Honors+Chem+Daily+Activity+2012-2013

August 13 - August 17
8/13: Teacher orientation. 8/14: Student orientation. 8/15: First day of classes, discussed syllabus and handed out textbooks. 8/16: Reviewed LoggerPro software instruction manual and handed out Laboratory Safety Contract for students and parents to sign. These are due next Monday, 8/20. 8/17: Reviewed this website and discussed procedure for writing lab reports. Also, handed out prelab for "Finding the Relationship," prelab due Monday.

August 20 - August 24
8/20: Started "Find the Relationship" lab. 8/21: Finished "Find the Relationship" lab. Lab is due next Monday, 8/27. Tomorrow, start chapter 1. 8/22: Started chapter 1 discussing particle model, observation, hypothesis, law and theory. Also, began describing properties of matter and related them to particle model. Continue with chapter 1 tomorrow. 8/23: Continued with chapter 1 by covering classification of matter using states and composition. Continue with chapter 1 tomorrow. 8/24: Covered concept of energy, both potential and kinetic, work, and SI units. Monday "Find the Relationship" lab is due and there will be a lab quiz.

August 27 - August 31
8/27: Discussed SI units and prefixes and conversion from Celcius to Kelvin. 8/28: Continued with chapter 1 by discussing measurement and sig. figs. Assigned problems 1.1-1.33, odd as homework. 8/29: Covered prelab for "Mass and Change" lab. Students worked on preparing their prelabs. 8/30: Assigned lab stations/drawers, demonstrated use of digital balance and how to ignite a bunsen burner, and started lab "Mass and Change." 8/31: Teacher retreat, no classes.

September 3 - September 7
9/3: Labor Day, no classes. 9/4: Started "Mass and Change" lab. Finish lab tomorrow. 9/5: Finished lab; lab reports are due next Wednesday, 9/12. Tomorrow, back into chapter 1. 9/6: Graphed and discussed lab results before continuing in chapter 1 where we talked about treatment of sig. figs. when performing mathematical functions. Tomorrow, finish chapter 1 and prepare for quiz on Monday. 9/7: Discussed Factor-Label procedure for problem solving in chemistry and reviewed for Monday's Chapter 1 quiz. Completed homework assignement for chapter 1 to include 1.35 - 1.61, odd.

September 10 - September 14
9/10: Chapter 1 quiz. Tomorrow start chapter 2. 9/11: Started chapter 2, covering Laws of Definite and Multiple Proportions. Tomorrow, lab "Mass and Change" is due and a lab quiz. 9/12: Lab quiz. Tomorrow, back into chapter 2. 9/13: In chapter 2, discussed experiments by J.J.Thomson and Millikan concerning the structure of the atom. 9/14: Discussed Thomson's Plum Pudding model of the atom and Rutherford's Gold-Foil experiment. Also discussed Chadwick's discovery of the neutron and atom number and atomic mass. Handed out prelab "Sugar Content in Beverages."

September 17 - September 21
9/17: Continued with chapter 2 by covering ions and their names and periodic law. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 2. 9/18: In chapter 2, discussed properties of metals, nonmetals and metaloids and the organization of the periodic table, including groups 1, 2, 17, 18 and their properties. Assigned problems 2.1-2.33, odd, as homework. Also, handed back chapter 1 quizzes; corrections are due Friday, 9/21. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 2 and discuss lab which will start Thursday. 9/19: Discussed ion charge and the periodic table, mass spectroscopy and calculating average atomic mass using relative abundance and isotope mass. Tomorrow begin lab on "Sugar Content in Beverages." 9/20: Started lab. 9/21: Finished lab and pooled classroom data for all students.

