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Tuesday, May 27: This is the last week to document/complete your book reading. No extensions.
Tuesday, May 27: This is the last week to document/complete your book reading. No extensions.
Monday, May 12: Start documentation of your reading every one to two days. At a minimum, you should tell me how many pages or chapters you finished, summarize the content and/or information that was especially striking, and/or suggestions for experiments we might do and why. I would like to see us complete our books in a week so that we can trade and read a second one.
Monday, May 12: Start documentation of your reading every one to two days. At a minimum, you should tell me how many pages or chapters you finished, summarize the content and/or information that was especially striking, and/or suggestions for experiments we might do and why. I would like to see us complete our books in a week so that we can trade and read a second one.
1-3:30 Sunday, May 4: Final review session at the W Townshend Store. Bring the documents recommended on Tuesday April 29 below.
1-3:30 Sunday, May 4: Final review session at the W Townshend Store. Bring the documents recommended on Tuesday April 29 below.
Friday, May 2: Phase Diagrams (A) Text pages 457-8. (B) Review pages in McCormick packet "Intermolecular Forces, Liquids and Solids" pages 13-17. Wouldn't hurt to watch that segment of the video. (C) Do McCormick "AP* States of Matter & Intermolecular Forces Free Response Questions handout problems 1995 and 2003 (page 2 of handout).
Thursday, May1: Do whatever it was you needed to do for Friday.
Wednesday, April 30: Finish the new MC questions for Thursday.
Tuesday April 29: Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find three downloads: "Strategies to improve your free response score" (FR Strategies STUDENT.pdf) , "General Hints for Lab Essay", and APQuickReview. The latter might freak you out b/c it is a list of equations, but it also might work for you.
Monday, April 28: Complete the new MC and FR handouts received today. Bring to me tomorrow for check-off and pick up the next practice packet.
3-4:30 Sunday, April 27: Review session at the W Townshend Store
3-4:30 Sunday, April 27: Review session at the W Townshend Store
Two weeks to go...
Two weeks to go...
For Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27:
Kinetics FRQs from 2002 and 2003 = The link for these problems has been emailed to you
Friday, April 25: Due today E-Chem FRQ #2 and #3.
Three weeks to go....
Three weeks to go....
http://www.chem.arizona.edu/chemt/Flash/photoelectron.html - use this to complete the PES (photoelectron spectroscopy) worksheets
OVER THE BREAK (4/12-4/20):
OVER THE BREAK (4/12-4/20):
(1) Attend the review session Wed, April 16 1:30-3:30 at the West Townshend Country Store. Dr D will treat. You may email me ahead of time with suggestions for topics.
(2) At home, YOU get to pick two or three concepts to do more work on. I have some suggestions:
a. Equilibrium - general, acid-base, solubility
b. Acid-Base titration
c. Buffer systems
d. Periodic trends
e. Molecular structure
(3) For what you choose in (2), (a) Re-listen to McCormick, (b) Re-do the problems that she puts together on that topic. (c) Watch her solve the problems after you try them.Remember that you can fast-forward her and speed up her talking with the buttons. Saves time.
(4) Commit yourself to 90 minutes per day. You can break that up into 20-30 minute chunks. The idea is to stay fresh.
(5) If you want additional 1:1 coaching, just send me an email or call my house.
APR 7-11 - Week 11 (First week of Q4)
APR 7-11 - Week 11 (First week of Q4)
FOUR WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE AP CHEMISTRY EXAM
FOUR WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE AP CHEMISTRY EXAM
I will be emailing you about preferences for extra practice sessions together. Please RSVP ASAP
Learning Goals this week:
Learning Goals this week:
(1) Solve equilibrium problems
(2) Master the concepts presented in the multiple choice practice exam, e.g., bonding, IMF, periodic trends, energy
HOMEWORK FOR...
Mon, April 7: New exam format Free Response Problems #1-#4
Tues, April 8: New exam format Free Response Problems #5-#7
Wed, April 9: 2013 FR Problems #1-#3
Thurs, April 10: 2013 FR Problems #4-#6
Fri, April 11: Focused practice on area of weakness - TBA
OVER THE BREAK:
OVER THE BREAK:
(1) Review session Wed, April 16 1:30-3:30 at the West Townshend Country Store. Dr D will treat.
(2) YOU get to pick two or three concepts to do more work on. I have some suggestions:
a. Equilibrium - general, acid-base, solubility
b. Acid-Base titration
c. Buffer systems
d. Periodic trends
e. Molecular structure
(3) For what you choose in (2), (a) Re-listen to McCormick, (b) Re-do the problems that she puts together on that topic. (c) Watch her solve the problems after you try them.
(4) Commit yourself to 90 minutes per day. You can break that up into 20-30 minute chunks. The idea is to stay fresh.
MAR 31-APR 4 - Week 10: Nightly graded HW continues..
