ACP+Chem+Daily+Activity+2016-2017

=Fall Semester=

August 15 - 19
8/15: Student orientation. 8/16: Handed out textbooks and syllabus, discussed course, especially changes from Honors Chemistry. Tomorrow, begin procedure for writing lab reports. 8/17: Chose lab partners and discussed writing lab reports based on I.U. requirements. Also, assigned lab stations and handed out goggles. 8/18: Worked on inventory of glassware at each lab station. Also, handed out "Student Safety Contract" to be completed and returned by Monday, 8/22. 8/19: Discussed prelab for chromatography experiment to start next Tuesday, 8/23. On Monday, test over chapters 1-3.

August 22 - 26
8/22: Midterm extra credit exam over chapters 1-3. 8/23: Started lab on "Chromatography Of Food Dyes." 8/24: Continued with lab. 8/25: Continued with lab. 8/26: Finished lab. On Monday start chapter 19 on Nuclear Chemistry,

August 28 - September 2
8/29: Started chapter 19 on Nuclear Chemistry and covered through writing nuclear equations. Continue in chapter 19 tomorrow. 8/30: Worked on lab reports which are due tomorrow. 8/31: Discussed discovers of radioactivity and the characteristic pattern of radioactive decay. Also, what types of particles are emitted when decay occurs. Assigned for homework problems: 19.31, 19.35, 19.39, 19.41, 19.47, 19.51, 19.55, 19.63, 19.67, and 19.71. There will be a quiz over these homework problems next week. 9/1: Covered strong forces and N/Z ratios and predicting radioactive decay. Also, chromatography lab was due and there was a lab quiz. 9/2: Faculty retreat, no classes.

September 5 - 9
9/5: Labor Day, no classes. 9/6: In chapter 19, discussed even numbers and magic numbers for predicting the stability of nuclides. Also, introduced the kinetics of radioactive decay and the two formulas we will use for half-life and amount of a nuclide remaining after periods of decay. 9/7: Discussed fission and fusion. Friday will be the chapter 19 homework quiz. 9/8: Discussed artificial transmutation. 9/9: Discussed biological effects of radiation exposure. Also, chapter 19 homework test. Monday, start movie, "Fat Man, Little Boy."

September 12 - 16
9/12: Started movie "Fat Man, Little Boy." 9/13: Continued movie. 9/14: Movie. 9/15: Finished "Fat Man, Little Boy." 9/16: Discussed Oppenheimer's life.

September 19 - 26
9/19: Covered chapter 4 and assigned for homework problems 4.27, 4.33, 4.43, 4.51, 4.55, 4.65, 4.73, 4.75, 4.83, 4.87, and 4.93. 9/20: Discussed solution concentration and dilution. 9/21: Started discussion of acid/base chemistry and chapter 15. 9/22: Continued in chapter 15 by discussing Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases. 9/23: Mission Day, no classes.

September 26 - 30
9/26: In chapter 15, continued discussion of pH and pOH and presented how to calculate pH of strong acid or base as well as a weak acid using an ICE table. Homework problems from chapter 15 are: 15.35, 15.49, 15.55, 15.63, 15.67, 15.77, 15.89, 15.97, 15.103, and 15.121. The chapter 15 homework quiz is scheduled for next Wednesday, 10/5. 9/27: Discussed using an ICE table to determine the pH of weak bases, % ionization, and introduced salts and their affect on solution pH. 9/28: Discussed pH of various salt solutions and strength of both binary and oxyacids. 9/29: Started chapter 16 by discussing buffers, including computing the pH of a buffer using the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. 9/30: Presented a computational method for determining the pH of a buffer when either an acid or a base is added.

October 3 - 7
10/3: Junior retreat so the girls were gone today. Boys worked on chapter 15 homework. 10/4: Junior retreat so boys were gone today. Girls worked on chapter 15 homework problems. Chapter 15 homework quiz is tomorrow. 10/5: Chapter 15 homework test. Tomorrow, discuss titrations and hand out prelabs. 10/6: In chapter 16, discussed titration curves and handed out three prelabs involving titration. Also, discussed the standardization of NaOH prelab. Tomorrow, discuss the titration of vinegar lab and begin writing prelabs. Monday, begin the Stand. lab. 10/7: Discussed titration of vinegar lab and covered computations for first two labs.

