First-Year Chemistry: Activities, Labs, and Demonstrations

Jill Barker

James Wood High School
Winchester, VA

barkerj@frederick.k12.va.us

Unit 1: Scientific Method and Measurements

- Objectives

- Soda Density Lab

Unit 2: States of Matter

- Objectives

- Dry Ice Lab

- States of Matter Vocabulary Review

Unit 3: The Atom

- Objectives

- POGIL Atom Symbol Activity (http://www.pogil.org/)
High School POGIL Survey: http://www.pogil.org/high_school_survey.php

- Atom History Timeline Project & Rubric / WebQuest

Unit 4: Periodic Table

- Objectives

- Mining for Metals Inquiry Lab & Questions

- Periodic Table Puzzle

Unit 5: Compound Nomenclature & Bonding

- Objectives

- POGIL Formula Writing Activity

- Compound Bingo

Unit 6: Chemical Reactions

- Objectives

- Apple Fireworks Mystery Inquiry Lab

- Jolly Rancher Demonstration

Unit 7: The Mole and Stoichiometry

- Objectives

- Mole Airlines Flight 1023 (Journal of Chemical Education activity)

- Abbreviated Mole/Stoichiometry Conversions

Unit 8: Aqueous Solutions

- Objectives

- Dissolvo demonstration

- Household Acids & Bases Lab

Unit 9: Gas Laws

- Objectives

- Gas Laws Inquiry Lab

- POGIL Vapor Curves

SOL Review

- Chemistry SOL Summary Sheet

- SOL Question PowerPoints by Unit

Scientific Method & Measurements

States of Matter

Atom

Periodic Table

Compound Nomenclature & Bonding

Chemical Reactions

The Mole & Stoichiometry

Aqueous Solutions

Gas Laws

Funding Resources
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