MAR 31-APR 4 - Week 10: Nightly graded HW continues..
Learning Goals this week:
(1) How do I deal with mixture of gases and partial pressures in chemical reactions?
(2) What does Kinetic Molecular Theory explain?
(3) What are strategies to solving bonding and molecular geometry problems?
Mon, Mar 31: Red 10.45-10.87; Black 10.60-10.88
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/swf/ap-webcasts/chemistry/ap_chem_pes.html
Very important NEW concept that will be introduced this year in the exam. Please watch!!
Tues, Apr 1: Practice exam questions
Wed, Apr 2: Practice exam questions
Thurs, Apr 3: McCormick Intermolecular Forces (IMF) notes and vodcast
Fri, Apr 4: IMF Free Response Practice Questions
Weekend (due Monday): MC practice problems 31-60 (new exam); FR Practice Problems (new exam)
MAR 24-28 - Week 9: Nightly graded HW continues..
MAR 24-28 - Week 9: Nightly graded HW continues..
Learning Goals this week:
(1) How are ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds alike and different?
(2) How does electronegativity predict bond polarity?
(3) How do I draw Lewis structures to show bonds between atoms and free pairs of electrons?
(4) How do I decide which Lewis structure is most correct when there is more than one solution?
(5) What are the exceptions to the octet rule and why do they occur?
(6) What does the VSEPR model allow us to show?
(7) How can I predict the molecular geometry of a substance?
(8) How do molecular orbitals explain molecule structure and behavior?
(9) What is an ideal gas? When is a gas not ideal?
(10) What are the gas laws and how do I apply them in chemical reactions?
Fri, Mar 28: Problems 10.1-10.4; Red 10.11-10.44
Thurs, Mar 27: Problems 9.49-9.58; 9.76,78,79,80,93,96-99, 101.
Wed, Mar 26: Problems 9.31-9.38; 9.39-9.48
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-chem-022-lewis-diagrams-vsepr-models
Tues, Mar 25: Problems 9.1-9.3; 9.11-9.30. Molecular Geometries lab tomorrow. You have the handout.
Mon, Mar 24: Problems 8.41-8.51; 8:52-8.64; 8.65-8.72; Black 8.98-8.106
Week 8: Nightly graded HW continues..
Week 8: Nightly graded HW continues..
Learning goals this week:
(1) Where are the electrons and how do we know?
(2) What does an emission spectrum indicate?
(3) How do you use the c=lambda x frequency and E = hv to determine a wavelength of light or the energy of a photon?
(4) How do you write an electron configuration (ie, an atom's "address" on the periodic table?)
(5) What are the trends in ionization energy, electron affinity, atomic radius and ionic radius on the periodic table?
(6) What is effective nuclear charge and how does it explain periodic trends?
(7) How does electron distance from the nucleus explain periodic trends?
HW due Friday: Problems 7.69-7.82, .84, .85, .88, .94, .96, .98, .106, .108, .109.
HW due Monday: Problems 8.1, 8.7-8.12; 8.14-8.28;8.29-8.40. ALSO: Extra Credit Homework - "Atomic and Ionic Radii" - is due Monday if you wish to get those points.
Thurs, Mar 20:
(1) For more help on understanding periods, groups, orbitals and electron configuration, try these vodcasts:
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-chem-005-electron-configuration
http://www.bozemanscience.com/atoms-the-periodic-table
(2) For more help on understanding Effective Nuclear Charge (Zeff) and/or Distance (of outer shell electrons) from the Nucleus, try these vodcasts:
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-chem-004-coulombs-law
This video is REALLY GOOD AND IMPORTANT! He also explains Photoelectron Spectroscopy, which is very likely to show up on the AP exam.
http://vimeo.com/20350852 (this is the best one - it's Rene)
Wed, Mar 19: Read sections 7.4-7.6 Do red problems 7.39-7.67 - check your answers;black problems 7.40-7.68. It looks like alot, but these are mostly conceptual not mathematic. This chapter is SUPER important!
Tues, Mar 18: Read sections 7.1-7.3. Don't have to do the problems. Instead, go through the AP Chem First Big Idea handout. Where the learning objectives are subdivided into a., b., c., etc, check which ones you know or can do and circle the ones you don't.
Mon, Mar 17: Read text sections 6.5-6.7. Do black problems 6.32,34,44,46,48. SKIP 54 and 58. No longer on the AP exam.
Read text sections 6.8-6.9. Red problems 6.59-6.73; 6.78, 90, 92, 96,97.
Week 7: Nightly graded HW starts this week
Fri, Mar 14: Read Sections 6.1-6.4 of your text (pp 210-224). Take notes. Due on Monday.
Wed, Mar 12 & Thurs, Mar 13:
Wed, due Thurs:
(1) Watch McCormick "Buffers Made Easy" pages 1-3. Take notes.
(2) Do Essay questions 1972, 1983, 1988 - show your reasoning.
