Weeks of 4.23.12 - 5.7.12

AP Chemistry:
Monday 4.23 - In Service Day
Tuesday 4.24 - Next Big thing for Juniors... Electrochem Last Day
Wednesday 4.25 - Advisory Day - Electrochem Test and go over AP Exam FR Questions
Thursday 4.26 - MMQ and Electrochem Lab
Friday 4.27 - MMQ and redo Thermo Exam - hand out more FR Questions

Monday 4.30 - Go over FR Questions - hand out more
Tuesday 5.1 - Timed MC Questions - Go over FR Questions - hand out more
Wednesday 5.2 - Timed MC Questions - Go over FR Questions - hand out more
Thursday 5.3 - Scored Timed MC Questions - Go over final FR Questions - Timed FR Question
Friday 5.4 - Scored Timed MC Questions - Timed FR Question

Monday 5.7 - AP CHEMISTRY EXAM DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Other Dates...
Tuesday 5.15 = Blue Grass Science Fair Judging

Week of 4.2.12-4.6.12

General Chemistry:

• Monday = Check the Quiz from Friday; More on Balancing Equations and Types of Reaction - assign p. 134 in binder DUE TOMORROW; Intro Predicting Products p. 136-137 - assign 7 problems for FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT due tomorrow (Synthesis #9, Decomposition #11, Combustion #13, Single Replacement #1 & 5, Double Replacement #8 & 10); Chat about Types of Reactions Lab - WriteUp DUE FRIDAY.
• Tuesday = Check HW p. 134; Go over Formative Assessment p. 136-137; assign 7 problems DUE TOMORROW (Synthesis #8, Decomposition #12, Combustion #12, Single Replacement #2 & 6, Double Replacement #7 & 9); LAB TOMORROW - PROPER ATTIRE REQUIRED!
• Wednesday = NOT advisory = Grade HW; Assign rest of problems on p. 136-137 DUE FRIDAY; Lab Day 1 - Cycle of Copper
• Thursday = Lab Day 2 - Cycle of Copper
• Friday = Lab Report DUE; Check HW p. 136-137; Weekly Quiz; Journal; "Egg-straordinary" Activity

AP Chemistry

• Monday = Discuss Chapter 6
• Tuesday = Finish Discussing Chapter 6; Begin Discussing Chapter 19
• Wednesday = Discuss Chapter 15 Quiz; Continue Discussing Chapter 19
• Thursday = Lab - Thermodynamics (due 4.13.12)
• Friday = Memorize Me Quiz; Finish Lab; HW problems for the weekend
• Monday = Finish Discussing Chapter 19
• Tuesday = Quiz - Thermodynamics (Chapters 6 & 19)

Tuesday 2.21.12 - Tuesday 2.28.12

General Chemistry:

Tuesday 2.21 - Review for the district assessment on the Periodic Table (which is tomorrow)
Wednesday 2.22 - Periodic Table Assessment
Thursday 2.23 - Grade assessment; start notes on bonding.  Quiz tomorrow!
Friday 2.24 - Quiz, journal, grade update, activity (gold pennies)

Monday 2.27 - sub day - notes over formula mass and percent composition and a video over black holes.  HW = p. 114 and 124 in your binders
Tuesday 2.28 - catch up from yesterday.  Grade quiz from Friday, notes over Molecular names and formulas, time to work.  HW = p. 114 (finish - sort them and name the molecular compounds); p. 124 (finish all for formula masses, for #'s 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 - calculate the percent composition (#12 is extra credit for % composition)); textbook p. 235 #'s 10 and 11.  For more help with molecular naming and formulas, please see p. 211-213 in your textbooks.

AP
Tuesday 2.21 - Test over Chapter 17
Wednesday 2.22 - Start Chapter 18
Thursday 2.23 - Lab #18 on Ksp
Friday 2.24 - Quiz, more notes over Chapter 18

Monday 2.27 - Sub day - time to work on Chapter 18 problems and finish up lab reports and make up work.  New MMQ material is flame test colors.  See your 5 in 5 for these.
Tuesday 2.28 - work Chapter 18 problems.  Test over Chapter 18 coming up on FRIDAY.

Monday 2.20.12

General Chemistry:
Today we got new seats, checked the quiz from Friday (grades are updated in Campus), took notes over Periodic Trends (p. 140 in the textbook), and then honored President's Day by cleaning pennies with ketchup (yes, it works) and making hollow pennies.  For tomorrow, please have done p. 105 in the binder #'s 4-12 only.  If you want, you can try p. 107-108... those will be tomorrow's homework. 

Tomorrow, we will finish up the periodic table information and review EVERYTHING.  Wednesday we will take the District Assessment on the Periodic Table.  Thursday we start our next topic... bonding!

