ACP+Chem+Daily+Activity+2011-2012

=Fall Semester 2011= =August 15 - August 19= 8/15: Teacher orientation. 8/16: Student orientation. 8/17: Assigned textbooks and covered syllabus. 8/18: Discussed lab report format and handed out the I.U. instruction sheet on writing lab reports. Tomorrow we will discuss how to write an abstract for lab reports and will begin writing the prelab for the first lab of the year. Also, the first exam is Monday covering concepts from chapters 1-3 in Tro. 8/19: Began writing pre-lab for "Drug Tests."

=August 22 - August 26= 8/22: Exam 1 covering chapters 1-3. Tomorrow, begin chapter 4 on stoichiometry. 8/23: Started chapter 4 covering introductory material for stoichiometry. Assigned homework problems 4.25-4.35 odd. Tomorrow, discussion of limiting reactant. 8/24: Covered limiting reactants, theoretical yield and percent yield. Assigned homework problems 4.37-4.51. 8/25: Discussed solution chemistry and concentration, molarity, including how to make a solution of a specific molarity. Tomorrow, start lab "Drug Tests." 8/26: Started lab "Drug Tests."

=August 29 - September 2= 8/29: Continued with "Drug Tests" lab. Finish lab tomorrow. 8/30: Continued "Drug Tests" lab. 8/31: Finished lab, reviewed exam over chapters 1-3. 9/1: Back into chapter 4, discussing dilution, solution stoichiometry, and electrolytes vs. nonelectrolytes. Continue with chapter 4 tomorrow. 9/2: Continued chapter 4, discussing strong vs. weak acids, solubility and solubility tables and precipitation reactions. Added to the chapter homework assignment problems 4.53-4.77 odd. "Drug Tests" lab is due and lab quiz Tuesday.

=September 5 - September 9= 9/5: Labor Day, no classes. 9/6: Lab quiz over "Drug Testing," and lab are due today. Tomorrow, finish chapter 4 and start chapter 5. 9/7: In chpater 5, discussed acid-base reactions and titration. Tomorrow start lab "Unknown Compound." 9/8: Started lab "Unknown Compound." 9/9: Continued lab "Unknown Compound."

=September 12 - September 16= 9/12: Finish lab "Unknown Compound." Tomorrow start chapter 15 on Acids and Bases. Will discuss definitions, strengths of acids/bases and pH. Also, a discussion of polyprotic acids before the titration lab series begins. 9/13: Finished chapter 4 discussing gas-evolving and redox reactions. Assigned additional homework problems, 4.79-4.93, odd, on pp. 174 & 175. Tomorrow start chapter 15 on Acids and Bases. 9/14: Started chapter 15 discussing properties and structures of acids and bases. Also, handed out prelab for "Standardizing a Solution of Sodium Hydroxide," which will start on Friday. 9/15: Lab quiz over "Unknown Compound" lab and covered Arrhenius definitions of an acid and base from chapter 15. 9/16: Started lab "Unknown Compound" by making 0.2M NaOH solutions. Monday, standardize NaOH solutions by titrating a known amount of KHP.

=September 19 - September 23= 9/19: Demonstrated how to titrate KHP with NaOH and then started lab "Standardizing a Solution of Sodium Hydroxide." Continue the lab tomorrow. 9/20: Continued "Standardizing a Solution of NaOH." 9/21: Finished lab, tomorrow discuss lab and "Titration of Vinegar" lab and continue in chapter 15. Start "Titration of Vinegar" lab Friday. 9/22: Discussed molarity computations for standardization of NaOH lab. Students are to report mean value of their NaOH concentration + or - their SD. Also, discussed titration of vinegar lab and how to compute % acetic acid in vinegar by mass. Theoretical value for % acetic acid in vinegar is 5.00%. 9/23: Started "Titration of Vinegar" lab. Finish lab on Monday if necessary.

=September 26 - September 30= 9/26: Finished "Titration of Vinegar" lab and had lab quiz over the standardization of NaOH lab. Also, those labs were sue today. Tomorrow, continue lecture from chapter 15. 9/27: In chapter 15, covered Bronsted-Lowery Theory of acids and bases including the concept of conjugate acid-base pairs. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 15. 9/28: Strong and weak acids and bases and realtionship between Ka/Kb with strength. 9/29: Discussed the pH computations for strong and weak acids/bases, the latter requiring ICE tables. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 15 and homework problems from chapter 15 will be assigned. Also tomorrow, lab quiz and prelab for the "Titration of an Unknown Diprotic Acid." 9/30: Lab quiz over "Titration of Vinegar" lab and prelab for "Titration of Unknown Diprotic Acid" lab. Start diprotic acid lab Monday. Will assign homework from chapter 15 on Monday.

