• Final day of project presentations (Great but cut short! ;)

Homework: See weekly assignment sheet

Next Quiz: No more quizzes!

Next Lab: No more labs!

Next Test: No more tests!

Project: It's over!  Have a great summer!

• Project presentation files, lab books, and lab manuals due

• First day of project presentations (AMAZING!!! ()

• Day in class to work on project presentation design

• Project Lab Day #4 (we did it!)

• Project Lab Day #3 (again successful)

• Project Lab Day #2 (again successful)

• Project Lab Day #1 (successful but short)

• Take-home quiz due

• Project description and rubrics

• Partners revealed

• Time to plan project lab #1 with partner

• Final binder/folder/notes check of the semester

• No students attended class--they either were absent, truant, or attended the Academic Letter and Athletic Awards Assembly

• Notes on nuclear chemistry

• Take-home quizzes passed out (due Wednesday, 5-19-10)

• Mini-lab on electrolysis of water

• The briefest of notes on electrolysis

• Notes on electrochemistry

• AP Chemistry exam or similar in-class test

• Final AP test review

• More AP test review

• Practice AP test handed out

• More AP test review

• Start of AP test review

• Quiz over thermodynamics

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Study guide due

• First review for AP Chem test passed out

• Notes on thermodynamics (more Gibbs free energy for gases not at standard pressure, relationship between Gibbs free energy and the equilibrium constant)

• The thermodynamics of shrink art!

• Notes on thermodynamics (methods of calculating Gibbs free energy, how volume and pressure affect entropy, Gibbs free energy for gases not at standard pressure)

• Study guide for Tuesday's quiz

• Notes on thermodynamics (Gibbs free energy formula; dependence of spontaneity on enthalpy, temperature, and entropy; use of standard thermodynamics tables; prediction of entropy change for reactions)

• Notes on thermodynamics (entropy, microstates, first law, second law, review of enthalpy signs, spontaneity)

• Test over complex ions and equilibrium applications

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Study guide due

• Day in class to work on study guide or Lab #21 post-lab

• Lab #21: Synthesis and Analysis of a Coordination Compound (Day 2)

• Lab #21: Synthesis and Analysis of a Coordination Compound (Day 1)

• Notes on complex ions with equilibria (step-wise formation of ligand, K₁ and K₂, equilibrium calculations with complex ions)

• Notes on complex ions (complex ion, coordinate covalent bond, ligands, counterions, naming complex ions, coordination compounds, coordination number, VSEPR for common complex ions)

• Lab #21 and MSDS passed out

• Study guide passed out

• Lab #20: Determination of the K_sp of a Chemical Reaction

• In-class K_sp and precipitation practice problem

• Time in class to work on lab #19 graphs

• Lab #20 handout and MSDS

• Notes on solubility product constants (more on K_sp, affect acids have on solubility, precipitation predictions, precipitation problems)

• Lab #19: Determination of Vinegar Concentration by Titration

• Notes on solubility product constants (more on K_sp, effect common ions have on solubility, demonstration)

• Time to work on lab #18 graphs

  • Here's a helpful graphing link!

• Notes on solubility product constants (K_sp, solubility product constant and related problems, comparing solubility using K_sp)

• Time to work on lab #18 graphs

• New lab handout and MSDS

• Lab #18: Indicator Selection for an Acid-Base Titration (Day 2--very successful!)

• Lab #18: Indicator Selection for an Acid-Base Titration (a frustrating Day 1)

• Notes on pH indicators (pH indicators, indicator equilibrium reactions, use of Henderson-Hasselbalch question with indicators, how to choose the indicator for a specific reaction)

• Notes on titration curves (weak acid-strong base example, half-equivalence point)

• List of good titration links

• Notes on titration curves (equivalence point, pH vs. mL of titrant, millimoles, strong acid-strong base example)

• List of good titration links

• Lab #17: Preparation and Properties of Buffers (Day 2)

• Lab #17: Preparation and Properties of Buffers (Day 1)

• Notes on equilibrium applications (how buffers work, Henderson-Hasselbalch equation and its use)

• Lab #17 handout and MSDS

• Notes on applications of aqueous equilibria (common ion effect, introduction to buffers)

• Lab #17 handout and MSDS

• Test on acids and bases

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Study guide due

• Notes on acids and bases (hydrolysis of salts, pH of salt solutions, Lewis acid-base theory basics)

• Acid-base study guide

• Notes on acids and bases (polyprotic acids, salts)

• Acid-base study guide

• Notes on acids and bases (bases, strong bases, weak bases, weak base problems, polyprotic acids)

• Acid-base study guide

• Day in class to work on weak acid equilibrium problems (Miss Gurganus gone to proctor the MME)

• Pop quiz over acids and bases

• Notes on acids and bases (use of Ka in weak acid equilibrium problems, problems with a mixture of weak acids, percent dissociation)

