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Week 17

Thursday, 5/28

• Today we'll wrap up the notes from this week! 

TUESday, 5/26 

• Today we talked about condensation reactions.  We focused mainly on the production of amides to link amino acids together.  

• You will want to be able to use (but do not need to memorize!) the table of alpha-amino acids.

MONDAY, 6/2

• This week we will be discussing reactions mostly related to ethene. There is a variety of reactions that will make use of the alkene bond but they all follow a pretty similar pattern.

• Homework is the Reactions of Alkenes WS

Week 16

Thursday, 5/28

• In this unit we'll have three quizzes...the first will be today.  Your grade will be determined by the best two out of three of these quizzes.  

• We've talked a bit about isomers as we have seen that when you are limited to a small number of elements, we can still make a huge variety of compounds...many with the same formulas.  There are a bunch of different ways that we can see isomerization in Organic Chemistry and we'll look at many of  them today.

TUESday, 5/26 

• We'll wrap up our Functional Group Mini-Project Presentations today and will spend a bit of time practicing what we have learned.  

• If you need a bit of help with the functional groups, here is a summary of their notes.

• Homework is Guide to Organic Functional Groups and to work on recognizing your functional groups.

Week 15

Thursday, 5/22

• Today we'll give the presentations the Functional Group Mini-Project

TUESday, 5/20 

• Today we will wrap up naming branched alkanes, work on alkenes and alkynes and then wrap it all up with a group project.

  • Funtional Group Mini-Project

    1. What makes this group special?

    2. Example molecules and names

    3. Memory trick for remembering your functional group

    4. Two practice problems for the class to try that include your new functional group

    5. Two practice problems for the class to try that are review of what we have already covered in the organic unit

       • If you have ester/ether, amide/amine, or aldehyde/ketone, make sure you help us tell them apart!

Monday, 5/19

• Today we'll start in on our final unit of the year: Organic Chemistry.  The introduction to O Chem mainly learning a new naming system at first.  We'll start in today learning the basis of the organic nomenclature system.  

• Your homework tonight is to set yourself up with some flashcards to help you remember the numbering prefixes.

Weeks 13-14

5/5-5/16 -- AP TEsting Weeks

• We made it!  AP Test is 5/6 at 8am in the library.  Make sure you check the email that you got that lays out when to arrive and what to bring/not to bring.

• The day before the test, we'll do one last MC practice and review during class time.  

• We won't do any new content during most of the testing weeks.  We'll start into our last unit on Organic Chemistry the week after AP Testing is all wrapped up.

Week 12

4/28-5/2 -- Review Week 5

• This week will continue on AP Test Review. We'll start off class each day with a bit of something to think about or review together and then will have time to do a bit of work on your own or with a small group most days.

  • This week you will need to turn in 15 review problems from old AP Tests. (DUE FRIDAY) -- If you are aiming for a score of 5 on the AP Test, I would recommend aiming for more like 20 problems each week.

    • • This week I recommend focusing on topics that could use a bit more focus for you.

      • Feel free to use materials beyond just the review book that I have provided.

      • 15 MC problems (you can find old tests online...use 2013 and on) = 1 FRQ

      • Assignments DUE at the end of the week:

        • Review Week 5  (15 problems of your choosing)

  • AP TEST IS ON TUESDAY NEXT WEEK!  Do some chem practice each day this week but take off either Saturday or Sunday!  Next week on Monday, I won't plan anything specific for class time so you can ask any last questions you have. 

Week 11

4/21-4/25 -- Review Week 4

• This week will continue on AP Test Review. We'll start off class each day with a bit of something to think about or review together and then will have time to do a bit of work on your own or with a small group most days.

  • This week you will need to turn in 15 review problems from old AP Tests. (DUE FRIDAY) -- If you are aiming for a score of 5 on the AP Test, I would recommend aiming for more like 20 problems each week.

  • This week I recommend focusing on Acids and Bases, Lab Procedure, and start focusing on topics that could use a bit more focus for you.

  • Feel free to use materials beyond just the review book that I have provided.

  • 15 MC problems (you can find old tests online...use 2013 and on) = 1 FRQ

  • Assignments DUE at the end of the week:

    • Review Week 4 (15 problems of your choosing)

Week 10

4/14-4/18 -- Review Week 3

• Continue your lab work!  This week we'll wrap up the Determination of the Equilibrium Constant for Iron Thiocyanate Lab. 

