First Semester Chemistry Bundle: Lessons, Notes, Labs, Practice, Videos & More

Here is your one stop shop for teaching first semester Chemistry!

This is a visually engaging way to teach each topic. Every unit comes with Google Slides Lessons with a matching Google Document Student Guided Notes Sheets. Plus, videos that will walk the students through how to solve the answers and understand the content.  This bundle comes with Google Interactive Slides (with answers), Beginning of the year ice breaker, Extensions, Lab experiments with matching videos, Final Exam Review, and plenty of bonus instructional material! All of this is fully editable and ready to go!

Atomic Theory Unit:

The Lesson Topics:

• Atomic Theory History
• Atoms and Ions Basics
• Electron Configuration
• Ion Electron Configuration
• Isotopes and Mass Spectrometry
• Isotope Percent Abundance
• Fusion: How the Elements Were Created
• Orbital Diagrams
• Atomic Theory Extension Choice Board
• Flame Test Extension Choice Board

What is covered in each Topic Lesson:

• Isotope Percent abundance
• Advancements and limitations of these scientists: Democritus, Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Chadwick, Bohr, and Schrodinger. The gold foil experiment, plum pudding model (AKA: Chocolate Chip model), planetary model, and the current quantum model of an electron cloud with orbitals and sub orbitals.
• Atoms and Ions. Subatomic particles of an atom (protons, neutrons, and electrons), where to find them and their charges. Positive and Negative charged ions (cations and anions). How to write ion notation.
• Electron configuration of the s, p, and d block elements, how to do Noble Gas Abridged version of electron configuration, Examples, answers, and explanations.
• Ion Electron configuration of the s, p, and d block elements, examples, answers, and explanations.
• Review of atoms, Review of Periodic Table Squares, Isotopes, Atomic Mass, Neutrons, Protons, Electrons, Isotope Abundance, Mass Spectrometry Graphs
• Orbital diagram shapes, Aufbau Principle, Pauli's Principle, Hund's Rule, Practice Problems, Upward and Downward electron spin
• Fusion defined, fusion animation, Law of conservation of energy and matter, how larger elements than Hydrogen are formed. Disclaimer: It does not address creation of elements larger than iron.

Topics Included in the Extensions:

• Supernova
• Black hole
• Isotopes
• Fission vs Fusion
• Human Body
• Power Plants
• How to Make a Firework
• History of a Firework
• Burning Color of Elements
• Science Career

Periodic Table Unit:

The Lesson Topics:

• Periodic Table Introduction
• Reactivity of Metals, Nonmetals & Metalloids
• Periodic Table Trends
• Ionic Radius Trends
• Choice Board Extension

What is covered in each Topic Lesson:

• Ionic Radius Trend, Metals and Nonmetals (Cation and Anion) Trends, Easy to remember general rule, practice problems with answers, and a matching video that explains the science.
• Periods, Families, Groups, Valence Electrons, Oxidation Numbers, Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Halogens, Noble Gases, Properties, Animated Slide Examples, Reference to Electron Configuration
• Metals Properties, Nonmetal Properties, Metalloid Properties, Reactivity of Metals and the "Why", Reactivity of Nonmetals and the "why", Checkpoint Questions with Answer
• Atomic Radii trends, Ionization trends, Electronegativity trends, Examples & Check Point Questions with Answers

Topics Included in the Extension:

• Discovery
• Puzzle from the Past
• Debate
• History of the Elements
• Unknown Element
• Salts

Bonding Unit:

Included in Bonding:

• Ionic Compound Naming & Chemical Formulas: Lesson, Notes, & Matching Videos
• Covalent Compound Naming & Chemical Formulas: Lesson, Notes, & Matching Videos
• Chemical Bonding: Lesson, Notes, Matching Videos, & Interactive Slides Practice (18 slides of Drag and Drop or Type Answers practice problems. This covers all topics from the lesson. And comes with a matching answer key.)
• Chemical Formulas & Naming Ionic & Covalent Compounds Interactive Slides w/ Key
• Molecular Geometry: Lesson, Notes, and Matching Video

What is covered in the Bonding:

• Binary ionic compounds naming and formulas, polyatomics, ternary ionic compounds naming and formulas, Swap and Drop Method, Transition Metals naming and formulas, Roman Numerals, 2 matching video with the science explained!
• Greek Prefixes, How to Name covalent compounds, How to write covalent compound chemical formulas, Single, Double, and Triple Bonds, 2 matching video with the science explained!
• Lewis dot diagrams, Intermolecular vs Intramolecular forces, Ionic, Polar Covalent, Nonpolar Covalent, Metallic, Diatomics, Bohr Diagrams, Electronegativity, Practice Problems with Answers, summary flow chart.
• Binary ionic compounds naming and formulas, polyatomics, ternary ionic compounds naming and formulas, Swap and Drop Method, Transition Metals naming and formulas, Roman Numerals, 4 matching video with the science explained!
• Molecular Geometry, Linear, Bent, Trigonal Planar, Trigonal Pyramidal, Tetrahedral, Bonded Pairs, Lone Pairs, Bond Angle, Lewis dot Structure, Models, Example Problems with answer, matching video.

