ACP+Chem+Daily+Activity+2013-2014

Fall Semester 2013
**August 12 - August 16** 8/12: Teacher orientation. 8/13: Student orientation. 8/14: First day of class, covered syllabus and textbook, as well as safety precautions and procedures. Tomorrow, begin discussion of writing a lab report. 8/15: Discussed the format for writing a lab report. Tomorrow, review for chapters 1-3 test on Monday. 8/16: Reviewed lab write up format and reviewed chapters 1-3 for Monday's test.

August 19 - August 23
8/19: Test over chapters 1-3. Tomorrow, writing an abstract for lab reports. 8/20: Practiced writing abstracts for lab reports and handed out prelab for "The Determination of a Chemical Formula" lab. Tomorrow, begin Chapter 19 on Nuclear Chemistry. 8/21: Covered prelab for "Chemical Formula" lab, which will start next Monday, August 26. Also, started chapter 19 on Nuclear Chemistry by introducing concept of radioactivity, types of emission radiation, and who discovered radioactivity. Continue in chapter 19 tomorrow. 8/22: Continued in chapter 19 by covering types of radioactive decay. Tomorrow, more from chapter 19 and assignment of lab stations, safety contract in preparation for lab on Monday. 8/23: Discussed decay processes, read and signed safety agreement form, assigned lab stations and drawer keys for Monday's lab.

August 26 - August 30
8/26: Reviewed using a Buchner funnel and vacuum filtration and discussed the use of an analytical balance. Also, covered extra credit quiz. Continued in chapter 19 covering decay process and half-life. Tomorrow, start lab. 8/27: Started lab. Tomorrow, continue with the lab. 8/28: Continued with the lab. Finish tomorrow. 8/29: Finish lab. 8/30: Teacher retreat, no classes.

September 2 - September 6
9/2: Labor Day, no classes. 9/3: Discussed radioactive decay and the dating process. Lab due on Thursday and there will be a lab quiz. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 19. Assigned problems 19.31-19.65, odd for homework. 9/4: Discussed fission and fusion and nuclear power plants. Tomorrow, finish chapter 19. Also, lab on compound formula due and there is a lab quiz. 9/5: Discussed nuclear binding energy and how to calculate this energy for a nucleus on a per nucleon basis. Lab reports were due and there was a lab quiz. Tomorrow finish chapter 19. 9/6: Finished chapter 19 by discussing fusion and transmutation, including recent synthesis of element 117. Monday will start the movie "Fat Man, Little Boy."

September 9 - September 13
9/9: Started the film "Fatman, Little Boy." Continue with film tomorrow. 9/10: Continued with Fat Man, Little Boy. 9/11: Handed back and reviewed lab quiz and continued with film. 9/12: Finished "Fat Man, Little Boy." Tomorrow start film "The Day After Trinity" and hand out "Living Under the Cloud," a series of articles about the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and the ethics of using nuclear weapons. 9/13: Watched film "The Day After Trinity" and handed out Time articles about the bomb drop on Hiroshima for discussion on Monday.

September 16 - September 20
9/16: Graded "Fat Man, Little Boy" worksheet and discussed Time articles. Tomorrow, start chapter 4 on stoichiometry. Chapter 19 homework problems due Wednesday. 9/17: Extended homework assignment from chapter 19 to include through 19.75; all homework is due tomorrow. Started chapter 4 on Stoichiometry. 9/18: Covered limiting reactant, theoretical yield, actual yield and percent yield. Also, discussed solutions and concentration, Molarity(mole/L). 9/19: Covered Electrolytes and non electrolytes as well as molecular, total ionic and net ionic equations involving acid/base and precipitation reactions, as well as solubility. Tomorrow, discuss titrations. 9/20: Homework day; assigned 4.25-4.93, odd as the homework assignment. Also, handed out prelab for "Identification of an Unknown Compound," which should start Tuesday.