=October 3 - October 7= 10/3: In chapter 15, covered pH of polyprotic acids and salts of strong acids and bases, as well as salts of weak acids strong bases or weak bases and strong acids. Assigned problems 15.33-15.53, odd. 10/4: Completed lab "Titration of Unknown Diprotic Acid." Tomorrow, back in chapter 15. 10/5: Discussed how to predict the pH of various salt solutions. 10/6: Discussed factors affecting the strength of binary and oxyacids. Finished chapter 15 and assigned problems 15.55, 15.57, 15.59, 15.65, 15.71, 15.73, 15.77, 15.91, and 15.93-15.105, odd on pp. 707 & 708. 10/7: Started chapter 5 by introducing concept of pressure, units of pressure, manometers and Boyle's Law. Also, the last assignment from chapter 15 included problems 15.109, 15.113, 15.117, and 15.119. Monday, continue with chapter 5.

=October 10 - October 14= 10/10: Continued in chapter 5 by discussing Charles' Law and Avogadro's law. Tomorrow, "Diprotic Acid" lab is due and there will be a lab quiz. 10/11: "Diprotic Acid" lab due today and lab quiz. Tomorrow PSAT exam and on Thursday, back into chapter 5. 10/12: PSAT exam. 10/13: Continued in chapter 5 discussing Avogadro's Law and the Ideal Gas Law. Tomorrow, chapter 5 and prelab for "The Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid." Assigned problems 5.33-5.55, odd. 10/14: Handed out prelab for "The Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid." Start lab Monday.

=October 17 - October 21= 10/17: Started lab "Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid." Finish lab tomorrow. 10/18: Finished lab. Tomorrow, back in chapter 5. 10/19: Continued in chapter 5 covering Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure and its application to the problme of collecting gases over water. Also, assigned additional homework problems 5.57-5.73, odd. 10/20: Finished chapter 5. Tomorrow, students will work on their post-labs and or their homework from chapters 4, 5, and 15. Lab reports are due Monday, 10/24 and there will be a lab quiz as well. 10/21: Students worked on post-labs and homework. Lab quiz Monday!

=October 24 - October 26= 10/24: Because of poor results, students will redo lab starting tomorrow. Also, discussed deviations from ideal gas behavior and assigned the last problems from chapter 5: 5.75-5.95, odd. 10/25: Redo of the "Volatile Liquid" lab. New due date for the lab report is Wednesday, November 2. Tomorrow, finish this lab. 10/26: Finished "Volatile Liquid" lab. 10/27: Review for exam 2 on Monday. 10/28: Teacher day off, no classes.

=October 31 - November 4= 10/31: Exam 2. 11/1: Lab clean up. Lab over "Molar Mass of Volatile Liquid" is due and there is a lab quiz. 11/2: Started chapter 6 on thermochemistry and lab quiz. 11/3: Covered types of energy, state functions, internal energy, system/surroundings. 11/4: Test corrections and pre-lab "Thermochemistry."

=November 7 - November 11= 11/7: Test corrections and pre-lab. 11/8: Back into chapter 6, covering energy transfer/exchange, internal energy, E = q + w, how to calculate change in internal energy of a system. 11/9: In chapter 6, discussed energy transfer and PV work. Assigned problems 6.33-6.53, odd, for homework. "Thermochemistry" lab will start Monday. 11/10: Discussed calorimetry and enthalphy. Extended homework assignment to include 6.55-6.61, odd. 11/11: Discussed constant pressure calorimetry and change in enthalphy. "Thermochemistry" lab will start Monday.

=November 14 - November 18= 11/14: "Thermochemistry" lab. 11/15: Continued with lab. 11/16: Continued with lab. Tomorrow is the last day for the lab. 11/17: Finish "Thermochemistry" lab. Lab report will be due Monday, November 28. 11/18: Review answers/corrections for exam 2.

