ACP+Chem+Daily+Activity+2010-2011

=Semester 1: 2010/2011= =August 16 - August 20= 8/16: Student orientation 8/17: Textbook assignments and reviewed syllabus 8/18: Lab reports, handed out practice lab #1 "Finding the Relationship" that will start tomorrow. Also, reminder--Test 1 on Friday. 8/19: Completed lab "Find the Realtionship." Tomorrow, Test 1. 8/20: Test 1.

=August 23- August 27= 8/23: Started chapter 3 on Mass Relationships, covered through molecular/molar mass. 8/24: Continued chapter 3 by discussing percent composition, empirical formulas, chemical equations and their balancing, and stoichiometry. Assigned problems 3.18, 3.22, 3.26, 3.30, 3.42, 3.48, 3.54, 3.68, and 3.70 for tomorrow. These problems will be presented in class using white boards. Also, lab "Findng the Relationship" is due Thursday. 8/25: WB presentation of homework problems. Tomorrow, finish chapter 3 and start chapter 4. 8/26: Finished chapter 3 on limiting reagent and % yield and started chapter 4, discussing solutions, electrolytes, and precipitation reactions. 8/27: Continued chapter 4 covering solubility table and acid/base definitions. Assigned homework problems 3.84, 3.86, 3.92, 3.94, 4.10, 4.20, 4.22, 4.24, 4.32, and 4.34 due Monday for WB presentation. Also, handed out next lab, "Identifying an Unknown Compound," prelab due Tuesday.

=August 30- September 3= 8/30: WB presentation of homework problems assigned last Friday. Prelab for lab #2 "Identifying an Unknown Compound" due tomorrow when we start the lab. 8/31: Assigned lab stations, signed lab safety agreement, and started lab "Identifying an Unknown Compound." 9/1: Continued with lab. 9/2: Finished lab "Identifying an Unknown Compound." Tomorrow, back into chapter 4 on chemical reactions. 9/3: Continued in chapter 4, covering redox reactions and oxidation numbers. Assigned homework problems 4.44-4.56 even for Tuesday WB. Lab on "Indentifying an Unknown Compound" due on Wednesday. Also, there will be a lab quiz Wednesday.

=September 6- September 10= 9/6: Labor day, no classes. 9/7: WB problems assigned, lab "Identifying an Unknown Compound" due tomorrow and there will be a lab quiz. 9/8: Lab quiz and cleanup in preparation for parent back to school night. Tomorrow, back into chapter 4. 9/9: Returned to chapter 4, covering molarity, dilutions, gravimetric analysis, and titration. Tomorrow, discuss pH, ICE tables for weaks acids and bases. 9/10: Started discussion on pH from chapter 15. Assigned for homework problems 4.60-4.66 even, 4.72, 4.78, 4.80, 4.86, 4.88, 15.16-15.26 even. For onday, WB homework problems assigned today and if there's time, discuss pH of strong acids/bases and of weak acids/bases using ICE tables.

=September 13- September 17= 9/13: WB presentation of homework assigned Friday. Tomorrow handouts for first two titration labs and discuss pH of acids/bases. 9/14: Handed out next two titration lab instructions and discussed standardization prelab. Also, covered pH computations for srong acids/bases and weak acids/bases using ICE tables. Tomorrow, demonstration of titration technique and make NaOH solution for titration labs. 9/15: Demonstrated how to titrate an acid using NaOH. Students made their NaOH solutions. Tomorrow, start the standardization lab. 9/16: Started lab #3 on standardizing NaOH solution by titrating KHP. 9/17: Continued lab #3.

=September 20- September 24= 9/20: Finished Lab #3. 9/21: Started Lab #4: Determination of the Amount of Acetic Acid in Vinegar. 9/22: Continued with Lab #4. WB results from titration of vinegar lab from two lab groups, illustrating the computations involved. Discussed Lab #5: Titration of an Unknown Diprotic Acid. 9/23: Continue with titration labs, i.e., finish Lab #4 and/or start lab #5. 9/24: Finish titration labs.