September 24 - September 28
9/24: Covered calculations of % sugar from the graph of density vs percent sugar and % error. Continued in chapter 2 discussing moles, Avogardo's number, atomic and molar mass. Lab "Sugar Content in Beverages" is due Thursday and there will be a lab quiz. Chapter 2 quiz is on Friday, 9/28. 9/25: Finished chapter 2 and assigned additional homework problems 2.35-2.57, odd. Tomorrow review for lab and chapter 2 quizzes. 9/26: Reviewed for lab and chapter quizzes. 9/27: Started chapter 3 and lab quiz. 9/28: Chapter 2 quiz.

October 1 - October 5
10/1: Continued in chapter 3, covering ionic and molecular compounds and how to name them. Tomorrow, cover prelab for "Nuclear Pennies." 10/2: Discussed how to name ionic compounds. 10/3: Discussed pattern for polyatomic, oxyanions names and charges. Practiced naming ionic compounds with polyatomic anions. Tomorrow, start "Nuclear Pennies" lab. 10/4: Started "Nuclear Pennies" Lab. 10/5: Finished "Nuclear Pennies" lab. Monday, back into chapter 3.

October 8 - October 12
10/8: Returned to chapter 3, covering naming hydrates, molecular compounds, and acids. 10/9: Continued with chapter 3, discussing formula mass and percent composition. Assigned problems 3.1-3.41, odd for homework. 10/10: In chapter 3, discussed using percent composition as conversion factor and the mole relationships between constituent elements and molecules. Also, presented how to use elemental analysis and percent composition to determine empirical formulas of compounds. Tomorrow, "Nuclear Pennies" lab is due and there will be a lab quiz. Also, on Friday, will be the first naming compounds quiz. 10/11: "Nuclear Pennies" lab due and there was a lab quiz. Also, there was a WUD over naming compounds and performed an additional problem on calculating empirical formula from experimental composition data. Tomorrow, first Naming Compounds quiz. Added problems 3.43-3.67 to the homework assignment for chapter 3. 10/12: First Naming Compounds quiz and reviewed chapter 2 quiz corrections. Monday, back in chapter 3 discussing combustion analysis and empirical formulas.

October 15 - October 19
10/15: In chapter 3, covered combustion analysis and empirical formulas. Chapter 3 quiz is tentatively scheduled for Monday, October 22. 10/16: IN chapter 3, discussed chemical reactions and equations. Worked on balancing equations. 10/17: PSAT 10/18: Finished chapter 3 by discussing organic molecules and assigned problems 3.69-3.79, odd as additional homework. Tomorrow, review for chapter quiz on Monday, 10/22. 10/19: Reviewed for chapter 3 quiz on Monday.

October 22 - October 26
10/22: Chapter 3 quiz. Handed out prelab for next experiment entitled "Did Pete Cheat?" 10/23: Worked on prelab. 10/24: Discussed "Did Pete Cheat" lab. Start lab tomorrow. 10/25: Lab "Did Pete Cheat." 10/26: No classes

October 29 - November 2
10/29: Handed back quiz over chapter 3 for corrections due Wednesday. Worked on "Did Pete Cheat" lab, which is due next Monday. There will also be a lab quiz. Tomorrow, start chapter 4. 10/30: Started chapter 4 by introducing the topic of stoichiometry. Continue with chapter 4 tomorrow. Also, chapter 3 quiz corrections due tomorrow. 10/31: In chapter 4, discussed limiting reactant and theoretical yield. Assigned problems 4.1-4.17, odd for homework. Continue with chapter 4 tomorrow. 11/1: Reviewed rules for naming compounds; tomorrow second naming compounds quiz. Continued with chapter 4 by discussing percent yield and introducing solutions/solution concentration, molarity or mol/L. Extended homework assignment to include 4.19-4.23, odd. 11/2: Discussed solutions and molarity.

