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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Wednesday 12.15.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Labs (Thermo) due
  • Last bit of notes on Thermodynamics - Gibbs Free Energy
  • HW - end of Chapter 19 (p. 935 I think)... due Friday

Wednesday 12.15.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Graded WS on molarity and dilution
  • Notes - last batch (!!) on Acids and Bases

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Tuesday 12.14.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Showed grades
  • Bell Ringer - (delta) H calculation
  • Notes - finished (delta) H and moved to Chapter 19 and S (which is entropy)

Tomorrow:

  • Finish Entropy, add Gibbs Free Energy, and that's all for Thermo!!

Tuesday 12.14.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Finished Grading T2W7 quiz
  • Notes - factors affecting dissolving rate; molarity; dilutions
  • HW - WS handed out - DUE TOMORROW!!!!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Monday 12.13.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Notes - Thermo - Enthalpy --> manipulating (delta)H; Hess's Law; Standard Molar Enthalpies of Formation

Monday 12.13.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • 'Make Up Work' session
  • Grade Quiz T2W7 (finish tomorrow)

Friday 12.10.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • MMQ6
  • Grade RP6
  • Notes - Enthalpy

STAY WARM AND DRIVE SAFE!!!

Friday 12.10.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Hand in Reading Reports
  • Quiz - T2W7
  • Journal T2W7
  • Progress Reports

STAY WARM AND DRIVE SAFE!!

Thursday 12.9.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Notes - Clarifications on Chapter 6 Thermo problems

Tomorrow:

  • MMQuiz
  • RP6 due
  • More Notes on Chapter 6 - Enthalpy

Thursday 12.9.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Crunched Popcorn Pressure Lab Data
  • Notes - Classifying Solutions

Tomorrow:

  • Hand in Reading Reports
  • Quiz
  • Journal
  • Progress Report

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Wednesday 12.8.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Thermochemistry Lab - Day 3 (the FINAL day) :-)

Wednesday 12.8.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Graded WS - Review Problems on Gas Laws and bookwork from p.357 (16b,17b,18b,19b)
  • Crunched lab data - writeups due FRIDAY

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Tuesday 12.7.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Worked an example of the HW problems (#15)
  • Thermochemistry Lab Day 2 - 2 more trials of Procedure #1 and crunched the numbers to get the calorimeter constant.

Tuesday 12.7.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • More holiday card creations for the elderly
  • Discussed HW on p. 357 (16a, 17a, 18a, 19a)
  • Assigned (for points!) HW p. 357 16b, 17b, 18b, 19b AND the Review WS on Gas Laws - due TOMORROW
  • Popcorn Pressure Lab Activity - we'll do data crunching and more on the lab writeup in class tomorrow

Monday 12.6.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Assigned HWI for Thermo - p. 272 #7-18 all - due THURSDAY
  • Thermochemistry Lab (#12 in the lab book) - Day 1

Monday 12.6.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Graded Quizzes from Friday
  • Handed in weekly progress reports
  • Decorated some holiday cards for the elderly
  • Notes over the Ideal Gas Law
  • Formative assessment (no grading) HW - p. 357 16a,17a,18a,19a - we'll discuss tomorrow

** Lab Tomorrow!! **

Friday, December 3, 2010

Friday 12.3.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Finished notes on Calorimetry :-)
  • Will do lab on Tuesday... Monday will be to work through some more problems and get a bit further with the notes.
  • RP6 is posted below
  • MMQ6 will include columns 1 and 2 off the 1/2 sheet :-)

DRIVE SAFELY THIS WEEKEND!!!

Friday 12.3.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Checked WS's on Gas Laws
  • Handed in Reading Reports
  • Took Quiz T2W6
  • Journal T2W6
  • Filled out Progress Reports

Drive safely this weekend and get the progress reports signed!!
Next week = SOLUTIONS. :-)

Thursday 12.2.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • Grade Electrochem quiz
  • More intro of Thermodynamics
  • LAB TOMORROW (hopefully!)

Thursday 12.2.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Reminders - reading reports due tomorrow
  • More time to work on worksheets... grr... have them DONE by Friday to grade!!
  • Reviewed for QUIZ tomorrow (topics include names<--> formulas; molar mass; % composition; balancing equations; types of reactions; predicting products; stoichiometry; gas laws)

Tomorrow (Friday):

  • Collect reading reports
  • grade HW worksheets
  • Quiz
  • Journal
  • Progress Report
  • Demos (maybe...)

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Wednesday 12.1.10 AP Chemistry

Today:
  • 1/2 hour to finish up Electrochem Exam/Quiz/Test/Whatever
  • More notes on Thermodynamics

Tomorrow:

  • Grade Exam
  • More notes on Thermo
  • Lab prep for FRIDAY
  • Friday Reminders (MMQ, RP, etc)

Wednesday 12.1.10 General Chemistry

Today:
  • Discussed HW from p. 328 #21,24,26,26,29,30
  • Discussed Combined Gas Law and some Reminders about working with Gas Laws
  • WS II and WS III on the 4 gas laws you know - DUE TOMORROW!!!

Tomorrow:

  • Check WS's
  • Demos
  • Reminders for FRIDAY
  • Discuss Ideal Gas Law
  • HW - Ideal Gas Law

pH Color Range

pH Color Range
for General Chemistry

SCIENCE READING REPORT (Reporting the Story) - Extra Credit Opportunity

Directions:

Find a chemistry-related or science-related article from the newspaper, internet, or magazine (dated 2009 or newer, please!) OR watch a science program on TV (a news snippet, NOVA, something on the History Channel…)

Report the science facts on your own paper according to the outline below. Remember to cite your source!!

— Source:
Use MLA or APA formatting – see your planners or search online how to do this!
— Title of Article/Program:
— Date of print/airing:
— What happened / what is being researched / what new development is occurring? Why did it happen? (Give me at least 5 sentences minimum here…)
— Who are the main characters?
— When and Where did this happen?
— How did it end / what’s up next?
— Your personal thoughts and opinions on this topic: