ACP+Chem+Daily+Activity+2012-2013

August 13 - August 17
8/13: Teacher orientation. 8/14: Student orientation. 8/15: First day of class, handed out syllabus and assigned textbooks. 8/16: Discussed format for written lab reports. 8/17: Reviewed use of this website and covered laboratory safety agreement. Test over chapters 1-3 will be Monday, 8/20.

August 20- August 24
8/20: Chapters 1-3 exam for extra credit. Tomorrow, begin chapter 19 on Nuclear Chemistry. 8/21: Free study period. 8/22: Started chapter 19 on Nuclear Chemistry covering radiation, emission particles, and nuclear equations. Continue with chapter tomorrow. 8/23: Continued with chapter 19, covering the four basic nuclear reactions. Quiz over simple nuclear reactions. Continue with chapter 19 tomorrow. 8/24: Discussed measures of stability of the nucleus, including N/P ratio and magic numbers. Assigned for homework problems 19.31-19.43, odd. Monday cover prelab for lab on "Determination of a Chemical Formula."

August 27 - August 31
8/27: Discussed half-life and the computational formulas for determining the rate constant and the amount of a nuclide remaining after a specified period. Assigned 19.45-19.55, odd as additional homework. 8/28: Assigned lab stations/drawers and goggles, covered prelab for "Determination of a Chemical Formula." 8/29: Started lab. 8/30: Continued lab. 8/31: Teacher retreat, no classes.

September 3 - September 7
9/3: Labor Day, no classes. 9/4: Continued "Determination Chem Formula" lab. Tomorrow, finish the lab. 9/5: Finished lab and discussed postlab questions. Lab reports are due next Wednesday, 9/12, Tomorrow we are back into chapter 19. 9/6: Covered radiometric dating, fission, and fusion. Tomorrow, finish chapter 19 and start DVD "Fat Man, Little Boy." 9/7: Finished chapter 19 and assigned additional homework problems 19.57-19.75, odd. Started DVD. Continue DVD on Monday, as well as a quiz from chapter 19 homework.

September 10 - September 14
9/10: Chapter 19 homework quiz and then continued with DVD "Fat Man, Little Boy." Tomorrow, continue with DVD. 9/11: Continued with the DVD. 9/12: Reviewed the worksheet on "Fat Man, Little Boy" and lab quiz over "Determination of Chem Formula." Tomorrow, back into the DVD. 9/13: Continued with "Fat Man, Little Boy." Tomorrow, finish movie. 9/14: Finished "Fat Man, Little Boy." Monday begin chapter 4.

September 17 - September 21
9/17: Started chapter 4 by discussing stoichiometry, including limiting reactant. Assigned problems 4.25-4.51, odd for practice. Handed out prelab for lab on "Identity of an Unknown Compound," which will be reviewed on Wednesday to start on Thursday. Also, "Fat Man, Little Boy' worksheets due tomorrow. 9/18: Covered theoretical yield and percent yield and next discussed solution concentration (M) and dilution. Assigned problems 4.53-4.73, odd. 9/19: Discussed solution stoichiometry, electrolytes vs non-electrolytes, and strong and weak acids. Tomorrow, start lab "Identity of an Unknown Compound." 9/20: Started lab. 9/12: Continued lab, will finish on Monday.

September 24 - September 28
9/24: Finished lab. Tomorrow, back into chapter 4. 9/25: Chapter 4 homework quiz. From chapter 4, covered precipitation reactions and writing total and net ionic equations. Tomorrow, acid-base reactions and titration. 9/26: Discussed acid-base reactions and titrations. Assigned homework 4.75-4.93, odd. 9/27: Lab quiz for "Identity of Unknown Compound" and switched discussion to chapter 15, talking about definitions and characteristics of acids and bases including Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry. 9/28: Back in chapter 15, covering Bronsted-Lowry conjugate acid-base pairs, strengths of acids and bases, Ka and Kb, and autoionization of water, Kw. Also, presented a tentative schedule through the middle of October, including the three titration labs to begin around 10/8 and the next exam around 10/19 covering chapters 1-4, 15 and 16.