AP Chemistry:
For those few present, we worked through a VAST majority of the problems for Chapter 17 (#'s 23-63).  Your TEST over Chapter 17 is TOMORROW!!

Update...

First off, apologies for dropping off the technology-updating blog-radar... here is a recap of what we've done since the last posting... this is for 1.26.12 - 2.17.12 so read to the bottom!!

General Chemistry:
1.26.12 = Check p. 80; Create a Table Activity (p. 78-79); reminders about due dates for posters, missing work, etc.; review of topics for the weekly quiz

1.27.12 = Quiz; journal; show grades; finish p. 78-79; activities (ooblick and instant snow)

1.30.12 = New seats; check quiz; reminders of due dates for posters, missing work, etc.; notes over History of the atom (p. 82-83); HW is p. 85-87 (omit #14 through 21 on p. 87) - due 1.31.12

1.31.12 = Grade HW; Notes over Atomic Structure; HW is p. 88-90 - due 2.1.12

2.1.12 = POSTERS DUE TODAY; grade HW; Notes over Isotopes; HW is p. 91-92 - due(formatively) on 2.2.12; Activity tomorrow is p. 94

2.2.12 = Go over p. 91-92; HW is p. 93 - due 2.3.12; review topics for the QUIZ (which will be 2.3.12); Isotope Activity p. 94

2.3.12 = ALL MAKE UP WORK DUE TODAY; Models of the Atom (optional) due TODAY; Video - the birth and death of stars; activity (chromatography)

2.6.12 = New seats; IA Assessments on 2.8.12; Conferences on 2.8.12; Video - The Eyes of Nye (over Nuclear Chemistry) with notes; Notes over Nuclear Reactions; HW is textbook p. 744 # 33, 34, 35, 40 - due 2.7.12

2.7.12 = IA Assessments on 2.8.12; Conferences on 2.8.12; show grades; review lab reports; finish and check HW; turn in HW and video notes; ACT Prep Questions

2.8.12 = IA Assessments - no classes; Conferences 3:10-5:30

2.9.12 = Hand out grade sheets for parent signatures; hand back papers; review the topics on the QUIZ (which will be 2.10.12)

2.10.12 = Quiz; journal; show grades; activity (silly putty)

2.13.12 = New seats; check quiz; review (briefly) nuclear chemistry reactions; Notes over Core & Valence Electrons; HW is p. 95-97 - due 2.14.12

2.14.12 = Happy Valentine's Day; check p. 95-97; Notes over Subshells and Electron Configurations; HW is p. 98-100 - due(formatively) 2.15.12

2.15.12 = Go over p. 98-100; more help and practice with subshells and electron configurations; Notes over Noble Gas Notation on p. 101; HW is to study these for a BELL RINGER QUIZ on 2.16.12 and to finish p. 101

2.16.12 = Bell Ringer Quiz; check the quiz; Review p. 101 answers; Flame Test Lab (write-up is due on MONDAY 2.20.12); HW is to study for the QUIZ (which will be 2.17.12)

2.17.12 = Quiz; journal; show grades; activity (gold pennies); HW is the LAB WRITE-UP for the Flame Test Lab

AP Chemistry:
Very briefly, we have continued our memorize me quizzes every Friday and have 4 labs graded thus far for the term.  These include Experiments #13, 5, 15, and 8.  We did Experiment #17 on 2.9.12 (due TOMORROW on 2.17.12) and did Experiment #16 on 2.16.12 (due 2.24.12).  The Quiz over Chapter 14 (solutions) took place on 1.20.12 and the Quiz over Chapter 16 (equilibrium basics) took place on 2.6.12.  We are almost done with Chapter 17 (acid-base equilibrium) and plan to test over this on 2.21.12 (next Tuesday).  The new topic for this week on the MMQ is the electromagnetic spectrum (see textbook p. 299) and it WILL include reaction prediction (see the bottom of this blogpage).

Tomorrow, then, Lab 17 write up is due, we have a memorize me quiz, and we will finish up material in Chapter 17.

Tuesday 1.24.12 and Wednesday 1.25.12

Catching up...

General Chemistry:
Tuesday we had the Gala aud block 1 and we were in the computer lab the other half of the block doing research on our adopted elements. Wednesday was an advisory day and we worked on finishing p. 80 in the binder. Posters over the elements are due next Wednesday 2.1.12; models of the elements (optional work for extra credit) are due next Friday 2.3.12. Page 80 is due Thursday and we will review material from the week for the quiz that will take place on Friday.

Midterms are creeping ever closer... If you are still missing assignments, they need to be taken care of by FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3rd in order for them to count.