Thurs, due Fri:
(1) Essay questions 1992, 1998, 2000 - show your reasoning
(2) Problems 1970, 1977, 1982 - show your work.
I have uploaded McCormick videos showing solutions to the essays and the problems. You should receive a google email inviting you to access them. There is one video for the essays and three videos for the problems.
Mon, Mar 10 & Tues, Mar 11:
(1) Mon night HW, due Tues: Watch and take notes on Demystifying Titration Curves. Turn in handout with notes tomorrow. I will get it right back to you.
(2) Tues night HW, due Wed: Read and watch Buffers Made Easy from page 4 to the end. Take notes. Show them to me in class. (This section is actually about titration as well as salts.)
(3) No credit for late work unless you had an excused absence.
Learning Goals:
(1) I can interpret an unlabeled titration curve:
what is in the buret
what is in the flask
where is the equivalence point and what it means
where is the half-equivalence point and what it means
(2) I can calculate a pH at any point on a titration if I know the types and concentrations of the two species and how much titrant has been added.
(3) I can locate the "five points of interest" on a titration curve for weak acids or bases and describe the chemistry at each point.
March 6 10:16 EST
March 6 10:16 EST
Hot off the presses at the AP Institute: At the very bottom of this page, I have linked photos of concept posters (using only symbols) around the 6 Big Ideas taught in AP Chem. Access the photos (some are on their side- you will need to re-orient 90 degrees) and try to figure out which BI each poster represents. Then see if you can decipher the concept(s) of each image in the poster. A good review!!
Hot off the presses at the AP Institute: At the very bottom of this page, I have linked photos of concept posters (using only symbols) around the 6 Big Ideas taught in AP Chem. Access the photos (some are on their side- you will need to re-orient 90 degrees) and try to figure out which BI each poster represents. Then see if you can decipher the concept(s) of each image in the poster. A good review!!
Week 6:
Week 6:
Thurs, Mar 6: Complete the lab. Calculate the concentration of your unknown strong acid. Answer post-lab questions. Be prepared to discuss answers and turn in lab books on Monday.
Mon, Mar 3: Calculate the concentration of your unknown weak acid.
Week 5
Week 5
Thurs, Feb 27: Determine the precise molarity of your titrant (NaOH).
Watch Demystifying Titration Curves (McCormick) which will help you with your lab calculations. Finish the dang problems from Tuesday.
Tues, Feb 25:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5fk7HPmo5g (Mr. Andersen does in 10 minutes what Rene does in 60.)
Text problems: p712 16.43-16.53 red problems; p 713 16.55, 16.65, 16.75, 16.77; p 714 16.79-16.97 red problems.
READ New Lab and record up through pre-lab questions in your lab book.
Week 4
Week 4
Thurs, Feb 13: Vacation comes early!
(1) Get your data on Google Drive ASAP. We'll have to do without KB's for now.
(2) Read and watch Acids and Bases; do the exercises with her or without her.
(3) I'll expect you to do A/B problems on the Tuesday we get back.
Tues, Feb 11:
(1) Pool your FeSCN data on GoogleDrive - link here. I'll help you put it together for a class data set.
(2) Complete the last of the General Equilibrium Essay Questions. Dr McC has recorded solutions.
(3) Test Thursday - much like what you saw today. A solubility equilibrium for EC.
(4) Also on Thursday, I will start Acid-Base. This multi-packet extravaganza will being with the introductory packet and, of course, a vodcast! Get through it by the time we return from break. (If you are on a trip, sorry. Just remember: Every AP Chemistry student in the U.S. is suffering like you are.)
Week 3
Week 3
Tues, Feb 4: Lab in progress. Probably too soon to analyze.
Do General Equilibrium FR Problems and Solubility Equilibrium FR Problems. Do 3 of each daily until you have finished. Rene has posted vodcasts showing how to solve these, in case you need the assist.
PLAN ON EQUILIBRIUM EXAM NEXT WEEK AND START OF ACID-BASE.
Week 2
Week 2
Fri, Jan 31: DUE TUES FEB 4
(1) Read your lab procedure thoroughly. (I will prepare the solutions for you.) Have your lab book completed with T of C, Title, Purpose, Materials, Methods Summary, Pre-Lab Questions, Data Table drawn in (shell). Read the last two pages about the how to use the spectrophotometer.
(2) General Equilibrium FR Problems and Solubility Equilibrium FR Problems. Do 3 of each daily until you have finished. Rene has posted vodcasts showing how to solve these, in case you need the assist.
Wed, Jan 29: You have completed General Equilibrium. On to Solubility Equilibrium! You have that packet as well. I will make sure Rene's vodcast is shared with you, along with more practice problems.
Mon, Jan 27:
Complete the Equilibrium McCormick packet (watching and doing the exercises - includes RICE, Q and LeChatlier.)
