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Announcements and Weekly Agenda
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First Semester
August
Week of 8/10 - 8/12
Agenda, 8/10
  1. Welcome/First Day Schoolwide Activities
  2. Rules/Procedures
  3. Class Website
  4. Truth or Lie?
Agenda, 8/11
  1. Writing goals to Success
  2. Lab Safety Video
  3. Lab Safety Procedures
  4. Course Syllabus
Agenda, 8/12
  1. Lab Equipment
  2. Review Syllabus and Procedures
Study for Lab Safety Test on Monday, 8/15.
Due on Monday, 8/15:  Class Notes #1 (CN#1):  Introduction to Chemistry (page 5 of INB) and Skill Practice #1(SP#1):  Experimental Design ,page 4 INB
Week of 8/15-8/19
Agenda, 8/15
  1. Lab Safety Test
  2. Discuss CN#1
  3. ChemQuest #2(CQ#2) - pages 6-8 INB
  4. Due:  CN#1 (page 5 INB) and Skill Practice (SP) #1 (page 4 INB)
Agenda, 8/16
  1. ​Discuss CQ#2
  2. Discuss CN#2 part 1 and part 2(taken in class)
  3. Due:  CN#2:  Measurement and its Uncertainties part 1, page 11 INB and Skill Practice (SP) #5, page 10 INB
Agenda, 8/17
  1. ​Practice/Review
  2. Activity
  3. Lab on Scientific Method:  We Scream for Ice Scream (No prelab)
Study for a Quiz tomorrow, Friday, 8/19, on CN#1 and CN#2
Agenda, 8/19
  1. Discuss CN#2, part 2 is done in class(page 13 INB) and practice on Significant figures is done in class (page 12 INB)
Due on Monday, 8/22:  CN#3:  Dimensional Analysis (page 15 INB)
Week of 8/22-8/26
Agenda, 8/22
  1. Due:  CN#3 (page 15 INB)
  2. Discuss CN#3
  3. CQ#8 (pages 18-19 INB)
Agenda, 8/23
  1. ​Quiz on CN#1 and #2
Agenda, 8/24
  1. Due:  CN#4 (page 17 INB)
  2. Update of INB
  3. Discuss CN#4
  4. Discuss Ice Cream Lab
  5. Lab/Activity on Dimensional Analysis:  Kool Aid, Man! (No prelab)
Agenda, 8/26​
  1. Due:  CN#5 (page 21 INB) and SP#8 (page 16 INB)
  2. Discuss CN#5
  3. Finish Kool-Aid lab and Go over answers
Study all pages of INB on Unit 1 for Unit 1 test on Wednesday, 8/31. Complete all pages of INB for grading on Wednesday.
Week of 8/29-9/2
Agenda, 8/29​
  1. CN#5 and SP#8
  2. Concept map on Matter (page 23 INB)
  3. Physical versus Chemical worksheet (page 20 INB)

Agenda, 8/30
  1. Discuss Ice cream Lab (page 25 INB)
  2. Game review
Agenda, 8/31
  1. Unit 1 Test and INB due for grading
Agenda, 9/2
  1. Start Unit 2 : Next section of your notebook.
  2. Due:  CN#6 (page 3 INB)
  3. CQ#13 (page 6-7 INB)
September
Week of 9/5-9/9
Agenda, 9/5
  1. Holiday
Agenda, 9/6
  1. Due CN#7 (page 5 INB) and SP#13 (page 4 INB)
Agenda, 9/7
  1. Due:  CN#8 (page 11 INB) and SP#84 (page 10 INB)
  2. ​Color-Coding your Periodic table
  3. Practice on Periodic Table
Agenda, 9/8
  1. CQ#84
  2. Go over Unit 1 Test
Back to School Night is 9/8.
Extra Credit if your parents sign up for Remind 101. I will give them the code at the meeting.
Agenda, 9/9
  1. Quiz on CN#6, #7 and #8
Week of 9/12- 9/16
Agenda, 9/12
  1. Due:  CN#9 (page 15 INB) and SP#15 (page 14 INB)
  2. Discussion of CN#9 and SP#15.
  3. CQ#15
Agenda, 9/13
  1. Continue discussion of CN#9, SP#15 and CQ#15
  2. Light as wave and particle video
  3. Practice on light calculations


Agenda, 9/14
  1. Due:  CN#10 
  2. Discuss CN#10
  3. CQ#16
  4. Lab:  How to use the Bunsen Burner ( no need for pre-lab)
Study for our first common assessment on Friday, 9/16.  
