be available online AFTER week 41. If you miss the lesson, come to see me and we can arrange for you to complete the sheet in läksyparkki.


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|| Learn the highlighted element names (both languages) and their symbols. If you are an FFL student then any tests on these will take this into account :) || For next lesson || Small test and then playing games to help familiarise yourselves with the elements and important properties || Youtube video - the element song in the correct order
 * 41 || Practising the symbols and names of elements.

Tom Lehrer original version ||   ||   || AUTUMN BREAK ||  ||   ||   ||   || To see some sample results click here @http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/10682/enlarge
 * 42 || Researching a particular element in the technology computer room || [[file:Element research task.docx]] ||  || For next lesson ||
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 * 44 || Is grass green ? || We will use dissolving and crushing to extract the green colouring from grass, and then use chromatography to investigate the dyes.

Candy chromatography

||  ||   || 1. Introduction to some important chemistry of water 2. What is a One World essay ? 3. How do you write it ? Using a writing frame and a sample student answer || Ilmiö p.85-91 Video Introduction to water
 * 45 || Preparation for the One World Essay, to be started next week during biology and chemistry lessons. This will be jointly assessed for both subjects.
 * Task and help sheet for your essay **

**3. Sample answer for a similar topic.** This would have scored a good, but not perfect mark. Remember the science criteria can be accessed using the link at the top of this page || Read through the sheets, especially the model answer, before the next lesson. ||  || Combustion as chemical reaction Chemical equations || Combustion and fire safety; the fire triangle and what to do in an emergency if there is a fire. Ilmiö p67 chapter 8 Palaminen & paloturvallisuus ||  ||   || Task sheet - we'll do this in the computer room: ||  ||   || It should include: 1. a diagram to show the proportion of gases in the air 2. one slide for each of the 4 main gases in the air This slide should include the name of the gas (in English and Finnish), the correct symbol or formula and the main properties of the gas. Include pictures 3. A slide describing how the gases are taken from the air. This link may help you: @http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel_pre_2011/oneearth/usefulproductsrev2.shtml
 * 1. Instructions **
 * 2. One world essay writing frame **
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 * [[file:karinparker/GR7ONEWORLDessaysciencewritingframeMODELANSWER.doc|Download]]
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 * 46 || All lessons will be in the computer rooms, working on the One World Essay || ** Task and help sheet for your essay -see above ** ||  ||   ||
 * 47 || TEST - OPEN BOOK || You may use your notebook and any sheets you have been given. You may NOT use Ilmiö. ||  ||   ||
 * 48 || Recapping elements, mixtures and compounds.
 * 49 || Designer materials task || We talk about the Properties of Materials and word which describe them.
 * 50 || Air || In this lesson I want you to research what us in air, and to do a powerpoint presentation.

Email it to me by the end of the lesson :) ||  ||   ||