November 5 - November 9
11/5: Covered quiz 3 corrections and covered problems in calculating solution concentration, as well as volume needed to have a specific number of moles reactant. 11/6: Discussed solution stoichiometry and worked some practice problems. 11/7: Continued chapter 4 by working more examples of problems from solution stoichiometry. Also, introduced concepts of electrolytes vs nonelectrolytes and strong vs weak electrolytes. Assigned problems 4.25-4.41, odd. Handed out the prelab for the next lab: Alka Seltzer Stoichiometry. 11/8: Started discussion about solubility of various solutes and solubility tables. Also, covered prelab for Alka Seltzer lab to start on Monday. Tomorrow, naming compounds quiz and students can work on their prelabs. 11/9: Free study day in the library. Naming compounds quiz is rescheduled for Monday.

November 12 - November 16
11/12: Naming Compounds quiz and covered solubility tables and precipitation reactions. Rescheduled Alka Seltzer lab for next Monday. 11/13: Discussed writing total and net ionic equations for precipitation reactions and introduced acid-base neutralization reactions. 11/14: Discussed titrations, equivalence point, indicators, and how to solve for unknown concentrations of acids or bases after titration using stoichiometry. Extended homework assignment to include 4.43-4.49, odd. 11/15: Finished chapter by discussing gas-evolving and redox reactions. Assigned remainder of chapter problems 4.51-4.63, odd. Tomorrow, review for chapter 4 quiz on Monday. 11/16: Reviewed for chapter 4 quiz on Monday.

November 19 - November 23
11/19: Chapter 4 quiz. Tomorrow, begin "Alka Selter" lab. 11/20: "Alka Seltzer" lab. 11/21: Finish "Alka Seltzer" lab. 11/22: Thanksgiving break. 11/23: Thanksgiving break.

November 26 - November 30
11/26: Finished "Alka Seltzer" lab. Tomorrow start chapter 5. 11/27: Started chapter 5 on Gases by discussing particle model, properties of gases and the first gas law, Boyle's Law. Continue with chapter 5 tomorrow. 11/28: In chapter 5, reviewed Boyle's Law and covered Charles' Law and Avogadro's Law, working several examples. Also, finished by demonstrating the combined gas equation which will reduce to any of the basic gas laws by removing variables held constant. Tomorrow, begin the Ideal Gas Equation. 11/28: Discussed the Ideal Gas Equation and practiced using the equation to solve both condition and gas problems. Tomorrow, "Alka Seltzer" lab is due, lab quiz, and continue in chapter 5. 11/29: Discussed molar volume and how it could be applied to the bicarbonate reaction in the Alka Seltzer lab for calculating the volume of CO2 generated at STP. Also, demonstrated how the Ideal Gas Equation could be used to determine the volume of CO2 generated if conditions were other than at STP. Lab quiz and reports on Alka Seltzer lab were due today. Monday, chapter 4 quiz corrections are due.

December 3 - December 7
12/3: Covered density and molar mass of gases from the Ideal Gas Equation. Also, handed out two prelabs, "Electrolytes vs Nonelectrolytes" and "Pressure vs Temperature Gas Laws" to start of Thursday. Assigned for homework problems 5.1-5.29, odd. 12/4: Discussed Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure and its application to solving gas problem in conjunction with the Ideal Gas equation. Continue with chapter 5 tomorrow and cover prelab for lab on Thursday. 12/5: Covered prelab for tomorrow's "Electrolyte" lab and from chapter 5, discussed pressure of gases collected over water and vapor pressure of water. Assigned the remaining problems 5.31-5.49, odd for homework. 12/6: Started "Electrolyte" lab. 12/7: Finished "Electrolyte" lab. Monday, back into chapter 5.

December 10 - December 14
12/10: Finished chapter 5 and reviewed chapter 4 quiz corrections. Tomorrow, begin "Gas Law" lab. 12/11: Started "Gas Laws" lab. Tomorrow, review for quiz on chapter 5. 12/12: Reviewed for chapter 5 quiz. 12/13: Chapter 5 quiz. Tomorrow, "Electrolytes" lab is due and there is a lab quiz. 12/14: "Electrolyte" lab due today; WUD substituted for lab quiz. Monday, review game for final exam.

