STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Aug. 23-27

Monday:  Taking the chemistry skills math assessment and starting to go over the topics; (How to do and use the topics.) Assignment: Read pages 2 to 9 by Tuesday  
Tuesday: Each hour will establish goals for the year.  Discussion of general chemistry and reading material.Working with significant numbers and  study sheets. Assignment: Read pages 10-24.  Four pages of the Chapter 1  worksheet.  Due Friday.  Read pages 29 to 39 for Wednesday..
Wednesday:  Working with taking measurements, (using rules and triple beam balance) precision and significant numbers.  Assign: Read Page 40 to 42.  Do Section review page 42, number 2, 3, 5.  Due Thursday.:
Thursday:  Working with the assigned worksheet topics   Assign: Finish the worksheet pages (chapter 1 and section 1 and 2 of chapter 2)
Friday: Going over the worksheets for chapter 1  Assign  Quiz chpt 1 on Tuesday  
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                           (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Monday:  Finish working with chpt 1.  Go over worksheets 2-1 and 2-2  Go over assignment page 42.  
Tuesday: Quiz - Chpt 1 Working with significant numbers, rounding and measurement.  What does it all mean  Hand out the Safety in the Chemistry Lab packet and form.  Assign: Read pages 43 to 49.  Do practice 1, 2  page 48 and practice 1 thru 4 page 50  ( Due tomorrow)  Bring back the signed lab safety form.
Wednesday:  Going over the assignment - Working with lab A-1 .
Thursday:  Going over significant numbers, rounding,  and conversion factors again and working with examples. Assign:  worksheet on today's topics - DUE Friday!
Friday:  Do you have your signed lab safety form in???   Working with lab A-2.       Assign: 3 "Read a Balance Sheet"; 2 "Reading Liquid Levels; and finish Lab A-2   DUE Tuesday!  
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                           (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Sept. 6-10

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Sept. 13-17

Monday:  Finish checking assignments from last week.  Working with tracking units in problems       Chapter 2 test  - Friday
Tuesday:   Quiz - Significance, units, operations, etc.  : Qualitative measurement -  Working with the Unit Conversion Worksheet - whiteboarding problems. Assign:  Problems 27 to 34  page 60.  Due tomorrow 
Wednesday:      Students are to check the homework. (whiteboarding problems)   Work with reading measurements from lab instruments, etc. Working with graphing  density.   Assign:  Problems 36 and 46  page 60   Due Tomorrow
Thursday: Finish the material for the test and work with student questions.
Friday: Test, Chpt 2  Assign:  Read page 65-69
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Sept. 20-24

Monday: Go over the test  Read page 70-77
Tuesday: Students will get into groups to white-board the reading assignment.  They will have ten minutes and then each group will make a presentation to the class.  Discussion of the topics will fill in any gaps.  Assign:  Worksheet:  3-1
Wednesday: Students will get into groups to white-board the reading assignment.  They will have ten minutes and then each group will make a presentation to the class. Assign:  Worksheet 3-2
Thursday: Students will work in small groups on the worksheet for part of the hour.  Discussion will follow on:  Structure of the atom (how was it found), period table structure (atomic number, symbols, etc.)  Intro magnetic spectrum and how it is used.  Assign:  Worksheet 3-2  and Problems 17 to 23 page 87
Friday: Practice Quiz  Demo of magnetic spectrum/spectroscope/atomic finger print   Atomic structure:  working with the nucleus and electron structure (labeling electrons in the atom.)  Assign:  Read
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Sept. 27-Oct. 1

Monday:  Working with the homework sets.  Assign:  Homework sets 3-5, 3-6, 3-7  Due Tuesday   Working toward a Wednesday test!  Students will be working with the concepts of moles, molar mass, atomic weight and associated problems.
      For help on mole/molar mass click here! 
      For an additional help site click here!
Tuesday:   Check the homework sets and problems.  Lab today:  Problem - How much metal shot will represent ONE MOLE?   What will be the volume and mass of the amount to represent ONE mole.  This lab will be written up in the lab notebook.
Wednesday: 
Thursday: Students will be white-boarding problems (simple mole/mass; mass/mole; atom/mole; mole/atom; atom/gram; gram/atom) Getting ready for the test
Friday:  TEST over chapter 3
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Oct. 4-8

