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GCSE Chemistry x Physics 1: Introduction and Electron Orbitals

Today, students reviewed basic concepts about subatomic particles, then were introduced to the idea of electron orbitals (s, p, d, f).

Homework: https://forms.gle/nFxjrYCWuxuFFL9u7

GCSE Chemistry x Physics 2: Electron Orbitals

Today, students learned about filling order, how to draw atoms from their electron configuration, and orbital notation.

Homework: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDifZ_ecyHrPls-LQbpMtbc7w0RCOKw7EC26y7LgwGi-8m5Q/viewform?usp=sharing

Also – please memorize the first 10 elements of the periodic table for next class!
Here is a song to help:

GCSE Chemistry x Physics 3: Electron Spin

Today, students explored the ideas of probability density and spin.

Homework: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN-W7MpVuZS9m6QqI-3bnCQnzEEAeOUJfNUu8-wAUlr-Hnwg/viewform?usp=header

GCSE Chemistry x Physics 4: Quantum Numbers

Today, students put everything together and learned how to identify electrons using their quantum numbers.

Homework: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRW51lPfSYZvDcBi5N8WKGWRcJonB7K-Rh9HT6XHugSbPy1g/viewform?usp=header

GCSE Chemistry x Physics 5: Electron Orbitals Review

Today, students reviewed the first unit on electron orbitals.

Homework: To really get comfortable converting between an element, atom diagram, electron configuration, and orbital diagram, we will use this study quiz from ChemQuiz.net.

Electron Configuration Quiz

Select 25 questions and limit to the first 20 elements – redo the quiz until you get them all perfect! Once the formula is nailed down, this should become super easy.

GCSE Physics x Chemistry 6: Metals, Nonmetals, Semiconductors

Today, students learned about the properties of metals, and how their electron orbital diagram becomes a band diagram when atoms are spaced very closely.

Homework: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIAVejkfnMxMR1zXK3LNYfyTtoUOxK87ZpKIoJ0lGuam2Ndw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111384285063287879436

GCSE Physics x Chemistry 7: Metals, Nonmetals, Semiconductors II

Today, students completed the lesson set on metals, nonmetals and semiconductors.

Homework: https://forms.gle/ZAq3yctVHVxkFy2z9

GCSE Physics x Chemistry 8: Transistor

Today, students completed the unit on semiconductors and the invention of the transistor.

Homework: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzEaYt0Ikir5XEMHv87ZVzcyFPedE0xG-mVx42zy1YlS8d8A/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111384285063287879436

GCSE Physics x Chemistry 9: Microtechnology

Today, students completed the unit on semiconductor physics, the transistor, carbon nanotubes, and microtechnology.

No homework, enjoy your summer break and see you back in September!

GCSE Physics x Chemistry 10: Electric Field

Welcome back! Today, students learned about the electric field and force for charged particles.

Homework: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScArE3_JesbCNjAfZyF_YdPQPtHqimgN1dDkXgXs0QppQqW-A/viewform?usp=dialog