Tuesday 11.30.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Discussed Electrolytic Cells and Electrolosis
• Example of how to use Faraday's Constant in a problem (grams of solid <--> amount of time it takes to plate it out on an electrode)
• Electrochemistry Exam/Quiz/Test/Whatever...

Tuesday 11.30.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Lab Reports on the Stoichiometry Lab DUE!!!!
• Discussed HW p. 328 #20 - worked them out on the board
• Took more notes over Charles' Law and Gay-Lussac's Law
• Worked out examples on the board
• HW p. 328 #21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30 - due tomorrow!!

Monday 11.29.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Welcome Back!!
• 1/2 hour intro to Thermodynamics.... more Wednesday
• Reviewed and discussed Electrochemistry
• Electrochemistry Quiz/Test/Exam/whatever TOMORROW!!!

Monday 11.29.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Welcome Back!!
• Discussed Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases (5 components)
• Discussed Volume, Temperature (in Kelvin) and Pressure (with all the different units) --> we'll be working with these variables all during this topic!
• Discussed Boyle's Law
• HW: p. 328 #20 for practice

Tuesday 11.23.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

Discussed the 'What to do over Thanksgiving Break' list:

• Finish HW on p.991-992 #'s 9,10,13,14,25,26,27,28,29,30
• Study for MMQ5 (column 1 of the polyatomic ion sheet - make flashcards!!)
• RP5 (posted today - due 12.3)
• Chapters in the prep books (Princeton = 3, 5, and 13... 5 in 5 = 5 and 16)
• Study for the electrochemistry exam coming up on TUESDAY 11.30

Notes and discussion over the Nernst Equation (p. 974-975 in Kotz)

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING 5-DAY WEEKEND!!!!! :-)

Tuesday 11.23.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Discussed Lab Report - due MONDAY 11.29!!!!
• Reviewed Stoichiometry
• Took the Stoichiometry Assessment

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING 5-DAY WEEKEND!!!

Monday 11.22.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Notes - Inert Electrodes, Shorthand on Cell Notations, and more on Standard Reduction Potential Table
• HW assigned = p. 990+ #'s 9,10, 13, 14 (due MONDAY 11.29.10)

Tomorrow:

• NO MMQ or RP (those are for Fridays, not Tuesdays! :-) )
• Finish discussion on Nernst Equation and Electrolysis / Electrolytic Cells
• More HW assigned to go with those assigned today - all due MONDAY 11.29

Over Thanksgiving... you should be working through the problems at the end of the Electrochemistry chapter in your prep books. We will have review on Monday 11.29 and the quiz on Electrochemistry on Tuesday 11.30 before moving on into Thermodynamics. Whee! :-)

Monday 11.22.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Grade Quiz from Friday
• Stoichiometry Lab

Tomorrow:

• Brief Review
• Stoichiometry Assessment

Friday 11.19.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• MMQ4 - take and grade
• RP4 - Grade
• Redox WS - grade
• Bookwork p. 990 - grade

Monday:

• More on Voltaic Cells and Standard Reduction Potentials...

Friday 11.19.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Reading Reports in
• Homework
• Quiz
• Journal

Notes:

• Lab MONDAY

Thursday 11.18.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• More help on acidic and basic solution half-reaction balancing...
• Grade sheets from conferences distributed - due back, signed, by MONDAY
• Notes and Discussion on Voltaic (Galvanic) Cells
• Reminders about tomorrow...

For Tomorrow:

• Study for MMQ4
• Finish RP4
• Finish HW (both the Worksheet and p. 990 #3-4-5-6)

Tomorrow:

• MMQ4
• RP4 - grade!
• Grade HW (both!)
• Finish the Electrochem Lab - discuss what to do for write-up

Thursday 11.18.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Discussed and Reviewed topics for the quiz tomorrow - names <--> formulas / molar mass and % composition / balancing equations / types of reactions / predicting products / stoichiometry
• Discussed grade sheets from conferences - these will be the progress reports for this week!
• Made a notecard with the stoichiometry steps to use on quiz tomorrow
• WS X on Stoichiometry - time to work - due TOMORROW

For Tomorrow:

• Study for QUIZ
• Do Reading Reports!!!!
• Finish WS X on Stoich
• LAB TOMORROW - COME PROPERLY ATTIRED!!!

Tomorrow:

• Reading Reports handed in
• Grade HW
• Quiz
• Journal
• Lab

Wednesday 11.17.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• More practice/help with Redox Balancing and half reactions
• Notes on balancing in Acidic and Basic Solutions
• HW - p. 990 #s 3-4-5-6 all - due FRIDAY

Wednesday 11.17.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• ADVISORY TODAY
• Graded Quizzes from last Friday - into gradebook
• Graded HW page from yesterday (WS IX on Stoichiometry)

Conferences tonight - 4-7 p.m.