October 10 - 14
10/10: Started "Standardization of NaOH" lab. 10/11: Demonstrated how to perform a titration using an indicator and monitoring pH with an electrode. 10/12: Standardization of NaOH lab. 10/13: Service Day, no classes. 10/14: Continued with lab.

October 17 - 21
10/17: Discussed prelab for "Titration of Unknown Diprotic Acid" lab and continued with other two titration labs. 10/18: Titration labs. 10/19: PSAT, no classes. 10/20: Titration labs. 10/21: Titration labs.

October 24 - 28
10/24: Titration labs. 10/25: Titration labs continue today. Also, titration lab reports are due 10/27 and the midterm exam has been scheduled for Friday, 11/4, covering chapters 4, 15, 16, and 19. 10/26: Finish titration labs, reports due tomorrow and lab quiz. 10/27: Titration lab quiz, then back to chapter 4 to finish gas evolution and redox reactions. 10/28: No classes.

October 31 - November 4
10/31: Returned to chapter 4 covering gas evolution reactions and introduced redox reactions. Midterm exam is Friday, 11/4. 11/1: Continued discussion of redox reactions by discussing oxidation numbers. 11/2: Discussed ion-electron method for balancing redox equations. Tomorrow, review for midterm. 11/3: Reviewed for midterm exam tomorrow. 11/4: Midterm exam covering chapters 4, 15, 16, and 19.

November 7 - 11
11/7: Started chapter 5 on gas laws by covering gas laws involving two variables. 11/8: Discussed ideal gas equation. 11/9: Introduced Dalton's Law of Partial pressures. 11/10: Reviewed midterm exam. 11/11: In chapter 5, discussed KMT and prelab for "Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid" lab.

November 14 - 18
11/14: Students worked on chapter 5 homework assignment: 5.33, 5.49, 5.61, 5.67, 5.81, 5.85, 5.91, and 5.95. 11/15: In chapter 5, covered root mean square speed and how to calculate it as well as diffusion and effusion, Graham's law. Tomorrow, finish chapter 5. 11/16: Finished chapter 5. Tomorrow, start "Volatile Liquid" lab. 11/17: "Volatile Liquid" lab. 11/18: "Volatile Liquid" lab. Chapter 5 homework quiz is scheduled for Monday, 11/28, and "Volatile Liquid" postlab is due Wednesday, 11/30.

November 21 - 25
11/21: "Volatile Liquid" lab. 11/22: Finish "Volatile Liquid" lab. 11/23: Thanksgiving, no classes. 11/24: Thanksgiving, no classes. 11/25: thanksgiving, no classes.

November 28 - December 2
11/28: Started chapter 6 on thermochemistry. 11/29: Discussed internal energy and heat and work. Also, presented specific heat capacity and heat transfer. Assigned problems 6. 11/30: Students worked on post-lab reports. 12/1: Students worked on post-lab reports. 12/2: "Volatile Liquid" lab report due and there was a lab quiz. Discussed enthalpy.

December 5 - 9
12/5: In chapter 6, discussed Hess' law and calculation of heats of reaction from standard enthalpies of formation. Tomorrow, begin chapter 17. 12/6: Started chapter 17 by introducing the concept on entropy. 12/7: Continued discussion on entropy by presenting the second law of thermodynamics and the concept of Gibb's Free Energy and how it is used to predict whether or not a process is spontaneous. 12/8: Discussed standard state conditions and 3rd law of thermodynamics. Also, covered how to calculate change in entropy and Gibb's Free Energy. 12/9: Finished chapter 17 by showing how to calculate standard Gibb's Free Energy from Energies of formation.

December 12 - 16
12/12: Started "Heat of Neutralization" lab. 12/13: Finished lab. 12/14: Started chemical storage room clean up. 12/15: Continued with clean up. 12/16: Finished lab clean up.

December 19 - 23
12/19: Snow day, no classes. 12/20: Final exams. 12/21: Final exams. 12/22: No classes. 12/23: No classes.

=Spring Semester 2016-2017=

January 2 - 6
1/2: Break, no classes. 1/3: Break, no classes. 1/4: Break, no classes. 1/5: Back after break, finished room clean up. 1/6: Introduced chapter 7 on Quantum Mechanics.

