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AP Chemistry – Classes 39/40/41

Dates Thursday, November 13th – Tuesday, November 18th Laboratory Investigation 12 – Handwarmer Design Challenge Pre-Lab Assignment (found in Lab Manual) Watch Animation [LINK] Answer Pre-Lab Questions (p. 98) Read … Continue reading

2014-11-13

Chemistry Honors – Class 39

Dates Periods B, D: Thursday, November 13th Period G: Friday, November 14th Solution Stoichiometry: In-Class Work Chapter 4 problems assigned to complete during class Reminder: problem solutions posted in Schoology … Continue reading

2014-11-13

Chemistry Honors – Class 38

Dates Periods B, D: Wednesday, November 12th Period G: Thursday, November 13th Lab Review what results matched expected? what results didn’t match expected? what reasons can be offered to explain … Continue reading

2014-11-11

AP Chemistry – Classes 36/37/38

Dates Friday, November 7th – Wednesday, November 12th Periodic Table & Quantum Theory review idea of shielding relationship with periodic properties examples coaching on how to answer AP questions Exam … Continue reading

2014-11-07

Chemistry Honors – Class 37

Dates Period B: Monday, November 10th Periods D, G: Tuesday, November 11th Lab – Precipitates Purpose – The purpose of this lab is to observe precipitation reactions and to write … Continue reading

2014-11-07

Chemistry Honors – Class 36

Dates Periods B, D: Friday, November 7th Period G: Monday, November 8th Lab Notebooks Submit LNB Questions? Comments? New Material – Virtual Lab iPad app = virtualBrowser Use this to … Continue reading

2014-11-06

AP Chemistry – Class 35

Date Thursday, November 6th New Material – Periodic Table The BEST PERIODIC TABLE on the Interwebs Periodic Table reflects electronic structure properties vary across and down the table The Periodic … Continue reading

2014-11-05

Chemistry Honors – Class 35

Dates Period B: Wednesday, November 6th Periods D, G: Thursday, November 7th Lab Recap (& corrections) crystal filtration failure – not the fault of the student use provided data for … Continue reading

2014-11-05

AP Chemistry – Class 34

Date Tuesday, November 4th Review Homework assigning quantum numbers translated meaning for orbitals recap of rules for numbers New Material – Electron Configurations using the periodic table as your “friend” … Continue reading

2014-11-04

Happy 5th Birthday!

Five years ago I started my Pandora station [LINK] Seed Songs – There are 51 “seed” songs 1st song =  “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus NOTE – only seed … Continue reading

2014-11-02

AP Chemistry – Class 33

Date Monday, November 3rd Spectrum Assignment Takeaways? Patterns? Visible vs non-visible lines? Hydrogen spectrum only (BTW – PDF for notes in Dropbox) New Material – Quantum Numbers Quantum mechanics describes … Continue reading

2014-11-02

Chemistry Honors – Class 33

Dates Periods B, D: Monday, November 3rd Period G: Tuesday, November 4th Hand Back Exams Overall questions about the exam Be sure to see me during OH if you have … Continue reading

2014-11-02

Chemistry Honors Class 34 – Gravimetric Analysis Lab

Purpose The purpose of this lab is to determine the percentage of metal in a solid ionic salt Setup of Materials Clean and rinse the Gooch crucible / Buchner funnel with … Continue reading

2014-10-30

AP Chemistry – Class 32

Date Thursday, October 30th New Material – Quantum Mechanics Spectrum Lines – what do you see in the tubes? What is different about each tube? What explanation is offered for … Continue reading

2014-10-30

Chemistry Honors – Class 32

Dates Period B: Thursday, October 30th Periods D, G: Friday, October 31st New Material – Solutions (terms and ideas) Dissolving – not a chemical process Crystal Lattice vs formula – … Continue reading

2014-10-30

AP Chemistry – Classes 30 / 31

Dates Tuesday, October 28, Wednesday, October 29 Exam Wednesday, October 29th 3 problems – work-’em-out non-graphing scientific calculator exactly like the practice exam (posted Schoology) PV Graph & First Law … Continue reading

2014-10-30

Chemistry Honors – Classes 30 / 31

Dates Monday, October 27 – Thursday, October 30 Exam – Chapter 3 Periods B, D: Wednesday, October, 29th Period G: Thursday, October 30th Exam Preparation Review posted study guide (Schoology) … Continue reading

2014-10-30

AP Chemistry – Class 29

Date Friday, October 24th Chapter 5 Review Make sure you take notes on Ch. 5 (posted as assignment) Page 195 – review of concepts and relevant equations Ch. 5 Exam … Continue reading

2014-10-23

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