Tuesday 11.16.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Sub Day - work on Redox WS

Tuesday 11.16.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Went over book problems
• Finished notes on the different types of stoichiometry problems
• HW - WS IX on Stoichiometry - due TOMORROW

Monday 11.15.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Discussed and showed grades
• Notes on RedOx Reactions and how to balance them using the Half Reaction Method

For Tomorrow:

• No specific HW

Tomorrow:

• Sub Day (Mr. Kraft) - I have the AP Conference. :-) :-(
• You will be given a WS on RedOx Reactions to work on and a pre-lab assignment for Wednesday
• You can ALWAYS study for the MMQ or work on the most recent RP sheet... just saying.

Monday 11.15.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Finished Quiz (if necessary)
• Finished Journal (if necessary)
• Filled out Progress Reports (if necessary)
• Graded WS VIII on Mole Conversions
• Notes and discussion over Stoichiometry mole-mole and gram-gram conversions

For Tomorrow:

• p. 296 # 10 & 11 (be careful on #11 part b as it asks you to do 2!!! things!)

Tomorrow:

• Grade/discuss HW on p. 296
• Continue discussion with particle-particle conversions as well as gram-mole, mole-gram, particle-mole, mole-particle conversions
• WS to practice on for Wednesday

Friday 11.12.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• MMQ3 and graded it
• RP3 - graded it
• Handed in titration labs
• Handout on reactions
• Discussed net ionic equations and reactions a bit more

NOTE - CONFERENCES ARE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th FROM 4-7 p.m.!!!!!!!!!!!

For Monday:

• We'll show grades
• We'll return to RedOx and start Electrochemistry
• Get started on RP4 (just a suggestion)
• Work through your test prep books - don't leave it all until the end!!!!!!!!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Friday 11.12.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Graded WS V and part of VI (we'll do the rest Monday)
• Quiz (more time to finish Monday if needed!)
• Journal (again, Monday if not done today)
• Progress Report - grades only unless you stopped in after school to get details of what you were missing!

NOTE - CONFERENCES ARE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th from 4-7 p.m.!!!!

For Monday:

• Get progress report signed
• Get missing work you know about (labs? homework?) done and handed in!!!

Wednesday 11.10.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Finished Quiz (10 minutes extra time)
• Graded Quiz and answered questions

For Tomorrow:

• Sub Day - I'm at the Veteran's Day Parade with the Color Guard
• List of things to do on the board... revisiting net ionic equations (p. 183 in Kotz and part of Chapter 6 in the 5&5)
• Problems to try = p. 224+ #9-12 and 23-26
• Reminder - tomorrow is FRIDAY - this means MMQ3, Reaction Prediction 3, etc. BE READY!!!
• Oh, and the lab report for titration is due too. :-) Have fun!

Wednesday 11.10.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Finished and graded WS's and bookwork on predicting products

For Tomorrow:

• Sub today - I'm at the Veteran's Day Parade with the Color Guard
• Worksheets and how-to notes will be available in class
• You have class time to work on them... and the sub knows how to help you!!! Ask!!!!
• Have the worksheets ready to grade on Friday before the quiz!

Tuesday 11.9.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Quiz over Chapter 5 and other stuff...

For tomorrow:

• Rest...

Tomorrow:

• We return to Chapter 5-Redox

Tuesday 11.9.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Discussed (but did not grade) WS on single/double replacement
• Handed out another page of notes - summary of reactions and predicting products
• Discussed synthesis/combination and decomposition reactions
• New WS on synthesis and decomposition --> due tomorrow
• Also bookwork p. 264#2, 4 and p.269-271#24, 26, 27, 28, 29. 43 (#21,32, and 33 are extra credit)

For tomorrow:

• Finish both worksheets and the bookwork

Tomorrow:

• Grade worksheets and bookwork
• Discuss molar mass calculations

Monday 11.8.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Reviewed for tomorrow's QUIZ - topics include complex ions/coordination compounds; e-configurations; noble gas notations; orbital diagrams; quantum numbers; oxidation numbers; identifying types of reactions (redox, ppt, gas-forming, acid-base); and net ionic equations. You will have the solubility table to use as well as periodic table and 1/2 sheet.

For Tomorrow:

• STUDY!!!
• Finish lab reports for Titration Round 1

Tomorrow:

• Quiz - Chapter 5/22/8 topics

Monday 11.8.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Graded Friday's quizzes
• Notes over predicting products for Single Replacement, Double Replacement, and Combustion reactions.
• WS VI on predicting products - due TOMORROW

For Tomorrow:

• Finish WS VI

Tomorrow:

• Grade WS VI
• Review predicting products - add composition and decomposition
• WS VII and maybe some book work...

Thursday 11.4.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• LAB DAY - titrations!! (ahhhh.... FUSCHIA!)

