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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 7, 2011

Daily Questions:
In your notebooks, please write down the following dimensional analysis question and then start to solve.  1st step = write down the "knowns."  2nd step = set up conversion statements so that units cancel.

QUESTION: A condor has a wing span of 3.05m.  What is the wing span in feet?  (1m = 100cm; 1 inch = 2.54cm)

Agenda:
1. Hand back work
2. Moles of Chalk Challenge
3. Class time to work on bonus problems
4. Exit Slips

Homework:
-Molar Mass worksheet due today
-Today is the last day to take Test 3 (from before break)
-Late work from last unit due today
-Dimensional Analysis QUIZ on Monday, 10th
-Bonus questions for quiz due Monday, 10th

Quote:
"If you only do what you know you can do - you never do very much." ~Tom Krause

January 6, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout at the front of the room and read the directions.  YOu'll have 5 min in class to begin trying to solve some problems for bonus points!  FIRST STEP: Write down all the "Knowns."

Agenda:
1. Keynote slides 25-36
2. Working out problems on reference sheet #s 9-14
3. Starting homework: Molar Mass worksheet (evens only)

Homework:
-QUIZ is moved to Monday, Jan 10th!
-Bonus option due Monday, Jan 10th
-Molar mass worksheet due Fri, Jan 7th
-Late work due Fri, Jan 7th
-Make up Unit 3 test by Mon, Jan 10th

Quote:

"The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes." ~William Davis

January 5, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your regular notebooks and copy the following problem down.  Once you have the problem in your notebooks, begin solving by 1st making a list of all the "knowns." 

In Canada, gasoline is sold by the liter.  Assume that it takes 12 gallons of gasoline to fill the tank of a compact car.  How many liters of gasoline will it take?  How much will it cost if gas costs $1.039 per liter?  (1 liter = 1.0567 quarts)

Agenda:
1. Partner work for Mole Calculation worksheet (Skip 9-14)
2. Keynote slides 25-36
3. Mole Calculation problems 9-14

Homework:
-Molar mass worksheet - odds only
-Late work due Fri, 7th
-QUIZ - Dimensional Analysis on Fri, 7th
-Test MU deadline is Monday, 10th

Quote:
"Happiness is the  meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end to human existence." ~Aristotle

January 4, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a small piece of paper from the front & write your name on the top.  We're having a short pop quiz. 

Agenda:
1. Keynote - Chemical Composition - the mole
2. Mole calculation worksheet - start for homework

Homework:
1. Mole Calculation worksheet due Wed, 5th
2. Late work due Fri, 7th
3. Dimensional Analysis quiz on Friday, 7th
4. Make up Test 3 by Monday, 10th

Quote:
"Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package." ~Unknown

January 3, 2011

Daily Questions:
Please get a piece of paper from the front and write down 1-2 new year's resolutions you would like to achieve.

Agenda:
1. Seating change
2. Hand back work, upcoming late work deadlines...
3. Pearson PP slides 1-15
4. Unit conversions worksheet - finish for hmwk

Homework:
-Bring a sci. calculator if you have one the rest of the semester
-Bring your laptops to class the rest of the semester
-Complete worksheet "Unit Conversions" for Tues, 4th
-QUIZ on Friday, 7th - dimensional analysis
-Deadline for MU work for Test 3 work is Friday, 7th


Quote:
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you were to live forever." ~Mahatma Ghandi

December 20, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please open up your netbooks to the webspiration homepage, log in, and open up your concept map.  Once here, mostly close your netbook so I can quickly show you what to do!

Agenda:
1. Sharing concept maps
2. Ionic Jeopardy - need yellow sheets & PT

Homework:
-Test 3 tomorrow, the 21st
-ALL LATE work due before the start of the test!