January 9 - 13
1/9: Continued in chapter 7 by discussing "Black Body Radiation" problem, the "Photoelectric Effect" and "Emission Spectra" as the experimental bases for the advent of quantum mechanics. Also, students chose new lab partners and were assigned new lab stations and drawers. 1/10: Discussed explanation of emission spectra by using Bohr model, De Broglie idead of electrons behaving like waves as illustrated by the two-slit experiment using electrons and Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle as a way of explaining with electrons behave differently when being observed vs. not. Tomorrow, quantum numbers. 1/11: Finished chapter 7 by discussing quantum numbers. Also, assigned problems 7.41, 7.55, 7.63, 7.71, 7.73, 7.95, and 7.103 for homework. Tomorrow, begin DVD series on quantum mechanics and cosmology. 1/12: Started DVD, "What is Space?"

January 16 - 20
1/16: MLK Day, no classes. 1/17: Finished DVD "What is Space" and start "The Illusion of Time." 1/18: Finished "The Illusion of Time" and start "Quantum Leap." 1/19: Finished "Quantum Leap" and started "Universe or Multiverse." 1/20: Finished "Universe or Multiverse."

January 23 - 27
1/23: Watched video on entanglement and Aspect's experiment supporting Bohr's position on behavior of atomic particles when measured vs. Einstein. Link can be found on ACP Chem Daily Activity 1/23/15. 1/24: Started video by Lawrence Krauss on "Life, the Universe, and Nothing: A Cosmic Mystery Story." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQL2qiPsHSQ&t=3838s 1/25: Finished Krauss video. Tomorrow, chapter 5 homework quiz and start periodic table lab. 1/26: Chapter 7 homework quiz. 1/27: Started periodic table lab.

January 30 - February 3
1/30: Continued with periodic table lab. 1/31: Handed out Cosmology Take Home Exam, due next Tuesday, 2/7. Also, continued working on periodic table lab. 2/1: Lab and take home. 2/2: Lab and take home. 2/3: Lab and take home.

February 6 - 10
2/6: Finished lab and continued to work on take home exam, which is due tomorrow. 2/7: Finished take home exam on Cosmology. Tomorrow, start chapter 9. 2/8: Started chapter 9 on Bonding by discussing reasons elements bond and types of bonds. 2/9: Continued with bonding. 2/10: Bonding.

February 13 - 17
2/13: Students worked on homework from chapter 9. Problems assigned were: 9.81, 9.87, 9.93, 9.99, 9.105, 9.109, 9.113, and 9.117. 2/14: Students worked on homework from chapter 9. 2/15: Students worked on homework from chapter 9. 2/16: Watched video covering how to draw Lewis structures, determine molecular geometries, determine formal charges, resonance structures,and polarity of molecules. 2/17: Same schedule as yesterday. From chapter 10, assigned problems 10.83, 10.87, 10.93, 10.99, and 10.109.

February 20 - 24
2/20: President's Day, no classes. 2/21: Finished video, tomorrow start Molecular Geometry prelab. 2/22: Watched video on Lewis structures of organic compounds and handed out " Molecular Geometry" prelab. Tomorrow, start the lab. 2/23: Started "Molecular Geometry" lab. 2/24: Finish lab and chapters 9 & 10 homework quiz. Post-lab due next Wednesday, 3/1. Monday, start Electrochemistry.

February 27 - March 3
2/27: Started chapter 18 on Electrochemistry by reviewing how to balance redox equations. 2/28: Started discussion of reduction potentials and how the potentials are measured for various substances using a SHE. 3/1: Discussed how to calculate standard cell potentials and relationships between standard free energy, standard cell potential, and equilibrium constant. Also, covered how to compute cell potentials for system concentrations which are not 1 M. 3/2: Continued with electrochemistry by discussing Nerst Equation. Tomorrow, take home for electrochemistry will be handed out. 3/3: Finished chapter and handed out Electrochemistry take home test which is due Monday, 3/10.

March 6 - 10
3/6: Stared chapter on kinetics by covering reaction rates, average and instantaneous rates. 3/7: Discussed factors affecting the speed of a reaction, as well as methods for measuring reaction rates. Started section on the rate law. 3/8: Continued discussion on rate law, including sample problems calculating the rate or the rate constant. Also, introduced experimental method for determining the rate law from initial reactant concentrations and initial rates. 3/9: Students worked on their electrochemistry take home exams. 3/10: Same as yesterday. I.U. final exam next week.