A.P. Chemistry:
Tuesday we took a quiz over Chapter 14; Wednesday we worked some examples from Chapter 16. Thursday will include time for people to make up quizzes and more examples from Chapter 16 along with some work time. Memorize me quiz on Friday as usual and the Chapter 16 test will be Friday February 3. See above note about midterms and missing work.

Monday 1.23.12

General Chemistry:
Today we graded the quiz from last Friday and took the IA practice tests.  We also adopted 2 elements per person and checked in the element handbook (in the back of the textbook) for any information on those elements.  More with this tomorrow as we head to the computer lab for more research for the posters we will make for the elements.  We have the presentation aud tomorrow Block 1, 2nd half; Block 1 students will meet in the Library (Room 403) for class; Block 3 students will go to the library the second half of the block (main lab area). 

If anyone still has lab reports (Measurement, Bunsen Burner, or Density) still out, or did not turn in their Cornell Notes over Chapter 1 sections 2 and 3, PLEASE do so ASAP.

AP Chemistry:
Today we reviewed a few questions over Chapter 14 - quiz tomorrow.  We also discussed the backbones of equilibrium: the K expression and the ICE table.  More to come on that Wednesday.  Lab again this Thursday and the memorize me quiz for Friday will include the solubility table without the exceptions.

Friday 1.20.12

Oh, the weather outside is frightful... DRIVE SAFELY!

General Chemistry:
Today we took a quiz, wrote a journal, saw the updated grade sheet, and then did a laboratory experience called the baggie lab.  There is no write-up necessary for this experience; we will do the lab again later this term when we discuss how reactions actually work.

AP Chemistry:
Today included a memorize me quiz (as per usual Friday) and a reminder to try the homework problems for Monday.  We will discuss any issues with them at that time and then promptly start our studies into Equilibrium (Chapters 16, 17, and 18).  Quiz on Chapter 14 next Tuesday.

Wednesday 1.18.12 and Thursday 1.19.12

Sorry for the delay in these posts...

General Chemistry:
Wed = work day on a variety of items: finishing the Density Activity, finishing the Density HW, working on the 2 lab reports that are due FRIDAY, working on Cornell Notes due FRIDAY (Chapter 1 sections 2 & 3), working on the density HW assigned today and due THURSDAY, and finishing p. 81 on the periodic table.  We concluded the day by grading the density HW on p. 68-70.
Thurs = we graded the density HW on p. 71-73, then color coded a few periodic tables.  We also discussed more about the lab write-ups and a sample writeup was handed out for the Density Lab.

Friday will include a quiz, a journal, updated grades, and a lab experience.

AP Chem:
Wed = we finished discussing Chapter 14 and assigned some problems to try (but will not be graded) - these problems will be discussed on Friday and Monday.  Quiz over this chapter will be next Tuesday.  Lab tomorrow.
Thursday = Experiment 15 - Freezing Point Depression

Tuesday 1.17.12

Welcome back after our three-day weekend!

General Chemistry:
Today we graded the quizzes you took last Friday, discussed Cornell Notes, briefly reviewed density, and then started a density activity.  Your assignment for tomorrow includes p. 67-70 in your binders (the problems are numbered 1-12... do them all!) and since this is a review topic, we will GRADE this assignment tomorrow as well as finish up the density activity.

AP Chemistry:
Today we graded the bonding quizzes you took last Friday and then started our discussion on Chapter 14 - Solutions.  Please read/recap what we discussed today into your notes as well as prepare for tomorrow's discussion on Colligative Properties.  Lab is Thursday.  Lab from last week is due Friday.  New Reaction Prediction is posted below.

Thursday 1.12.12

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... :-)

General Chemistry:
Today we graded the problems over scientific notation/sig figs and those on conversions from p. 39 and 50. We then did 2 lab activities on how to use the equipment in the lab. We will discuss more about the lab write ups tomorrow in class... More importantly, there will be a QUIZ tomorrow over safety and the math we have been working on.

The answers to the problems not assigned on p. 39 are as follows (in case you are trying some while you are studying...)
5. 7.0 g
6. 4 x 10^3 cm/s
7. 3.33 x 10^1 cm
11. 3 x 10^1 m
12. 6 x 10^2 K/s
13. 6 x 10^3 m/s
14. 1.22 ATM

From p. 50
1. 2 x 10^2 oz
2. 5 lb
3. 4 x 10^2 in
4. 9.0 x 10^3 lb
5. 2 x 10^2 cups
6. 2 x 10^3 yd
10. 1.2 x 10^4 hm
11. 2 x 10^4 sec
12. 9.0 min
13. 8.9 x 10^1 km/hr
15. 4 x 10^6 cm^3
16. 3 x 10^7 seconds

(keep in mind that the above answers are rounded to the correct number of sig figs...)

