Organic+Chemistry

Note: the files below all pertain to the SCH4U organic chemistry unit. If you are looking for materials for SCH4C, you may need to modify some of these, and will need to assess whether others can be used at all.

Unit Plan:

Evaluation Plan:

Supporting Materials: >> Title page for BLM package, listing contents: >> "Money to Burn" demonstration (note: this is a *.docx file): >> Marking scheme for "How Many Can You Build?" textbook model-building activity: >> Rubric to assess an ester synthesis lab from the textbook: >> Demonstration: disappearing Styrofoam peanuts (note: this is a *.docx file): >> Polymer diaper demo (note: this is a *.docx file): >> SMARTBoard Notebook 10 files for reviewing alkanes and alkenes: and  (note: both of these have Flash objects embedded within them and are originally from the SMART Exchange at http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/index.html)
 * Printable:
 * “Instructional Master 11.1A – The Alkane Family” – from Teacher’s Resource for the 2002 grade 11 chemistry course text by Nelson (see references list): [[file:C11LSM5_27 Nelson 11 alkanes instructional master.pdf]]
 * Instructions for making flashcards for the unit:[[file:Flashcards.doc]]
 * Electronic:
 * “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” PowerPoint game (best viewed as the slideshow rather than looking at the individual slides, as sound files are involved): [[file:millionaire_organic_review.ppt]] (note: created by modifying an activity originally provided for grade 9 applied mathematics by Yollanda Zhang on the TDSB’s FirstClass electronic bulletin board system, TEL)
 * SMARTBoard Notebook 10 matching exercise for lesson 13 (matching a structure with its organic class): [[file:smartboard_organic_matching.notebook]]

Culminating Task: Bath Salts

Case Study: Pharmaceutical Drug Recall
 * Student handout: [[file:drug recall.doc]]
 * Teacher notes (note: this is a *.docx file): [[file:Drug recall - Teacher notes.docx]]
 * Assessment checklist to use during interview partway through the unit (student has started researching, has some organized research notes, etc.) [[file:drug recall interview checklist.doc]]
 * Evaluation rubric for final product (1-page legal-sized version): [[file:drug recall rubric.doc]]
 * Evaluation rubric for final product (2-page letter-sized version): [[file:drug recall rubric2.doc]]