September 23 - September 27
9/23: ICF Day, no classes. 9/24: Changed schedule: instead of the "Identification" lab, continue is chapter 4 covering acid/base chemistry and titration, as well as chapter 15, and then next week do the three titration labs. The "Identification" lab will be performed after the titration labs. Tomorrow, chapter 15. 9/25: Started chapter 15 by discussing definitions of acids/bases. Continue with this chapter tomorrow. 9/26: Covered acid and base strength and how strenght of the acid/base is determined by the equilibrium constant, Ka. Tomorrow, hand out three titration labs for next week. 9/27: Reviewed labs "Standardization of NaOH," "Titration of Acetic Acid in Vinegar," and "Titration of an Unknown Diprotic Acid." Labs start on Monday. Also, assigned homework problems from chapter 15: 15.33-15.123, every other odd, e.g., 33, 37, 41, 45, etc.

September 30 - October 4
9/30: Started lab "Standardization of NaOH." 10/1: Opted to start the "Titration of Vinegar" lab to provide students the opportunity to practice their titration skills prior to titrating their NaOH with both an indicator and the pH meter. Continue with labs tomorrow. 10/2: Continued with titration labs. Tomorrow, more of the same. 10/3: Continued with titration labs. 10/4: Continued with titration labs.

October 7 - October 11
10/7: Continued titration labs. Tomorrow, finish titration labs. 10/8: Finished titration labs. Tomorrow, back into chapter 15. 10/9: Work on titration labs. 10/10: In chapter 15, discussed autoionization of water and the pH scale, as well as how to compute pH and hydronium ion concentration from pH. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 15. 10/11: In chapter 15, covered ICE tables for calculating pHs of weak acids and bases. Monday, three titration lab reports are due and there will be a lab quiz.

October 14 - October 18
10/14: Lab reports were due, lab quiz and lab cleanup. Tomorrow, back into chapter 15. 10/15: In chapter 15, covered acidity/basicity of salts from strong acids/weak bases, weak acids/strong bases, strong acids/strong bases, and weak acids/weak bases. Thursday, continue in chapter 15. 10/16: PSAT, no classes. 10/17: Finished chapter 16 by discussing pH of polyprotic acids and factors affecting the strength of acids, e.g., polarization of anion-H bond, and for oxyacids, electronegativity of element bonded of oxygen with the acidic hydrogen. Tomorrow, start chapter 16. 10/18: Reviewed titration labs quiz. Monday there will be another quiz involving similar problems as the titration quiz. Points from this quiz will be added to the titration quiz, not to exceed 100%. Also, start chapter 16 on Monday.

October 21 - October 25
10/21: Make up quiz for titration lab quiz and started chapter 16 by introducing buffers. Homework assignment 16.27-16.99, every other odd, as for chapter 15. 10/22: Finished with discussion of buffers by demonstrating use of Henderson-Hasselbalsch equation for computation of buffer's pH. Tomorrow, back into chapter 4. Tentative schedule for second midterm is next Tuesday. 10/23: In chapter 4, covered reactions that produce gases and redox reactions. Tomorrow, finish discussion on redox reactions and the chapter. 10/24: Covered Ion-Electron method for balancing redox reactions. No classes tomorrow, exam over chapters 4, 15, 16 (through 16.4), and 19 scheduled for next Tuesday, 10/29. 10/25: No classes.

October 28 - November 1
10/28: Reviewed for exam over chapters 4, 15, 16, and 19 tomorrow. 10/29: Exam 10/30: Started chapter 5 on Gas Laws, covered through Boyle's Law. 10/31: Continued with gas laws and ideal gas equation. 11/1: Handed back exam over chapters 4, 15, 16, and 19. Students may due corrections for 50% credit or used their bonus points to improve their scores. Corrections due 11/8.

November 4 - November 8
11/4: Students worked on writing prelab for "Molar Mass of Volatile Liquid" lab to begin tomorrow. 11/5: "Molar Mass of Volatile Liquid" lab started. 11/6: Continued with lab. 11/7: Back into chapter 5 by covering Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure. Assigned problems 5.29-5.95, odd for homework. Also, exam corrections are due tomorrow. 11/8: Discussed rms speed, effusion and diffusion. Exam corrections were due today.

