Honors+Chem+Daily+Activity+2013-2014

August 12 - August 16
8/12: Teacher orientation. 8/13: Student orientation. 8/14: Handed out syllabus and discussed use of textbook. Also, covered safety procedures. Tomorrow, begin discussion of writing a lab report. 8/15: Started discussion of writing a lab report. Finish tomorrow and start prelab for "Finding the Relationship" lab. 8/16: Finished discussion of lab write up and started prelab for "Find the Relationship" lab. Will start lab Monday. Also, handed out instructional manual for LoggerPro software.

August 19 - August 23
8/19: Reviewed procedure for using LoggerPro software and demonstrated examples from the prelab "Find the Relationship." Tomorrow, start the lab. 8/20: Started lab "Find the Relationship." Tomorrow, start chapter 1. Lab is due Tuesday, August 27. 8/21: Started chapter 1 by discussing structure of matter and the scientific method. Continue with chapter 1 tomorrow. 8/22: In chapter 1, discussed more about the scientific method and changes in state. Continue with chapter 1 tomorrow. 8/23: Covered states of matter based on composition, including pure substances and mixtures. Also, assigned problems 1.1-1.17, odd as homework.

August 26 - August 30
8/26: Continued in chapter 1 by covering physical and chemical changes and introduced the concept of energy. Tomorrow, lab "Find the Relationship" is due and there will be a lab quiz. 8/27: Lab report on "Find the Relationship" due today and there was a lab quiz. In chapter 1, finished lecture on energy and introduced units of measurement, assigned problems 1.19-1.27, odd for homework. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 1. 8/28: Continued in chapter by discussing units of measurement including units for length, mass, time temperature and volume. Extended the homework assignment for chapter 1 to include 1.29-1.33, odd. Tomorrow is a homework day. 8/29: Homework day. 8/30: Teacher retreat, no classes.

September 2 - September 6
9/2: Labor Day, no classes. 9/3: Discussed density and measurement. Tomorrow, significant figures, precision and accuracy. 9/4: Discussed sig. figs and how they are used in calculations in chemistry. Continue with chapter 1 tomorrow. 9/5: Discussed accuracy and precision and added problems 1.35-1.49, odd to the homework assignment. Tomorrow, cover calculations in chemistry and hand out "Mass and Change" prelab. 9/6: Introduced factor label/dimensional analysis as a methodology for solving problems in chemistry.

September 9 - September 13
9/9: Worked some unit conversion problems and assigned lab stations and drawers. Tomorrow, start lab "Mass and Change." Also, assigned problems 1.51-1.61, odd, as the last homework assignment for this chapter. Homework is due on the day of the chapter quiz. 9/10: Started lab "Mass and Change." 9/11: Continued with lab. Tomorrow, finish lab. Friday, we will review for chapter 1 quiz. The quiz will be on Monday, 9/16. 9/12: Discussed data analysis for "Mass and Change" lab which will be due next Wednesday, 9/17. Tomorrow, review of chapter 1 for quiz on Monday. 9/13: Reviewed for Chapter 1 quiz on Monday.

September 16 - September 20
9/16: Chapter 1 quiz. Tomorrow, start chapter 2. 9/17: Started chapter 2 by discussing the Laws of Definite and Multiple Proportions. Tomorrow, lab due and there is a lab quiz. Continue in chapter 2. 9/18: Handed in lab and took lab quiz. In chapter 2, discussed Dalton's Atomic Theory. 9/19: In chapter 2, covered J.J. Thomson's cathode ray tube experiment. 9/20: Handed back chapter 1 quizzes and discussed corrections, which are due on Tuesday. Also, handed out prelab for "% Sugar in Drinks," to start on Tuesday. From chapter 1, discussed Millikan's oil-drop experiment.

September 23 - September 27
9/23: ICF Day, no classes. 9/24: Disussed Rutherford's experiment involving gold foil and the elucidation of the structure of the atom. Also, his discovery of the proton and later in collaboration with Chatwick, the discovery of the neutron were presented. Tomorrow, start the lab on "% Sugar in Drinks." 9/25: Started lab. 9/26: Finish lab. Tomorrow, back in to chapter 2. 9/27: Discussed computations for the lab. Back into chapter 2 on Monday.

