FHS Chemistry: 2026

Thursday - April 2nd, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will explain what concentration measures, as well as create solutions and measure the concentration of those solutions.

Bellwork:

A student is told that they need to prepare 225 mL of a 1.85 M potassium phosphate solution for a lab. How many grams of potassium phosphate will they need to prepare this solution?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Tuesday - March 31st, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will explain what concentration measures, as well as create solutions and measure the concentration of those solutions.

Bellwork:

What is a solute? What is a solvent? If one solution contains more solute than another in the same total amount solution, what could we say about its concentration compared to the other?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

HQ: Molarity (DUE 4/2 @ 3:00 PM)

Friday - March 27th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will explain what concentration measures, as well as create solutions and measure the concentration of those solutions.

Bellwork:

When you put salt in water it dissolves. What do you think "dissolving" is, and where do you think the salt went as it dissolved?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

N/A

Wednesday - March 25th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be assessed on their knowledge of unit 10 topics.

Bellwork:

N/A

Daily Plan:

Unit 10 Test
Solutions Self-Discovery

Homework:

N/A

Monday - March 23rd, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the amount of a chemical produced or used in a reaction.

Bellwork:

A student combines 44.6 g of Aluminum nitrate with 38.8 g of lithium carbonate.

A) What is the limiting reactant for this reaction?

B) What is the theoretical yield (in g) of aluminum carbonate in this reaction?

C) If the student collected 18.6 g of aluminum carbonate in the lab, what is their percent yield for this reaction?

D) How much excess reactant (in g) is left after the reaction?

Daily Plan:

Unit 10 Review

Homework:

Prepare for the Unit 10 Test!

Friday - March 20th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the amount of a chemical produced or used in a reaction.

Bellwork:

What steps are you taking mathematically to determine the limiting reagent in a chemical reaction, and why are you doing those steps? How could you tell if a reactant is limiting or excess just by observing the reaction?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Unit 10 Review

Wednesday - March 18th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the amount of a chemical produced or used in a reaction.

Bellwork:

The following is a recipe for pancakes:

1 cup of mix + 2 cups water → 3 pancakes

Given the following list of ingredients, determine how many pancakes could be made AND if any ingredients would be left over (be able to explain how you got your answer!):

A) 2 cups of mix, 2 cups of water
B) 2.25 cups of mix, 5 cups of water

Daily Plan:

Homework:

HQ: Limiting Reagents (DUE 3/20 @ 3:00 PM)

Monday - March 16th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the amount of a chemical produced or used in a reaction.

Bellwork:

1) Please complete the Chemistry CFA: Stoichiometry #1

2) While conducting an experiment, a student mixes 31.2 g of potassium carbonate with excess aluminum nitrate. After the lab, the student collects the aluminum carbonate produced and determines its mass is 14.35 g. What was the students percent yield in their lab?

Daily Plan:

Percent Yield Lab

Homework:

HQ: Percent Yield (DUE 3/18 @ 3:00 PM)

Thursday - March 12th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the amount of a chemical produced or used in a reaction.

Bellwork:

A chemist is asked to produce 45.5 g of magnesium hydroxide. To do this, they decide to react excess magnesium nitrate with sodium hydroxide. How many grams of sodium hydroxide will the chemist need to use in order to produce the amount of magnesium hydroxide requested?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Percent Yield Practice #1

Tuesday - March 10th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the amount of a chemical produced or used in a reaction.

Bellwork:

1) What does a mole ratio allow us to do?

2) 2C₂H₆ + 7O₂ → 6H₂O + 4CO₂

If the reaction above produces 5.16 mol of CO₂, how many moles of O₂ were used?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

HQ: Mass-to-Mass Calculations (DUE 3/12 @ 3:00 PM)

Friday - March 6th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will explain how and why mole ratios are used in chemistry, and will use them to calculate amount of reactants and products in reactions.

Bellwork:

You are given the following recipe:

1 cup pancake mix + 2 cups water --> 3 pancakes

If you had 2 cups of pancake mix and excess water, how many pancakes could you make? How many cups of waterwould you need to do this?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Mole Ratio Practice #1

Tuesday - March 3rd, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be assessed on their knowledge of unit 9 topics.

Bellwork:

What do you want to work on for the next 15 minutes to prepare for the test?

Daily Plan:

Unit 9 Test

Homework:

N/A

Friday - February 27th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict products of chemical reactions and balance chemical equations.

Bellwork:

A) FeCl₃+ N₂ →

B) C₅H₉ + O₂ →

For the reactions above:
1) Predict the type of reaction
2) Predict the products of the reaction
3) Balance the equation
4) Name all reactants and products

Daily Plan:

Unit 9 Kahoot!
Unit 9 Review

Homework:

Wednesday - February 25th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict products of chemical reactions and balance chemical equations.

Bellwork:

A) Complete Chemistry CFA: Reactions #2

B) Al(NO₃)₃+ CuSO₄ -->

For the reaction above:
1) Predict the type of reaction
2) Predict the products of the reaction
3) Balance the equation
4) Name all reactants and products

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Monday - February 23rd, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the type of reaction that occurs, and balance chemical equations.

Bellwork:

Fe₂(CO₃)₃+ Ca₃(PO₄)₂ -->

For the reaction above:
1) Predict the type of reaction
2) Predict the products of the reaction
3) Balance the equation
4) Name all reactants and products

Daily Plan:

Predicting Products Practice #2
Predicting Products Race!

