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Wednesday

CHEMISTRY

Students took the solutions test today.  Grades should be posted soon.

Book Project plans due tomorrow. (Or entire project, for 25 pt bonus)  See last Thursday's blog for details.

Don't forget ice cream lab supplies for Friday :)

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Honors Chemistry Spring 2011

KMT and Heat test tomorrow

See today's agenda slide for packet T.O.C.

Answers to review sheet and book work attached below:

Download HEAT Review - answers

Download Determining heat capacity selected answers from March 30 HW

Don't forget supplies for Friday's ice cream lab!  :)

Monday

CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Chemistry 112B Spring 2011

Download Solutions rates notes

solutions test Wednesday

project plan due Thursday

Ice cream lab Friday!

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Honors Chemistry Spring 2011

KMT test Thursday

Ice cream lab Friday!

Friday!

CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Chemistry 112B Spring 2011

Solutions test next Wednesday - Chapter 15

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Honors Chemistry Spring 2011

Test currently planned for next Thursday.

Thursday

CHEMISTRY

Students should have completed the solutions 3-part lab today.  Lab is due tomorrow.

Shooting for a solutions test next Wednesday.

Book project resources:

Rubrics: Download Outside Reading Project Rubrics w Revisions

assignment and journal rubric: Download Reading Assignment Guidelines Spring 2011

Download Project Plan Requirements

Don't forget - project plan is due next Thursday, March 31st.

Project is due April 13th.

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Beginning Kinetic Molecular Theory unit. Download Kinetic Molecular Theory

Notes today.

Video notes and begin heating curve calculations tomorrow.

Test next Wednesday.

Monday

CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Chemistry 112B Spring 2011

Reviewed molarity calculations.  Started dilution calculations - due Thursday.

Lab tomorrow, continuing Wednesday.

Don't forget opportunity for extra credit - take practice science test on USATESTPREP.com

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Honors Chemistry Spring 2011

Acids and Bases test tomorrow.

Review notes, powerpoint, calculations, and vocab from packet.  Do review sheet.Download Acids and Bases Review

Check your answers: Download Acids and Bases review answers

Friday

CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Chemistry 112B Spring 2011

Don't forget the extra credit opportunity offered.  See agenda slide for details.

Biology review powerpoints from last two days:

Download Ecology

Download Evolution

Download Heredity review

Download GHSGT Review 2 bio

Chem/Physics review today:

Download GHSGT Review 3 For IRespond

The science GHSGT test will be Wednesday of next week.

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Titration problemsDownload Ws titration problems due Monday.  See ch 16 for extra help, if needed.

Also, titration lab calculations due Monday.

Review Monday

Test Tuesday: Acids and Bases

Wednesday

CHEMISTRY

On Monday, we started a new unit on solutions.  After getting definitions Download Solutions vocab , students took notes from this powerpoint.  I did not go into molarity on Monday. Download Solutions gen chem

Tuesday, we reviewed solutions properties and ent into molarity calculations. Download Molarity and dilution ws 

Wednesday and Thursday will be spent reviewing for the science portion of the GHSGT.  For extra credit, students should go online to the USATESTPREP.com website and take the full science practice test.  Print out your results and bring them in.

Friday, a solutions lab is planned.

HONORS CHEMISTRY

We started a new acids and bases unit on Monday, with notes from Download Acid-base(H) 

Yesterday was the indicator lab, which students turned in today.

Today, we did pH calculations.

Tomorrow, titration lab.

Friday, titration calculations.

Test is scheduled for next Tuesday.

Thursday

CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Chemistry 112B Spring 2011

Test tomorrow.  Packet T.O.C. in today's agenda.  Lab (reaction rates side only) due tomorrow.

Review sheet with answers at end: Download Thermodynamics and Reaction Rates Review Problems name

I announced in class that I would upload from my home the website containing the review lecture that goes with the notes sheet handed out in class today.  However, the news from home is that my internet is down until tomorrow, so I won't be able to do that.  You can try to browse the internet (I know it comes from GPB, at least), but I don't have the url here at school - sorry.  I'll have answers for students to check in the morning before school, if needed.

powerpoint, again: Download Thermochemistry (abbreviated)

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Download Agendas Honors Chemistry Spring 2011

Solutions test tomorrow. 

Don't forget book project due Monday.

Monday

CHEMISTRY

Continuing with out unit on heat flow, I reviewed Friday's lesson Download Calculating Energy Changes (Heat).

HW: complete the Heat Flow ws. Download Heat Flow Problems

Tomorrow we will delve into reation rates and activation energy. 

Wed, there will be a demo lab and calcs for determining the energy in potato chips.

Thursday: review

Friday: Test

HONORS CHEMISTRY

Last week: solutions notes from powerpoint: Download Solutions

We reviewed the molarity/molality worksheets today.Download Ws answers

Started Solutions lab today; to complete in class tomorrow Download Solutions Rotation Lab

Complete stations 4 (need your textbook) and 6 (need this sheet:) Download A TASTY SOLUTION at home to assure you can finish the rest during class.

Solutions Test Wednesday.  See back of calendar for vocabulary.  Add to vocab: colligative properties, miscible, immiscible, dissociation factor, electrolyte.

REMINDER: Book project due March 14th.

 

 

Thursday

CHEMISTRY

New and improved answers to stoichiometry packet.  Corrections made.  Balanced chemical equations added.  See you at 7:20, ready to make an A!

Download Answers to stoichiometry review packet