September 30 - October 4
9/30: Reviewed chapter 1 quiz corrections and in chapter 2 discussed isotopes, atomic mass and numbers of electrons, protons, and neutrons. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 2. 10/1: Discussed changes, ions, properties of metals and non metals and periodic law proposed by Mendeleev. Assigned problems 2.1-2.57, odd for homework. Tentatively scheduled chapter 2 quiz for next Monday, 10/7. 10/2: Labs due and there was a lab quiz. Continued in chapter 2 covering organization of periodic table. 10/3: Continued in chapter 2 after a WUD. Covered characteristics of groups 1, 2, 17 and 18, as well as predicting the charge of ions by their position in the periodic table. Tomorrow, finish chapter 2. 10/4: Finished chapter 4 by discussing calculating atomic mass, the mole concept, converting from moles to number of atoms using Avogadro's number, and from mass to moles to number of atoms. Quiz over chapter 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, Monday is review day.

October 7 - October 11
10/7: Reviewed for chapter 2 quiz tomorrow. 10/8: Chapter 2 quiz. Tomorrow, prelab for "Nuclear Pennies" lab and introduce chapter 3. 10/9: Covered prelab for "Nuclear Pennies" lab. 10/10: Introduced chapter 3 by discussing the difference between compounds and elements. 10/11: Continued in chapter 3 by discussing ionic and covalent bonds and molecular formulas. Monday start the "Nuclear Pennies" lab. Also, handed back chapter 2 quizzes, corrections due Monday.

October 14 - October 18
10/14: "Nuclear Pennies" lab. Chapter 2 quiz corrections due today. 10/15: Continued with "Nuclear Pennies" lab. Finish lab on Thursday. 10/16: PSAT, no classes. 10/17: Finished "Nuclear Pennies" lab. 10/18: Reviewed Chapter 2 quiz corrections.

October 21 - October 25
10/21: Discussed chemical formulas and how to write the formula for an ionic compound. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 3. 10/22: Introduced rules for naming ionic compounds. Continue with naming rules tomorrow. Also, lab reports for experiment "Nuclear Pennies" were due and there was a lab quiz. 10/23: Continued with naming ionic compounds. Chapter 3 homework assignment: 3.1-3.77, odd. 10/24: Covered naming ionic compounds and writing formulas from names, including hydrates. 10/25: No classes.

October 28 - November 1
10/28: Discussed how to name molecular compounds and acids. 10/29: Introduced formula weight and how to compute the molar mass of a compound. Also, demonstrated the computation of number of molecules/formula units from mass via moles using factor/label technique. 10/30: Discussed % composition and handed out practice sheet for naming compounds. 10/31: Presented technique for calculating the empirical formula from % composition. Tomorrow, first naming compounds quiz. 11/1: Naming compounds quiz, and assigned for homework from chapter 3 problems 3.1-3.79, odd.

November 4 - November 8
11/4: Students worked on chapter 3 homework assignment. 11/5: Discussed molecular formulas from empirical formulas and applied this concept to discover the molecular formulas from combustion analysis. 11/6: Demonstrated how the molecular formula can be derived from results of combustion analysis. 11/7: Finished chapter 3 by discussing organic compounds. Also, reviewed naming compounds and handed out practice sheet for balancing equations. Tomorrow, naming compounds quiz #2. 11/8: Naming compounds #2 quiz. Also, discussed pre-lab for the "Did Pete Cheat" lab.

November 11 - November 15
11/11: Students worked on prelabs and chapter 3 homework. 11/12: Reviewed for chapter 3 quiz tomorrow. 11/13: Chapter 3 quiz. Tomorrow, start lab "Did Pete Cheat?" 11/14: Started lab. 11/15: Finished "Did Pete Cheat" lab. Also, handed back Chapter 3 quiz; corrections are due on Monday.

November 18 - November 22
11/18: Discussed how the evaluate the chromatographs generated in the lab "Did Pete Cheat?" and started chapter 4 by presenting stoichiometry. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 4. Lab reports are due Thursday. 11/19: Discussed stoichiometric calculations and worked through a couple of examples. Assigned homework for chapter 4: 4.1-4.63, odd. Girls were on retreat. 11/20: Repeated yesterday's schedule, boys were on retreat. 11/21: Introduced concepts of limiting reactant, theoretical yield and percent yield. Lab reports were due today and there was no lab quiz. Tomorrow, back into chapter 4 and naming compounds quiz #3. 11/22: Naming compounds quiz #3. In chapter 4, covered definition of solution, solute and solvent and the units of concentration, Molarity.