October 1 - October 5
10/1: Continued with chapter 15 by discussing Kw and calculating the hydronium ion concentration when given the hydroxide ion concentration and vice versa. Also discussed calculating pH and pOH and the pH of a strong acid or base. For a weak acid or base, introduced using an ICE table to determine the hydronium ion concentration before calculating the pH. Assigned problems 15.33-15.75 for homework. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 15. 10/2: Discussed determining the pH or pOH of a weak acid or base utilizing an ICE table. 10/3: Continued in chapter 15 by discussing pH of salts of strong/weak bases and strong/weak bases, using ICE table. Also, discussed the relationship between Kb and Ka, where Ka X Kb = Kw. Tomorrow, start chapter 16. 10/4: Started chapter 16 by discussing buffers and calculating the pH of buffer solutions. Handed out prelabs for the next three titration labs beginning Monday; "Standardization of NaOH," "Titration of Vinegar," and "Titration of an Unknown Diprotic Acid." 10/5: Discussed Henderson Hasselbalch equation for calculating the pH of a buffer solution, including how to determine the amount of acid/base to create a buffer of specific pH. Also, discussed titration curves and the lab for Monday concerning the standardization of NaOH solution. Monday, begin the "Standardization" lab.

October 8 - October 12
10/8: Started Standardization of NaOH lab. 10/9: Demonstrated titration of KHP. Tomorrow, continue titrations. 10/10: Titration labs. 10/11: Continued titration labs. 10/12: Continued titration labs.

October 15 - October 19
10/15: Continued with titration labs. "Standardization of NaOH" lab due on Friday, 10/19. 10/16: Continued titration labs. PSAT tests tomorrow. Labs continue on Thursday. 10/17: PSAT 10/18: Continued titration labs. Tomorrow, last day for titration labs. First lab is due. 10/19: Final day for titration labs in class. "Standardization of NaOH" lab is due today. Monday, back into chapter 4. Tentative schedule: Vinegar lab due 10/24, chapters 1-4, 15, 16, and 19 exam on 10/29, and Diprotic lab due 10/30 with lab quiz.

October 22 - October 26
10/22: Covered calculation for % by mass of acetic acid in vinegar and returned to chapter 4 to cover gas producing reactions and redox reactions. 10/23: Worked on Vinegar lab. 10/24: Worked on Vinegar lab report. Lab report due tomorrow. Also, review for Monday exam. 10/25: Reviewed for exam over chapters 4, 15, 16, and 19, scheduled for Monday. 10/26: No classes.

October 29 - November 2
10/29: Exam over chapters 4, 15, 16, and 19. Tomorrow start chapter 5 on Gas Laws. 10/30: Started chapter 5 by discussing properties of gases. 10/31: Continued chapter 5 by discussing Boyle's and Charles' laws. Diprotic lab and lab quiz tomorrow. 11/1: Lab quiz today; tomorrow hand back exam 2 for corrections and lab cleanup. 11/2: Handed back exam for corrections, due Monday. Discussed STP conditions and Ideal Gas Law.

November 5 - November 9
11/5: Continued discussion on the Ideal Gas equation, including discussion of molar volume, and density. Assigned problems 5.29-5.63, odd. Informed students that from now on, homework will be collected on the exam date and a grade given for completion. 11/6: Covered mixtures of gases and Dalton' Law of Partial Pressure, including collecting gases over water. 11/7: Finished chapter 5 by covering KMT, temperature and molecular velocities, mean free path, diffusion, and Graham's Law of Effusion. Assigned for homework, additional problems 5.65-5.95, odd. 11/8: Started chapter 6 on Thermochemistry by discussing the nature of energy and units. 11/9: Free study day in the library.

November 12 - November 16
11/12: Reviewed last exam corrections and allowed students time to do background internet research on finding appropriate chemical tests for unknown compound on a humidifier filter. Tomorrow, back into chapter 6. 11/13: In chapter 6, discussed forms of energy and energy transfer, system vs. surroundings, and the first law of thermodynamics. 11/14: Covered heat capacity and specific heat, including examples of calculations using the formula q = mS(delta)T. Handed out prelab for "Molar Mass of Volatile Liquid," lab starts Monday. 11/15: Covered w = -P(delta)V and bomb calorimetry, including solving several problems. Assigned for homework problems 6.33-6.53, odd. Tomorrow, work on prelab for Volatile Liquid lab and lab cleanup for open house on Sunday. 11/16: Reviewed prelab for Volatile Liquid lab beginning on Monday. Lab cleanup for open house on Sunday.

November 19 - November 23
11/19: Started "Volatile Liquid" lab. Finish lab tomorrow. 11/20: Finished "Volatile Liquid" lab and work on class project, i.e., analysis of humidifier filter contents. 11/21: Class project: humidifier filter contents. 11/22: Thanksgiving break. 11/23: Thanksgiving break.

