Week 7 Reflective Post

Continuing into Unit 6, we started off the week with a worksheet that described and helped us practice the art of naming Ionic compounds.  The worksheet started off with some basic questions such as the differences between cations and anions and elements that correspond with these groups.  From the periodic table we were given it was very easy to come up with the answers to these questions.  Continuing through this packet, we started naming more and more ionic compounds while also learning their formulas.

On Wednesday we started worksheet 3 of Unit 6.  This worksheet once again covered ionic compounds but now that we had previous knowledge on them, we were able to answer the questions fairly easily.  Most of the worksheet was either naming a compound from a given formula or naming the formula of a given compound.  This worksheet was a great help and solidified our understanding of ionic compounds.
On Wednesday, we also started our poly-atomic ions Pogil.  Understanding and being able to apply what those are was a very important part of the unit.  At first, we covered how to find the charges of the different ions and also how to determine the chemical formula and the type and number of atoms. Once we had mastered that basic material, we went more in depth into the concept and answered some trickier questions by using our gained knowledge.  Further into the worksheet we went over ternary ionic compound and how to write the formulas and common names for them.  At first it was a bit confusing, but after completing some of the practice problems it made a lot more sense.
Our final Pogil we did was a fairly long one covering molecular compounds.  Like most of the other packets, we started off by identifying basic characteristics such as number of atoms in the compounds and how many different elements were involved.  After we completed this part, we started focusing on the names of the compounds themselves.  The prefixes and the suffixes of a compound can tell us a lot about the compound because certain compounds are part of different groups.  Along with this, we went through and learned how to name certain elements based on their chemical formulas.  This worksheet was once again another great example of the compound and elements we will encounter in the unit and I'm excited to learn more about it.

On Friday, we mostly covered the review and any other questions we still had.  The review was an excellent compilation of all the work we have been doing for this week and it really helped further educate me on what might or might not be on our test.  We also white boarded most of our answers and once again that was really helpful because I could see what other groups got for their answers and if I got the correct answers.  Overall, this was a fun unit and I can't wait to see what we'll learn about in unit 7.