Thursday, January 20, 2011

January 20, 2011

Daily Questions:
Please get out the worksheet from last week: Percent Composition.  With a partner, complete both sides.  Be sure to check your formulas before calculating percent composition!  If you are already finished with the worksheet, use the time to start answering the post-lab questions from "Empirical Formula's Lab."

Agenda:
1. Finishing any procedures from lab experiment
2. Working through post-lab questions
3. Index cards for review
4. Practice test

Homework:
-"The Mole" unit test on Friday, 21st (can use a notecard)
-ALL LATE WORK DUE BEFORE TEST!
-Lab reports due Monday, 24th
-Make up mole unit quizzes by Wed, 26th

Quote:
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." ~Winston Churchill

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

January 19, 2011

Daily Questions:
Please get a ruler from the back/side counter and in your lab notebooks copy the data table from the back page of the "Empirical Formula Lab" into your lab notebooks, after your pre-lab questions.  I will be circulating around the room checking & signing your pre-lab questions.


Agenda:
1. Hand back quizzes & old tests
2. Empirical Formula Lab
3. Post-lab questions
4. Snow day considerations...


Homework:
-"The Mole" unit test on Fri, 21st
-"Empirical Formula Lab report due Monday, 24th
-Make up Mole conversion quiz by Tuesday, 25th


Quote:
"Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more." ~George Bernard Shaw

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

January 18, 2011

Daily Questions:
Please pick up a note sheet for the powerpoint presentation AND your lab notebook.

Agenda:
1. Empirical & Molecular Formula PP
2. Pre-lab intro
3. Percent Composition & Molecular Formula wkst
4. Example problem handout

Homework:
-Have pre-lab questions completed in lab notebook before class Wednesday, 19th
-"The Mole" unit test on Friday, 21st
-Lab reports due Monday, Jan 24th

Quote:
"Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages." ~Dave Barry

Friday, January 14, 2011

January 14, 2011

Daily Questions:
Please clear your desks for the quiz!  If you have any bonus problems solved from the worksheet yesterday, you may USE this worksheet DURING the quiz!  ALSO - Please stack your lab notebooks on the counter neatly, thank you.

Agenda:
1. Starting % Comp worksheet
2. Keynote 34-46
3. Problem example notes

Homework:
-The Mole worksheet - front side- due Tues, 18th
-Unit test on Friday, 21st

Quote:
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges." ~Isaac Newton

Thursday, January 13, 2011

January 13, 2011

Daily Questions:  QUIZ POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY!
In your notebooks (not lab books) please write down the following problem & solve:

Calculate the number of moles present in 21.4 mg of nitrogen dioxide.

Agenda:
1. Handback quizzes & homework
2. Answer key for Moles, Molecules & Grams wkst
3. Origami solutions
4. Keynote 34-46? %Composition wkst?


Homework:
-Mole conversions quiz on Friday, 14th

Quote:
"Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes." ~Robert M. Hutchins

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

January 11, 2011

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout on the table and read the notes on the back side.  Using these notes, or the other handouts I've given you in class, try filling in the two frayer model organizers as completely as possible.  TURN IN YOUR HOMEWORK!

Agenda:
1. Organizing lab notebook for chalk activity
2. Keynote 34-46
3. Starting homework in class..

Homework:
-% composition worksheet due Wed, 12th
-Mole conversions QUIZ on Wed, 12th
 
Quote:
"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." ~Chinese Proverb

Monday, January 10, 2011

January 10, 2011

Daily Questions:
Please get out a calculator and your bonus questions TO USE during the quiz!  Everything else needs to be cleared from your desk.

Agenda:
1. Pearson online pages 317-319, problems 16-19
2. Organizing chalk lab activity
3. Begin moles, molecules, grams wkst

Homework:
-Moles, molecules, grams wkst due Tues, 11th
-Mole Conversions quiz on Wed, 12th

Quote:
"Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak." ~Epictetus