Monday, December 15, 2014

Monday/Tuesday, 15/16 December, 2014

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why do bonds form between elements?

NGSSS: SC.912.P.8.6

BENCHMARK(S):
-Distinguish between bonding forces holding compounds together and other attractive forces, including hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  Students will be able to:
-distinguish between ionic, covalent bonds, and metallic bonds and explain how they are formed.

BELL RINGER: Use your phone to look up a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency. You will prepare a poster depicting the vitamin and explaining how the lack of or low levels of that vitamin affect the body. You will also include a printed picture on your poster.

VOCABULARY: valence electron  electron dot structure, octet rule, halide ion, ionic bond, ionic compound, chemical formula, formula unit, coordination number, metallic bond, alloy

HOME LEARNING: work on your science fair paper/project

INFORMATION PRESENTED IN CLASS:
Students completed a poster about a disease caused by a vitamin deficiency. The poster should include a short description of the disease and how the lack of the particular vitamin causes the disease. It should also include a picture of someone affected with the disease.

Due to many students completing the exam, this is as far as we got in the lesson. For those who like to forge ahead, read chapter 7 and begin writing (and illustrating) al the vocabulary listed above.