December 17 - December 21
12/17: Review game for final exam. 12/18: Finished review game for final exam. Also, "Gas Law" lab due. 12/19: Final exam for period 3 and chapter 5 quiz corrections due. 12/20: Final exam for 5/6 period and chapter 5 quiz corrections due. 12/21: Final exam for period 9 and chapter 5 quiz corrections due.

January 7 - January 11
1/7: Reviewed final exam and introduced chapter 6 on thermochemistry. 1/8: Started chapter 6 on thermochemistry by discussing what energy is and in what forms it exists. 1/9: Discussed units of energy, the joule and calorie, and the first law of thermodynamics. On Friday will be the first naming compounds quiz of the semester. 1/10: Continued in chapter 6 by covering heat capacity ans specific heat. Also introduced computation of heat transferred using q= m S delta T. Assigned problems 6.1-6.21, odd as homework. Tomorrow, more students to lab stations with new lab partners, pass out prelab, and naming compounds quiz. 1/11: Moved new partners together into new lab stations, covered next prelab over thermochemistry, and a naming compounds quiz. Monday, back into chapter 6.

January 14 - January 18
1/14: Started thermochemistry lab. Continue lab tomorrow. 1/15: Continued thermochemistry lab. Tomorrow, finish lab and back into chapter 6. 1/16: Worked on the lab, then back into chapter 6, discussing constant volume calorimetry. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 6. Post lab is due Tuesday, 1/22, also there will be a lab quiz. 1/17: Discussed calculations necessary to complete the post lab "Heat Effects and Calorimetry" lab, due Tuesday, 1/22. There will also be a lab quiz. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 6 and naming compounds quiz # 2. 1/18: In chapter 6, covered enthalpy, exothermic and endothermic reactions, and units for enthalpy change, KJ/mol. Naming compounds quiz.

January 21 - January 25
1/21: Martin Luther King Day, no classes. 1/22: Snow day, no classes. 1/23: "Heat Effects and Calorimetry" lab due today, lab quiz. 1/24: Discussed Hess' Law and worked though examples demonstrating use of Hess' Law to calculate indirectly the enthalpy of reaction. Assigned additional homework problems, 6.23-6.41, odd. 1/25: Discussed standard conditions, heats of formation, and how to use the thermodynamic data table. Assigned as the final homework for this chapter, problems 6.43-6.51, odd. On Monday, naming compounds quiz and finish chapter 6.

January 28 - February 1
1/28: Reviewed lab quiz, naming compounds quiz, and finished chapter 6 using an example of calculating standard heat of reaction from heats of formation. Tomorrow, chapter 6 review. 1/29: Reviewed for chapter 6 quiz. 1/30: Chapter 6 quiz. 1/31: Worked on prelab "Using Freezing-Point Depression to Find Molecular Weight." 2/1: Handed back chapter 6 quiz for corrections due Monday, 2/4. Also, naming compounds quiz rescheduled for Monday. Discussed prelab, due Tuesday, 2/5.

February 4 - February 8
2/4: Naming compounds quiz and chapter 6 quiz corrections due. Started chapter 7 on Quantum Mechanics by discussing properties of light. 2/5: In chapter 7, discussed color and the electromagnetic spectrum. 2/6: Watched NOVA film, "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYuiV6fckg8 2/7: Finish movie, work on homework from chapter 7. 2/8: Career Day.

February 11 - February 15
2/11: Reviewed chapter 6 quiz corrections and the NOVA film. Tomorrow, back into chapter 7. 2/12" Watched a segment of the film "The Universe Season 7: Quantum Physics" concerning the 2 slit experiment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKLJ_mGnUDc Also, discussed the photoelectric effect and Einstein's explanation using Planck's equation. 2/13: Discussed emission spectra and Bohr's explanation. Tomorrow, start the "Freezing Point Depression" lab.  2/14: Started "Freezing Point" lab.  2/15: Naming compounds quiz #5 and finished "Freezing Point" lab. Tuesday, back into chapter 7.