Quote:
"Borrow money from a pessimist - they don't expect it back." ~Unknown

December 16, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your regular notebooks.  Without using your notes or classmates, answer the following question as THOROUGHLY as possible!  This is a practice question for the test, please no talking during this daily question.
1. If you were given 2 unknown liquids & asked to determine which of the liquids was MORE POLAR, what are 3 simple tests you could do to help you with answering this question.  Be sure to name the supplies you would need, and how to perform each of the 3 tests.
*HINT* start by brainstorming a list of supplies, in addition to the liquids, make diagrams if necessary!

Agenda:
1. Concept mapping for a conclusion
2. Handing in sub work

Homework:
-Lab report & concept map/conclusion due Monday, 20th
-Test 3 on Tues, 21st
-Any/all late work due by Tues, 21st

Quote:
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" ~Abe Lincoln

December 10, 2010

Daily Questions:
Look through your lab notebook & procedures handout and on a small crap piece of paper (up front on desk) brainstorm a list of important vocabulary from the experiment.

Agenda:
1. Finishing lab procedures/ molecular models

2. Post-lab questions
3. Concept Mapping
4. Conclusion input

Homework:
-Word search for compounds worksheet due Monday, 13th
-Lab report due Tuesday, 14th
-Test 3 on Wed, 15th

Quote:
"Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

December 9, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your homework worksheet due tomorrow (IMF worksheet) and on the back side rank the following compounds from lowest to highest boiling point:  Carbon disulfide CS2, Fluoromethane CH3F, and Methane CH4.  Consider what types of IMF forces exist between the molecules, and which of these intermolecular forces is the strongest.  The strongest IMF = highest boiling point.


Agenda:
1. Completing lab procedures
2. Key to using molecular models kits
3. Starting post-lab questions

Homework:
-IMF worksheet due Friday, 10th
-IMF lab report due Tuesday, 14th
-Test 3 Wednesday, 15th

Quote:
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." ~Charles R. Swindoll

December 8, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a data table from the front counter & a pair of scissors from the back/side counter in the top right drawer.  Trim down your data table BUT DO NOT tape it into your notebooks yet!

Agenda:
1. Purpose & hypothesis for IMF lab
2. Complete lab

Homework:
-IMF worksheet due Friday, 10th
-Lab reports due Tuesday, 14th
-Test 3 on Wednesday, 15th

Quote:
 "You are educated.  Your certification is in your degree.  You may think of it as a ticket to the good life.  Let me ask you to think of an alternative.  Think of it as your ticket to change the world." ~Tom Brokaw

December 7, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your VSEPR Shapes handout, your PT with Electronegativity values, your lab notebooks and the handout describing the IMF lab we're starting today in class.   PLEASE have a pencil to use in your notebooks!

Agenda:
1. Finish Pre-lab questions
2. Addressing purpose & hypothesis
3. Tape data table into notebooks
4. Demo flask technique & soap situation

Homework:
-Chemical Formula writing worksheet due Wednesday, 8th


Quote:
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~Maya Angelou

December 6, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a scrap piece of paper from the front table and answer the following questions:
1. Why did "salt water" conduct electricity (turn the light bulb on)?  Or rather, what did the salt have to do in order to conduct electricity?  (Think about what the parts are in a salt compound...)
2. Why don't substances made purely of molecules conduct electricity?

Agenda:
1. Going over IMF notes
2. Pre-lab questions
3. Cutting out & taping data tables into notebooks
4. Building molecules (if time permits)


Homework:
-Compound naming worksheet due TODAY
-Pre-lab questions due before starting lab on Tuesday, 7th

Quote:
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." ~Unknown

December 3, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a small scrap piece of paper from the front desk.  Reflecting on the reading & notes you took yesterday, try to recall and write down the 3 types of intermolecular forces.  Write down as much description as you can about each of the 3 types of forces.

Agenda:
1. Going over homework- building compounds
2. More compounds practice


Homework:
-Compound practice worksheet due Monday, 6th

Quote:
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." ~Robert McCloskey