=September 27- October 1= 9/27: Lab cleanup and, if necessary, finish titration of diprotic acid lab. Tomorrow, discuss buffers. 9/28: Started chapter 16 by discussing acid/base equilibria and common ion effect. Also derived the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation and discussed buffers. Assigned problems 16.10-16.20 even. 9/29: Reviewed computations for the three titration labs in preparation for Friday's lab quiz. 9/30: Continued with chapter 16, discussed finding the pH of buffer solutions before and after adding an acid or base. Also, presented material on determining the equivalence point pH when titrating weak acid with strong base or weak base with strong acid. Tomorrow, three titration labs are due and lab quiz covering all three labs. 10/1: Quiz over three titration labs, which are due today. Also, assigned problems 16.24-16.32, even and problems 16.36 and 16.38. Monday, continue chapter 16 discussing solubility equilibria.

=October 4- October 8= 10/4: Discussed solubility equilibria from chapter 16 and reviewed homework problems assigned 9/26. Tomorrow, WB these homework problems. 10/5: WB problems 16.12-16.26 for in class presentation. Tomorrow, continue with solubility equilibria from chapter 16. 10/6: Covered acid/base indicators and solubility equilibria and assigned problems 16.46-16.54 even. Tomorrow, finish the chapter. 10/7: Finished chapter 16 by discussing the effects of a common ion and pH on solubility. Assigned additional homework problems 16.60-16.68 even. Start reviewing for test tomorrow. 10/8: Review for test covering chapters 1-4, 15 and 16.

=October 11- October 15= 10/11: Review for test. 10/12: Continued test review. 10/13: PSAT's tests. 10/14: Test covering chapters 1-4, 15 and 16. 10/15: End of the quarter popcorn party. Test corrections (60%) due Monday during class.

=October 18- October 22= 10/18: Collected test corrections. Started discussion of gas laws. Handed out lab instructions for gas laws lab. Pre-lab due Thursday. Tomorrow, continue with gas laws. 10/19: Discussed basic gas laws in connection with the lab on gas laws. Continue tomorrow and discuss combined gas and ideal gas equations. 10/20: Finished discussion of gas laws lab. Students worked on their prelab for tomorrow. 10/21: Gas Laws lab. Finish tomorrow. 10/22: Finish Gas Laws lab. Monday, ideal gas equation, gas stoichiometry, KMT, and deviations from ideal behavior.

=October 25- October 29= 10/25: Finished gas laws lab with experiment 3 (effect of temperature on volume of a gas) done as a group. 10/26: Gas stoichiometry and Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures and assigned homework problems 5.32-5.50, 5.52-5.60, and 5.64-5.70 even. These problems will be WB on Thursday. 10/27: Finish and work on lab report, as well as homework assignment. 10/28: WB problems from the homework assignment from chapter 5 on gas laws. Gas laws lab due Monday; there will be a lab quiz covering the experiments performed in the lab. 10/29: No school.

=November 1- November 5= 11/1: Reviewed KMT and lab quiz. 11/2: Discussed KMT explanation of the major gas laws, talked about root-mean-square speed of gas molecules relative to temperature and molar mass of the gas, and introduced diffusion. Tomorrow, deviations from ideal behavior by gases and finihs chapter 5, introduce chapter 6 on Thermochemistry. 11/3: Discussed deviations from ideal behavior and corrections using Van der Waals equation. Started chapter 6 on Thermochemistry discussing types of energy and systems. 11/4: In chapter 6, covered systems, state functions, internal energy, work and heat. Assigned problems 5.78, 5.80, 5.146, 6.16-6.20 even, 6.26, 6.28, and 6.34-6.38 even. 11/5: Work on homework assignment in class.

=November 8- November 12= 11/8: WB homework problems from last Thursday. 11/9: Chapter 6, discussed calorimetry and calculating q of a reaction. Lab hand out for pre-lab for determining the enthalpy of a chemical reaction. 11/10: Finished chapter 6 and started chapter 18, discussing spontaneous processes and entropy. Assigned problems 6.46-6.64 even as homework to do on Friday. 11/11: Started lab on Enthalpy of Chemical Reaction. Finish lab tomorrow. 11/12: Work on finishing lab and homework assignment.