• This week you will need to turn in 15 review problems from old AP Tests. (DUE FRIDAY) -- If you are aiming for a score of 5 on the AP Test, I would recommend aiming for more like 20 problems each week.

  • • • This week I recommend focusing on Solutions, Thermo, Stoich, Redox

      • Feel free to use materials beyond just the review book that I have provided.

      • 15 MC problems (you can find old tests online...use 2013 and on) = 1 FRQ

      • Assignments DUE at the end of the week:

        • Review Week 3 (15 problems of your choosing)

Week 9

4/7-4/11 -- Review Week 2

• This week will continue on AP Test Review. We'll start off class each day with a bit of something to think about or review together and then will have time to do a bit of work on your own or with a small group most days.

• We'll also review using some lab work!  This week we'll dig back into equilibrium and solutions using the Determination of the Equilibrium Constant for Iron Thiocyanate Lab. 

• This week you will need to turn in 15 review problems from old AP Tests. (DUE FRIDAY) -- If you are aiming for a score of 5 on the AP Test, I would recommend aiming for more like 20 problems each week.

  • This week I recommend focusing on Multiple Choice, Equations, Equilibrium and Bonding.

  • Feel free to use materials beyond just the review book that I have provided.

  • 15 MC problems (you can find old tests online...use 2013 and on) = 1 FRQ

  • Assignments DUE at the end of the week:

    • Review Week 2 (15 problems of your choosing)

Week 8

3/31-4/4 -- Review Week 1

• This week will be devoted to getting started on AP Test Review. We'll start off class each day with a bit of something to think about or review together and then will have time to do a bit of work on your own or with a small group most days.

• Each week you will need to turn in 10-15 review problems from old AP Tests. (DUE FRIDAY) -- If you are aiming for a score of 5 on the AP Test, I would recommend aiming for more like 20 problems each week.  

  • • This week, since we are doing practice tests in class, the assignment is 10 review problems.

  • This week I recommend focusing on Gases, Kinetics, Atomic Theory, and Periodicity.

  • Feel free to use materials beyond just the review book that I have provided.

  • 15 MC problems (you can find old tests online...use 2013 and on) = 1 FRQ

  • Assignments DUE at the end of the week:

    • Review Week 1 (10 problems of your choosing)

Week 7

Thursday, 3/13

• Electrochemistry Unit Test

TUESday, 3/11 

• Today we'll wrap up any notes that need to be taken care of and then you'll have a bit of time to work on some practice questions.

• If we get those things all finished up, we'll do a small electroplating activity and we'll have a bit of time to work on the AP Practice problems

Monday, 3/17

• Today we'll take a look at an electrolytic cell with the Three Representations--Nonspontaneous Reactions Lab. 

• Homework for the week is to prepare for the test.  Wrap up your AP Practice and MC work.  I also recommend going back into the book problems and picking out five problems that you choose to help you polish topics that feel like they could use a bit of more work to really get them under your control.  

Week 6

Thursday, 3/13

• You'll have some time today to dig into the AP Practice.

TUESday, 3/11 

• Today we will wrap up our look at corrosion and start to dig into electrolytic cells.

• Homework is from the book: Read 20.5-9 do exercises 7, 39, 47, 63, 69, 79, 114  (In the solutions section of the text book, 69 is listed as 65 and 114 has the incorrect answer.) 

Week 5

Thursday, 3/6

• Today we will take a look at spontaneity, non-standard conditions, and corrosion.

TUESday, 3/4 (All)

• Since we are missing all of our juniors today, we'll use this class to wrap up anything left loose from Monday's notes and then will have some time to devote to practice work.  

Monday, 3/3

• Today we will continue with voltaic cells and start to look at spontaneity, non-standard conditions, and electrolytic cells as time allows.

• Homework for the week is from the book: Read Ch 20.1-4 do exercises 17, 23, 27 a and b, 33, 99.

Week 4

Thursday, 2/27

• Acids and Bases Unit Test! 

TUESday, 2/25

• We'll start the Redox unit with a bit of review of material from Gen Chem and then will expand on that with work on balancing redox reactions (in acidic and basic solutions).