Read text pages 641-643 (Section 15.5 Calculating Equilibrium Constants), which reinforces RICE table approach. Do those practice problems in the green boxes.
End of chapter 15 RED problems 15.27-15.33 on pages 660-661. RED problems have solutions in the back of your textbook. By all means, do the black problems as well for EC.
Week 1 Semester 2
Week 1 Semester 2
Thurs, Jan 23:
Look for email linking you to McCormick's vodcasts for your two new packets.
p 660 problems 14, 16, 18, 20, 24
p 658-9: problems 15.1-15.10 (concepts)
Fri, Jan 24:
McCormick pages 4-5 - read/watch and do problems on those pages
Text problems will be posted tomorrow.
Tom Lehrer's Element Song
Tom Lehrer's Element Song
Model of Nuclear Fission Chain Reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqIJW_Qr3c
Alternative videos to explain the same material covered in McCormick's Bonding and Molecular Structure handout
Alternative videos to explain the same material covered in McCormick's Bonding and Molecular Structure handout
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-chem-020-ionic-bonding
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-chem-022-lewis-diagrams-vsepr-models
Week of Jan 13-17:
Week of Jan 13-17:
Review problems assigned each night, Mon-Tues
Wed: Practice Exam - identify areas to study
Thurs: Midterm Exam
Fri, Jan 10: Finish the multiple choice test on Stoichiometry and Electrochemistry (uploaded to my Google Drive and shared with you.) This weekend, review the McCormick Chemical Reactions/Stoichiometry and E'Chem packets. Do the problems again for practice. Bring focused questions Monday. We will do Essay Problems in these areas and move on to Thermo and Kinetics (MC).
Fri, Jan 10: Finish the multiple choice test on Stoichiometry and Electrochemistry (uploaded to my Google Drive and shared with you.) This weekend, review the McCormick Chemical Reactions/Stoichiometry and E'Chem packets. Do the problems again for practice. Bring focused questions Monday. We will do Essay Problems in these areas and move on to Thermo and Kinetics (MC).
Thurs, Jan 9: Do McCormick exercises 6-8. Text pp 334-335 Problems 8.36,8.37,8.39,8.40 (concepts) and 8.45,8.46 (Lewis Structures).
Thurs, Jan 9: Do McCormick exercises 6-8. Text pp 334-335 Problems 8.36,8.37,8.39,8.40 (concepts) and 8.45,8.46 (Lewis Structures).
Wed, Jan 8: Bonding and Molecular Structure handout. Begin watching McCormick's lecture on this handout. http://vimeo.com/20567184 I will load the document and the download of this video to my Google site and you will get gmail telling you it's shared with you.
Wed, Jan 8: Bonding and Molecular Structure handout. Begin watching McCormick's lecture on this handout. http://vimeo.com/20567184 I will load the document and the download of this video to my Google site and you will get gmail telling you it's shared with you.
Tues, Jan 7: Textbook page 926, problems 21.27 and 21.28
Tues, Jan 7: Textbook page 926, problems 21.27 and 21.28
Update Jan 5: I will not be in school tomorrow. I am stranded in New Jersey. The plan for you tomorrow is first, to help each other correct and understand the problems you were assigned over the holiday. Leave those solutions for me at the end of class. Second, if all of you did all of the problems and have no questions about how to solve these, you will try some more practice quizzes. I will "Share" those on Google Drive with you.
Update Jan 5: I will not be in school tomorrow. I am stranded in New Jersey. The plan for you tomorrow is first, to help each other correct and understand the problems you were assigned over the holiday. Leave those solutions for me at the end of class. Second, if all of you did all of the problems and have no questions about how to solve these, you will try some more practice quizzes. I will "Share" those on Google Drive with you.
The Final Exam Schedule is still being discussed. Know that you are taking a "Midterm" exam that will cover all of the material you have learned this semester.
The Final Exam Schedule is still being discussed. Know that you are taking a "Midterm" exam that will cover all of the material you have learned this semester.
Week 17: Dec 16-20 -Lab books due today
Week 17: Dec 16-20 -Lab books due today
Fri, Dec 20: Holiday Packet o' Problems. Do one page per day (13 days, 13 pages). I will post the solutions daily for the problems. Bring the complete solutions that you work out on Jan 2 for big points.
12/20: "AP* Chemistry Stoichiometry Quiz 1"
12/21: "1999 ...3. a.b.c.d.e"
12/22: "2005 AP Chem Free Response Questions 3.a.b."
12/23: "2005 AP Chem Free Response Questions 3.c."
12/24: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p1"
12/25: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p2"
12/26: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p3"
12/27: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p4"
12/28: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p5"
12/29: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p6"
12/30: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p7"
12/31: AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p8"
1/1 : AP Kinetics Free Response Questions p9"
Thurs, Dec 19: Lab books due Friday (H2O2 experiment).
