Week 6 (Sep. 22 - Sep 26)

On Monday, students in Period 3 prepared for a quiz on sections 4.3 & 4.4.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, students in Periods 2 & 3 took a quiz on sections 4.3 & 4.4.
On Thursday and Friday, students in Periods 2 & 3 started a titration lab.

Homework for Periods 2 & 3: If you have not finished the Mastering Chemistry assignments, they are due on Monday at midnight. No extensions! Also, finish the Chapter 4 Packet that covers Sections 4.5 & 4.6, which can be found here.

On Monday, students in Periods 5 & 7 took a Unit 2 Practice Test.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, students in Periods 4, 5, 7 & 8 took the Unit 2 Test.
On Thursday, students in Period 4 finished the Unit 2 Test.
On Thursday and Friday, students in Periods 5, 7 & 8 began Unit 3 (Chemical Reactions).

Homework for Period 4: Complete the handout on Balancing Equations, which can be found here.

Homework for Periods 5, 7 & 8: The following handouts were given out in class on Thursday and Friday. If you missed class or left class early, you may not have received them. Complete these handouts in preparation for our next class.
Handout on Balancing Equations
Packet on Classifying Chemical Reactions

Week 5 (Sep. 15 - Sep. 19)

On Monday and Tuesday, students in Periods 2 & 3 took a a quiz on sections 4.1 & 4.2. On Wednesday and Thursday I discussed the material in sections 4.3 & 4.4, which deal with the topics of acids and bases and oxidation-reduction reactions. On Friday students in Period 2 prepared for a quiz on sections 4.3 & 4.4.

Homework for Period 2: Study for a quiz on sections 4.3 & 4.4. Complete the Mastering Chemistry assignments for Chapter 4. There should be more assignments posted this weekend. 

Homework for Period 3: Review the material in sections 4.3 & 4.4. Complete the Mastering Chemistry assignments for Chapter 4. There should be more assignments posted this weekend.

On Monday and Tuesday, students in Periods 4, 5, 7 & 8 worked on problems involving Percent Composition, Empirical Formulas, and Molecular Formulas. On Wednesday and Thursday students did a lab experiment entitled Determining the Percentage of Water in a Hydrate. The answers to the Percent Composition &  Empirical Formula packet can be found here. On Friday students in Periods 4 & 8 took a Unit 2 Practice Test.

Homework for Periods 4 and 8: Study for the Unit 2 Test. I will e-mail you the answers/explanations to the practice test.
Homework for Periods 5 and 7: Finish the Analysis questions for the hydrate lab.

Week 4 (Sep. 8 - Sep. 12)

On Tuesday and Wednesday, students in Periods 2 & 3 did a lab experiment on Solubility Rules and Net Ionic Equations. We also worked on practice problems from sections 4.1 & 4.2 of the textbook. On Thursday and Friday, students in Periods 2 & 3 finished up section 4.2 and then worked on the topic of acids and bases from section 4.3 of the textbook.

Homework for Periods 2 & 3: Study for a quiz on sections 4.1 & 4.2. Complete the Mastering Chemistry assignments for Chapter 4. Continue reading through Chapter 4. There should be more assignments posted this weekend.


On Tuesday and Wednesday, students in Periods 4, 5, 7  & 8 practiced unit conversions involving moles. The graphic organizer for these mole conversions is shown below.

On Thursday and Friday, students in Periods 4, 5, 7 & 8 did a lab experiment entitled Determining the Percentage of Oxygen in Potassium Chlorate. We also practiced calculations involving percent composition and determining chemical formulas.

Homework for Periods 4, 5, 7, & 8: Finish the Analysis Questions for the lab experiment.

The Mole

The Mole Concept and Mole Conversions worksheet

Answers to the worksheet

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Week 3 (Sep. 2 - Sep. 5)

On Tuesday and Wednesday, students in Periods 4, 5, 7, & 8 took the Unit 1 Practice Test, and then we reviewed the answers. On Thursday and Friday, they took the Unit 1 Test, which covered topics that included lab safety, measurement, precision/accuracy, significant figures, unit conversions, and density.

Homework for Periods 4, 5, 7 & 8: Watch the following YouTube video (below). Then complete the worksheet that goes with it.
The worksheet on the mole concept and mole conversions can be found here.
 

On Tuesday and Wednesday, AP students in Periods 2 & 3 did a laboratory experiment entitled "Gravimetric Analysis of a Metal Carbonate." On Thursday and Friday, I introduced the first part of Chapter 4 with a packet. The Chapter 4 packet can be found here.

Homework for Periods 2 & 3: Work on the Mastering Chemistry assignment for Chapter 4, and work on the Chapter 4 packet. Do as much as you can with this! It will help you understand it.

For anyone in Periods 4, 5, 7, or 8 who wanted to take a look at the answers to those 10 Unit Conversion Problems from Thursday/Friday, here are the answers to those problems.