Monday:  Student off
Tuesday:  Going over the test.  Intro the next topic - atomic structure  Assign: read pages 91 to 100.    Assign:  Read 97-100  
Wednewday:  Students will be making whiteboard presentations on historical labs that show information about election structure in the atom. Assign: Worksheet 4-1
Thursday: Lab: Wave Mechanical View of the Hydrogen Atom  The Lab is due Thursday. Assign:  Homework 4-1 & 4-2: Working with electron structure and related topics (Students will be working in  groups)
Friday:  Notebooks will be checked  today.  Going over the Lab  Working with electron structure    Assign: Read 101 to 104  Do Homework 4-3 and 4-4`
     For more instruction (HELP) on atomic structure and electrons click here!   
    For additional information click here!
    For another help site click here!

STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Oct. 11-15

Monday:  Working with electrons - Where's and why's of electron position in the atom.  Also start working with how to write electron configurations.  Assign: Read 105 to 113  Do Homework 4-5  Also write the electron configuration for the first 10 elements.
Tuesday:  Go over the homework  (whiteboard) selected elements  Assign:  Do Homework 4-6  Also write the electron configuration for elements 11 thru 30.
Wednesday:  Working with the above topics - whiteboarding   Assign:    Write the electron configuration for elements 31 thru 72..

                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Oct. 18-22

Monday:   Get all assignments in! Assign: Do Review 4-2, 4-3, Mixed   Due Tuesday.    Time to work on the assignments
Tuesday:  Go over the homework.  
Wednesday:  Finishing material and questions for the test  ALL LATE Work is due!!! 
Thursday:  Test - Chapter 4   Assign:   Read Pages 123 to 127  
Friday:  Going over the test.  (Students get their current grades.)  MOLE DAY   mole day activities
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

 Oct. 25-29

Monday:  Student will be working with a periodic table analogy model.   Groups of four will be trying to determine the periodicity of the elements presented, showing relationships of all characteristics and predicting any elements not found (two).  Groups will report on their findings and then return to the work groups. Assign:  Each group will have ten minutes Tuesday to finish their work and present the findings (IF there was not time today!).
 Tuesday:   Students will be working on groups on assigned topics.  Each group will be making a presentation to the class on their topics.  Each presentation will show the periodic trends and why these trends happen.  (Topics will be atomic radii, first ionization energy, electronegativity, , electron affinity, etc.)
Wednesday:   Parent/teacher conferences  (noon to 8:00 p.m.)
Thursday:  Parent/teacher conferences  (noon to 8:00 p.m.)
Friday:  No Class
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

 
  Nov. 1-5

Monday: Student groups working on presentations materials
Tuesday:   Testing Tuesday - Afternoon classes will work on above.
Wednesday:  Students give presentations on the above topics.   Topic: Atomic Radii  Assign:  Review 5-1  
Thursday:  Students give presentations on the above topics.   Topic: Ionization Energy, Ionic Radii
Friday: Students give presentations on the above topics Assign:  Review 5-2
Monday: Finish Student Presentation  Assign:  Review 5-3
Tuesday: Quiz over atomic radii, first ionization energy, electronegativity, ion radii , electron affinity   Assign:  Homework 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6

STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!
  Nov.  8-12

Monday: Revuew if the topics of the chapter  Assignment:  Students will work on the homework 5-7 to 5-10 and Mixed Review    State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Tuesday:  Finishing the above. Have all Homework done tomorrow.
Wednesday: Students will go over the assignment .   State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Thursday:  Reviewing for the Test   Assignment: test chapter 5 . State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Friday:  Test - Chapter 5 Assignment:  Review sheet 6-1 and read  pages 161-165
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.
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  Nov.  15-19