February 18 - February 22
2/18: Presidents' Day, no classes. 2/19: Discussed quantum numbers. 2/20: Reviewed naming compound rules and went through examples and discussed quantum numbers. 2/21: Lab "Freezing Point" was due and there was a lab quiz. Reviewed for tomorrow's naming compounds quiz. 2/22: Naming compounds quiz.

February 25 March 1
2/25: Finished chapter 7, tomorrow start chapter 8. Assigned for homework, problems 7.1-7.33, odd, and 8.1-8.41, odd. 2/26: Reviewed naming oxyanions and forms of oxygen. Also, reviewed quantum numbers and discussed quantum numbers for transition elements and introduced chapter 8. 2/27: Started chapter 8 on Periodic Table. Continue with chapter 8 tomorrow. 2/28: In chapter 8, covered penetration and shielding and the splitting of energy levels. 3/1: Naming compounds quiz and discussed electron configuration. Monday, continue in chapter 8.

March 4 - March 8
3/4: Continued in chapter 8 covering electron configuration of ions and the octet rule for atoms to achieve noble gas electron configuration. Tomorrow, further in chapter 8. 3/5: In chapter 8, covered trend in atomic radius and electron configuration of ions derived from the transition metals. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 8. 3/6: Discussed trend in ionic radius. 3/7: Worked on chapter 8 homework and prelab "Household Acids and Bases." 3/8: Same as yesterday, and a Naming Compounds quiz.

March 11 - March 15
3/11: Continued in chapter 8 covering trend in ionization energy, electron affinity and metallic character. Also discussed trends specifically for alkali metals and the halogens. Tomorrow, finish chapter 8. 3/12: Finished chapter by discussing reactions of halogens with alkali metals and the noble gases. Chapter 8 homework problems are : 8.1-8.41, odd. 3/13: Demonstrated emission spectra to various gases. Tomorrow, demonstrate reactions between Na and K and water. Also, start formal review for chapters 7 & 8 quiz on Monday. 3/14: Demonstration of reactions between sodium and potassium with water. Also showed students, using an indicator, how the pH of the water changes to become basic (solution turned deep fucia) after reacting with the metals. Then I illustrated how the base could be neutralized with vinegar and the solution became clear again. Reviewed for Monday's quiz. 3/15: Naming compounds quiz number 9 for periods 3 and 5/6. Discussed concept of pH and how it is computed and measured in preparation for the lab on Tuesday. Monday is the chapters 7 & 8 quiz; last year's quizzes have been uploaded to this website.

March 18 - March 22
3/18: Quiz over chapters 7 & 8. Tomorrow, lab over "Household Acids and Bases." Tomorrow start lab "Household Acids and Bases." 3/19: Started lab, "Household Acids and Bases." Finish lab tomorrow. 3/20: Finished lab. Tomorrow start chapter 9. 3/21: Started chapter 9 on Bonding and Lewis Theory. Introduced Lewis electron dot structures based on valence electrons and the concepts of ionic and covalent bonds. 3/22: Worked on finishing lab reports for "Household Acids and Bases."

March 25 - March 29
3/25: Back into chapter 9 covering empirical formulas of ionic compounds using Lewis structures and Lattice Energy. 3/26: Discussed ionic bonds, comparing the properties of ionic compounds with those predicted by Lewis theory. 3/27: Introduced covalent bonds and discussed the properties of covalent molecules with those predicted by Lewis theory. 3/28: Covered polar covalent bonds, electronegativity, and dipole moments. Quiz over chapters 7 & 8 corrections due Tuesday, April 9. Curve for this quiz is 70%. 3/29: Good Friday, no classes.

April 8 - April 12
4/8: Extended spring break, no classes. 4/9: Discussed the rules for drawing Lewis structures and tried several examples. Tomorrow, further in chapter 9. 4/10: In chapter 9, discussed Lewis structures and using formal charges to determine the best Lewis structure. Assigned for homework problems 9.1-9.37, odd. Tomorrow, finish chapter 9 and start chapter 10. 4/11: Covered calculations of heats of reaction using bond energies. 4/15: Naming compounds quiz for periods 3 and 5/6 and worked on prelab "Flame test."

