Thursday November 8th

We met this morning and went over study techniques and previewed a sample test. I will hand out a sample test for those of you who want one. Remember the AP Exam is first week of May. That means you seniors still are in school! The lab today is testing the Rydberg equation with actual measurements. Some of you haven't turned in the last lab on Hess's law! Do so today! This lab, complete with calculations and conclusion, is due on Tuesday next week. (Psst! Check out the links to the right! Especially Chemmybear!)

Friday November 2nd

Sorry for the non-posting days. Homework due on Thursday was a choice of three red vcfrom the first three sections of Chapter 19 on the second law of thermodynamics. We'll cover this in a lecture on Friday, and the lab from last week will be due in carbon copy that morning - no morning meeting required. That means, however, that we meet on THURSDAY morning next week. Homework over the weekend? Yes. Read the beginning of chapter 6, up to page 231. The good news is its review for everyone. Grab a cup of coffee, curl up on a couch or at a coffee shop and STAY AWAKE while you take some notes. Choose any excercise in the first three sections of the review at the end of the chapter (up to #46). Good luck and remember this is where you can ask questions of each other since we aren't using webassign anymore.

Monday October 28th

All right! Lets talk grades and review the lab from last week shall we?? You all need to crank it up a notch or ten and get that darn homework finished. We take our quarter test in two weeks on Friday and we aren't slowing down a bit. Chapter 19 is coming up, but first, this week, Halloween!! Cool demos and fun for the family. This week we'll cover the second and third laws of thermodynamics, the measure of randomness in the universe! Really, it IS. There are also ways to predict if a reaction will be spontaneous or if it will need a little help. This week, we'll calculate some things from demonstrations - as of yet, no lab.

Tuesday October 23rd

Homework is to write up the Pre-Lab assignment. You can do this in your lab notebook or on a seperate sheet. Also, read the rest of Chapter 5, it will help you do the problems and be ready for the lab on Thursday.

Monday October 22nd

Homework: Begin Chapter 5
Questions 3,5, 18, and 25

Friday October 19th

Morning session will be all about the lab calculations, for both labs. Both labs are due Monday!! Afternoon session is going to be all about the problem sets from this week. This is called a recitation - where YOU ask questions about how to do the problems and I do my best to answer them. I will ask that each of you be ready to present one problem that you chose to do this week. Present as much of it as you can, even if you got stuck. See you at 7:15...I'll bring the snacks!

Tuesday October 16th

Today we'll actually FINISH the titration lab and the analysis is your homework. But that's not all! For the same price, you get to prep your lab book for Thursday's lab. This time, besides the "main points" include the "aim" of the lab. The "aim" should state what the point of the lab is, what we are trying to find out.