• Worksheet

• ACT test for juniors

• Non-juniors took a diagnostic test for the AP Chemistry test

• Notes on acids and bases (Kw, temperature dependence of Kw, pH, pOH, hydronium and hydroxide concentrations from pH)

• Worksheet

• Notes on acids and bases (Arrhenius review, Brønsted-Lowry definitions, hydronium ion, conjugate acid, conjugate base, Ka, autoionization, strong acid, weak acid, amphoteric)

• Quiz on chemical equilibrium

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Lab #16 due

• Notes on equilibrium (Le Chatelier's principle, more equilibrium example problems)

• Second Equilibrium questions worksheet

• Notes on equilibrium (reaction quotient, use of Keq in problems, example problems)

• Second Equilibrium questions worksheet

• Notes on equilibrium (review of Keq vs Kp, heterogeneous equilibria, homogeneous equilibria)

• Equilibrium questions worksheet

• Lab #16: Determination of an Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction (Day 2)

• Lab #16: Determination of an Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction (Day 1)

• Yearbook picture day!

• Students worked on their pre-labs for tomorrow's lab #16

• Notes on chemical equilibrium (equilibrium concept, equilibrium constant, equilibrium constant equation from chemical equation, calculation of equilibrium constant, start of equilibrium constant with partial pressures)

• Lab #16 handout and MSDS (ferric nitrate, nitric acid, potassium thiocyanate)

• Kinetics study guide due

• Test over chemical kinetics and binder/folder/notes check

• Lab #15 due

• Notes on chemical kinetics (reaction mechanism, intermediate, rate-determining step, elementary steps, collision model, factors affecting rate, activated complex, catalysts)

• Study guide

• Notes on chemical kinetics (differential rate law vs. integrated rate law, plots of 1st and 2nd order rate laws)

• Graphs of sample data

• Study guide

• Time to work on lab #15 graphs and post-lab

• Lab #15: Exploration of Reaction Rates (Day 2)

• Lab #15: Exploration of Reaction Rates (Day 1)

• Notes on kinetics (reasons for using initial rates, rate law, rate order)

• Group work in kinetics using guided inquiry

• Lab #14 due

• Lab #15 handout and MSDS

• Notes on kinetics (kinetics, rate of reaction, graphing concentration vs. time, average rate, instantaneous rate)

• Use of Microsoft Excel to graph sample data

• Test over properties of solutions

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Study guide due

• Corrections to study guide answers here!!

• First day with the netbooks: log-in, e-mail, Google Docs, graphing of Lab #14 data

• Lab #14: Molar Mass by Freezing Point Depression (Day 2)

• Lab #14: Molar Mass by Freezing Point Depression (Day 1)

• Properties of Solutions study guide (due at test)

• Notes on properties of solutions (more energy considerations when forming a solution, vapor pressure of a pure solvent vs. vapor pressure of a solution, Rauolt's law, introduction to freezing point depression)

• Notes on properties of solutions (changes of state, vapor pressure, energy considerations when forming a solution)

• Lab #14 handout and MSDS (BHT, cetyl alcohol)

• Exams and papers back

• Notes on properties of solutions (solution vocabulary, molarity, mass percent, mole fraction, molality, normality, problems)

• Concentration practice problems

• Semester exam

• Binder/folder/notes check for 10 points

• In-class review day

• Notes on bonding (network covalent solids)

• More practice problems on bonding

• Notes on bonding (hydrogen bonding, dispersion forces, crystalline solids, amorphous solids, ionic solids, molecular solids, metallic solids)

• Lab #13: Introduction to Chromatography

• 6th Grade Show Research Paper due (all turned in on time!!!  Yeah!!)

• Donuts!

• Time to look at old quizzes and tests to begin studying for the exam next week

• Notes on liquids and solids (intramolecular vs. intermolecular forces, dipole-dipole interactions, graph of boiling points)

• Test over bonding

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Day in computer lab to work on study guide and/or research

• Rough draft of paper due

• Day in class to work on study guide or research

• Notes on bonding (VSEPR examples, clay models of VSEPR shapes)

• Notes on bonding (exceptions to octet rule, resonance, introduction to VSEPR model)

• Notes on bonding (average bond energy, average bond energy tables, sample problems)

• Individual discussions about the research paper

• Clean-up of Sixth Grade Show

• Details about the research paper

• Sixth Grade Show!!! (What a great show!!!)

• Fifth day of Sixth Grade Show prep

• Fourth day of Sixth Grade Show prep (skit design and walk-through)

• Third day of Sixth Grade Show prep (went well!)

• Second day of Sixth Grade Show prep (another good one!)

