Group A                 Elements of Life                                                     

Date

Period/Lab

 

A Thurs

4.9.03

4+5

5

Introduction to the course, issuing of books etc.

Act EL2.2 Making the most of your study of chemistry.

Fri

5.09.03

1 2+3

9

Story EL1 What are we made of?

Exp EL 1 How do we know the formula of a compound?

B Tues

9.08.03

3

2

Set Act El 4.1 What do atoms look like?

Ideas 2.1 A simple model of the atom.

Ideas 2.2 Nuclear reactions.

Thurs

11.09.03

4

2

Ideas 2.3 Electronic structure: shells

Fri

12.09.03

1 2+3

2

Exp EL4.3 Investigating a spectroscopic technique.

Ideas 6.1 Light and electrons EL Test A1

A Thurs

18.09.03

4+5

5

Story EL4 Where do chemical elements come from?

Act EL4.2 Isotopic abundance and RAM.

Fri

20.09.03

1 2+3

9

Presentation of Act EL4.1

Act EL4.4 Radon in the rocks due in Thurs 19th October

EL Test A2.  Tutorial / retest.

B Tues

23.09.03

3

2

Story EL 3 Looking for patterns in elements.

Ideas 11.1 Periodicity

Thurs

25.09.03

4

2

Ideas 11.2 The s block: Groups 1 and 2.

 

Fri

26.09.03

1 2+3

2

Exp EL 3.1 Investigating the chemistry of Group 1 and 2 elements.

EL Test A3.

A Thurs

02.10.03

4+5

5

 Ideas 1.1 Amount of substance

Ideas 1.2 Balanced equations

Fri

03.10.03

1 2+3

?

Exp EL2.1 How much iron is in a sample of an iron compound?

EL Test A4.

B Tues

07.10.03

3

2

Story EL5 The molecules of life

Ideas 3.1 Chemical bonding

Thurs

09.10.03

4

2

IT Act EL 3.2 How do the physical properties of elements change across a row in the Periodic table?

Fri

10.10.03

1 2+3

2

Ideas 3.3 The shapes of molecules

Act EL 5 Balloon molecules. EL Test A5

A Thurs

19.10.03

4+5

5

Story EL6 Summary Hand in Radon in the Rocks leaflets.

Act EL 5 Check your notes on The elements of life part 2.

Fri

1 2+3

9

Start DF

B Tues

21.10.03

3

2

Elements Of Life – End of Topic Test