• Multiple Choice Practice #11

• Electrochemistry AP Practice Problems

Monday, 2/24

• Today we'll wrap up and review Acids and Bases.  We'll have some time to work on finishing lab work and working on AP Practice or other review work.  

• If you are all done with the Acid/Base work and are looking for a bit more, here is an old Equilibrium AP Practice.

Week 3

Thursday, 2/20

• Today we will work on the Titration of an Unknown Diprotic Acid Lab.

TUESday, 2/18

• Since we had a snowday last week, we'll make up that day today.  We'll spend a bit of time going over some more practice with buffers and we'll have a bit of time to work on practice.

• Homework for the week is from the book: Ch 2 ex. 40, 94, 101; Ch 16 ex. 35 108; Ch 17 ex. 29, 41, 108.

Week 2

Thursday, 2/13

• Today we will work on the Titration of an Unknown Diprotic Acid Lab.

• This is only a recommendation and not an assignment but...I would recommend trying to tackle a few (like 5 or so total) extra problems in the "Additional" and "Integrated" exercise sections of the book problems from Chapter 16 and 17!

TUESday, 2/11

• Today we will wrap up our discussion of buffers and dig in more to how salts contribute to acid/base chemistry. 

Monday, 2/10

• Today we'll start to focus on BUFFERS! Buffers can get confusing so we'll really be looking at how we can organize our work when dealing with them to make our lives a little simpler. We've also talked about salt solutions, chemical structure of acids and titrations and all of this goes together! 

• It is wise to go through the reading for this topic more thoroughly than you might usually do.  Homework is to Read 17.1-2 do exercises 25, 33, 35, 55, 97, Review Ch 16 exercise 87

Week 1

Thursday, 2/5

• Today we'll take a look at how dissolving a salt can have an impact on the pH of a solution.  

• We'll also have some time to work on the lab or homework questions.

TUESday, 2/4

•  Today will be your day in the lab to run your titration(s).

Monday, 2/3

• Later in this unit we will need to use sodium hydroxide in the lab. In order to use NaOH, we will need to standardize the solution to determine it's concentration. There are no instructions for this lab...you will get to make all of the decisions. The write-up will be a little different too...just Theory, Calculations, and Error analysis:

  1. Theory--You'll need to write up an explanation of why it is necessary to run this standardization to determine the concentration of NaOH to determine the concentration even though I can just calculate the concentration of most solutions that I make. Remember that NaOH is a "hygroscopic" compound. Feel free to come in and chat with me if you have ideas but need some help sorting though them!

  2. Calculations--I would like you to create a spreadsheet in Sheets or Excel that will do all of the calculations for you. With your group, you should program a spreadsheet that you can plug in any pertinent data and it will spit out the concentration of the NaOH you are trying to standardize. You will need to make sure that it is clearly labeled so that I can use it with my test data to check it. Don't worry...If you need help setting up the spreadsheet to do calculations for you, I am happy to help you out.

  3. Error Analysis--This is important even if you have the program running calcs for you.

     1. How did your error affect your result--is the true value a bit higher or lower than your experimental value?

     2. How could you improve your process to reduce error.

• Today we'll make the NaOH solution and consider options for doing the titration to analyze it.

• Homework for this week is from the book: Review Ch 16 exercises 43, 63, 77, 105, 115  Review Ch 9 exercise 90

Week 20

TUESday, 1/28

• Today we'll keep going with our refresh of Acid/Base concepts from Gen Chem.  We'll focus today on the calculations used around pH, acid/base strength, and then we'll start to apply ICE tables to thinking about strength/equilibrium and what is present in a sample.

• Homework is from the book: Read Ch 16.1-8 do exercises 6, 13, 19, 45, 61 Review Ch 11 exercises 23, 80 

  • This assignment will be due with Week 1 work for second semester.  Don't wait on it though because two weeks of work next weekend sounds like a pain.  

Monday, 1/27

• Today we are going to start in on Acids and Bases. Most of today's info is a refresher of material covered in Gen Chem. We'll really start digging in deeper with next week's notes.

