10Science7 26 Haratua 2014What we will do What we will learnPreliminaries and roll, including notices The importance of starting wellRevisit how Mother Nature balances out the charge on ions

That “free” charges are “snapped up” and how this happens

• Continue “making” ionic compounds

• Use the “bricks” to help us get there.

• Use extra care with complex ions

How to make good use of time while working towards a good score in the End Of Topic Test

Change the due date from “Zenday” How to influence our workstreamNote down some of the main ions used in industry

How people use ions to make money and solve problems.

Revisit the objectives of the unit Have we done what we said we would do?

See how to tackle an excellence question.

How to SHOW we have learned well

If time, set a due date for the EOT test How to influence our own workstream

HW item Skills practiced Scipad pages 131 - 143Due Fri 7 March 2014

Alleles, Genetics and Variation

Scipad pages 99 – 107, 113 – 120, 122 and 123Due Monday 14 April 2014

How to read measuring scales well, Forces, Mass and Motion

Scipad pages 8 – 12 and 14Due Fri 23rd of May 2014

Physical and Chemical ChangesStructure of the Atom

Scipad pages 15 - 22, 24 and 25Due Zenday 37th of Octember 2014

Chemical equations, ions, balancing charges, balancing equations

Practice Excellence Question 1Discuss How and Why a Magnesium atom becomes an ion. Your answer should include:• The written electron arrangement of

the Magnesium atom and the Magnesium ion• A description of how a Magnesium

atom becomes an ion• A description of why a Magnesium

atom becomes an ion

Practice Excellence Question 2The element Fluorine is in group 17, period 2. Use this information to explain why Fluoride has the charge -1 (F-)