Properties of Matter Unit:

Included in the Physical and Chemical Properties Lesson: Law of Conversation of matter, Physical and Chemical Properties, Odor, Volume, Color, Viscosity, States of Matter, Solubility, Flammable, Combustible, Corrosive, Reactive, Radioactive, Practice Questions with Answers, and Video clips. And it comes with an introduction poster activity.

Included in the Density Lesson: Density definition, mass, volume, how to find the volume of a irregular object with water displacement, how to find volume with a regular shaped object, how to find the volume with liquid, density column, density math problems finding each variable with work and answers, density math with water displacement with work and answers, and 2 matching videos.

Included in the Lab Demo: 4 lab density demonstration to use. If you do not have the materials to complete the demos in class, I have linked videos to use instead.

• Lava Lamp
• Dry Ice
• Galileo Thermometer
• Coke and Diet Coke

Chemical Reactions/ Equations Unit:

List of the Lessons & Notes:

• Law of Conservation of Mass, Chemical Reaction Indicators, & Counting Atoms
• Types of Chemical Reactions with Practice Activity & Bonus Videos!
• Balancing Chemical Equations, Bonus! Multiple Choice Balancing Lesson & Notes
• Predicting Products of Chemical Reactions with Practice, & Videos
• Reactivity Series

Practice Activities:

• Counting Atoms, Elements, and Molecules Practice Slides with Answer Key & Video
• Types of Chemical Reactions
• Predicting Products of Chemical Reactions

Included in the Lessons:

Included in the Chemical Indicators lesson: Review on Physical and Chemical Properties, Review on Physical and Chemical Changes, Reactants and Products, States of matter in a chemical equation, gas evolution, water production, odor, formation of a precipitate, color change, change in energy/temperature, examples of what indicators look like in a chemical equation, practice problems with answers, and bonus video clips

Included in the Law of Conservation of Mass & Counting Atoms Lesson: What the Law States, Molecular model examples of the law, Counting atoms with and without parentheses, Practice problems on counting atoms with answers, Open and Closed Systems, Practice problems of supporting the Law of Conservation (models for Matter, and quantitative numbers for Mass) with answers, and bonus video clips

Included in the Types of Reactions lesson: General Structure of the Types of Reactions, Synthesis, Decomposition, Single Replacement (Displacement), Double Replacement (Displacement), Combustion, a real life example GIF of each type of reaction, Multiple examples of chemical equations of each type of reaction, Chemical Indicators review, Practice Problems with answers, and a bonus video.

Included in the Balancing Equations lesson: 4 Steps to balancing a chemical equation, Many sample problems with click animation to have each step appear one at a time so students can see the order (answers included), Law of Conservation of Matter review, Coefficients and subscripts review, Sample equations with and without polyatomics (answers included), 9 extra balancing equations with matching videos to see how it was done and check the answers

Bonus Multiple Choice Balancing Questions Lesson: Review on Types of Reactions, This lesson shows students how to "plug in" the coefficients and count atoms on the reactant and product side to see which one is balanced. Great short cut, or helpful for lower level students.

Included in the Predicting Products lesson: Predicting products of Single Replacement (Displacement), Double Replacement (Displacement), and Combustion Reactions, 7 Diatomics review, Polyatomics in Predicting Products, Oxidation Numbers review, Steps recap, and matching video of the entire lesson, additional videos on balancing the chemical reactions for extra help

Included in the Reactivity Series lesson: Reactivity Series Charts, Example problems that result in a reaction occurring, and examples that result in no reaction occurring. This is a quick lesson that can easily be taught in less than half a class period! Plus save paper with the matching notes being only a half sheet of paper!

Final Exam Interactive Review:

It is a 60+ Google Slides interactive review with answer key included!  They are all fully editable, and ready to go! This is a Drag and Drop, Matching, or Type interactive review.

Included in the review:

• Atomic Theory: 13 slides
• Periodic Table: 10 slides
• Bonding: 10 slides
• Properties of Matter: 9 slides
• Chemical Reactions: 10 slides
• Chemical Equations: 10 slides

Lots of Bonus Material along the way such as Teacher Timers, Bonus Labs, and Extensions!

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