• Multiple Choice Practice #10

• Acids/Bases AP Test Practice

Week 19

THURSDay, 1/23

• Kinetics Unit Test

TUESday, 1/21

• Today we'll  have some time for practice and review.  Wrap up your lab, work on AP Practice, or do some practice problems from the book! There are tons of problems that aren't officially assigned that you can use to get a little bit more practice and you can pick the level of that practice!  Make use of that by picking three to five problems to add to your regular work. :)

Week 18

THURSDay, 1/16

• We made standard solutions for the Crystal Violet Lab last week.  Today we will analyze those standards and run the reaction of CV and NaOH to determine the order in CV.  

TUESday, 1/14

• We'll wrap up our discussion of mechanisms today.  We'll also cover a bit more on half-life and activation energy.

• Homework is from the book: Read Ch 14.5 do exercises 65-73 odds, 110.

Monday, 1/13

• Today we'll focus on Mechanisms, what they can tell us about a chemical reaction, and how we use them.  

Week 17

THURSDay, 1/9

• Today we will do the first day of the Crystal Violet Lab.  We'll wrap up the lab next week.  

TUESday, 1/7

• Today we'll keep going on the Kinetics material that we started on Monday.  

• Homework is from the book: Read 14.1-4 do exercises 21, 35, 37, 39, 51, Review Ch 10 exercise 114.

Monday, 1/6

• We'll start in on the Kinetics unit. Today we should be able to cover and overview of what kinetics focuses on, rate equations, rate laws, and how rates can change over time.

• Kinetics AP Practice Problems

• Multiple Choice Practice #8--another short one!

Week 16

THURSDay, 12/19

• Thermodynamics Unit Test

TUESday, 12/17

• Today we'll play the Enthalpy Costs Card Game for a bit.  Remember that we have several ways to determining heat of reaction.  Bond energy is an important one to think about! 

• We'll also have some time for review and questions.

Monday, 12/6

• Today we'll spend a bit of time reviewing with a practice problem that used to be a short quiz in the middle of the Thermo unit.  

• I don't have an official new problem set for this week.  I'd like you to be preparing yourself for the Unit Test.  I recommend that you dig into the two chapters (5 and 19) that we have been working from and pick 3-5 problems for yourself.  You can focus on specific sections from the chapters that you'd like more practice on, or dig into those problems waaay at the back of the exercises that really mix content together (much like the AP Tests do!).

Week 15

THURSDay, 12/12

• Today we will clean up the Thermo notes that we have covered up to this point.  We'll  have the unit test for Thermo next week on Tuesday! 

TUESday, 12/10

• Today we'll be working through some of the introductory notes on Thermodynamics.  We'll focus on the different ways that we can calculate the energy changes that accompany a chemical reaction.

• Homework is from the book: Read 19.1-6 (you need to really read these sections...there is more depth than what we covered in Gen Chem) do problems 1, 11, 29, 41, 57b and c, 71 

Monday, 12/9

• Today we'll spend about half of the class period working on wrapping up the lab that we started last week.  We'll finish up the class by spending a bit of time remembering the card game we played in Gen Chem.

Week 14

THURSDay, 12/5

• Heat of Combustion Lab. --this write up will be due next week on Wednesday. Everyone should do their own write-up.

TUESday, 12/3

• We can figure out the enthalpy change for a chemical reaction in several ways: bond energies, heats of formation, and Hess' Law.  We'll take a look at a reaction today and work through each of these three methods for determining the heat of reaction.

• We'll also talk about a lab method for measuring heat: Calorimetry.  

• Homework is from the book.  Re-read through sections 5.5-8 and do exercises 12, 67, 77, 87, 117.

• Next class we'll be doing the Heat of Combustion Lab. . Read through the lab instructions and do the pre-lab before you come to class. 

• Thermo AP Test Practice Problems 

• AP Multiple Choice Practice #6

Week 13

Monday, 11/25

• Today we'll get goign with Thermochemistry!  Thermo starts in AP with remembering how evergy changes happen and how they are described.  We'll spend most of the time, here at the beginning of the unit, looking at enthalpy.  

• Homework this week two things:

  • Read Chapter 5 do exercises 6, 43, 47, 55

  • Do the Heats of Formation Guided Learning

Week 12

THURSDAY, 11/21

• Solutions Unit Test!--We'll get going on this test at the beginning of class and then use the last half hour of the class period to start into the notes on Thermo.