=November 15- November 19= 11/15: WB homework assignment from 11/10. 11/16: Finished Enthalpy of Chemical Reqaction lab. 11/17: Back into chapter 18, covering entropy, standard entropy of reaction and entropy change. 11/18: Chapter 18, covering Gibb's Free Energy and spontaneous chemical/physical changes. Assigned homework problems 18.10, 18.12, 18.14, 18.18, and 18.20. Test over Chapters 5, 6, and 18 scheduled for next Wednesday, November 25. Also, lab on Enthalpy of Chemical Reaction due next Monday, November 22. There will be a lab quiz as well. 11/19: Finished chapter 18 discussing the relationship between Gibb's Free Energy and the equilibrium constant. Assigned additional homework problems 18.24-18.32 even.

=November 22- November 26= 11/22: WB homework assignment from chapter 18. Changed the lab/lab quiz date to next Monday. 11/23: Review chapters 5, 6, and 18 for quiz tomorrow. 11/24: Chapters 5, 6, and 18 test. 11/25: Thanksgiving break. 11/26: Thanksgiving break.

=November 29- December 3= 11/29: Handed back test over chapters 5, 6, and 18; corrections due tomorrow. Started discussion on quantum mechanics. 11/30: Started chapter 7 on Quantum Mechanics, discussed properties of waves, black-body problem, the photoelectric effects, and the 2-slit experiment using YouTube video from Dr. Quantum. Assigned problems 7.16, 7.18, 7.20, and 7.26-7.34 even for homework. 12/1: Homework problems. 12/2: Continued in chapter 7, covered emission spectra and Bohr model explanation as well as calculation of energy released when an electron moves to a lower energy state and how to calculate the wavelength of the photon of energy released. Assigned additional homework probelms 7.54-7.68 even.

=December 6- December 10= 12/6: Finished chapter 7 by discussing quantum numbers and writing a unique set of quantum numbers for each element and electron configurations. 12/7: Viewed video on Planck and Einstein and their explanations of the Black-Body problem, the Photoelectric Effect and the Heat Capacity Problem. Assigned problems 7.80-7.86 even, also handed out second reading from the book "Grand Design." 12/8: Handed back Chpater 5, 6, and 18 test with corrections and reviewed the test. Discussed second chapter from "Grand Design." 12/9: Watched 2-slit experiment and reviewed for test over quantum mechanics. 12/10: Test over Chapter 7: Quantum Mechanics.

=December 13- December 17= 12/13: No school, snow day 12/14: Handed back Chapter 7 test, corrections due day of final exam. Reviewed for final exam. 12/15: Finals 12/16: Finals 12/17: Finals

=December 20- December 31= Holiday break!!

=Semester 2: 2010/2011= =January 3- January 7= 1/3: Reviewed first semester final exam. 1/4: Started chapter 8, covering trends in effective nuclear charge and atomic and ionic radii. Assigned for homework problems 8.20-8.32 and 8.38-8.48, even. 1/5: Finished chapter 8 and started chapter 9 on "Bonding." Assigned problems 8.52-8.58, even, 8.62 and 8.64. 1/6: From chapter 9, discussed ionic, covalent and polar covalent bonds, and the concept of electronegativity and how it can be used to determine the polarity of bonds. Also, covered rules for drawing Lewis structures. 1/7: WB homework assignment from chapter 8. Assigned problems 9.16-9.20 even from chapter 9.

=January 10- January 14= 1/10: Covered formal charge and its use in deciding the best Lewis structure for a molecule. Also, presented resonance structures and exceptions to the octet rule from chapter 9. Assigned additional homework problems, 9.26, 9.36-9.40 even, 9.44-9.48 even, and 9.52-9.56 even. 1/11: Finished chapter 9 by discussing how to calculate heats of reaction using bond energies. Assigned problems 9.62-9.66 even, 9.70 and 9.72. Also, started chapter 10 on molecular geometry. 1/12: Presented how to determine the geometry of a molecule based on its Lewis structure. Also discussed how to determine the polarity of a molecule. Assigned problems 10.8-10.14 even and 10.20-10.24 even. 1/13: Discussed Valence Bond Theory and atomic orbital hybridization. Assigned problems 10.34-10.44 even.0 1/14: WB homework problems and handed out Molecular Geometry lab. Pre-lab is due Tuesday.