Rate Mechanism practice read p 604, do page 621 problems 14.61-14.70.
Study your decomposition (net ionic equations of) handout.
Wed, Dec 18: Decomposition problems 1,2,3,5 (done); Analyze the class data of rate and concentration ("table logic" and/or graphing and/or "ugly algebra") and the temperature/rate data. We can finish the write up of this lab tomorrow.
Tues, Dec 17: Do Monday's HW or another practice problem using Integrated Rate Law (text or McC).
Mon, Dec 16: We need more practice with Reaction Mechanisms. Watch McCormick on this section or read in your text pp 597-604.
Week 16: Dec 9-13
Week 16: Dec 9-13
Fri, Dec 13:
1. Online or your silver textbook: Identify a kinetics problem that you would like to carry out as a lab. Clock reactions are good choices. Remember that we are limited by which ingredients are called for.
http://cldfacility.rutgers.edu/content/catalytic-decomposition-hydrogen-peroxide-potassium-iodide
2. Continue practice - using your graphing calculator - of integrated rate law and Arrhenius problems. At a minimum, re-solve the problems from scratch in the McCormick packets. (The idea is to get facile with the steps; more automaticity.) If you need the answers I suggest you watch her vodcasts, which have been emailed to you. You will get a new set of practice problems on Monday.
Thurs, Dec 12: Finish the anhydride problems. Read through the lab for tomorrow. Quiz tomorrow on "table logic" rate problem. Do Arrhenius problems 4 and 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OttRV5ykP7A - check it out
Wed, Dec 11: Five more anhydride problems. Continue Arrhenius problems in Mc Cormick (#2 and #3).
Mon, Dec 9: Read the first three pages of the new packet on the Arrhenius equation. Be able to tell me when you use it. Second, complete for anhydride reactions from the whiteboard. We will practice a few of these each day. Tomorrow, we will try some reaction mechanism problems.
Week 15: Dec 2-6
Week 15: Dec 2-6
Fri, Dec 6: Through page 16 in McCormick packet. Continue reading about Reaction Mechanisms on p 16 of packet; also in text pp 597-604.
Thurs, Dec 5: If you have a graphing calculator, you can continue in the packet on Integrated Rate Law. Otherwise, go the end of the packet and read the section on Catalysts. Practice stoichiometry: 1998(a) was assigned yesterday; today do 2000 (a).
Wed, Dec 4: Table Logic practice packet - pick up from me before end of the day. The problems are also featured at the end of the McCormick video part 1 of Differential Rate Law. Also, Stoichiometry packet 1998 (a).
Tues, Dec 3: Do (if you haven't) the homework assignments from Nov 26 forward. Additionally, you will find helpful Differential Rate Law problems in your text on page 618: problems 14.29-14.34. PLEASE: You need to put in at least 90 minutes per day outside of class, even on weekends, on this subject matter, if you want to learn it. Practice, practice, practice. The concepts are minimal, but there are many variations on the concept.
Mon, Dec 2: Stoichiometry problems 1982, 1986; complete the Kinetics overview worksheet using the McCormick handout; Electrochemistry retake tomorrow during B block (or when you can show up).
Week 14: Nov 25-26 Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 14: Nov 25-26 Happy Thanksgiving!
Tues, Nov 26
Tues, Nov 26
"All Things Kinetic: Your One-Stop Shop". Go to the link to my Google Drive (Dr McCormick Files), which I have sent to your Google email address. There are 16 - yes, sixteen - files. You don't need them all at once. Right now, all you need are...
"All Things Kinetic: Your One-Stop Shop". Go to the link to my Google Drive (Dr McCormick Files), which I have sent to your Google email address. There are 16 - yes, sixteen - files. You don't need them all at once. Right now, all you need are...
1. McCormick packet (you have a paper copy)
2. The .mp4s entitled Differential Rate Law Part 1 and Differential Rate Law Part 2 that discuss those early packet pages. (Not the ones with the word "Problems" in the title...yet.)
For those of you who like an overview of what this unit is about, her first page does this pretty well.
Mon, Nov 25: Tiz/Quest tomorrow. Study the "big ideas" we generated on the white board today. The Thermodynamics ideas are linked at the bottom of this assignment page as IMG_0079.jpg. I will give you two "concept" questions that will also contain some calculating. I will "poach" from the problems and exercises from your two McCormick handouts.
Skill set: You should be able to
(1) describe how to do an experiment to find the heat of reaction.
(2) describe what you would do with the data to get q and delta H.
(3) describe the three laws of thermodynamics and how we incorporate them into our equations.
(4) describe which delta G equation you would use for a given set of data (i.e., "grand daddy", "big momma part 3", "ratlink")
(5) describe what K (equilibrium constant) is telling you about the reaction (i.e., less than 1, 1, greater than 1).
(6) predict spontaneity of a reaction by looking at the chemical equation and/or delta H and/or delta S data.
