November 10, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please clear your desk for the Lewis Dot Quiz.  When you are finished with the quiz, please pick up the handout (B1 only) and read through it.  In your regular notebooks, answer the questions (7 total) on the back page of "Lewis Dot Structures & Shapes of Molecules."

Agenda:
1. Block 2 only - Review handout VSEPR shapes
2. VSEPR handouts, clarification for everyone
3. Ionic Compounds Fill-In notes

Homework:
NONE!

Quote:
"In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences." ~Robert G. Ingersoll

November 9, 2010

Daily Questions:  Turn with a partner & answer these 2 questions: What is true of any of the elements WITHIN any GROUP?  Or rather, what information are you given about the elements when you are given the group #? 
AND: What type of bonding are you showing with Lewis Dot structures?  Recall there are 3 types of bonds we've learned about (they are listed in your notes from Friday).

Agenda:
1. Discussing comic strip
2. Finish Polarity notes from Friday
3. Handout VSEPR model diagrams
4. Quick notes covering VSEPR
5. Start worksheet : Lewis Structures & VSEPR

Homework:
-Lewis dot structures QUIZ on Wed, Nov 10th

Quote:
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.  Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them -every day begin the task anew." ~St. Francis de Sales

November 5, 2010

Daily Questions:
In your notebooks, draw Lewis Dot diagrams for the following compounds:
1. F
2. CH4
3. H2
4. CO2
While you are completing this, I'll walk around & check your Lewis diagrams from the worksheet.

Agenda:
1. Working with a partner to answer comic strip questions
2. Polarity keynotes

Homework:
-Finish comic strip questions for Monday, 8th

Quote:
"One loses so many laughs by not laughing at oneself." ~Sara Jeannette Duncan  

November 4, 2010

Daily Questions:
Get a scrap piece of paper from the front, and copy down the 4 steps to drawing Lewis Dot structures (these are in your notes).  Then try to draw a lewis dot structure for the compound on the board.

Agenda:
1. Continue working through worksheet from yesterday
2. Demo: Water's polarity
3. Cartoon time: Polar bears & penguins
4. Partner work answering questions about electronegativity

Homework:
-Have 10 lewis dot structures completed from the worksheet for Fri, 5th

Quote:
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." ~Gary Larson

November 3, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out the worksheet from yesterday "Parts of an Atom" so that I can check for completion.  I will walk around the room and look for it on your desk.  While I am checking these, in your notebooks, please complete Lewis Dot structures for the elements Rubidium, Iodine, Radon, & Barium.  Refer to your notes from yesterday for help.

Agenda:
1. Finish notes on the board from yesterday : Lewis Dots for compounds
2. Practicing on your own - worksheet & discussing lab reports...
3. Demo: water polarity
4. Cartoon time: Polar bears & penguins
5. Pairing to answer questions about the cartoon

Homework:
-Have 10 Lewis Dot structures completed on the worksheet handed out in class

Quote:
"The highest result of education is tolerance." ~Helen Keller

November 2, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout "Parts of an Atom" and quietly begin completing the worksheet.  Think of this as a practice quiz!  You can use your periodic table, but all of the information you need is provided on the worksheet itself.  IF you do not finish this with class time provided, it is homework.

Agenda:
1. Finishing up notes from yesterday
2. Starting notes Ch 7.1 Valence electrons & bonding
3. Lewis Dot Module on big screen

Homework:

-Finish "Parts of an Atom" worksheet

Quote:
"New roads; new ruts." ~G.K. Chesterton

November 1, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your periodic table and find the element Bismuth.  In your notebooks, write down the symbol for Bismuth, and then tell me how many of each of the 3 subatomic particles there are in a single atom of Bismuth (subatomic particles =  protons, electrons & neutrons).  Use your notes from last week to help you.

Agenda:
1. Getting acquainted with Ms. Chessey's portaportal
2. Taking notes & reading about the periodic table
3. Worksheet: The structure of the PT

Homework:
-Finish worksheet for Tues, 2nd

Quote:
"If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for?" ~Rabbi Nashman of Bratslav