=January 17- January 21= 1/17: Martin Luther King Day, no classes. 1/18: Started lab on Molecular geometry, continue tomorrow. 1/19: Day 2 of the Geometry lab. 1/20: Final day for Geometry lab. 1/21: Started discussion of Molecular Orbital Theory and its explanation of the parametric property of molecular oxygen.

=January 24 - January 28= 1/24: Finished chapter 10, started chapter 11. Assigned problems 10.50 - 10.60, even and 10.66 and 10.68. 1/25: Worked on homework assignment and/or lab due tomorrow. 1/26: Discussed despersion forces and polarizability. In general, intermolecular despersion forces increase with molar mass of the compound. Also, Geometry Lab was due and there was a lab quiz. 1/27: Continue in chapter 11. Tomorrow, WB homework problems form chapter 10. 1/28: WB problems from chapter 10. Assigned problems 11.8-11.20, even; 11.32; and 11.38-11.44, even. Handed out pre'lab for "Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions" lab for Monday.

=January 31 - February 4= 1/31: Started lab on "Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions." 2/1: Day 2 of the lab. 2/2: Snow day, no classes. 2/3: Snow day, no classes. 2/4: Finished lab.

=February 7 - February 11= 2/7: Finished Chpater 11, covering evaporation, melting, sublimation, etc. Also, lab report due today. Extended homework from chapter 11 to include 11.48, 11.52-11.56e, 11.78-11.88e, 11.92, and 11.94. 2/8: Started Chapter 13 on Kinetics. Assigned problems 13.6; 13.8; and 13.16-13.22, even. 2/7: Work on problems from chapters 11 and 13. 2/9: Work on problems from chapters 11 and 13. 2/10: Work on problems from chapters 11 and 13.

=February 14 - February 18= 2/14: Continued chapter 13, covering rate law expression, and 1st order reactions. 2/15: Chapter 13, discussing half-life for 1st order reactions, 2nd and zero order reactions, and activation energy. Assigned additional problems in chapter 13: 13.28; 13.30; 13.38-13.42, even; 13.52 and 13.54. Homework will be due 2/25. Also, handed out pre-lab for "Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide" lab. Lab will start 2/24. 2/16: Career day. 2/17: I.U. take home exam. 2/18: I.U. take home exam.

=February 21 - February 25= 2/21: Work on take home exam, homework assignment, or pre-lab. 2/22: same as 2/21. 2/23: same as 2/21. 2/24: Finished Chapter 13, assigned additional problems 13.52 and 13.54. 2/25: Day 1 of lab over "Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide."

=February 28 - March 4= 2/28: Day 2 of the "Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide" lab. Homework problems from chapters 11 and 13 due today. 3/1: Day 3 (last day) of the "Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide" lab. 3/2: Started Electrochemistry, discussing redox reactions, reviewing oxidation numbers, balancing redox equations, and galvanic cells. 3/3: Discussed spontaneity of redox reactions. Assigned homework problems 19.2; 19.12-19.18, even; and 19.22-19.26, even. 3/4: Discussed the effect of concentration on cell emf and the Nernst equation. Assigned additional homewrok problems 19.30-19.34, even; and 19.38.

=March 7 - March 11= 3/7: Discussed batteries and fuel cells. 3/8: Finished chapter 19 by presenting corrosion and electrolysis. Final homework assignment for the chapter 19.46-19.60, even. 3/9: Take home exam covering kinetics and electrochemistry, due 3/16. Homework from chapter 19 will also be due that day. 3/10: Take home exam. 3/11: Take home exam; end of the 4th quarter.

=March 14 - March 18= 3/14: Start organic chemistry. Handed out Chapter 3, Saturated Hydrocarbons, and worksheet on naming and drawing the structures of organic compounds. 3/15: Viewed organic chemistry DVD entitled "Butanes." 3/16: Last day for in-class work on take home exam covering kinetics and electrochemistry. New due date for the exam is Monday, March 21. 3/17: Discussed alkanes, their and their names. Kinetics and electrochemistry exam is due Monday. 3/18: No class; ICF day.