Homework:

Predicting Products Practice #2

Thursday - February 19th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the type of reaction that occurs, and balance chemical equations.

Bellwork:

1) Please complete Chemistry CFA: Reactions #1

2) What type of reaction would occur given the following reactants:

SrSO₄ + Al →

Predict the products of this reaction and balance the equation.

Daily Plan:

Homework:

HQ: Reaction Types & Predicting Products (DUE 2/23 @ 3:00 PM)

Tuesday - February 17th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the type of reaction that occurs, and balance chemical equations.

Bellwork:

What type of reaction would occur given the following reactants:

C₃H₆ + O₂ -->

Predict the products of this reaction AND balance the equation.

Daily Plan:

Reaction Types Lab

Homework:

Reaction Types Lab

Thursday - February 12th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the type of reaction that occurs, and balance chemical equations.

Bellwork:

Balance the following chemical equation:

Mg(OH)₂ + H₃PO₄ → Mg₃(PO₄)₂ + H₂O

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Balancing & Reactions Types Practice #1

Tuesday - February 10th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to balance chemical equations.

Bellwork:

Balance the following chemical equation:

H₂SO₄ + Al(OH)₃ → Al₂(SO₄)₃ + H₂O

Daily Plan:

Balancing Equations Practice #2
Balancing Equations Races!

Homework:

Balancing Equations Practice #2

Friday - February 6th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to balance chemical reactions.

Bellwork:

How did you do on the Unit 8 Test? What do you need to do to either continue doing well or improve going forward this semester?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

HQ: Balancing Equations (DUE 2/10 @ 3:00 PM)

Wednesday - February 4th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be assessed on their knowledge of unit 8 topics.

Bellwork:

What has been the most challenging part of this unit for you? What can you work on for the next 10 or so minutes to help prepare for the test?

Daily Plan:

Unit 8 Work Time
Unit 8 Test

Homework:

N/A

Monday - February 2nd, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to analyze data to determine the percent composition and empirical formula of a compound.

Bellwork:

In a lab, a compound is analyzed and found to contain only carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine. A 12.56 g sample of the compound is broken down and found to be made up of 6.28 g of carbon, 1.32 g of hydrogen, and the remainder is fluorine. If the molar mass of the compound is found to be 144.21 g/mol, what is the molecular formula of this compound?

Daily Plan:

Empirical Formula Lab
Nomenclature Kahoot (2nd Half)
Unit 8 Review

Homework:

Prepare for the Unit 8 Test!

Thursday - January 29th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to analyze data to determine the percent composition and empirical formula of a compound.

Bellwork:

How are an empirical and molecular formula different? How are they related?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Prepare for the Unit 8 Test!

Tuesday - January 27th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to analyze data to determine the percent composition and empirical formula of a compound.

Bellwork:

A new compound is created and known to contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. If it is determined that 43.21 g of the compound contains 17.28 g of carbon and 2.91 g of hydrogen, what is the empirical formula of this compound?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Percent Composition and Empirical Formula Practice #2

Friday - January 23rd, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to analyze data to determine the percent composition and empirical formula of a compound.

Bellwork:

What is the percent composition of each element in the compound sodium nitrate? If you had 46.9 g of sodium nitrate, what mass of it would be oxygen?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Percent Composition and Empirical Formula Practice #1 (ALL)

Wednesday - January 21st, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to analyze data to determine the percent composition and empirical formula of a compound.

Bellwork:

1) How would you explain to someone what a percentage tells you?

2) If there are 12 pieces of pizza in a box and you eat 4 of them, what percent of the pizza did you eat?
3) If there are 100 marbles in a jar and you take 60% of them, how many marbles did you take?
4) If there are 317 marbles in a jar and you take 35.7% of them, how many marbles did you take?

Daily Plan:

Homework:

HQ: Percent Composition (DUE 1/23 @ 3:00 PM)

Monday - January 19th, 2026

No School - MLK Day

Friday - January 16th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to name ionic and covalent compounds.

Bellwork:

Name the following:
1) Mg(ClO₂)₂
2) H₃P
3) Ni₃N
4) NO₂

Give the chemical formula for the following:
1) Hypochlorous Acid
2) Sodium Oxide
3) Selenium Dibromide
4) Cobalt (II) Citrate

Daily Plan:

Homework:

HQ: Mixed Nomenclature (DUE 1/21 @ 3:00 PM)

Wednesday - January 14th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to name and write chemical formulas for acids.

Bellwork:

Name the following:
1) BeF₂
2) CCl₄
3) Mg(NO₃)₂
4) Fe₃(PO₃)₂

Give the chemical formula for the following:
1) Nitrogen Dioxide
2) Sodium Sulfate
3) Disulfur Tetrafluoride
4) Zinc (III) Oxalate

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Acid Nomenclature Practice #1

Monday - January 12th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to name ionic and covalent compounds.

Bellwork:

Name the following compounds:
1) Mg₃P₂
2) Fe(CO₃)₂
3) NH₄F

Give the chemical formula for the following compounds:
4) Calcium Nitrate
5) Potassium Sulfide
6) Nickel (II) Bromate

Daily Plan:

Homework:

Mixed Nomenclature Practice #1