November 26 - November 30
11/26: Started analysis of humidifier filter contents. Finish analysis tomorrow. Project report due next Monday, 12/3. 11/27: Finished project, tomorrow back into chapter 6 by discussing enthalpy. 11/28: Discussed enthalpy and its properties; introduced Hess' Law. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 6. Friday, "Volatile Liquid" lab is due and there will be a lab quiz. 11/29: Continued discussion of enthapy by covering standard conditions, heats of formation and their use in calculating enthalpies of reaction. Tomorrow, lab is due and there will be a lab quiz. Also will finish chapter 6. 11/29: Finished chapter 6 and lab quiz. Monday, project is due.

December 3 - December 7
12/3: Started chapter 17 on Thermodynamics, covering the concept of entropy. Also, assigned for homework problems 6.33-6.93, odd. Handed out prelab for Neutralization of Phosphoric Acid to start on Thursday. 12/4: Continued in chapter 17 by discussing delta S and the second law of thermodynamics. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 17 and discuss prelab for Thursday. 12/5: In chapter 17, introduced Gibb's Free Energy and its relationship to enthalpy and entropy. Tomorrow begin the "Neutralization" lab. 12/6: Started "Neutralization" lab. 12/7: Finished "Neutralization" lab and continued in chapter 17 covering standard entropies and calculation of entropy change in a chemical reaction using standard entropies. Assigned problems 17.27-17.77, odd for homework. Next exam covering chapters 5, 6 and 17 will be on Thursday, December 13. The "Neutralization" lab is due Friday, December 14 and there will be a lab quiz.

December 10 - December 14
12/10: Finished chapter 17 by discussing calculation of delta G using standard free energies of formation and the relationship of free energy and equilibrium. 12/11: Students worked on homework, prepared for Thursday's exam and studied for Friday's lab quiz. 12/12: Reviewed for exam over chapters 5, 6 and 17 tomorrow. 12/13: Exam covering chapters 5, 6, and 17. Tomorrow, "Heat of Neutralization" lab due and a lab quiz. 12/14: Lab quiz over "Neutralization" lab and handed back exam for corrections due the day students take their ACP Chem final.

December 17 - December 21
12/17: Review game for finals. 12/18: Review game for finals. 12/19: Final exam for period 1, exam corrections due. 12/20: Final exam for 7/8 period, exam corrections due. 12/21: No ACP Chem classes.

Spring Semester 2013
**January 7 - January 11** 1/7: Reviewed first semester final exam and introduced chapter 7 on Quantum Mechanics. Next exam will cover chapters 7-10. 1/8: Started chapter 7 by discussing historical background of quantum mechanics, including properties of waves. 1/9: Continued in chapter 7, discussing interference and the photoelectric effect. Assigned problems 7.37-7.47, odd for homework. 1/10: Started film on quantum mechanics from NOVA on PBS. Finish film tomorrow and move students into lab stations with new lab partners. 1/11: Finished film on quantum mechanics and moved new lab partners together to new lab stations. Monday, go over prelab/project and continue in chapter 7.

January 14 - January 18
1/14: In chapter 7, lectured over emission spectra, Rutherford's atomic model, Bohr's model of the atom and DeBroglie's wave equation. Assigned for homework, problems 7.49-7.57, odd. 1/15: Covered complementarity, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, energy of electrons, and quantum numbers and atomic orbitals. Tomorrow, period table project begins. Theme??? 1/16: Started Quantum Theory Challenge #1. Continue project tomorrow. 1/17: Quantum Theory Challenge project, tomorrow back into chapter 7. Project is due Tuesday, 1/22. 1/18: Finished chapter 7 and assigned remaining odd problems from the chapter as homework, 7.59-7.73. Quantum Challenge projects are due Tuesday, 1/22. Also on Tuesday, start chapter 8.

January 21 - January 25
1/21: MLK Day, no classes. 1/22: Snow day, no classes. 1/23: Start chapter 8, poster project due. 1/24: Back in chapter 8, discussing quantum numbers, shielding and penetration, as well as sublevel energy splitting in multielectron systems. 1/25: Continued discussion of electron configuration, including the exceptions to the Aufbau principle. Also discussed trends in atomic radius. Assigned additional homework problems, 8.43-8.89, odd.

January 28 - February 1
1/28: Covered trends in ionization energy and electron affinity. Tomorrow, finish chapter 8 by covering trends in metallic character, the halogens, alkali metals, and noble gases. Wednesday, start chapter 9 on bonding. 1/29: Finished chapter 8, discussing trends in metallic character, alkali metals, halogens, and noble gases. 1/30: Started chapter 9 on bonding, discussed Lewis theory and electron dot structure. 1/31: Continued discussion of bonding especially Born-Haber cycle and lattice energies and trends. 2/1: Covered prelab on "Determination of Concentration of Solution: Beer's Law" which will start next Tuesday, 2/5. Assigned for homework from chapter 9, 9.35-9.79, odd. Monday, back in chapter 9.