Tuesday, 11/19

• Today is a day for work and review.  We'll work on some practice problems together and you'll have some work time to wrap up.  Come to class today with your questions based on our bookwork and AP Practice work and we'll get all of those questions sorted out. 

Monday, 11/18

• Today we'll do a little bit of practice with the reaction quotient, Q and review what solubility rules need to be a part of your working memory.

Week 11

THURSDAY, 11/14

•  Beer's Law Lab--Last Work Day--We'll spend a few moments at the beginning of class looking at how we can do quality control for this work that gives us more reason to trust the results we produce.

  • • • You should run all of your samples today and remake/rerun any samples that need it.

• Wrap up this lab write-up and be ready next week with any questions that you have from the practice work.  The unit test will be next week on Tuesday!

Tuesday, 11/12

•  Beer's Law Lab--Work Day--We'll spend a few moments at the beginning of class looking at the broad spectrum to determine a good wavelength to use for analysis and considering if it is ok to use tap water or if we need to use deionized water. 

  • 1. • Your major aim for today should be to make all of the standard solutions and toy around with the colorimeter to make sure you are comfortable with it for next class.  

  • Homework for this week is some continued practice from the book: Ch 17 exercises 55, 57, 73; Ch 13 exercise 93.

Week 10

THURSDAY, 11/6

• Today we will be doing the Beer's Law Lab. Come to class with the pre-lab questions wrapped up and an idea for your plan of attack!  This lab will use the solutions and dilutions info we have talked about in class.

• The QC concentration of "nickel (II) sulfate" is 0.152M.

• You'll need to have Graphical Analysis loaded on your chromebook.  If it isn't already there, you can use THIS LINK to go to the site to load it onto your school google account. 

Tuesday, 11/5

• Today we'll clean up any notes that need finishing from Monday's class and you should have a bit of time to work on your AP Practice work.

• Homework is Ch 17.1, 4-7 do exercises 9, 67  Also, for some more IMAF practice do Ch 11 exercise 75

Monday, 11/4

• Today we will be wrapping up the solubility equilibria content we have been covering.  We have one more major thing to cover and that is what to do when you have multliple equilibria happening all together.  You have already covered a question like this in your bookwork (Ch 17 problem 65).  I would like everyone to go back and look at that one again! 

• We'll learn about Beer's Law.  A method using standard solutions to figure out the concentration of an unknown solution.

• This week you should be really getting dug into your AP Practice work.  We have covered the majority of the content needed for those assignments so they should be good practice for test prep.  

Week 9

THURSDAY, 10/31

• Today we will take a look at some practice problems with solubility equilibria. It will likely be most useful to dig into the work that you did for the Ch 17 bookwork. Be sure to have all problems attempted and come with questions that came up as you worked. ICE Tables are extremely important to be able to use in many AP Chemistry problems. We will take some time today to make sure that everyone is comfortable with using them!

Tuesday, 10/29

• Today we'll talk about solubility equilibria. This will connect some concepts about solutions to some of the equilibrium ideas that we worked on when you were in General Chemistry.

• Homework is from the book: Read 17.4 do exercises 51 and 53

Monday, 10/28

• Today we began the Solutions Unit.  We'll spend some time thinking about how we should be thinking about modeling a solution, remembering some vocab from Gen Chem and getting comfortable with how we can use a balanced chemical equation to describe a solution.

  • We will also review the process of making solutions of a specific concentration both from a concentrated stock and from mixing a solid solute into a liquid solvent.

• Homework is to read 13.1-4 do exercises 3, 15, 25, 47 

• Solutions AP Practice Problems

• AP Multiple Choice Practice #5

Week 8

Tuesday, 10/22

• Bonding Unit Test! 

  • Over your long weekend, I'd like you to dig into the bonding topics a bit more. I have a few options for Guided Learning Activities for you to work through. (I'd like you to do at least two of the four available):

  • Types of Bonds

  • Polar and Non-Polar Molecules

  • Properties of Covalent Bonds

  • Lattice Energy

    1. • If you are having trouble opening these links...log into google using your student login (like you would use to log in to a computer at school) and then retry clicking the link.

Monday, 10/21

• Today we'll wrap up any loose ends and do some practice with thinking about bonding and intermolecular forces.  

• Homework is to wrap up the AP Practice and MC #3 assignment because the test is next class!