Week 13: Nov 18-22
Week 13: Nov 18-22
Fri, Nov 22: Lab books due today. Monday- review day. Tuesday - quiz on Thermodynamics: Know the concepts in the thermochem and thermodynamics. Be able to use the equations on the ChemTower. McC problems are great practice!!
Thurs, Nov 21: McCormick AP Thermo Problem Question 1990. Finish post-lab questions in your lab book. Lab books due TOMORROW.
Wed, Nov 20: McCormick AP Thermo Essay Questions 1997 and 1999 (back of first page). Listen to the rest of the lecture for Thermochemistry. I will re-email the links.
Tues, Nov 19: Read through the new lab experiment. Prepare your lab book with purpose, materials, methods summary, pre-lab questions.
Mon, Nov 18: First three questions on the AP Thermo Essay Question sheet. Complete Friday's HW also if you haven't already.
Week 12: Nov 12-15
Fri, Nov 15: At least the first three pages of the new McCormick packet entitled Thermochemistry (which is all things delta H). I will email you the McCormick podcast that goes with.
Thurs, Nov 14: McCormick next four pages of the Thermodyn packet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p898BLj6SXI (Bergmann and Sams: Calculations and Thermodynamics part 1/2 - you will see a VERY familiar problem but go further with it this time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0U6aMRw81M (Bergmann and Sams: Calculations and Thermodynamics part 2/2 - how to use " the Grand Daddy" equation.)
Wed, Nov 13: McCormick 1st four pages of the Thermodyn packet.
Tues, Nov 12: Begin reading Chapter 19 in your text (Thermodynamics) and/or the McCormick Packet. I will email you the link to the .mp4 that goes with the packet. Don't be put off by her admonition to do Thermochemistry podcast first. You will get this just fine.
Week 11: Nov 4-8
Fri, Nov 8: Study for electrochemistry quiz on Tuesday. Be sure you can do the 10 listed skills on the handout. Practice by resolving problems in the McCormick Packet and the old AP exam questions.
Wed/Thurs: Check your answers to the MC. Do the new Free Response problems from 2005 and 2002 (given to you Wed). Bring your questions Friday.
Tues, Nov 5: AP Chem Multiple Choice Electrochemistry problem set - only take 75 minutes to do this. No calculator, no equation sheet, just a periodic table is allowed.
Mon, Nov 4: Free Response problem in four parts; finish - no kidding this time - the Avogadro's number lab.
Week 10: Oct 28-Nov 1 (end of Quarter 1!)
LAB BOOKS DEFINITELY DUE FRIDAY - ELECTROCHEM LAB 17 AND THE AVOGADRO'S NUMBER DEMO.
Fri, Nov 1: B&S Electrolysis part 3/3 (6:10)
I will give you the problems for you to solve BEFORE you watch this episode.
I will give you the problems for you to solve BEFORE you watch this episode.
Thurs, Oct 31: Happy Halloween!
B&S Electrolysis part 2/3 (6:38)
I will give you the problems for you to solve BEFORE you watch this episode. (Kidding...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yjcib_fgzU&list=PLP24P3yfORxDjkXXuBqpmR9tl4dKyjLfE
Wed, Oct 30: B&S Electrolysis part 1/3 (10 minutes long). Take good notes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiCH16X09A&list=PLP24P3yfORxDjkXXuBqpmR9tl4dKyjLfE
Mon, Oct 28:
(1) FInish Pre-Lab questions 4-8; (2) Do the Post-Lab questions 1-6; (3) Read/watch McCormick pages 12-13 (Electrolytic cells).
Week 9:Oct 21-25
Friday, Oct 25:
(1) LAB calculation sheet due today.
(2) Concentration cells: Be sure you have listened to McCormick on pages 7-9 of the handout. Read pages 867-870. Follow the sample exercise, then do the practice exercise yourself. On page 887, do problems 20.61 and 20.62.
Thursday, Oct 24: Finish your calculations of delta G and K and graph your data. Tomorrow we will finish that section & the post-lab questions.
Wednesday, Oct 23: You are ready for B&S Part 2 & 3 to explain nonstandard conditions. Go for it! Notes!
Tuesday, Oct 22: Whoops! Let you leave without an assignment today. Scroll down and watch a Bergmann and Sams (B&S) video from the Electrochemistry collection listed. Show me notes tomorrow.
Monday, Oct 21: Continue Electrochemistry McCormick Packet and vodcast. If you understand deltaG=-nFE, then you can begin the Galvanic Cell Part II vodcast at minute 50:00 which matches the bottom of page 8 (non-standard conditions). If you are still shaky on standard condition situations start from the top which matches page 5.
Week 8: Oct 14-18
Friday: Do exercises 3-4 in McCormick plus below.
Prep your lab book through pre-lab questions.