February 4 - February 8
2/4: Continued in chapter 9, covering Lewis explanation of covalent bonds, their properties and Lewis structures. Might start lab tomorrow using Beer's Law. 2/5: Continued with chapter 9 discussing Lewis structures, resonance structures, and formal charges. Lab start date rescheduled for Monday, 2/11. 2/6: Study period. 2/7: Study period. 2/8: Career Day.

February 11 - February 15
2/11: Started "Beer's Law" lab. 2/12: Finished lab. Tomorrow back into chapter 9. 2/13: In chapter 9, covered bond energies and calculation of enthalpies of reaction using bond energies. Also, discussed trends on bond energy and length. 2/14: Started chapter 10 covering molecular geometries and VSEPR Theory. 2/15: Continued in chapter 10, discussing orbital hybridization or Valence Bond Theory. "Beer's Law" lab due Tuesday, 2/19, and there will be a quiz.

February 18 - February 22
2/18: Presidents' Day, no classes. 2/19: "Beer's Law" lab due today, also, a lab quiz. Started "Molecular Geometry" lab, finish lab tomorrow. 2/20: Finished "Molecular Geometry" lab. Tomorrow, finish chapter 10. 2/21: Finished chapter 10, tomorrow review for exam on Monday. Monday, exam over chapters 7-10, homework form these chapters is due on Monday as well. 2/22: Reviewed for exam on Monday, which will be take home.

February 25 - March 1
2/25: Handed out chapters 7-10 take home exam, which is due Monday, March 4. Also, handed in homework problems from chapters 7-10. 2/26: Reviewed for IU final exams, "Molecular Geometry" lab due. 2/27: Started chapter 13 on Kinetics. Tomorrow is part 1 of the I.U. C125 Lab Final Exam. 2/28: Part 1 of the C125 Lab Final Exam. Part 2 on onday. 3/1: Junior retreat, remaining students worked on their take home exam for chapters 7-10.

March 4 - March 8
3/4: Part 2 of the C125 Lab Final Exam. Tomorrow, review for C105 Lecture portion of the final exam. 3/5: Reviewed for the C105 final exam on Monday, 3/11. Tomorrow, back into kinetics. 3/6: Kinetics, covering experimental determination of the order of a reaction. 3/7: Work on chapter 13 homework, prelab "Intermolecular Attractions," or study for Monday's C105 final exam. 3/8: Same as yesterday.

March 11 - March 15
3/11: C105 Final Exam, tomorrow back into chapter 13. 3/12: Discussed graphical methods for determining the rate law. 3/13: Discussed Arrhenius equation for determining activation energy using graphical methods or the two-point formula. Tomorrow, discuss intermolecular forces and the upcoming lab. 3/14: Discussed intermolecular forces using information from chapter 11 in preparation for tomorrow's lab. 3/15: Started "Intermolecular Forces" lab. Finish lab on Monday if necessary.

March 18 - March 22
3/18: Finished "Intermolecular Forces" lab, lab is due Friday, 3/22. Tomorrow start chapter 18, Electrochemistry. 3/19: Started chapter 18 on Electrochemistry, covered through balancing redox equations. Continue in chapter 18 tomorrow and discuss the "Kinetics" lab. 3/20: Discussed half cells and short hand for voltaic cells. Tomorrow "Kinetics" lab. 3/21: Started "Kinetics" lab. Finish lab tomorrow. 3/22: Finished Kinetics" lab. Monday, back into chapter 18.

March 25 - March 29
3/25: Covered half reaction cells and cell potential, and SHE electrode for measuring standard potentials. 3/26: Discussed calculation of standard cell potential, and relationship between standard cell potential, equilibrium constant, and Gibbs Free Energy. Tomorrow, finish discussion of chapter 18. 3/27: Finished coverage of chapter 18 by discussing effects of concentration on cell potential and the Nernst equation. Handed out take home exams for Kinetics and Electrochemistry, which are due April 11. Students can work on their exams tomorrow in class and on the Tuesday, April 9, after we return from spring break. 3/28: Worked on take home exam for Kinetics and Electrochemistry, which is due Thursday, April 11. 3/29: Good Friday, no classes.

April 8 - April 12
4/8: Last day of spring break, no classes. 4/9: Work on take home exam covering Kinetics and Electrochemistry. Tomorrow start Organic chemistry. 4/10: Started Organic chemistry by covering pp. 64-76 in chapter 3, "Saturated Hydrocarbons." 4/11: Watched DVD #4, Butanes, and worked examples of naming alkanes. Tomorrow, watch DVD #5, Carbon Rings. 4/12: Viewed DVD #5, Carbon rings, and worked on organic worksheet.

April 15 - April 19
4/15: Viewed DVD #6, Cycloalkanes, and worked examples from chapter 3 handout. First naming organic compounds quiz covering alkanes tomorrow. 4/16: Naming compounds quiz over alkanes. Finished chapter 3 handout by discussing cis, trans-isomerization of cycloalkanes. Tomorrow, view DVD#7, Addition Reactions. 4/17: Viewed DVD#7, Addition Reactions. Tomorrow, chapter 4, Alkenes. 4/18: Started chapter 4 on Alkenes, covered alkenes, alkynes and introduced aromatic compounds. Worked several examples from the worksheet. Continue chapter 4 tomorrow and Naming Organics quiz #2. 4/19: Naming Organic Compounds #2, handed out chapter 5 on Alcohols, etc., handed out chromatography prelab, and discussed aromatic and their nomenclature. Lab starts Tuesday, 4/23.

April 22 - April 26
4/22: Watched DVD #8, Alkenes and started chapter 5 on Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers. Tomorrow, lab on Chromatography. 4/23: Changed the schedule, today viewed DVD #9, Reaction Energy Diagrams and worked on naming aromatic compounds. Lab will be tomorrow. 4/24: "Chromotography" lab. Tomorrow, Naming Organic Compounds #3 and analyze chromatograms with UV light. 4/25: Practice Naming Organic Compounds quiz. No class tomorrow so Naming Organic Compounds #3 quiz will be Monday. 4/26: No classes, PD day and Auction preparation.

April 29 - May 3
4/29: Naming Organic Compounds #3 quiz. 4/30: Worked through chapter 5, discussing naming alcohols and ethers. 5/1: Viewed DVD #10, Carbocation. Chromatography lab due today. Tomorrow, finish chapter 5 and begin chapter 6 on Aldehydes and Ketones. 5/2: Finished chapter 5 by discussing thiols and how they are named. Started chapter 6 on Aldehydes and Ketones. Finish chapter 6 tomorrow and watch next DVD. Also, hand out Aspirin Synthesis prelab tomorrow. 5/3: Handed out prelabs for synthesis of aspirin and melting point and spectrophotometric determination of aspirin purity. Also, viewed DVD #11, Electrophilic Reactions I. Monday, Naming Organic Compounds #4, through chapter 5, Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, and Thiols.

May 6 - May 10
5/6: Reviewed naming alcohols, ethers, phenols and thiols. Naming Organic Compounds #4 tomorrow. Start chapter 7, Carboxylic acids. 5/7: Naming Organic Compounds #4 quiz, handed out chapter 7 on Carboxylic acids and reviewed take home exam covering Kinetics and Electrochemistry. 5/8: Viewed DVD #12, Halohydrin Formation Reactions and had a quiz covering the DVD's content. 5/9: Finished Chapter 7, Carboxylic Acids. 5/10: Viewed DVD #13, Electrophillic Reactions II and had a short quiz over DVD's content. Monday, start "Aspirin Synthesis" lab.

May 13 - May 17
5/13: Started "Aspirin" lab. 5/14: Continued "Aspirin" lab. 5/15: Worked on "Aspirin" lab and started chapter 8 on Amines and Amides. 5/16: Continued in chapter 8. The "Aspirin" lab will be expanded to include melting point determination following recrystallization and will be worth 100 points. Also, on Friday the Organic Take Home test will be handed out and will be worth 200 points. It will be due on the day of your final exam. Post lab for "Aspirin" lab will be due Thursday, May 23.

May 20 - May 24
5/20: Viewed DVD #14: Electrophilic Reactions III and took quiz. 5/21: Worked on finishing "Aspirin" lab and Organic take home test. 5/22: Worked on "Aspirin" lab and Organic take home test. Post Aspirin Lab Report due today. Organic take home test due Tuesday, May 28. 5/23: Last Organic Compounds Naming Quiz, worked on Organic take home. 5/24: Final exam for period 1 ACP Chemistry, "Smell" lab, determination of an unknown alcohol from the smell of it's ester.

May 27 - May 31
5/27: Memorial Day, no classes. 5/28: Final exam for period 7/8.