Week of November 30 to December 4, 2015

Already December?!!   Wow.   I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break.  Three weeks to bear down in school before our Christmas break.

As always, plans, assignments and due dates are subject to changes and/or adjustments.

AP Chem (per 1):

Monday:   Returning and going over chapter 11 test.  Assigning work packet for independent study of Chapter 12.  The packet will be due on Friday.  Due Tuesday will be pre-lab assignment on AP Lab for percent copper in brass.

Tuesday:  Pre-lab due.  Introductory activity on use of Spec 20 and analyzing various salt solutions. 

Wed block:  continuing lab.  Reacting brass with acid. 

Friday:  Chapter 12 packet due.  Finishing lab???


Chem-I (per 4, 7):

Monday:  Project update (scripts/storyboards due on Friday).  Assigning COW:  the Halogens, which is due next Monday.   Working on Assignment from Chapter 5 for Tuesday:   Read/SSS Section 5-1 and doing problems page 149 numbers 22 thru 29.

Tuesday:  Assignment from 5-1 and problems due (see above).  Starting coverage of Early Models of the Atom (Thomson, Rutherfod, Bohr).  Drawing Bohr models.   HW:  TBA.

Wed/Thurs Blocks:   Reviewing models, especially Bohr's model.   Going "beyond the basics" with Bohr (introducing Quantum concept).  Second half of block will be project work.  Reminder:  scripts and/or storyboards are due on Friday.   There will also be a quiz friday on Atomic Models. 

Friday:   Quick review.   Quiz.   Checking Scripts and/or storyboards.   Reminder:  COW due Monday on the Halogens.

Chem-I Adv (per 2, 7) 

Monday:  Assigning COW:  Halogens, due next Monday.  Finishing and scoring projects (hopefully getting them all done).   HW:  TBA

Tuesday:   Starting electron configurations.   Rules of filling.  Examples.  HW:  TBA (Pennies???)

Thursday Block:   Continuing with electron configurations and quantum numbers.    Penny Lab with questions.   HW for Friday:   worksheet and penny lab questions.  Probably a quiz on Friday on Electron configurations.

Friday:  Worksheet due.  Penny lab questions due.   Quiz on "stuff from this week".   Reminder:  COW due Monday on the Halogens.