A. P. Chemistry:
Today we did lab 5 (wicked purple smoke). Write up is due next Friday. Tomorrow you have 2 quizzes - memorize me quiz #9 and the topic quiz on bonding.

Wednesday 1.11.12

General Chemistry:
Today we graded the homework problems and reported scores.  We also went over (formatively) the conversion factors problems and took some more notes on these and the complex conversions.  HOMEWORK due THURSDAY is p. 39 #'s 2,3,4,8,9,10 and p. 50 #'s7,8,9,10,14.  We also discussed Cornell Notes and Chapter 1 section 1 in this format is DUE FRIDAY.  Tomorrow we will be doing LAB after we grade the homework - come dressed appropriately and ready to go!  You will also have a QUIZ on Friday (pretty much every Friday) over the topics presented in class.

AP Chemistry:
Today we graded the worksheets.  The backside of the one worksheet is due tomorrow.  We will also do Lab #5 tomorrow (Wicked Purple Smoke Lab).

Tuesday 1.10.12

General Chemistry:
Today we checked over the assigned problems on scientific notation and significant figures (p. 34 #4(a,c,e); p. 35 #6(a,b,c,d); p. 36 #8(a,b,f,g) - we did not grade them for points, just went over the answers (formative assessment).  HOMEWORK due TOMORROW (this time for a grade) is p. 34 #4(b, d); p. 35 #6(e,f,g,h); p. 36 #8(c,d,h,i).  We also took notes over conversion factors and assigned (for a formative assessment) p. 44 #4(a,d) and p. 45 #5(a,b,c,d).

AP Chemistry:
We worked on 2 worksheets today - both involved drawing structures, naming electronic and molecular geometries of molecules, determining polarities and resonance structures, calculating formal charge, and listing hybridization.  These are due TOMORROW.

Monday 1.9.12

General Chemistry:  Today we checked for materials and all the signatures, distributed goggles, and then learned about Significant Figures and re-learned Scientific Notation.  HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW includes problems from the binder: p. 32-33 #s 2&3, p. 34 #4 (a, c, and e only), p. 35 #6 (a, b, c, d only), and p. 36 #8 (a, b, f, g, only).

AP Chemistry:  More on bonding today... quiz on Friday over bonding.  Memorize me quiz on Friday with reaction prediction included.  Expect a bell ringer quiz on names of shapes tomorrow!

Thursday 1.5.12

General Chemistry:  Today was all about SAFETY - we watched the safety video, made a safety map of the room, and discussed the safety contract after a lab orientation.  TOMORROW: you will have a safety QUIZ so study up (read through the safety contract and the worksheet questions that went with the video!).  After the quiz, we'll finish the lab orientation and discuss some math review topics.  Please read yesterday's post (below!) to remind yourself what is DUE MONDAY!!  One final note - tomorrow is FRIDAY which means you can turn in an extra credit reading report - scroll down on this blogpage to find the instructions and outline!  5 points every Friday!

AP Chemistry:  Today we began our study on BONDING, which we will continue tomorrow after a MEMORIZE ME QUIZ which will NOT include reaction prediction (this week only!).  Quiz on bonding is NEXT FRIDAY.  :-)

Wednesday 1.4.11

Happy New Year to everyone!  :-)

General Chemistry:  Congratulations on finding the blogpage!!  Please check out all this site has to offer and let me know if you think it needs something or you find something not working right.  Today we handed out materials and discussed the first 12 pages of your class binders.  You have a short homework assignment to discuss any background info you wish to tell me along with 3 goals you have for yourself, 2 requests of your classmates, and 1 request of me.  These will be collected at the beginning of class.  Tomorrow will be Safety and Lab Orientation; Friday will include a safety quiz along with a math review. You have several things due MONDAY:  Signed syllabus (p. 7), Parent Form (p. 11-12), supplies (like a calculator, paper, and either paper towels, kleenex, glue, or notecards), and the safety contract (assigned tomorrow).  Stay on top of things as we go swinging into the term!

AP Chemistry:  Off we go... this term will include Bonding (Chapters 9 & 10 in your textbook) starting tomorrow, then Solutions / Colligative Properties (Chapter 14), finally Equilibrium (Chapters 16, 17, and 18).  Plan on labs every Thursday from here on out except for 1.5.11 and 2 quizzes every Friday (one MMQ and one topic quiz).  Term 4 will include the topics of Kinetics (Chapter 15), Thermodynamics (Chapters 6 & 19), and Electrochemistry (Chapter 20).  Hang on!!  :-)