To be accomplished by the end of the week: EITHER
Galvanic Cells Part 2 (McCormick, covering pages 5-11) http://vimeo.com/14124639 (.mp4 download will be posted on a googledoc and emailed to you)
OR
Bergmann and Sams (B&S) on Electrochemistry (Nernst & Free Energy piece) ("The McCormick Alternative")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beL0kIH_GSc Part 1 (9:27)
You can speed through the first 2 minutes if you are not in a mood to be entertained.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jukIZjbAWE Part 2 (9:55)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4s3rbfW0f0&list=PLP24P3yfORxDjkXXuBqpmR9tl4dKyjLfE Part 3 (7:54)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYCXzpQ-oks Part 4 (6:33)
The whole Electrochemistry set (11 videos):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb3z74ZaU1Y&list=PLP24P3yfORxDjkXXuBqpmR9tl4dKyjLfE
Thursday, Oct 17: Read and do exercises in Mc Cormick packet pp 6-8 and
Text p 886, Problems 20.49 and 20.50, just solve for deltaG, not K (equilibrium constant). We'll add that tomorrow.
Wednesday, Oct 16:
Everybody reads Section 20.4 (pp 855-861) and does exercises 20.35 and 20.36 on page 885.
Tuesday, Oct 15: You have three options, depending on what you most need to learn.
Option 1: Text Section 20.1 pp 843-846 to review the difference between oxidation numbers for identifying redox vs. identifying charges to write the correct molecular formula (if that is still bugging you). Do exercises 20.15 and 20.16 to test your skill.
THEN/OR:
Option 2: Text Section 20.2 pp 846-850 to practice writing and balancing half-reactions. You all need more practice, even if you "get it." Do exercises 20.19, then 20.21 if 20.19 goes well.
OK. Let's assume you are a rock star and you can do 20.1 and 20.2 skills in your sleep.
Option 3: You are now ready for...20.4 Cell EMF under Standard Conditions pp 855-862. Do the practice exercises as you come across them.
No matter what level you are on, bring your HW and questions.
Monday, Oct 14: Read your new lab procedure. Complete parts through Pre-Lab Questions 1-5. Correct mistakes on your quiz.
Week 7: Oct 7-11
QUIZ END OF THIS WEEK; LAB BOOKS DUE END OF THIS WEEK
Friday, Oct 11
We start Electrochemistry unit. It is closely tied to oxidation-reduction. Watch this first segment (at least through page 3) and follow along in the packet. Your goal is to learn the name and functions of a galvanic cell.
Galvanic Cells part 1= http://vimeo.com/14124478
QUIZ END OF THIS WEEK; LAB BOOKS DUE END OF THIS WEEK
Thurs, Oct 10: Complete the report sheet and post-lab questions for your lab. Those absent on Wed also need to do the Wed night HW assignment.
Wed, Oct 9: Complete the worksheet for the two vodcasts assigned on Oct 8
Tues, Oct 8: More practice recognizing LEO, GER, OA, LA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fNNQfGGYr4 - Khan Academy: Introduction to Oxidation States (This is a review of how to assign oxidation numbers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp60-oVxrT4 - Khan Academy: Redox Reactions (Good for everybody: shows how to break the reaction into the reduction half-reaction and the oxidation half-reaction)
http://www.files.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/oxidation_numbers.html
Feeling brave? This is a nonvideo tutorial on balancing redox reactions. Where we are headed tomorrow!
Mon, Oct 7: More practice recognizing LEO, GER, OA, LA
Textbook p 158: Exercises 4.49-4.53
Here is Mr. Andersen's vodcast on redox reactions
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-chem-031-redox-reactions
Be prepared to do problems like the sample problems on page 15 in McCormick.
Week 6: Sep 30-Oct 4
Friday, Oct 4: Oxidation-reduction section of the Solution Stoichiometry packet pages 13-16; do the exercises 16-20 on those pages. You really need to watch her balance redox reactions. You can also find the same teaching in your textbook in Chapter 4, not far from where you read last night.
Thursday, Oct 3:
Textbook: Read pages 127-128; work through the sample and practice exercises on those pages; page 157 DO red problems 4.19, 4.21, 4.23, 4.25, 4.27.
The .mp4 versions are too big to load to this page. I will email them to you.
Wednesday, Oct 2: Finish exercises in Solution Stoich packet.
Tuesday, Oct 1: Happy Birthday, J
Exercises 1-7 of Solution Stoichiometry
Monday, Sep 30:
Complete the Pre-Lab Questions in your lab book for the Copper Percent Yield Experiment. Read the whole procedure so you are familiar with the next steps.
Week 5: Test Thursday on naming compounds, balancing equations, identifying types of reactions. Review day on Wednesday.
Week 5: Test Thursday on naming compounds, balancing equations, identifying types of reactions. Review day on Wednesday.
Thursday, Sep 26: Watch McCormick's Solution Stoichiometry vodcast http://vimeo.com/13217975
Good news: You can download her vodcasts to your computer or iPod so you don't have to sweat a slow or non-existent internet connection!! Take notes on the handout to help with understanding. We will continue the new lab on Monday.
Direct link to handout:
Wednesday, Sep 25: Study for exam. Lab books due tomorrow (mini-lab Direct Replacements).
Tuesday, Sep 24: Try the other limiting reactant problem. I'm looking for the McCormick video that shows you how to do it.
Try this: http://vimeo.com/13217975
Monday, Sep 23:Finish McCormick problem about antacids (3.17).
Practice balancing reactions: textbook pages 109-110 probs. 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
Another site to help you learn stoichiometry
http://www.chemcollective.org/activities/tutorials/stoich/reaction_stoi
Week 4
Week 4
Fri, Sept 20
1. Lab books due today (MgO lab)
2. Finish answering the analysis questions for today's lab on the handout.
3. Watch the remaining section of McCormick's Chapter 3 vodcast (3.8 Stoichiometric Calculations, 3.9 Limiting Reactant) and do the problems with her (3.16-3.19).
Thurs, Sept 19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWSTg1HLG4M - types of chemical reactions part 1/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw2l0x1YCwE - types of chemical reactions part 2/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIq60HJckVU - types of chemical reactions part 3/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7vIaQs_uic - balancing reactions part 2/2
Wed, Sept 18:
Read McCormick pp 12-15 and finish Exercise 3.15 (Balancing Equations). Read the handout entitled Types of Equations (SciLinks). Be able to tell me key ideas in Section IA, B, C, and D; and The Four Basic Types of Chemical Reactions.
Lab Books due Friday. (Magnesium Oxide lab)
Tues, Sept 17:
1) If you can, complete the Analysis and Conclusions of your Magnesium Oxide lab.
2) McCormick packet pages 10-11, do Problems 3.11, 3.12, 3.13. (Empirical formula)
Mon, Sep 16: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H009sTvYE0 This is a vodcast by Mr. Khan teaching Percent Composition. You need to watch and/or read mcCormick on the same topic (pp 7-9). Do the exercises in the packet on those pages.
Week 3
Week 3
Fri, Sep 13: Vodcast http://www.bozemanscience.com/mole-conversions
Fri, Sep 13: Vodcast http://www.bozemanscience.com/mole-conversions
Read and do the exercises in McCormick Chapter 3 pages 1-6. Listen to her, too, if you have access to Internet. MY Disclaimer to HER Disclaimer on pp 2-3. I WANT you to use Dimensional Analysis (aka Unit Analysis) when you show me your work. I AGREE with her that you should use the method that works flawlessly for you. I have just not found the Mole Map to be reliable.
Thurs, Sep 12: Vodcast on how to use a Bunsen burner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHLYO5PUtfE Take notes.
Vodcast: Naming Compounds Part 1 http://www.bozemanscience.com/naming-compounds-part-1
Vodcast: Naming Compounds Part 2 http://www.bozemanscience.com/naming-compounds-part-2 (This part is about writing formulas from the name.)
Wed, Sep 11: Watch McCormick to the end of Naming Compounds. Answer the questions you circled on the worksheet.
Tues, Sep 10: New handout: Average Atomic Mass to at least question 4. Keep watching Chapter 2. We will do naming compounds tomorrow!
Mon, Sep 9: New handout:
First page: answer the questions (2-sided)
Second page, "3-3 Practice Problems", front and back.
Week 2
Week 2
Fri, Sep 6: Watch Dr. McCormick's "Atoms, Molecules, Ions" and make annotations. The website is linked at the bottom of this Assignment page. Click on the link "Companion Video to Atoms, Molecules, Ions."
Thurs, Sep 5: Homework: Handout Problems 54-58 on separate paper.
Wed, Sep 4: Homework: Handout Problems 44-48 on separate paper.
Tues, Sep 3: Two vodcasts tonight:
1. Ms. Riggs:"How to watch a video podcast"
2a. Ms. Riggs: Sig figs review
OR
2b. Mr. Andersen: Sig figs review
2b. Mr. Andersen: Sig figs review
Week 1
Week 1
Wed, August 28
1. Orientation to course
2. No homework!
Thurs, August 29
1. Lab equipment identification & safety quiz tomorrow.
2. Parent signature on lab safety contract.
Fri, August 30
1. Background Reading for Paper Chromatography Lab. Answer the two questions at the bottom on page 3 in your lab notebook. Use ink.
2. Watch McCormick Chapter 1 "Chemical Foundations" vodcast. Annotate with your own notes. Be prepared to answer questions Tuesday.
Here is the web page for all of her vodcasts
http://apchemistrynmsi.wikispaces.com/AP+Chemistry+Class+Lecture+Notes+AND+instructional+videos
This is the direct link to Chapter 1 "Chemical Foundations"
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