November 25 - November 29
11/25: Discussed solutions and dilutions. 11/26: Discussed solution stoichiometry and performed some calculations illustrating the method for solving these type of problems. 11/27: Discussed the process on solids dissolving in solution and the characteristics of electrolytes and nonelectrolytes. 11/28: Thanksgiving break, no classes. 11/29: Thanksgiving break, no classes.

December 2 - December 6
12/2: Covered prelab for Alka Seltzer lab to start on Friday. Lectured over solubility and precipitation reactions. 12/3: Discussed acid/base neutralization reactions and titration stoichiometry. Tomorrow, gas evolution reactions. 12/4: Covered gas evolution reactions. Tomorrow, redox reactions. 12/5: Finished chapter 4 by discussing redox reactions. Tomorrow, Alka Seltzer lab. 12/6: Started Alka Seltzer lab.

December 9 - December 13
12/9: Finished Alka Seltzer lab. Tomorrow, start chapter 15. 12/10: Started chapter 15 by discussing characteristics of acids and bases. Also, discussed Arrhenius definition of acids/bases and problems this definition has. Introduced Bronsted-Lowry theory that an acid is a proton donor and the reaction a potential acid/base has with water. 12/11: Finished discussion of Bronsted-Lowry and demonstrated how to calculate pH from hydronium ion concentration using the calculator and how the determine concentration from pH. Assigned problems 15.23(H3O+ and pH only) and 15.25. Tomorrow, review for chapter 4 quiz. 12/12: Reviewed for chapters 4 and 15 quiz tomorrow. Also, changed the due date for the "Alka Seltzer" lab; now due on Monday, 12/16. 12/13: Chapters 4 and 15 quiz. Monday, begin reviewing for final exam. Also, "Alka Seltzer" lab is due.

December 16 - December 20
12/16: Started review game to prepare for the final exam. Also, "Alka Seltzer" lab reports were due today. Tomorrow, continue with review game. 12/17: Finished review game. 12/18: Final exams. 12/19: Final exams. 12/20: Final exams.

=Spring Semester 2014=

**January 6 - January 9** 1/6: Snow day, no classes. 1/7: Snow day, no classes. 1/8: Snow day, no classes. 1/9: Reviewed the final exam, tomorrow, back into chapter 15. 1/10: Continued in chapter 15 discussing Bronsted-Lowry acid/base chemistry.

January 13 - January 17
1/13: Continued chapter 15 discussing conjugate acid/base pairs. Tomorrow, pH and pOH. 1/14: Discussed how to calculate the pH of strong and weak acids. For weak acids, demonstrated the use of an ICE table to calculate the hydronium ion concentration and from that the pH. Assigned problems 15.1-15.21, odd for homework. Tomorrow, pH of weak bases, which will finish our coverage of chapter 15. Thursday, begin chapter 5 on Gases. 1/15: Presented the use of ICE table to solve for pH of weak bases. Assigned problems 15.47-15.55, odd as additional homework. Started chapter 5 on "Gases." 1/16: Continued in chapter 5, discussing properties of gases, the four variables that determine the behavior of gases, and the units of pressure. 1/17: Naming compounds quiz and prelab for "Exploring the Properties of Gases." Lab is scheduled for next Thursday.

January 20 - January 24
1/20: MLK Day, no classes. 1/21: Continued in chapter 5 by discussing Boyle's and Charles' Laws. 1/22: Discussed Avogadro's Law, the combined gas equation, and the ideal gas equation. Tomorrow, start lab on "Exploring the Properties of Gases." 1/23: Delayed start, so discussed lab setup, start tomorrow. 1/24: Snow day, no classes. Start lab on Monday.

January 27 - January 31
1/27: Snow day, no classes. 1/28: Snow day, no classes. Start lab tomorrow, unless we have another snow day. 1/29: Continued in chapter 5 by covering molar volume of a gas, ideal gas equation and density of a gas at STP. Assigned for homework problems 5.1-5.29, odd. Tomorrow starts gas laws lab. 1/30: Started gas laws lab. 1/31: Continued with gas laws lab.

February 3 - February 7
2/3: Back in chapter 5, discussing computation of molar mass from the ideal gas equation and introduced Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures. Assigned additional homework problems 5.31-5.39, odd. Also, chapters 15 and 5 quiz is tentatively schedule for Feb. 10. 2/4: Discussed Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure and how it applies to problems of gases collected over water. Additional homework from chapter 5: 5.41-5.49, odd. 2/5: Work on finishing gas laws lab. 2/6: Work on finishing gas laws lab. 2/7: Snow day, no classes.