Week 7

THursday, 10/17

• Today we'll wrap up our work with hybridization.  We'll practice drawing hybridization in bonded structures like ethene.  Remembering resonance as a phenomenon that we saw in Lewis Structures in Gen Chem, we'll be abel to see a mechanism for this movement of bonds!

• We'll also spend a bit of time today revisiting an important topic that you'll remember from Gen Chem: Intermolecular Attractive Forces.  

• Homework is to wrap up the bookwork from last class.  Also, this is a great time in this unit to dig in to the AP Practice and MC assignments for the Bonding unit.  The unit test will be next week!

Tuesday, 10/15

• We'll spend 20 minutes or so at the beginning of class today working on the Molecular Models Lab.

  • Hydridization will be the focus of our work today. We need to reconcile our observations of molecular geometries with our understanding of electron orbitals...hybrid orbitals will do that for us. We will also discuss how we can be a little more refined when we talk about how atoms are bonded together.

  • Homework is from the book: Read 9.4-6 do exercises 5, 47, 51, 55  and Ch 8 exercises 87, 95  

Week 6

THursday, 10/10

• Today we will look at electronegativity, VSEPR, and IMAF.

• Homework is from the book: Read 8.6-8 and 9.1-3 do exercises 8.57, 83 and 9.27.  

  1. 1. • Exercise 8.83 doesn't have an answer in the back of the book for some reason.  You'll have to check the answer key in the classroom.  

• VSEPR Geometries Table--Make sure you fix the errors on the side with the diagrams of the different geometries!

• We will have a bit of time at the end of class to dig into some practice with this material via the Molecular Models Lab.

• Later on, we will be discussing the major new topic for this unit. To prepare for our look at orbital hybridization and bonding, take a look at Ch 9 sections 4 through 6. Seeing the diagrams and just doing one quick pass through will introduce you to the vocabulary for this topic and will make the discussion in class more efficient and effective!

Tuesday, 10/8

• We'll begin the Bonding Unit today. We'll talk about the three main types of bonding: ionic, covalent, and metallic. For ionic bonds, we'll need to think often about their crystal lattice structure. The energy of bonds is also going to prove to be an interesting subject during this unit and we will start by looking at the energies of ionic structures with a look into Lattice Energies.

• Homework is from the book: Read 8.1-2 do exercises 21 and 27-- Also make your six flash cards for practicing the different types of bonding.  

  1. • Flash Card Evaluation Rubric

     • Flash Card Examples: Front     Back

• Multiple Choice Practice Assignment #3

• Bonding AP Test Practice Problems

Monday, 10/7

• Today we'll take the Atomic Theory and Periodicity Test during the second half of class after some review time to start things off!

• Be sure to turn your AP Test Practice assignments in on Canvas

  • Multiple Choice Practice Assignment #2

  • Atomic Theory and Periodicity AP Test Practice Problems

Week 5

THursday, 10/3

• Today we'll look at a specific method for collecting data about Ionization Energies. The method is called Photo Electron Spectroscopy (PES). This is something that is specifically mentioned in the AP Curriculum but the cool thing about it is that there are a bunch of different tests that chemists use that work on the same principles. Today, we'll look at some data, learn how it is collected, and start to think about what it tells us.

• We may even have a bit of time today to devote to practice and review.

• Units Test for Atoms, Molecules, and Ions AND Atomic Theory/Periodicity will  be next class.

TUEsday, 10/1

• This unit we will be covering Atomic Structure and Periodicity. We'll start today with a look at the quantum model of the atom and some of the evidence for it. We'll largely be starting out by thinking about light. Then we'll move some of those ideas that we can use to describe light over to describe matter and particles.

• Today we'll take a look at how we can use light to measure energy changes for electrons with the Atomic Spectra Lab. This lab will be due on Tuesday next week.

Monday, 9/30

• Join AP Classroom!  

  • AP Classroom--this link is the site that you'll use to register for AP and other College Board tests.    

  • This year's classroom code is in an announcement on canvas. 

  • If this is your first login to the College Board site, use your student Google account login info!

  • If you already have logged into the College Board site, use the same login info...DON'T make a new account for each course!

• You'll hopefully remember a bit about Periodic Trends (remember Zeff???) from Gen Chem. They will be the focus of our notes for the day.