November 11 - November 15
11/11: Students worked on post-lab. 11/12: Lab "Molar Mass of Volatile Liquid" due and there was a lab quiz. Also, started chapter 6 on Thermochemistry. 11/13: Continued in chapter 6 by covering system/surrounding, internal energy, work and heat, and energy diagrams. 11/14: Discussed heat capacity, specific heat, and molar heat capacity. Continue in chapter 6 tomorrow and prepare for "Open House" on Sunday. 11/15: Cleanup day for "Open House" on Sunday.

November 18 - November 22
11/18: Continued in chapter 6 by covering computation of the final temperature and specific heat using the q=msdeltaT formula. Also, assigned problems 6.33-6.93, odd, as homework. 11/19: Introduced the concept of enthalpy and demonstrated its relationship to internal energy of a system and constant pressure. 11/20: Covered Hess' Law and handed out prelab for "Enthalpy of Neutralization of Phosphoric Acid." Lab will start Friday. 11/21: Finished chapter 6 by discussing standard heats of formation and using these standard heats to calculate enthalpies of reaction. Tomorrow, "Neutralization" lab. 11/22: "Neutralization" lab.

November 25 - November 29
11/25: Started chapter 17 by reviewing the first law of thermodynamics and then introducing entropy. 11/26: Covered the second law of thermodynamics. 11/27: Introduced concept of Gibb's Free Energy and reaction spontaneity. Assigned problems 17.27-17.77, odd. 11/28: Thanksgiving break, no classes. 11/29: Thanksgiving break, no classes.

December 2 - December 6
12/2: Lab due and there was a lab quiz. Lectured over the 3rd law of thermodynamics. 12/3: Finished chapter 17 by discussing computations for delta G and the temperature dependence of free energy. 12/4: Started discussion of quantum mechanics by covering quantum numbers and the rules for using them in preparation for the periodic table activity next week. Tomorrow, review for chapters 5, 6 and 17 test. 12/5: Reviewed for the chapters 5, 6 and 17 test tomorrow. 12/6: Exam. Monday, start quantum mechanics project.

December 9 - December 13
12/9: Handed out prelab for quantum mechanics involving redoing the periodic table based on new quantum numbers. This week will be working on this lab. Lab is due on Monday 12/16. 12/10: Periodic table project continued today. Handed back exam over chapters 5, 6 and 17. Corrections due on Monday, 12/16. 12/11: Periodic Table project. 12/12: Periodic Table project. 12/13: Periodic Table project.

December 16 - December 20
12/16: Finished posters and put them up for display in the classroom and judging by honors chemistry students. Tomorrow, review for the final exam. 12/17: Reviewed for final exam. 12/18: Final exams. 12/19: Final exams. 12/20: Final exams.

=Spring Semester 2014= **January 6 - January 10** 1/6: Snow day, no classes. 1/7: Snow day, no classes. 1/8: Snow day, no classes. 1/9: Handed back final exams. Tomorrow, review quantum mechanics. 1/10: Reviewed chapter 7 on quantum mechanics and watched video on quantum mechanics, entanglement and flatland by Dr. Quantum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWTo2Gk5iU0

January 13 - January 17
1/13: Started film from Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian greene. First video: "What is Space?" 1/14: Finished "What is Space" and started film "The Illusion of Time." 1/15: Finished "The Illusion of Time" and started "Quantum Mechanics." 1/16: Finished "Quantum Mechanics." 1/17: Started "Universe or Multiverse?"

January 20 - January 24
1/20: MLK Day, no classes. 1/21: Finished video "Universe or Multiverse" and started lecture by Lawrence Krauss on "Something from nothing." Tomorrow, finish Krauss lecture and review. 1/22: Finished lecture by Lawrence Krauss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUH77mYBUtM. 1/23: Reviewed all the videos in preparation for test. 1/24: Snow day, no classes. Test rescheduled for Monday, unless we have another snow day.

January 27 - January 31
1/27: Snow day, no classes. 1/28: Snow day, no classes. Test rescheduled for tomorrow, if we have classes. 1/29: Reviewed chapter 8 on the Periodic Table. 1/30: Reviewed chapter 9 on Lewis structures and bonding. Tomorrow, Cosmology exam. 1/31: Cosmology Exam.

