9-1 Chemistry

Periodic Table Activity

Albert Fong 9, 9-1 Chemistry

Before class preparation

In class activity

  • Create your own table with Mystery Elements
    • Explain the relationship between the atomic structure of an element and the position of that element in the periodic table
  • Worksheets: Periodic Table 1, Periodic Table 2

After class work

Game: Bohr-Rutherford Diagrams

Albert Fong 9, 9-1 Chemistry

Before class preparation

In class activity

  • If you haven’t finished the sheet in the preparation, you will be completing the sheet in class
  • Game: Bohr-Rutherford Diagrams
    • Describe patterns in the arrangements of electrons in the first 20 elements of the periodic table, using the Bohr-Rutherford model
  • Bohr-Rutherford Card Sort
  • Bohr-Rutherford Scavenger hunt

After class work

  • Check the answers for the BR-Diagram worksheet
  • Make sure you can draw a BR-Diagram for any of the 1st 20 elements with the aid of a periodic table only, you can be quizzed at any time!

Atomic Structure & Standard Notation

Albert Fong 9, 9-1 Chemistry, Student Teacher

Before Class Preparation

In Class Activity

After Class Work

  • Start to prep for a small quiz on physical and chemical properties and changes later in the week

Lab: Density

Albert Fong 9-1 Chemistry, Grade 9

Before class preparation

  • Read and Print this document
  • Predict and Explain your hypothesis on the document
  • Design a table to record your observations according to instructions in the document

In class activity

  • Investigate, through inquiry, the physical property of a common compound (water)
    • What happens to the density of water as the volume increases? (40 minutes)

After class work

  • Complete the hypothesis section of your good copy
  • Draw an iceberg and see how it will float.
  • Bring an empty recyclable water bottle and a ketchup packet if you can

Classification of Matter

Albert Fong 9, 9-1 Chemistry, Short Period

Before class preparation

In class activity

After class work