=November 21 - November 25= 11/21: Discussed enthalpy of reaction calculations using Hess' Law and standard heats of formation. Also, assigned additional homework problems 6.63-6.73, odd. 11/22: Finished chapter 6 by discussing calculation of the enthalpy of reaction by utilizing standard heats of formation. Assigned additional homework problems 6.75-6.89, odd. 11/23: Started chapter 17 by introducing the concept of entropy and randomness of a system to help explain spontaneous processes that are endothermic. "Thermochemistry" lab is due Monday, November 28. There will also be a lab quiz. 11/24: Thanksgiving break, no classes. 11/25: Thanksgiving break, no classes.

=November 28 - December 2= 11/28: "Thermochemistry" lab due today and there was a lab quiz. Continued in chapter 17 discussing entropy change. 11/29: Discussed entropy change for spontaneous processes and the second law of thermodynamics. Assigned for homework problems 17.27-17.37, odd. Exam over chapters 6 and 17 will be on Friday, December 9. 11/30: Continued in chapter 17 covering Gibb's Free Energy and relationship to enthalpy, entropy, and equilibrium. Assigned additional homework problems 17.39-17.47, odd. 12/1: Discussed standard conditions and how to calculate change in entropy for a chemical reaction using standard entropies. Added homework problems 17.49-17.63, odd. 12/2: Reviewed "Thermochemistry" lab quiz. Chapters 6 and 17 exam is next Friday, December 9.

=December 5 - December 9= 12/5: Discussed calculation of Gibb's Free Energy under nonstandard conditions and the relationship with equillibrium constant. Assigned reaminder of odd problems from chapter 17 or through 17.77. We will finish chapter 17 tomorrow and then begin discussing quantum mechanics. Next exam over chapters 6 and 17 will be Friday. 12/6: Finished chapter 17 by discussing temperature dependence of the equilibrium constant. 12/7: Completed homework in preparation for chapter exam on Friday. 12/8: Reviewed for exam on Friday. Handed out prelab "Quantum Theory Challenge" to start on Monday. 12/9: Chapters 6 and 17 (Thermodynamics) exam.

=December 12 - December 16= 12/12: Covered quantum numbers in preparation for lab "Quantum Theory Challenge," which starts tomorrow. Thursday and friday will be review days for the final exam. Handed back exam over chapters 6 and 17 for corrections which are due on the day of the final exam. 12/13: Started "Quantum Challenge" lab. 12/14: Guest speaker Greg Lackner spoke to students about studying chemistry and both an undergraduate and graduate student. Thermodynamics exam corrections are due on the day of each class' final exam. 12/15: Final exam review. 12/16: Final exam review. Also, a reminder that the "Quantum Challenge" project will be due on Monday, January 9, 2012.

=December 19 - December 23= 12/19: Final exams. 12/20: Final exams. 12/21: Final exams. 12/22: Christmas break. 12/23: Christmas break.

=Spring Semester 2012= =January 2- January 6= 1/2: Christmas break. 1/3: Christmas break. 1/4: Christmas break. 1/5: Reviewed first semester final exam and worked on "Quantum Mechanics" project. 1/6: "Quantum Mechanics" project.

=January 9 - January 13= 1/9: Hung posters for "Quantum Challenge" and started chapter 7 on quantum mechanics by discussing the behavior of electrons, the electromagnetic spectrum and the photoelectric effect. 1/10: Continued in chapter 7 by discussing Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect, atomic spectra, the Bohr model and emission spectra and the Rydberg equation. 1/11: Discussed DeBroglie's particle as a wave equation, the 2-slit experiment demonstrating the wave nature of electrons, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and the Schrodinger equation and solutions to the wave equation,i.e., the quantum numbers. Assigned homework problems 7.37-7.65, odd, on page 311. 1/12: Finished chapter 7 by discussing quantum mechanic's explanation of atomic spectra and probability density functions of the orbitals. 1/13: Snow day, no classes.