February 3 - February 7
2/3: Started chapter 10 on molecular geometry, including discussion of VSEPR. 2/4: Discussed method for determining molecular geometry of molecules and what to do when there are multiple central atoms. Also, discussed determination of the polarity of a molecule based on polarity of bonds. Handed out three pre-labs for students to prepare. These labs will begin after I.U. final exam. 2/5: Pre-labs. 2/6: Pre-labs. 2/7: Snow day, no classes.

February 10 - February 14
2/10: In chapter 10, discussed orbital hybridization. Molecular geometry lab will start on Thursday. 2/11: Pre-lab preparation for "Molecular Geometry" lab which will start Thursday, 2/13. 2/12: Discussed Molecular Orbital Theory and its explanation of the paramagnetic property of molecular oxygen. Tomorrow, start the "Molecular Geometry" lab. 2/13: Started "Molecular Geometry" lab. 2/14: Finished "Molecular Geometry" lab. Monday, review for I.U. final exam.

February 17 - February 21
2/17: Reviewed for I.U. final exam. 2/18: 2 hour delayed start, so students reviewed for I.U. final exam rescheduled for tomorrow. 2/19: I.U. final exam. 2/10: Discussed prelab for "Beer's Law" lab. 2/11: Started "Beer's Law" lab.

February 24 - February 28
2/24: Finish "Beer's Law" lab. Tomorrow, prelab for "Ksp" lab. 2/25: Discussed "Ksp" prelab. 2/26: Started "Ksp" lab. 2/27: Continues working on the lab. 2/28: Finished lab. Monday, begin Kinetics.

March 3 - March 7
3/3: Started Kinetics by discussing expression for reaction rates and the rate law. 3/4: Discussed rate law and order of the reaction and demonstrated how the order of a reaction and the overall rate law can be determined experimentally. 3/5: Discussed rate laws and graphical analysis of experimental data to determine the order of a reaction. Assigned the odd problems from chapter 13 for homework. Also, handed out prelab for "Decomposition of hydrogen Peroxide." Homework assignment is 13.25-13.79, odd. 3/6: Worked on homework from chapter 13 and prelab. 3/7: Worked on homework from chapter 13 and prelab.

March 10 - March 14
3/10: Discussed Arrhenius equation for determining activation energy and its two-point formula to be used in the lab. 3/11: Discussed molecular collisions and formation of activated complex which is necessary for the formation of products. Tomorrow, "Decomposition" lab starts. 3/12: Started "Decomposition" lab. 3/13: Continued "Decomposition" lab. 3/14: Finish "Decomposition" lab and cover take home exam in Kinetics. Lab due Wednesday, 3/19 and take home due Thursday, 3/20. Monday, begin electrochemistry.

March 17 - March 21
3/17: Started chapter 18 on Electrochemistry by covering redox reactions and how to balance ionic equations using the electron balance method. 3/18: Discussed current and potential and how they apply to electrochemistry. Introduced concept of a Voltaic cell and its components. Talked about cell potential and how its calculated by knowing the reduction potential of an electrode relative to the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE). 3/19: Used oxidation-reduction half reactions to calculate the potential of a voltaic cell. Discussed the relationships between standard cell potential and Gibbs Free Energy and the equilibrium constant. Also, introduced the Nernst equation to determine the cell potential when concentrations of the cells are not 1M. 3/20: Discussed the Nernst equation for calculating the potential of a cell when concentrations are not 1M. Also, handed out "Intermolecular Forces" prelab. 3/21: Worked on homework from chapter 18 assignment: 18.37-18.101, eoo.

March 24 - March 28
3/24: Started "Intermolecular Forces" lab. 3/25: Finished lab. Tomorrow start organic chemistry. 3/26: Started organic chemistry and handed out electrochemistry take home exam, which is due next Wednesday, 4/2. 3/27: Assigned Organic Chemistry Chapter 3, Saturated Hydrocarbons, and viewed DVD #4, Butanes, and practiced naming compounds from the worksheet. 3/28: No classes, auction preview.

