Week of Aug 31 to Sept 4, 2015

Welcome back!!!  Hard to believe that another summer has come and gone.  I look forward to this upcoming school year very much.

AP Chem (Per 1):   

Tuesday:   Return summer homework.  Intros.  "What do you remember...?"  activity.  Due Wednesday will be timeline and goals (and finishing handout???) as well as the following:

Go through AP exam periodic table and write down as many names of elements as possible without looking them up (this is the periodic table used on the AP exam.... no names on it). Then go through the fpolyatomic ions on the back side and match as many formulas and names as you can without looking up anything.  

Wednesday:    Naming elements and polyatomic ions are due;  completion of "what do you remember...." handout is due, as is timeline and goals.  Going over course description from Wiki.    There will be a test on Thursday from the summer work that will include the following topics:  properties and changes, atomic structure, ionic and molecular compounds (names, formulas and structures), conversion problems and some mole problems.  This will be one "open note" format using your summer assignment packet.

Thursday:  Test on basic skills/knowledge (see above).   Homework for Tuesday (after long weekend) is TBA.  

Chem (per 4,6):  

Tuesday:   introductions and general info.  Homework for Wednesday will be timeline and goals.

Wednesday:   timeline and goals are due.   "who is it"?   Hand out books.  Survey of interests from timeline.  Course description and preview of topics from Wiki.   Homework for Thurs:  Chemistry News.  Homework for Tuesday of next week will be:   Read/SSS from chapter one pages 7,8 and 22,23 and complete problems 49 thru 53 on page 34. (note that SSS forms are on Wiki, too).

Thursday:   News article/summary/vocab due.   Books and seats.  Pre-test of "basic knowledge".   Note that assignment from from Chapter One is due on Tuesday.  (see above)



Chem-Adv (per2,7):   

Tuesday:   Summer assignment is DUE.   Introductions and general info.  Homework for Wednesday will be timeline and goals.


Wednesday:   timeline and goals are due.   "who is it"?   Hand out books.  Survey of interests from timeline.  Course description and preview of topics from Wiki.   Homework for Thurs will be Chemistry News.  

Thursday:   Chem News is due.  Seats.  Pre-test of "basic knowledge".  Due Tuesday is .... TBA.