• Notes on bonding (bond polarity, molecule polarity, ions, ionic radius, Lewis structures)

• Practice problems on bonding

• Lab #12 due

• Notes on bonding (Lewis dot diagrams, types of bonds [ionic, covalent, polar covalent], electronegativity, bond polarity)

• Tests and quizzes back

• Discussion of lab #12

• Discussion of Sixth Grade Show

• Test over atomic structure and periodicity

• Binder/folder/notes check

• First day of Sixth Grade Show prep (went well!)

• Time to finish lab #12

• Notes on atomic structure and periodicity (more electron configurations, valence electrons, stability, first ionization energy, atomic radius, electron affinity)

• Discussion of 6th grade show prep

• Notes on atomic structure and periodicity (quantum numbers, Pauli Exclusion Principle, orbital diagrams, Aufbau principle, Hund's rule, noble gas electron configuration shorthand, valence electrons)

• Study guide for Friday's test

• Lab #12: Spectrophotometer Basics

• Notes on atomic structure (Bohr model, atomic spectrum of hydrogen, orbit energy calculations, quantum mechanical model, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, quantum numbers, orbitals)

• Additional information on spectrophotometers

• Labs back

• Notes on atomic structure (EMR, wavelength, frequency, speed of light, c=λν, Planck, Einstein, quanta, photons, E=hν, de Broglie, λ=h/mv)

• Example problems

• Quiz #6 (on thermochemistry) and binder/folder/notes check

• Lab #12 handout, MSDS, and partner draw

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

• 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

• Lab #11: Enthalpy Changes and Hess's Law

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

• Hess's Law problems

• 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

• Quiz #5 (on gases) and binder/folder/notes check

• Lab #11 and MSDS

• Discussion of Sixth Grade Show skit ideas

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

• Lab #10: Molar Volume of a Gas

• Notes on gases (collecting gas over water, kinetic molecular theory)

• Additional gas questions to use as a study guide for Monday's quiz

• Quiz #4 (over gas laws) and binder/folder/notes check

• Notes on gases (Dalton's law of partial pressures)

• Lab #10 handout and MSDS (magnesium, hydrogen gas, hydrochloric acid)

• Notes on gases (gas stoichiometry)

• Lab #9: Determination of Molar Mass by Vapor Density

• Notes on gases (pressure units, STP, Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, Combined Gas Law, Avogadro's Law, ideal gas law, molar volume of a gas, molar mass from vapor density)

• Example problems with answers

• Lab #9 handout (and MSDS for acetone, isopropyl alcohol, and ethyl alcohol)

• The farce that was a quiz over organic functional groups!

• Notes on gases (common characteristics, pressure, barometer, pressure units)

• Lab #9 handout (and MSDS for acetone, isopropyl alcohol, and ethyl alcohol)

• Lab #8: Synthesis of Esters (Day 2--Part 1)

• Notes on organic chemistry (alcohols, ethers, carboxylic acids, ketones, aldehydes, halohydrocarbons, esters, polymers)

• National Mole Day!

• Day to start planning the 6th grade show

• Lab #8: Synthesis of Esters (Day 1--Part 2)

• Quiz on organic chemistry

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

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

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

• Test over solution chemistry

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Lab #7: Redox Titrations (Day 2)

• Lab #7: Redox Titrations (Day 1)

• 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

• Homecoming activities

• Lab #6: Determination of an Electrochemical Series

• Lab #7 and MSDS (potassium permanganate, ferrous ammonium sulfate, sulfuric acid, and manganese sulfate) and passed out

• Notes on solution chemistry (redox, half-reactions, balancing redox in acidic solution)

• Notes on solution chemistry (neutralization problems, redox, oxidation numbers)

• Lab #5: Analytical Gravimetric Analysis (Day 3)

• Lab #5: Analytical Gravimetric Analysis (Day 2)

• Notes on solution chemistry (acid and base definitions, vocabulary, neutralization, titration)

• Lab #5: Analytical Gravimetric Analysis (Day 1)

• Notes on solution chemistry (precipitation stoichiometry problems)

• Review problems passed out

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

• Lab #4: Standardization of a Solution Using a Primary Standard

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

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

• Test over material so far

• Binder/folder/notes check

• Lab #4 handout and MSDS (KHP, NaOH) available

• Day to work on labs and/or review for Monday's test

• Lab #3: Determination of the Mole Relationship in a Chemical Reaction

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

• Lab #2: Determination of a Compound's Formula

• Lab #3 handout and MSDS available

• 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

• Lab #1: Percent of Water in a Hydrate

• Handouts for Lab #2 (and MSDS for copper (I) oxide, copper (II) oxide, zinc, and hydrochloric acid)

• Quiz

• Time to work on lab

• Safety quiz scores

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Day #1 of students giving the safety lecture

September 8, 2009

• Class emergency card

• Introductions

• Class syllabus handed out

• Textbooks passed out

• Pre-test