=January 16 - January 20= 1/16: MLK day, no classes. 1/17: Begin chapter 8 and assigned homework problems 7.67-7.73, odd. Also, assigned problems 8.43-8.51, odd, on page 354. 1/18: Discussed electron configuration and assigning quantum numbers to electrons in orbitals. Also, discussed how an element can be identified by the set of four quantum numbers describing the last electron entering an orbital for that element. As additional homework problems, 8.53-8.63, odd, were assigned. 1/19: Discussed electron configuration and the periodic table and the formation of ions and general reactivity of the elements. Also, discussed trends for atomic radius in the periodic table. 1/20: Discussed paramagnetism vs diamagnetism, ionic radius, trends in ionic radius and trends on ionization energies. Lab on "Determining the Concentration of a Solution: Beer's Law" will start on Monday.

=January 23 - January 27= 1/23: Started the "Beer's Law" lab, finish lab tomorrow. 1/24: Finished lab; report is due next Monday, 1/30. Tomorrow we will be back into chapter 8. 1/25: Finished chapter 8 and assigned additional homework problems 8.65-8.89, odd. Tomorrow, start chapter 9. Lab report over "Beer's Law" is due next Monday, 1/30. 1/26: Started chapter 9 by discussing Lewis electron dot structures and Lewis bonding theory. Assigned for homework problems 9.35-9.57, odd. 1/27: Continued in chapter 9 by discussing ionic bonds, ionic compounds and their properties and the Born-Haber cycle for calculating lattice energies.

=January 30 - February 3= 1/30: Discussed covalent bonding and electronegativity. 1/31: Continued bonding discussion and there was a quiz over "Beer's Law" lab. 2/1: Discussed Lewis structures and formal charges. Assigned additional homework problems: 9.59-9.73, odd. 2/2: Finished chapter 9 by discussing bond energies and how they can be used to estimate the enthalpy of a reaction and metallic bonds. Added problems 9. 75, 9.77, and 9.79 to the chapter homework assignment. Tomorrow is a homework day due to junior retreat. 2/3: Homework day.

=February 6 - February 10= 2/6: Started chapter 10. 2/7: Discussed three dimensional representation of molecules and valence bond theory (atomic orbital hybridization). 2/8: Continued with valence bond theory and hybridization and discussed multiple bonds based on nonhybridized p-orbitals. 2/9: Finished chapter 10 by discussing orbital hybridization sp3d and sp3d2 and molecular orbital theory. For homework from chapter 10, assigned 10.31-10.81, odd. 2/10: Handed out prelab for "Molecular Geometry" lab and the take home test for chapters 7-10 in Tro. Lab starts Monday and the test is due next Friday, Feb. 17.

=February 13 - February 17= 2/13: Started the "Molecular Geometry" lab. 2/14: Finished "Molecular Geometry" lab. Tomorrow start chapter 11. 2/15: Started chapter 11 on Intermolecular Forces." Duscussed KMT for liquids and solids. 2/16: Continued in chapter 11. 2/17: Take home exam over chapters 7-10 due today, as well as the homework from these chapters. Finished discussion on intermolecular forces. Lab "Molecular Geometry" is due Monday.

=February 20 - February 24= 2/20: Continued in chapter 11 covering properties of liquids, including surface tension, adhesion and cohesion, capillary action, viscosity, vapor pressure and dynamic equilibrium. Assigned homework problems 11.49-11.77, odd. 2/21: In chapter 11, discussed Claussius-Clayperon equation for calculating the heat of vaporization. 2/22: Continued with chapter 11 discussing phase diagrams and solid structures and unit cells. 2/23: Discussed cubic unit cells in detail, deriving their volume and using that information to determine the density of various solids. Also, explained the concept of closest packing relating to layering in crystaline solids. 2/24: Homework day.

=February 27 - March 2= 2/27: Went over the take home test and continued with chapter 11 by discussing types of crystalline structures and using these structures to predict the empirical formulas for ionic compounds. 2/28: Finished chapter 11 by discussing types of crystalline solids and their geometries. Tomorrow, begin chapter 13 on Kinetics. 2/29: started chapter 13 on Kinetics by discussing reaction rates and their units. 3/1: Continues in chapter 13, discussing instantaneous rates and how experimentall reaction rates are measured. For homework, assigned problems 13.25-13.33, odd. 3/2: ICF day, no classes.

=March 5 - March 9= 3/5: Continued in chapter 13 by discussing zero, first and second order reactions and their characteristics, including their graphs and half-lives. Assigned for homework problems 13.35-13.55, odd. 3/6: Continued chapter 13, talking about activation energy and complexes. Assigned additional homework from the chapter: 13.35-13.55. 3/7: Discussed reaction mechanisms and rate determining step. Assigned the remainder of the odd problems in chapter 13, i.e., 13.57-13.79, odd. Also handed out next three labs on "Intermolecular Attractions," "The Structure of Crystals," and "The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide." Labs start next Tuesday. 3/8: Study day (Symposium). 3/9: Study day (Symposium).

