Chemistry+Content+Unit+Assignment


 * 3.3 Chemistry Content Unit Assignment **

For this assignment, you will examine a specific **//Unit//** from the Senior Chemistry courses (MOE - SCH3U, or SCH4U).This assignment will provide you with ideas and approaches to a particular chemistry unit, as well as an opportunity to test out your ideas within your peer community. You will critically examine the chemistry content of your unit and develop a perspective on the process of unit planning, the selection of teaching and __learning__ strategies appropriate for the content, and the implementation of specific chemistry practices. You will work in a group of 3 to 4 to develop the following sections: This assignment will be submitted to your instructor and posted in our online environment. In addition you will be required to have a 60-70 minute class presentation.
 * 3.3.1 Rationale **
 * 3.3.2 Assignment Overview **
 * Big Ideas with guiding questions
 * Unit Plan of 18-22 seventy-five minute classes
 * Minds On activity for the whole unit
 * Misconceptions (4-5) for the unit and possible ways to address these
 * Two activities, approximately forty-minutes in length
 * One STSE series of blog entries
 * Lab experiment for classroom carousel.
 * Summative Unit __Test__

Lab Carousel
For the CCUA Presentations...Peer Feedback helps your peers and also yourself ... The following scaffolded questions helps you as you __provide__ feedback to your peers about their presentation... CCUA Group 1: SCH4U: Organic Chemistry **January 31st Presentation** group members: Linh Thai, Jonathan Boetto, Kenny Xiao, Dorothy Hsai
 * //Peer __Feedback__ for CCUA Presentations://**
 * Some scaffolding questions for the group presentations: (__Copy and paste__ - into "discussion message" of the page link from the group)**
 * //What were some of the challenges that you could foresee in the activities and/or ideas presented today?//
 * //What were the successes that you saw from the presentation/activities?//
 * //What did you personally learn?//
 * //What do you need to know more of?//

CCUA Group 2: SCH3U: Quantities in Chemical Reactions **February 3rd Presentation** group members: Rena Tam, Shannon Mendes, Karen Founk, Danielle S.

CCUA Group 3: (SCH4U Equilibrium) **February 7th Presentation** group members: Laura Sardone, Mike Law, Aleksa Brkic, Jeremy Burt

CCUA Group 4: SCH3U: Gases and Atmospheric Chemistry **February 10th Presentation** group members: Danny Hickie, Jason Fisher, David Sheps, Efi, Palvanov

CCUA Group 5: SCH3U: Solutions and Solubility **February 14th Presentation** group members: Nikki Ross, Nicole Ross, Henry Xu, Courtney Turner

CCUA Group 6: SCH4U: Electrochemistry **February 21st Presentation** group members: Dan F., Scott Jasper-Fayer, Olwen Needham-Brooks, Bushra Anwar

CCUA Group 7: SCH3U: Chemical Reactions **February 24th Presentation** group members: Reema Bhandari, Paula Rajkumar, Katarina Markovic