March 31 - April 4
3/31: Watched DVD #5, Carbon Rings, and practiced naming cycloalkanes. 4/1: Watched DVD #6, Carbon Rings 2, and covered resonance structures with a practice exercise assigned for tomorrow. 4/2: Reviewed practice exercise on resonance structures and cover common nomenclature of organic compounds and cis-trans isomerization. Handed out Chapter 4 on "Alkenes," which we will start tomorrow. Also, the electrochemistry exam is due tomorrow along with chapter 19 homework. 4/3: Started chapter 4, including rules for naming alkenes and cis-trans isomerization. 4/4: Naming organic compounds quiz #1 and watched DVD #7, Addition Reactions. Next week is spring break.

April 14 - April 18
4/14: In chapter 4, discussed alkynes and aromatic compounds. Tomorrow, chapter 5. 4/15: Watched DVD #8, Alkenes and started chapter 5 on Alcohols, Ethers, etc. 4/16: Watched DVD #9, Reaction Energy Diagrams. Handed out prelab for "Introduction to Thin-Layer Chromatography." 4/17: Naming organic compounds quiz #2 and finished chapter 5 on alcohols, ethers and thiols. Monday start "Thin-Layer Chromatography" lab. 4/18: Good friday, no classes.

April 21 - April 25
4/21: Reviewed Electrochemistry exam and went over prelab for "Thin Layer Chromatography" lab. 4/22: "Thin Layer Chromatography" lab completed today. Tomorrow, start chapter 6 in Organic Chemistry. 4/23: Watched DVD #10, Carbocation and started chapter 6, Aldehydes and Ketones. 4/24: Watched DVD #11, Electrophilic Reactions I and practiced naming compounds using the practice handout. Tomorrow there is a naming compounds quiz. 4/25: Naming compounds quiz and work on "Thin Layer Chromatography" post-lab.

April 28 - May 2
4/28: Viewed DVD #12, Halohydrin Formation Reactions and practiced common names for ketones. Tomorrow, chromatography post-lab is due. 4/29: Started chapter 7 on Carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Also, "Chromatography" lab due today. 4/30: Reviewed last naming compounds quiz and practiced naming ketones, aldehydes and carboxylic acids from worksheet. 5/1: Viewed DVD #13, Electrophilic Reactions II and discussed naming derivatives of carboxylic acids. Tomorrow, naming organic compounds quiz. Also, announced that the earliest we will start the aspirin series of labs is next Tuesday. 5/2: Naming organic compounds quiz and handed out chapter 8 on Amines. Also, watched the last DVD #14, Electrophilic Reactions III. Monday review lab procedure for synthesis of aspirin and finish chapter 7 by practicing naming amides and acid anhydrides.

May 5 - May 9
5/5: Reviewed "Aspirin Synthesis" lab and finished chapter 7 by discussing naming acidic anhydrides. Tomorrow, start chapter 8 on amides and amines. Lab starts Wednesday, 5/7. 5/6: Started chapter 8 covering identifying amides and amines and naming amines. Tomorrow, start "Aspirin" lab. 5/7: Started "Aspirin" lab. 5/8: Continued with "Aspirin" lab. 5/9: Naming Organic Compounds quiz and continued with "Aspirin" lab.

May 12 - May 16
5/12: Finished chapter 8 by naming amides and reviewed the procedure for melting point determination. 5/13: Worked on Aspirin lab. 5/14: Aspirin lab. 5/15: Aspirin lab. 5/16: Aspirin lab.

May 19 - May 23
5/19: Last organic naming compounds quiz and handed out organic take home test. The test is due on final exam day. Also, Aspirin lab reports are due next Tuesday, 5/27. 5/20: Aspirin lab. 5/21: Aspirin lab and Organic Takehome. 5/22: Aspirin lab and Organic takehome. 5/23: Aspirin lab and handed out prelab for ACP chem final.

May 26 - May 30
5/26: Memorial Day, no classes. 5/27: Aspirin labs are due, prep. prelab for final exam. 5/28: Final exam for period 1. 5/29: No ACP Chem finals. 5/30: Final exam for period 9.