=March 12 - March 16= 3/12: Finished chapter 13 by discussing catalysts and how they function. Tomorrow labs start. 3/13: Labs. 3/14: Labs. 3/15: Labs. 3/16: Labs. Labs will continue through Wednesday next week. Lab reports will be due on Friday, March 23.

=March 19 - March 23= 3/19: Labs. 3/20: Labs. 3/21: Last day for labs. Hand out take home test for chapters 11 and 13, as well as organic chem chapter 3 and organic worksheet. Labs are due Friday. 3/22: Start organic chemistry, discussing classes of organic compounds, specifically alkanes. Lab due date was changed to Monday, March 26. 3/23: Continued with chapter 3, naming alkanes and cycloalkanes.

=March 26 - March 30= 3/26: Viewed DVD #4: Butanes and discussed from chapter 3 naming cycloalkanes. Labs were due today. Tomorrow is first naminf compounds quiz for extra credit. 3/27: Viewed DVD #5: Carbon Rings and took a naming compounds quiz. 3/28: Work on takehome exam. 3/29: Work on takehome exam. 3/30: Work on takehome exam, takehome exam due at the end of the period.

=April 9 - April 13= 4/9: Spring break, no classes. 4/10: Viewed DVD #6: Cycloalkanes and started chapter 4, Unsaturated hydrocarbons, discussing how to name alkenes. 4/11: Viewed DVD #7: Addition Reactions. Tomorrow there will be a WUD for naming organic compounds. 4/12: Viewed DVD #8: Alkenes and naming organic compounds quiz. Tomorrow, discuss alkene reactions, alkynes, and review lab, "Introduction to Thin-Layer Chromatography." 4/13: Viewed DVD #9: Reaction Energy Diagrams and and reviewed prelab for TLC experiment, which begins Monday.

=April 16 - April 20= 4/16: Lab, "Introduction of Thin Layer Chromatography." 4/17: Covered alkynes and aromatic hydrocarbons. Tomorrow, start chapter 5, Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, and Sulfur Analogues. 4/18: Started chapter 5 covering alcohols and ethers. Friday there will be a naming organic compounds quiz. 4/19: Handed out next lab concerning synthesis and assessment of purity of aspirin. Also, viewed DVD #10: Carbocation. Tomorrow, naming organic compounds quiz and work on aspirin prelab. 4/20: Organic naming compounds quiz and prelab for Aspirin synthesis.

=April 23 - April 27= 4/23: Started Aspirin lab. Chromatography lab due tomorrow. 4/24: Aspirin lab. 4/25: Aspirin lab. 4/26: Aspirin lab. 4/27: Aspirin lab.

=April 30 - May 4= 4/30: Aspirin lab. 5/1: Aspirin lab. 5/2: Covered chapter 6, "Aldehydes and Ketones." 5/3: Aspirin lab. 5/4: Aspirin lab, spectrophotometric analysis of aspirin purity.

=May 7 - May 11= 5/7: Finish Aspirin lab and lab cleanup. 5/8: Viewed DVD #11: Electrophilic Reactions I and started chapter 7 on "Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives." Aspirin lab is due next Monday, 5/14. 5/9: Viewed DVD #12: Halohydrin Formation Reactions and continued in chapter 7 by covering rules for naming esters. 5/10: Viewed DVD #13: Electrophilic Reactions II. 5/11: Viewed final DVD #14: Electrophilic Reactions III and finished chapter 7.

=May 14 - May 18= 5/14: Started chapter 8 on "Amines and Amides." Handed out organic take home test, which is due next Monday, 5/21, during class. 5/15: Finished chapter 8 on "Amines and Amides." Students worked on take home test. 5/16: Organic take home exam. 5/17: Organic take home exam. 5/18: Organic take home exam.

=May 21 - May 25= 5/21: Organic take home exam due and prelab for final: "Smell Lab." 5/22: No exams. 5/23: Final exam for period 7/8. 5/24: Final exam for period 9. 5/25: Semester ends.