SNC2D Unit 3: Chemical Reactions

How can we describe, predict and use chemical reactions? Students name and write formulas for ionic and molecular compounds, then investigate reactions with household-safe labs: change stations, molecular models, a sealed-bag mass lab, peroxide and yeast, copper-plated nails, an Epsom salt precipitate, red cabbage indicator and neutralization. They balance equations, classify reaction types, analyse real safety and environmental issues, and meet Canadian chemists and chemistry careers. Every problem has a worked solution.

Assessment of learning: an antacid neutralization inquiry and report with a rubric, plus a unit test with a worked answer key.

Lessons

1. Ions and the Periodic Table
2. Naming Ionic Compounds
3. Polyatomic Ions and Molecular Compounds
4. Evidence of Chemical Change Lab
5. Word Equations and Molecular Models
6. Conservation of Mass Lab
7. Balancing Equations
8. Synthesis and Decomposition
9. Single Displacement
10. Double Displacement
11. Acids, Bases and pH
12. Neutralization
13. Reactions and Safety
14. Chemistry for a Cleaner World
15. Careers and Summative Workshop

What you get

• A teacher lesson plan for every lesson: curriculum expectations, learning goals and success criteria, a timed sequence, differentiation, safety notes, look-fors and answer keys
• Detailed slideshows (15 to 17 slides per lesson) with speaker notes on every slide: what to say, what to ask, what to look for and how long to spend, plus warm-ups, worked examples, model answers and answer-key slides
• Student handouts, lab sheets and exit tickets
• Editable Word and PowerPoint files, plus PDFs
• A unit overview, the summative task and rubric, and a unit test with a worked answer key

Built for the Ontario Grade 10 Science, Academic curriculum (SNC2D), and easy to adapt for any Grade 10 science class.