Monday:   Going over the test   Assignment: Homework sheets 6-1 and 6-2  Due Tuesday   Read to page 170.
Tuesday:  Finishing going over bonds - covalent, non polar-covalent, polar- covalent, ionic.  Working with the Octet rule and electron-dot notation,  and Lewis structure.   Assignment: Homework sheets 6-3 and 6-4   Due Wednesday   Read to page 173. Also can start working on Homework sheet 6-9 and 6-10
Wednesday:  working with the structure and polarity of compounds lab.  (catagories: Name of Molecule, Formula, Molecule Shape, Type of Molecule, Molecule Geometry, Molecule Polarity, Bond Polarity, Lewis Dot Structure, Structural Formula)  State Standards:  1-1-5, 1-1-6, 1-1-7, 2A-2-4, 2A-2-5, 2A-2-6, 2A-2-7, & Beyond   Read to page 183 - 193.
Thursday:  Working with above  
Friday:  Going over the lab material.
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure. Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

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  Nov.  22-26 

Monday: No Class  - Inservice
Tuesday:  No Class - Inservice
Wednesday:  No Class
Thursday:  No Class
Friday: No Class

Click on each topic for an interactive help site!          State Standards:  1-1-5, 1-1-6, 1-1-7, 2A-2-4, 2A-2-5, 2A-2-6, 2A-2-7, & Beyond

   Lewis Structures
   Covalent Compounds
   Ionic Compounds
    Electronegativity
   Drawing Lewis Structures
    Selection of Lewis Structures
    Resonance Structures
    Common Molecular Structures
    Predicting the Shapes of Molecules
    Molecular Shape and Polarity
    Valence Bond Theory
   Hybrid Orbits

Monday:  Quiz and Working with the molecular model lab 
Tuesday:  Finish working with the molecular model lab
Wednesday:  Going over the lab work - Bond polarization, Molecular polarization, Molecular Type, Hybridization, Lewis Dot Structure, etc. 
Thursday - Working on Homework and Review sheets  Assign:  Review 6-1, 6-5, and Homework 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-11, 6-12  READ the rest of the chapter
Friday - Working with covalent and ionic bonds  -  bond energies  Assign:  Review 6-4,  Review 6-5
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure. Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!

Monday:  Finish chapter material. 
Tuesday:  Reviewing for the test  Working with Mixed Review.
Wednesday:  Test over Chapter 6
Thursday:  Go over the test   Students will work on the handout "Write-A-Formula" State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Friday: Students will be working in groups with the handout "Write-A-Formula"  -  and building the models of each molecule and start working with polyatomic ions.  Assignment:  worksheet 1 page 1    State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond

STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Monday: Students will go over the assignment and starting the topic of  oxidation numbers.  Start working  with correcting formula Assignment: worksheet 2, page 2  State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Tuesday:  Finish the above.   State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Wednesday:  Quiz over oxidation numbers and correcting formula  Start working with worksheet #3 - binary compound nomenclature - page 3    State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Thursday: White-boarding the topics of oxidation numbers writing correct formulas and binary compounds and start working with page 4  Worksheet  3 (non-metals)  "There is a retake on Friday's Quiz.  (Come in before or after school)  State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Friday:    White-boarding examples of binary nomenclature  and working with page 5  Worksheet  3  State Standards: 2A-2-5, 2A-2-3 & Beyond
Click Her for a help site "Naming Chemical Compounds"
Click Here for a help site for "two non-metal binary compound nomenclature"
Click Here for a help site for "metal and non-metal compounds nomenclature"  This site includes polyatomic ions!

   Dec.  20-24

Monday:   Semester Test (This will be two hours long)  Hours 1, 3, 5
Tuesday: Semester Test (This will be two hours long)   Hours  2, 4, 6  End of the Semester

Thursday: Finish working with above. Quiz over Nomenclature    Worksheet 2 (all parts is due)   State Standards: Beyond 
Friday: Working with nomenclature  -  worksheet A8-15  Going back over all the nomenclature material and white-boarding examples      Intro to Acid nomenclature Assign worksheet A8-19  State Standards: Beyond
Click Here for another site for "Naming Chemical Compounds"Working with Acid nomenclature Assign worksheet A8-20 and A8-21  -  Due Friday State Standards: Beyond
On-Line Quiz I Click here
On-Line Quiz II Click here
On-Line Quiz III Click here
Look at the help sites listed this week and last week!!!
Tuesday: Working with any nomenclature problems - Students working in groups  State Standards: Beyond
Click Here for "Chemistry Tutorial Site" 
Wednesday: Acid nomenclature worksheets due. Quiz over Acid Nomenclature   State Standards: Beyond 


STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.












































 

Monday:   
Tuesday:   Intro the topic of finding percents in compounds.  State Standards: Beyond
Wednesday:  Assign: Problems 45 to 58, and 61 - page 186.  State Standards: Beyond
Answers: You must show all your work for credit. (45. 197.34 g/mol  46. 156.71 g/mol  47. 119.99g  48. 21.23% O; 78.77% Sn  49. 40.04% Ca; 12.00% C; 47.96% O  50. 13.35% Y; 41.23% Ba; 28.62% Cu; 16.81% O  51. NH₄Cl  52. Fe₃O₄  53.  P₂O₃ ;  P₂O₅  54.  54.56% CoCl₂  55.  54.73% Cr₂(SO₄)₃ 56.  14.48% change doe to water  57.  Fe₃O₄ yields more  58.  61. a. Al₂O₅ClH₅   b. 30.93% Al; 45.86% O; 20.32%Cl;  2.89%H)  State Standards: Beyond
Thursday:  Re-Test over all nomenclature
Friday:   Working with worksheet - chapter topics    Working on the lab problem: "How many water molecules are in CuSO₄^.XH₂O."  The lab procedure developed by the student to gather the data needed in the lab must be complete
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

  

Monday:  Lab   Working on the lab problem: "How many water molecules are in CuSO₄^.XH₂O."  The lab procedure developed by the student to gather the data needed in the lab must be complete and approved before starting.   State Standards: 1-1-1, 1-1-2, 1-1-3, 1-1-4, 1-1-5, 1-1-6, & Beyond
Tuesday:  Students are in the lab gathering the needed data.   

  

Monday:  Students will work on the lab write-up, finish any problems and the Review #5  State Standards: 1-1-1, 1-1-2, 1-1-3, 1-1-4, 1-1-5, 1-1-6, & Beyond
Tuesday:    Grading worksheet for chapter 5. State Standards: Beyond
Wednesday:  Finish grading worksheet for chapter 5.    Also given the lab problem:   "What is the empirical formula for magnesium oxide?"  The lab procedure developed by the student to gather the data needed in the lab must be complete and approved before starting.   State Standards: 1-1-1, 1-1-2, 1-1-3, 1-1-4, 1-1-5, 1-1-6, 1-1-7, & Beyond
Thursday:    Quiz over chapter 5 problems - empirical formula, % composition, etc.   Students will be finishing the lab write-up.
Friday:   Students are in the lab gathering the needed data.    State Standards: 1-1-1, 1-1-2, 1-1-3, 1-1-4, 1-1-5, 1-1-6, & Beyond

STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

  

Monday: Reviewing for the test and students will work on the lab write-up, finish any problems   State Standards: 1-1-1, 1-1-2, 1-1-3, 1-1-4, 1-1-5, 1-1-6, & Beyond
Tuesday: Test over chapter 5    Finish the lab write-up - Due Thursday
Wednesday:  Go over the test - Start working with structure of compounds and worksheet #6  Due next semester.  Assign: Read pages 189 to 202 and 212 to 215   State Standards: 1-1-1, 1-1-2, 1-1-3, 1-1-4, 1-1-5, 1-1-6, & Beyond
Thursday: 
STUDENT HELP SESSIONS:  Scheduled topic sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays
                            (7:15 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.)   Students can come and go at their leisure.

Students can schedule to come in anytime between 7:10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday!.

Dec. 16-20

Monday:  working with the properities of different materials verses their structure.  (Students will be finishing the Review #6)
Click on each topic for an interactive help site!          State Standards:  1-1-5, 1-1-6, 1-1-7, 2A-2-4, 2A-2-5, 2A-2-6, 2A-2-7, & Beyond
 
Wednesday: Review for semester test
Thursday: