Your Chemistry Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
Successfully address phenomena throughout the school year with this week-by-week lab activity guide. Pick and choose from a growing selection of kits to perform the lab activities and put your 3-dimensional teaching plan into action.
| DCI 1: Structure and Properties of Matter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 1 | Administrative, Safety, and Lab Skills | |
| 2 | Review Algebra, atomic structure,(MS-PS1-1), and chemical nomanclature | |
| 3 | HS-PS1-1 | Periodic Table Inquiry |
| 4 | HS-PS1-2 | Metal Activity Series |
| 5 | HS-PS1-1 | Like Salt to a Flame |
| 6 | HS-PS1-2 HS-PS1-3 |
Chemical Bonding |
| 7 | HS-PS2-4 | Energy Transformations with Irradiated Salt |
| 8 | HS-PS2-6 | Molecular Structure |
| 9 | HS-PS1-3 | Lost Volume |
| 10 | HS-PS2-6 | Super Water-Absorbent Polymers |
| 11 | HS-PS1-3 HS-PS3-2 |
Modeling Phase Change |
| 12 | Review, Evaluation, and Remediation | |
| DCI 2: Chemical and Nuclear Reactions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 13 | HS-PS1-7 | Balancing Chemical Equations |
| 14 | HS-PS1-7 HS-PS1-2 |
Mystery Chemical Reactions |
| 15 | HS-PS1-2 | Crystal Garden |
| 16 | HS-PS1-2 | Petri Dish Electrolysis |
| 17 | HS-PS1-7 | Balloon Stoichiometry |
| 18 | HS-PS1-7 | Introduction to Stoichiometry |
| 19 | HS-PS1-6 HS-PS3-3 |
Carolina STEM Challenge®: Chemical Reaction Rockets |
| 20 | HS-PS1-4 HS-PS1-5 |
Iodine Clock Reaction |
| 21 | HS-PS1-5 | Carolina ChemKits®: Reaction Rate of an Antacid |
| 22 | HS-PS1-5 | Blue Bottle |
| 23 | HS-PS1-6 | Under Pressure |
| 24 | HS-PS1-5 HS-PS1-6 |
Chemical Equilibrium and Le Châtelier’s Principle |
| 25 | HS-PS1-1 | Observing Ionizing Radiation Using a Cloud Chamber |
| 26 | HS-PS1-8 | Radioactive Decay and Half-Life Simulations |
| 27 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| DCI 3: Energy in Chemical Processes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 28 | HS-PS3-2 HS-PS3-4 |
Gas Laws |
| 29 | HS-PS3-2 | Gas Laws |
| 30 | HS-PS1-4 | Endothermic Reaction: Beaker Freezer |
| 31 | HS-PS3-4 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Keep It Hot |
| 32 | HS-PS3-1 | Heat of Combustion in Biofuels |
| 33 | HS-PS3-1 HS-PS1-4 |
It’s Not the Heat, It’s Thermochemistry |
| 34 | HS-PS3-4 HS-PS3-1 HS-PS3-2 |
Investigating the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics |
| 35 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| 36 | Review and Final Exams | |