For Tomorrow:

• Check HW (p.366+ #'s 2,4,6,12,14,18,22)
• MMQ2 - colors and logs
• RP2 - reactants only - available on here (scroll down to the gold-colored type!!)
• Discuss Lab (briefly)
• Bonding notes :-) Possibly some bonding problems to work on over the weekend...

Of Interest... I hope to do a quiz over Chapter 5 stuff (a bit of reactions, net ionic equations, solubility, redox intro stuff, oxidation numbers) and the 'other' topics we've been covering (e-configs, quantum numbers, etc,) on TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9th... just fyi.

Thursday 11.4.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Lab - Types of Reactions

For Tomorrow:

• Hand in READING REPORTS
• Quiz (names of compounds <--> formulas of compounds, molar mass, % composition, balancing equations, and types of reactions)
• Journal
• Progress Report
• Finish Lab and discuss Write-up (which will be due MONDAY)

Wednesday 11.3.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Bell Ringers - complex ion naming and e- configs
• Discuss Noble Gas Notation
• Discuss Orbital Notation (Box) Diagrams
• Discuss Quantum Numbers (again... but with clarity!)

For Tomorrow:

• LAB DAY - come prepared!! Making solutions and titrating!!

and then for Friday:

• Check HW (p.366+ #'s 2,4,6,12,14,18,22)
• MMQ2 - colors and logs
• RP2 - reactants only - available on here (scroll down to the gold-colored type!!)
• Discuss Lab (briefly)
• Bonding notes :-) Possibly some bonding problems to work on over the weekend...

Of Interest...

I hope to do a quiz over Chapter 5 stuff (a bit of reactions, net ionic equations, solubility, redox intro stuff, oxidation numbers) and the 'other' topics we've been covering (e-configs, quantum numbers, etc,) on TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9th... just fyi.

Wednesday 11.3.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Graded HW p.254 #'s 3,4,5 and p.270 #'s 18,19,20
• Took notes over Types of Reactions
• Handed out WS for homework

For Tomorrow:

• Finish WS
• LAB TOMORROW - DRESS APPROPRIATELY!!

Tomorrow:

• Grade WS
• Lab - Types of Reactions

and then for Friday:

• Hand in READING REPORTS
• Quiz (names of compounds <--> formulas of compounds, molar mass, % composition, balancing equations, and types of reactions)
• Journal
• Progress Report
• Finish Lab and discuss Write-up (which will be due MONDAY)

Tuesday 11.2.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Checked HW from Chapter 22 (p. 1104) and from Chapter 5
• Discussed electron configurations and using p. 345 in Kotz
• Discussed the 'glitch' elements (Cr and down... Cu and down) for configurations
• HW on e- configurations: p.366+ #'s 2,4,6,12,14,18,22 --> due FRIDAY

Tomorrow:

• Noble Gas Notation
• Orbital Notation Diagrams
• Quantum Numbers (revisited)

Of Interest:

• Lab Thursday - titrations (I think...)
• MMQ2 on Friday = colors of solutions and logs
• RP2 (reactants only) due FRIDAY

Tuesday 11.2.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Discussed Lab Data and write-up --> due TOMORROW!!
• Demo - gas emission tubes and difraction gratings giving the 'barcode' for the element
• Assigned HW problems from the book on Writing formula equations from sentences and Balancing Equations: p.254 #'s 3,4,5 and p.270 #'s 18,19,20 --> due TOMORROW!!
• 1/2 hour of work time or more help/examples on balancing equations

For Tomorrow:

• Lab Write-Up for Flame Test Lab
• HW from Chapter 8

Tomorrow:

• Hand in Labs
• Grade HW
• Notes on Types of Reactions

Of Interest:

• LAB THURSDAY!! :-)

Monday 11.1.10 - AP Chemistry

Today:

• Discussed HW on p. 1104 - did a few as examples - we'll grade it tomorrow!
• Discussed Quantum Numbers... more tomorrow!

Monday 11.1.10 - General Chemistry

Today:

• Graded quizzes from Friday
• Discussed how elements produce characteristic colors
• Did the Flame Test Lab

For Tomorrow:

• Bring your lab data - we'll crunch it a bit and discuss the lab report
• More on Balancing Equations with more practice
• Types of Reactions notes

Friday 10.29.10 AP Chemistry

Today:

• Took Memorize Me Quiz (MMQ) #1 - graded it - handed it in
• Graded the reactants for the Reaction Prediction Sheet #1
• Discussed how to get products / handout = how to tackle the reactions...
• Discussed Complex Ions / Coordination Compounds (finish!)
• Discussed graphs and numerical data w/ periodic trends (Chapter 7- Kotz)

Friday 10.29.10 General Chemistry

Today:

• Turned in Reading Reports
• Handed in HW
• Took Quiz T2W2
• Journal T2W2
• Progress Reports filled out to go home