Date

Agenda

Homework

Mon.

8/30/10

Tue.

8/31/10

Welcome to Chemistry!

--General Information:

   --Assign seats

   --Course Requirement Sheet: Class & Grading Policies and School supplies needed

   --Student Information Sheet

   --Assign books

   --Assign computer number 

     --Laptop agreement contract

   --Websites: assign username & password

                     www.geveronline.net

                     PHSchool website

                     Dr. Gever's Quia Page

--Lab Safety Performance; Lab safety contract

--Get Lab Safety Contract and Classroom Policies sheets signed. Hand these in tomorrow in class.

--Get a 1.5-inch notebook binder to be used only for Chemistry, and notebook paper

--Bring your calculator, notebook, and pencil/pen to class every day.

--Bring in old closed-toes shoes to leave in the lab

Print out Packet-Chapters 1-3, put today's date at the top of the page, hole punch it and put it in your binder. Keep all of your papers in your binder in order of date. Key for success in chemistry is to keep everything organized. I will be checking notebooks throughout the semester.

Wed.

9/1/10

--Hand in signed Course Info Sheet & Lab Safety Contract

--Do you have shoes? binder? calculator?

--Assign project: Element Poster assignment; poster due and presentations on Friday, Sept 3rd.

--PreChem Math Assessment & go over

--Assign lab stations

--How to light the Bunsen burner

--You light the Bunsen burner

--Start Candle lab: 10 observation unlit; 10 more with candle lit; wire mesh; beaker of water

--Do Chemical symbols WS using the Periodic Table (due Friday)

--Element posters due for presentation Friday

--Trouble getting MS Word Document (97-2003)? Try this PDF version: Packet-Chapters 1-3 (PDF) ***Right click and save it to your desktop, then open it.

Thurs.

9/2/10

--Warm-Up: Factor labeling problem

--Rounding Numbers on periodic table

--Intro to factor labeling

--WS 1-Factor labeling & moles -- side 1

--Moles and finding molar mass

--Molar mass beach ball

--Candle lab: Identify chemical vs. physical changes

1. Separation of a Mixture

2. Conservation of Mass

3. Searching for Regularity

--Element posters due for presentation tomorrow

--Do Chemical symbols WS for tomorrow

Fri.

9/3/10

--Element poster presentations

--Go over Chemical symbol WS & ways to remember element symbols

--WS 1-Factor labeling & moles -- side 2

--Finish candle lab report and hand in

--Discuss candle lab

  --qualitative vs. quantitative properties

  --chemical vs. physical changes

--Note: Quiz on Wednesday: Factor labeling & Scientific notation

--WS 1-Factor Labeling & Moles-KEY

--No homework. Have a great holiday weekend!

J  Weekend  J

Mon.

9/6/10

Labor Day -- NO SCHOOL

Tue.

9/7/10

--Intro to metric system

--Intro to scientific notation (see power point)

  --Scientific notation: convert standard numbers

  --Scientific notation: multiply & divide in scientific notation

  --WS 2-Scientific notation WS

--Warm-Up with Rocky

--Discuss candle lab analysis, write lab report and hand in

--Lab: Separation of a Mixture-Part I

--Quiz tomorrow

--Finish WS 1, side 2, problems 4, 5, and 6

--Finish WS 7, problems 5-8

--WS 3-Dimensional Analysis -- do the top part (finding the masses of one mole of each element), then do #2 and #3

--Do analysis for candle lab if you haven't already handed it in

Wed.

9/8/10

--Finish Lab: Separation of a Mixture-Part II calculations

Thurs.

9/9/10

Fri.

9/10/10

--Warm up: 2-step factor labeling problem

--Finish WS 3-Dimensional Analysis problems 1, 4 & 5

--Go over quiz

--Notes: chemical vs physical changes; accuracy vs. precision

--Separation of a Mixture Lab:  discussion (group results; accuracy & precision) & hand in

--Notes: Metric system and conversions:

   m, g, l, cm³

--Measurement class activity

--Print out:

  1.  WS Packet-Chapter 4 (PDF)

  2.  Chapter 4 PowerPoint handout

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Answer Keys -- use to check your answers:

WS 1, WS 2, WS 3, WS 4 and WS 7

J  Weekend  J

Mon.

9/13/10

Tue.

9/14/10

Wed.

9/15/10

Thurs.

9/16/10

Fri.

9/17/10

J  Weekend  J

Mon.

9/20/10

Tue.

9/21/10

Wed.

9/22/10

Thurs.

9/23/10

Fri.

9/24/10

J  Weekend  J

Mon.

9/27/10

Tue.

9/28/10

Wed.

9/29/10

9/30/10

Fri.

10/1/10