=March 21 - March 25= 3/21: Kinetics and electrochemistry takehome exam due toady along with chapter 19 homework problems. Read future in chapter 3, Saturated Hydrocarbons, focusing on naming alkanes. Naming compounds quiz on Friday. 3/22: Viewed second organic chemistry DVD, entitled "Carbon Rings." Also, the first Organic Chem Naming Compounds quiz is this Friday. 3/23: Viewed next DVD entitled "Cycloalkanes" and handed out chapter 4, Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, and chapter 5, Alcohols, Phenols, Ethers, and Their Sulfur Analogues. 3/24: Finished chapter on Saturated Hydrocarbons. 3/25: Started chapter on Unsaturated Hydrocarbons. Naming organic compounds quiz #1.

=March 28 - April 1= 3/28: Viewed next DVD entitled "Addition Reactions." 3/29: Viewed the DVD entitles "Alkenes." Also, read portion of chapter covering alkynes and started section on aromatic hydrocarbons. 3/30: Finished chapter 4 handout by covering how to name aromatic hydrocarbons. Second organic naimg compounds quiz is Friday. 3/31: Resonance structures and formal chanrges in organic molecules. 4/1: Naming compounds quiz #2 for organic compounds.

=April 4 - April 8= Spring break, no classes.

=April 11 - April 15= 4/11: Started Chapter 5, "Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers," covering naming alcohols. Also, discussed lab "Synthesis of Aspirin." 4/12: Started "Synthesis of Aspirin" lab. 4/13: Day 2, "Synthesis of Aspirin." 4/14: Day 3, "Synthesis of Aspirin." 4/15: Day 4, "Alcohol Recrystallization of Aspirin."

=April 18 - April 22= 4/18: Naming Organic Compounds Quiz #3 and lab cleanup. Also, handed out chapter 6, Aldehydes and Ketones. 4/19: Covered Chapter 6, Aldehydes and Ketone. 4/20: Prepared capillary tubes with aspirin samples for melting point determination. 4/21: Determination of melting point of aspirin samples to test for purity. 4/22: Good Friday, no classes.

=April 25 - April 29= 4/25: Started chapter 7, "Carboxylic Acids, Esters, and Other Acid Derivatives." 4/26: Naming Organic Compounds quiz #4. 4/27: Finished melting point determination. 4/28: Covered spectrophotometric determination of salicylic acid via reaction with iron (III) nitrate and a method to test the purity of aspirin. 4/29: Spectrophotometric analysis.

=May 2 - May 6= 5/2: Analysis of aspirin lab. 5/3: Analysis of aspirin lab and naming compounds quiz. 5/4: Finished analysis of aspirin lab. Entire aspirin lab report is due Monday, May 9. 5/5: Started chpater 8 on "Amines and Amides." Also, worked on lab writeup. 5/6: Finished chapter 8 and worked on writeup for aspirin lab, which is due Monday, May 9

=May 9 - May 13= 5/9: Prepared for extension of aspirin lab by dissolving commerical aspirin in alcohol and water for treatment with iron (III) nitrate to analyze aspirin for salicylic acid spectrophotometrically. 5/10: Naming compounds quiz covering amines and amides. 5/11: Performed extension of aspirin lab by analyzing the salicylic acid content of commericaly available aspirin spectrophotometrically. 5/12: Analysis of data from aspirin lab extension, including statistical analysis of differences in SA content between each of the aspirin products. 5/13: No classes, field day.

=May 16 - May 20= 5/16: Handed out take-home Organic Chemistry exam, which will be due next Monday, May 23. 5/17: Day 2 of the Organic exam. 5/18: Day 3 of the Organic exam. 5/19: Day 4 of the Organic exam. 5/20: Day 5 of the Organic exam.

=May 23 - May 27= 5/23: Organic exam due. 5/24: Pre-lab for lab practical second semester final exam, i.e., Determination of an Unknown Alcohol by Smell of an Ester. 5/25: No ACP final exams scheduled. 5/26: Lab practical final exam for period 7/8. 5/27: Lab practical final exam for period 9.