March 13 - 17
3/13: Discussed graphical methods for determining the rate law/order of reaction. Take home Electrochemistry exam due tomorrow. 3/14: Theology of the Body Conference for juniors and seniors, no class. 3/15: Discussed the Arrhenius equation and the affect of temperature on reaction rate. 3/16: Started the I.U. final exam. 3/17: Auction Friday, no classes.

March 20 - 24
3/20: Finished I.U. final exam. Tomorrow finish kinetics and hand out prelab and kinetics take home exam. 3/21: Handed out prelab for "Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide: lab and Kinetics take home exam. The prelab is due Monday, 3/27, and the exam is due Tuesday, 3/28. 3/22: Reviewed I.U. Final Exam and watched first organic chemistry DVD: "Butanes." 3/23: Viewed next DVD: "Carbon Rings," and handed out chapter 3, worksheet and information on resonance structures for organic molecules. 3/24: Viewed DVD: "Cycloalkanes" and started chapter 3 by review rules for naming alkanes. Monday, start kinetics lab.

March 27 - 31
3/27: Started "Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide" lab. 3/28: Continued with lab, finish tomorrow. Kinetics test due today. 3/29: Finished Kinetics lab. Post lab due Monday, 4/10. 3/30: In chapter 3 on Alkanes, practiced naming alkanes and compounds with cis, trans isomerization. 3/31: Finished chapter 3 by covering rules for naming alkyl halides and started chapter 4 on Alkenes by practicing using IUPAC naming rules.

April 3 - 7
Spring Break, no classes

April 10 - 17
4/10: Finished chapter 4 by reading about aromatic hydrocarbons and how they are named. 4/11: Watched next DVD #7 on "Addition Reactions" and handed out chapter 5 on alcohols and ethers. Tomorrow, first Organic Naming Compounds quiz covering chapters 3 & 4. 4/12: Naming organic compounds quiz over chapters 3 & 4. Started chapter 5 over alcohols, phenols, ethers and sulfur analogues. 4/13: Continued with chapter 5 after viewing DVD #8 on "Alkenes." Handed out prelab on Intermolecular Forces. 4/14: Good Friday, no classes.

April 17 - 21
4/17: Easter Monday, no classes. 4/18: Watched DVD #9 on "Reaction Energy Diagrams," and covered ethers in chapter 5. 4/19: Watched DVD #10 on "Carbocation," and finished chapter 5 by discussing thiols. Naming organic compounds quiz #2 tomorrow. 4/20: Naming organic compounds quiz #2 and handed out chapter 6 and prelab on "Intermolecular Forces." Also, introduced identifying and naming aldehydes and ketones. Tomorrow, students should work on their prelabs. 4/21: "Intermolecular Forces" prelab, which is due Monday, 4/24.

April 24 - 28
4/24: Started "Intermolecular Forces" lab. 4/25: Finished lab. tomorrow, chapter 6. 4/26: Watched video #11: Electrophilic Reactions I. 4/27: Watched video #12: Halohydrin Formation Reactions. Tomorrow, finish chapter 6 on Aldehydes and Ketones. 4/28: Watched video #13: Electrophilic Reactions II and finished chapter 6 on Aldehydes and Ketones. Next naming organic compounds is scheduled for next Tuesday, 5/2.

May 1 - 5
5/1: AP Chemistry exam today, no assignments. 5/2: Watched last DVD #14: Electrophilic Reactions III." 5/3: Chapter 7, carboxylic acids and their derivatives. 5/4: Chapter 7, naming rules for carboxylic acids. 5/5: Covered prelab for synthesis of aspirin.

May 8 - 12
5/8: Finished chapter 7 by covering how to name carboxylates, esters and anhydrides. Haned out two prelabs for synthesizing and analyzing Aspirin. 5/9: Started chapter 8 on amines and amides. 5/10: Chapter 8 amines. 5/11: Finished chapter 8 by discussing amides. 5/12: Final naming organic compounds quiz and demo for Aspirin lab starting Monday.

May 15 - 19
5/15: Aspirin lab: synthesis. 5/16: same. 5/17: same. 5/18: Discussed the analysis prelab by presenting how to do melting point and spectrophotometric analysis of SA contaminate of aspirin. 5/19: Aspirin lab.

May 22 - 26
5/22: Aspirin lab. 5/23: Aspirin lab. 5/24: Aspirin lab. 5/25: Aspirin lab. 5/26: Finish Aspirin lab and prelab for final exam.