February 10 - February 14
2/10: Finish Gas Laws lab. Gas Laws lab and quiz tomorrow. 2/11: Gas Laws lab quiz. Tomorrow, gas stoichiometry. 2/12: Mr. A spoke to class concerning science courses for next year. Tomorrow, finish chapter 5 by discussing KMT. 2/13: Finished chapter 5 by discussing KMT and deviations from ideal behavior under conditions of either high pressure or low temperature and how the ideal gas equation can be corrected using Van der Waals equation. Tomorrow, review for the chapters 5 & 15 quiz on Monday. 2/14: Reviewed for quiz on Monday.

February 17 - February 21
2/17: Chapter 5 quiz. Tomorrow begin chapter 6 on Thermochemistry. 2/18: Started chapter 6 on Thermochemistry by discussing the nature of energy and energy transfer. Continue with chapter 6 tomorrow. 2/19: In chapter 6, covered law of conservation of energy, concept of system vs. surroundings, and units of energy. 2/10: Discussed internal energy and the transfer of energy between system and surroundings via work and heat/thermal energy. Assigned for homework problems 6.1-6.11, odd. 2/21: Worked on homework while Mr. A talked with students about recommendation for science courses next year.

February 24 - February 28
2/24: Discussed energy transfer and heat capacity. Also discussed homework previously assigned. Tomorrow, specific heat and calorimetry. 2/25: Discussed specific heat and introduced the formula relating heat transfer to mass, specific heat and temperature change, q = mSdeltaT. Assigned for homework problems 6.13-6.21, odd. 2/26: Covered PV work and bomb calorimetry. 2/27: Discussed enthalpy of reaction. Assigned for homework problems 6.23-6.29, odd. 2/28: Chapter 5 quiz corrections were due today. In chapter 6, discussed calorimetric determination of enthalpy of reaction. Assigned for homework problems 6.31-6.51, odd.

March 3 - March 7
3/3: Introduced Hess' Law for calculating heat of reaction. Also, introduced concept of standard heats of formation. 3/4: Demonstrated using standard heats of formation to calculate standard enthalpies of reaction. Tomorrow, review for chapter 6 quiz on Thursday. 3/5: Reviewed for chapter 6 quiz. 3/7: Chapter 6 quiz. 3/8: Worked on "Enthalpy" prelab.

March 10 - March 14
3/10: Reviewed chapters 5 & 15 quiz and "Enthalpy" prelab. 3/11: Started chapter 7 on Quantum Mechanics by discussed what quantum mechanics is and the nature of light. Tomorrow, "Enthalpy" lab. 3/12: Started "Enthalpy" lab. 3/13: Finished "Enthalpy" lab. Quarter three quiz drop requests are due today. 3/14: Discussed relationship between frequency and wavelength as well as the electromagnetic spectrum. Chapter 6 quiz corrections are due Monday during class and the "Enthalpy" post-lab is due Wednesday.

March 17 - March 21
3/17: Covered Planck and Black Body Radiation problem and Einstein's explanation of the Photoelectric Effect. 3/18: Discussed Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect and introduced emission spectra. 3/19: Discussed inadequacy of Rutherford's nuclear model for explaining emission spectra and introduced the Bohr model to illustrate how emission spectra comes about. 3/20: Continued with Bohr's explanation and discussed DeBroglie's concept of particle behaving as waves. Presented his formula for calculating the wavelength of a moving particle and assigned students a project to calculate the wavelength of the wave generated if they were riding a bicycle for extra credit. 3/21: Students worked on homework from chapter 7, 7.1-7.25, odd.

March 24 - March 28
3/24: Discussed Schrodinger's equation and its solution, the quantum numbers. Covered the numbers n, l, ml, and ms. 3/25: Watched Brian Greene's video on quantum mechanics, link provided. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYil-x1wAtE 3/26: Continued in chapter 7, covering quantum numbers for electrons in individual atoms and added problems 7.25-7.33, odd, to homework assignment. 3/27:Finished Chapter 7 and reviewed for quiz on Monday.. 3/28: No classes, auction preview.

