FHS Chemistry: March 2026

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