10Science1 26 Haratua 201410Science1 26 Haratua 2014What we will do What we will learnPreliminaries and roll, including notices

The importance of starting well

Set some homework and change “Zenday”

How to influence our workstream

Note down some of the main ions used in industry

How people use ions to make money and solve problems.

See how to tackle a second excellence question.

How to SHOW we have learned well

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

If time, set a due date for the EOT test

How to influence our own workstream

If time, have some HRT, bookmarking and Scipad marking

How to make good use of time.

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 Thursday 5th of June 2014

Chemical equations, ions, balancing charges, balancing equations

End Of Topic Test on AtomsDue Tuesday 3rd of June 2014

Atoms and Atomic Structure

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-)