March 31 - April 4
3/31: Chapter 7 quiz. 4/1: Started chapter 8 by discussing the origins of the periodic table and electron configuration. 4/2: Continued with chapter 8 by discussing shielding, penetration, and effective nuclear charge. Handed out prelab for Forensics lab, "Drug Tests," which will start Monday, 4/14. 4/3: In chapter 8, discussed Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion Principle and Hund's Rule. Also, discussed electron configuration and its relationship to the structure of the periodic table. 4/4: Students outlined section 8.5 and 8.6 in their textbooks and turned in corrections for the Chapter 7 quiz. Next week is spring break.

April 14 - April 18
4/14: Demonstrated usage of probes for lab on "Drug Identification." Also, continued in chapter 8 discussing trends in effective nuclear charge and atomic radius. Tomorrow, begin lab. 4/15: Started "Drug Identification" lab. 4/16: Continued with lab. 4/17: Finished lab. Monday back into chapter 8. Post lab due Tuesday, 4/22. 4/18: Good Friday, no classes.

April 21 - April 25
4/21: Back in chapter 8, discussing trend in ionic radius. 4/22: Lab quiz and discussed trend in ionization energy. Assigned for homework problems 8.1-8.41, odd. 4/23: Finished chapter 8 by discussing trends in electron affinity and metallic character. Also, presented trends for specific groups, i.e., alkali metals, halogens and noble gases. Tomorrow review for chapter 8 quiz. Chapter 8 quiz will be on Monday, 4/28. 4/24: Reviewed for chapter 8 quiz. Tomorrow, students will complete chapter 8 homework and prepare for the quiz on Monday. Also, there will be a pre-lab to prepare. 4/25: Studied for Monday's chapter 8 quiz, finished chapter 8 homework, and prepared pre-lab for "Flame Test" lab.

April 28 - May 2
4/28: Chapter 8 quiz and homework due. 4/29: Performed "Flame Test" lab. Tomorrow, start chapter 9. 4/30: Introduced chapter 9 by discussing Lewis Theory and three types of bonds. Next Tuesday, "Flame Test" post-lab is due and there will be a lab quiz. 5/1: Continued in chapter 8 by discussing Lewis explanation of ionic bonds and formulas of ionic compounds. Assigned for homework problems 9.1-9.11, odd. 5/2: Discussed example of using Lewis theory to predict the formula of an ionic compound and ionic bond energetics, including lattice energy and predictions of lattice energy based of inter-ionic distance and ion charge. Monday, back into chapter 9.

May 5 - May 9
5/5: In chapter 9, covered covalent bonding and Lewis theory and presented concept of electronegativity and how it is used to determine the polarity of a bond. 5/6: Continued with bond polarity by discussing dipole moment, what is means, and units by which it is measured. Also, started discussion of how Lewis theory predicts the structure of molecules. Extended the homework assignment through 9.27, odd. 5/7: In chapter 9, reviewed formal charge, introduced the concept of resonance structure and how formal charge can be used to predict the most probably structure of the molecule. Extended homework assignment to 9.33, odd. Also, announced that chapters 9 and 10 would be combined for the next quiz. 5/8: Continued with chapter 9 by covering bond energies and using these values to estimate the enthalpies of reaction. Tomorrow, finish chapter 9 by discussing metallic bonds and start chapter 10. 5/9: Finished chapter 9 and started chapter 10, discussing metallic bonds, molecular geometry, VSRPR theory and the first three geometric forms for molecules. Added 9.35 and 9.37 to homework assignment from chapter 9.

May 12 - May 16
5/12: Continued in chapter 10 and handed out "Molecular Geometry" prelab, which will start Friday, 5/16. 5/13: Continued discussing molecular geometry and how to determine both bond and molecular polarity usning electronegativity values for atoms involved in the bond. 5/14: Started discussion on orbital hybridization (Valence Bond Theory). Assigned problems 10.1-10.37, odd for homework. 5/15: Finished chapter 10 by discussing sigma and pi bonds and how hybridization can be to explain types of bonds formed in molecules. Tomorrow, "Molecular Geometry" lab. 5/16: "Molecular Geometry" lab. Monday, review for chapters 9 and 10 quiz, which will be on Tuesday, 5/20

May 19 - May 23
5/19: Review for chapters 9 & 10 quiz tomorrow. 5/20: Chapters 9 & 10 quiz. 5/21: Lab drawer clean out. Tomorrow, final exam review game. 5/22: Started review game. Handed back chapters 9 & 10 quizzes, corrections are due Tuesday, 5/27. Tomorrow, study period. 5/23: Study period.

May 26 - May 30
5/26: Memorial Day, no classes. 5/27: Finish review game.