In Miss Gurganus's Chemistry II Class ...


   Make-up Lab/Quiz/Test Dates:
              Mondays and Thursdays before and after school
 

November 18, 2009  

Homework: See weekly assignment sheet

Next Quiz: Not yet scheduled

Next Lab: Lab #12 on Monday, 11-30-09

Next Test: Test over atomic structure on 12-4-09

November 16, 2009  
  • Notes on thermochemistry (internal energy, work, example problems)

November 13, 2009  
  • Vote on 6th Grade Show skit theme (winner= game show; runner-up= TV show/commercials)

  • Notes on thermochemistry (standard enthalpies of formation, heat of reaction calculations)

  • Standard enthalpies of formation problems

November 12, 2009  
November 11, 2009  
  • Notes on thermochemistry (more constant-pressure calorimetry problems, constant-volume calorimetry problems, Hess's Law)

  • Hess's Law problems

November 10, 2009  
  • Notes on thermochemistry (energy, law of conservation of energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, heat vs. temperature, system, surroundings, exothermic, endothermic, calorimetry, calorimeters, constant-pressure calorimetry, constant-volume calorimetry)

  • Calorimetry problems

  • Demonstration list assignment

November 9, 2009  
November 6, 2009  
  • Discussion of Sixth Grade Show skit ideas

  • A disappointing day of "working" on lab #10 calculations

November 5, 2009  
November 4, 2009  
November 3, 2009  
November 2, 2009  
  • Notes on gases (gas stoichiometry)

October 30, 2009  
October 29, 2009  
October 28, 2009  
October 27, 2009  
October 26, 2009  
  • Notes on organic chemistry (alcohols, ethers, carboxylic acids, ketones, aldehydes, halohydrocarbons, esters, polymers)

October 23, 2009  
October 21, 2009  
October 20, 2009  
  • Quiz on organic chemistry

  • Notes on organic chemistry (phenyl, functional groups, alcohols, ethers, carboxylic acids)

October 19, 2009  
  • Notes on organic chemistry (cyclics, condensed structures, stylized structures, alkenes, cis-trans geometric isomerism, alkynes, aromatics)

October 16, 2009  
  • Notes on organic chemistry (hydrocarbons, alkanes, straight-chain, branching, structural isomers, substituents, numbering)

October 15, 2009  
October 14, 2009  
October 13, 2009  
October 12, 2009  
  • Notes on solution chemistry (how to balance a redox reaction in basic solution)

  • Time to work on lab #6, lab #7, and/or review problems

October 9, 2009  
October 8, 2009  
  • Notes on solution chemistry (redox, half-reactions, balancing redox in acidic solution)

October 7, 2009  
October 6, 2009  
October 5, 2009  
October 2, 2009  
  • Notes on solution chemistry (precipitation stoichiometry problems)

  • Review problems passed out

  • Time to work on lab #4 calculations or lab #5 research

October 1, 2009  
September 30, 2009  
  • Notes on solution chemistry (molarity, dilution from concentrated solutions, precipitation, solubility rules, ionic equations, net ionic equations, spectator ions)

September 29, 2009  
  • Notes on solution chemistry (water, dissolving, solution vocabulary, electrical conductivity, strong electrolytes, weak electrolyes, nonelectrolytes, molarity)

September 28, 2009  
September 25, 2009  
  • Day to work on labs and/or review for Monday's test

September 24, 2009  
September 23, 2009  
  • Discussion of stoichiometry, mole ratios, mass-to-mass conversion, limiting reactants, excess reactants, theoretical yield, actual yield, and percent yield

September 22, 2009  
September 21, 2009  
  • Discussion of average atomic mass, atomic mass units, molar mass, conversions (among particles, mass, and moles), percent composition, empirical formulas, molecular formulas, types of chemical reactions, reactants, products, balancing equations, and states of matter

  • Third packet of review problems passed out

September 18, 2009  
September 17, 2009  
  • Quiz

  • Time to work on lab

September 16, 2009  
  • Safety quiz scores

  • Discussion of nomenclature, acid naming, Avogadro's number, average atomic mass, mass spectrometer

September 15, 2009  
  • Discussion of sub-atomic particles, isotopes, atomic number, mass number, bonding basics, ions, periodic table basics (families, periods, metals/non-metals, family names), nomenclature (common names, some on modern naming)

  • Second review packet handed out

September 14, 2009  
  • Safety quiz

  • Binder/folder check

  • Discussion of scientific method, types of error, early history of chemistry, Boyle, Lavoisier, Proust, Dalton's Atomic Theory, law of multiple proportions, Avogadro's hypothesis, Thomson, Millikan, Becquerel, types of radioactivity, Rutherford, gold foil experiment

September 11, 2009  
  • Lab book, Lab #1, illustrated equipment handout, and How to Write a Chem II Lab Report handout passed out

  • Partner draw

  • Discussion of significant figures in calculations, density, dimensional analysis, exact numbers, properties (physical, chemical, intensive, extensive), changes (physical, chemical, of state, separation methods), classification of matter (matter, pure substance, element, compound, mixture)

  • Problems from the packet of review questions and problems

September 10, 2009  
  • Day #2 of students giving the safety lecture

  • Packet of review questions and problems passed out

  • Discussion of SI base units and prefixes, temperature scales and conversion, derived units, volume, volume units, and volume conversions, precision, accuracy, uncertainty, and significant figures

September 9, 2009  
  • Day #1 of students giving the safety lecture

September 8, 2009


  • Class emergency card

  • Introductions

  • Class syllabus handed out

  • Textbooks passed out

  • Pre-test


Questions?  E-mail: gurganus@gw.lincoln.k12.mi.us

Telephone: (734) 484-7000 ext. 7655

Room Number: 1403

Address: 7425 Willis Road, Ypsilanti, MI  48197


Last Updated: November 20, 2009