Galva High School and Stark County High School
Integrated Science Curriculum
Year 2: Theme - Fantastic VoyagesIII. Chemical Reactions Unit
A. Chemical reactions
B. Energy in chemical reactions
- Lecture: Reactants and products
- Lecture: Writing and balancing chemical equations
- Lab: "Conservation of mass" (MPS Lab, p. 129)
- Demos: Types of reactions
- Lab: "Chemical reactions" (MPS Lab, p. 137)
C. Reaction rates
- Demo: Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Activity: "Energy changes in chemical reactions"
D. Acids and bases
- Demo: Grain bin explosion
- Demo: Clock reactions
- Lab: "Blues in a beaker" (SL, p. 2.11)
- Activity: "Pick up the pace" (SL, p. 2.6)
- Minilab: "How does an enzyme function?" (SI, p. 219)
- Activity: "Toothpick biochemistry" (Flinn Scientific, BioFax)
- Activity: "How sensitive are enzymes to temperature?" (SI, p. 314)
E. Household chemistry
- Demo: Denaturation of proteins
- Activity: "Acids, bases, & indicators" (MPS Lab, p. 141)
- Lab: "The cabbage patch indicators & the petal papers" (HOGSA, pp. 202-203)
- Activity: "Household acids and bases"
- Lab: "Neutralization reactions"
F. Performance assessment: Design a household cleaner
- Activity 29: "Toxics in the home" (ESAK, pp. 281-289)
- Activity: "Hair chemistry" (HOGSA, p. 113)
- Activity: "Give it a test - A lesson of testing for presence of food" (CSI, p. 197)
- Activity: "The egg boiler" (SL, p. 2.25)
- Food Chemistry
- Investigation 6: "All you can eat" (SL, p. 1.34)
- Lab: "Chemistry of food - Part 2" (Flinn Scientific)
- Lab: "Chemistry of food - Part 3" (Flinn Scientific)
- Lab: "Chemistry of food - Part 4" (Flinn Scientific)