• Homework this week is the two AP Practice assignments for this unit:

  • Multiple Choice Practice Assignment #2

  • Atomic Theory and Periodicity AP Test Practice Problems

Week 3

THursday, 9/19

• Today we will start with a reveiw of some proficiency topics from Gen Chem.  When we work with electron configurations, there are a few things we steered clear of and exceptions that we didn't address.  That was great for Gen Chem but we need to be able to deal with those realities.  We'll take a look at those today.

• The majority of the day will be a the Empircal Formula Guided Learning.  How do we know what the chemical formula is for a compound.  What does that measurement look like and how do we analzye the data?  You'll find all of that out today!

• Homework is to wrap up the Guided Learning if it wasn't completed in class. 

• Next class we will be doing the Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment Lab. Read through the lab instructions and make a data table in your notebook before you come to class on Mon.  With the last lab, there were lots of questions that showed that folks hadn't read the instructions beforehand.  Make sure you are coming to lab periods prepared for the lab.  

HW for Week 3 is due at the end of this week:

• Chapter 2 Exercises 4, 8, 19, 79, 101

TUEsday, 9/17

• Today we will review some old info on Atomic Structure and take a look at some of the experiments that were done to help develop our understanding of the make-up of the atom.

• We'll also spend a bit of time today looking at some patterns in acid names and the names of the ions that they contain.  Knowing this pattern will help you feel familiar with naming and formulas without making you feel like you need to MEMORIZE every single polyatomic ion.

• Homework: Read 2.1-7 (just skim through them...it is likely mostly pretty familiar), be super awesome at the naming in 2.8. Do Exercises 4, 8, 19, 79, 101

• Determining the Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid--individual write-up is due today.

• AP TEST PRACTICE-- These two practice assignments will be due with the unit test.  There are practice problems from Gases here so you can see what those look like.  The others are asking you to write BCEs and then answer a question about the reaction.  Look at those and do what you can...but they cover a lot of material that may feel a little rusty or unfamiliar.  In the cases where you feel like you don't know how to answer the BCE and/or follow-up questions, just make sure that you can write out any of the names from formulas or formulas from names!  

  • Multiple Choice Practice Assignment #1

  • AP Test Practice Problems 

Monday, 9/16

• Gases Unit Test!

Week 2

THursday, 9/12

• We'll wrap up notes on gases today. We should have a bit of time in class to work through some practice problems and answer any questions.

• Homework: Read 10.4-6 do Exercises 10.7, 10.9a&b, 10.61, 10.85 

• The unit test for Gases will be on Monday!

• Homework for Week 2 is Due at the end of this week:

  1. • Ch 10.1-3, 7 do Exercises 3, 17, 27, 37

     • Ch 10.4-6 do Exercises 10.7, 10.9a&b, 10.61, 10.85

TUEsday, 9/10

• Today we'll work on the Determining the Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid Lab. This lab write-up will be due, individually, on Tue next week.

Monday, 9/9

• Today we'll wrap up some notes from last week, and dig into some of the handy consequences of the things we learned about gas relationships and the ways that gas particles are moving around.  

• We'll cover a few important things to think about when you are working on homework for AP Chem.

• We have our first lab next class: Determining the Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid.  Be sure to have read the instructions before you get to class on Tuesday.  Think about what things you'll need to have as data in order to answer the lab's main question.  Getting a rough draft data table ready to go is  a great way to prep for a lab.

Week 1

THursday, 9/5

• We are going to start AP with a unit that we don't touch on much in General Chemistry but one that is pretty intuitive based on your prior experiences.  Good or bad, we've all had plenty of experience with Gases! 

• Homework for tonight is from the book: Read 10.1-3, 7 do Exercises 3, 17, 27, 37.  The answer in the back of the book for problem 37(a) is incorrect, you should get 5.15x10^22 molecules.

• We'll do our first lab on Tuesday next week.  Read through the instructions for Determining the Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid and start thinking about what data you need to collect.  Come to class with a data table ready to go!

Wendesday, 9/4

• Welcome to AP Chemistry!  We have gotten a lot of new exciting things to try this year in class.  

• We'll jump right in with a homework assignment.  This one is a Review Worksheet of content from Gen Chem that I am sure is already a part of your soul...we'll just dust it off a bit after the summer break! :)  It is OK if things are a little dusty but we should work on things if it is!

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