April 15 - April 19
4/15: Started chapter 10, start lab tomorrow. 4/16: "Flame Test" lab. Tomorrow, back into chapter 10. Post lab due next Tuesday, 4/23. There will also be a lab quiz. 4/17: Reviewed geometry groups and derivatives and worked to identify geometries of multiple central atom molecules. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 10. 4/18: Discussed the determination of polarity of molecules. Tomorrow, continue with chapter 10. 4/19: Discussed orbital hybridization and relationship to geometry groups.

April 22 - April 26
4/22: Reviewed chapters 7 & 8 quiz corrections and discussed bond types and their relationship to orbital hybridization. Tomorrow, "Flame Test" lab report due and lab quiz. Also, continue in chapter 10. 4/23: Post lab "Flame Test" due and lab quiz; continued in chapter 10 discussing hybridization involving sp and sp3d2 for linear and trigonal bipyramidal geometries. Also, handed out prelab for "Molecular Geometry" lab, which will start tomorrow. 4/24: "Molecular Geometry" lab. Tomorrow, finish chapter 10. 4/25: Finished chapter 10 by discussing sp3d and sp3d2 hybridization. Monday is review for chapters 9 & 10 quiz next Tuesday. Also, assigned problems 10.1-10.37, odd, for homework. 4/26: No classes, PD day and Auction preparation.

April 29 - May 3
4/29: Reviewed homework from chapters 9 & 10. Quiz rescheduled for Thursday, 5/2. Review day for quiz is tomorrow. 4/30: Review day for Thursday's chapters 9 & 10 quiz. 5/1: Molecular geometry lab due and lab quiz. Introduced chapter 14 on Equilibrium. Chapters 9 & 10 quiz tomorrow. 5/2: Chapters 9 & 10 quiz. Tomorrow, start chapter 14 on Equillibrium. 5/3: Chapters 9 & 10 quiz.

May 6 - May 10
5/6: In chapter 14, reviewed concept of equilibrium and how to write the equilibrium expression. Discussed relationships between equilibrium expressions and the equilibrium expression when concentrations are used versus when partial pressures are used in the case of gases. Tomorrow, continue in chapter 14. 5/7: Handed back chapters 9 & 10 quiz with quiz corrections due Friday, 5/12. In chapter 14 covered relationship between Kc and Kp and heterogeneous equilibria. Assigned for homework problems 14.1-14.23, odd. 5/8: In chapter 14, covered ICE tables and calculating equilibrium concentrations when initial concentrations and one equilibrium concentration are known. 5/9: Using ICE tables to determine equilibrium concentrations when initial concentrations and K value are known. 5/10: Reviewed method of successive approximation to solve ICE table values for equilibrium concentrations when when solution involves polynomials. Assigned additional homework problems, 14.25-14.39, odd.

May 13 - May 17
5/13: In chapter 14, covered LeChatelier's Principle. 5/14: Finished chapter 14 by discussing the effect of temperature change on exo- and endothermic reactions. Introduced chapter 20 on Organic chemistry by discussing properties of organic compounds and specifically the properties of carbon that make organic chemistry so special. Assigned for additional homework, problems 14.41-14.49, odd. 5/15: Finished review of Organic chemistry from chapter 20 by covering alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. 5/16: Reviewed for quiz over chapters 14 & 20 which will be tomorrow.

May 20 - May 24
5/20: Forensics lab. Post-lab report due on final exam day. 5/21: Review game for final exam. 5/22: Review for final exam. 5/23: Finish review game for final exam. 5/24: Start of final exams; none scheduled for honors chemistry.

May 27 - May 31
5/27: Final exam for periods 3 and 5/6. Forensics post-lab report for these periods is due. 5/28: Final exam for period 9. Forensics post-lab report for period 9 is due.