Agenda, 9/16
  1. Common Assessment #1
  2. Discuss Unit 1 Test
  3. Discuss Magic Square (paste on page 13 INB)
Study for a quiz on Monday on CN#9 and #10.  Study for Unit 2 Test on block day.
Week of 9/19 - 9/23
Agenda, 9/19
  1. Due:  SP#16
  2. Quiz on CN#9 and #10
Agenda, 9/20
  1. Game Review on Unit 2.
Agenda, 9/21
  1. Unit 2 Test and INB grading
Agenda, 9/23​
  1. No Student day
Week of 9/26-/9/30
Agenda, 9/26
  1. Due:  CN#11 (page 3 INB) and SP#18 (page 2 INB)
  2. CQ#18 (pages 4 and 5 INB)
  3. Discuss CN#11
Agenda, 9/27
  1. Due:  CN#12 (page 9 INB) and SP#20 (page 8 INB)
  2. Practice on electron configuration (page 6 INB)
  3. Discuss CN#12 and CQ#20
Agenda, 9/28​
  1. Electron Configuration worksheet (page 7 INB)
  2. Lab:  Flame Test ( no pre-lab write up)
Agenda, 9/30
  1. Color-coding the Periodic Table based on group names
October
Week of 10/3-10/7
Agenda, 10/3
  1. Due:  CN#13
  2. CQ#20
  3. CN#13
  4. Quiz on CN#11 and #12
Agenda, 10/4
  1. Discuss CN#13
  2. ​Due:  SP#21 (page 14 INB)
  3. CQ#21  (pages 16 and 17 INB)
Agenda, 10/5
  1. CQ#22 (pages 18 and 19 INB)
  2. Lab on Alkaline Earth (pre-lab write up required.  Go to Pre-lab navigation bar.)
Agenda, 10/7
  1. Quiz on Periodic Trends
Study for Unit 3 Test on block next week.  INB grading.
Week of 10/10 -10/14
Agenda, 10/10
  1. Review of all Unit 3
Agenda, 10/11
  1. Discuss Lab and go over quiz on Periodic Trends.
Agenda, 10/12
  1. Unit 3 Test and INB Grading
  2. Start Unit 4:  Table of Contents
Agenda, 10/14
  1. Due:  CN#14 (page 3 INB) and SP#19 (page 2 INB)
  2. Discuss CN#14 and SP#19
Week of 10/17 - 10/21
Agenda, 10/17
  1. Due:  CN#15 (page 7 INB) and SP #23 (page 6 INB)
  2. Discuss CN#15 and SP#23
  3. CQ#19
Agenda, 10/18
  1. Due:  CN#16 (page 11 INB) and SP#24 (page 10 INB)
  2. Discuss CN#16 and SP#24
  3. ​CQ#23
Agenda, 10/19
  1. Formula Writing WS
  2. CQ# 26
Agenda, 10/21
  1. ​Quiz on Naming Formula
Study for a Quiz on Ionic Bonding on Monday, 10/24
Week of 10/24 - 10/28
Agenda, 10/24
  1. Quiz on Ionic Bonding
  2. Discuss CN#16 and SP#24
  3. Bond with me
Agenda, 10/25
  1. Continue CN#16
  2. ​Practice on Covalent Bonding
Agenda, 10/26
  1. Metallic and Hydrogen Bonding
  2. Making Poster on Chemical Bonds
  3. Go over Unit 3 Free response
Agenda, 10/28
  1. Quiz on all Lectures
November
Week of 10/31 - 11/4
Agenda, 10/31
  1. Activity/Mini-lab: Making Molecular Models
Agenda, 11/1
  1. Game Review
  2. CQ#24
  3. Discuss Quiz on Ionic Bond
Agenda, 11/2
  1. ​Unit 4 Test and INB Grading
Agenda, 11/4
  1. ​Due:  CN#17 (page 3 INB)
  2. CQ#37 (pages 4 - 5 INB)
Week of 11/7 -11/11
Agenda, 11/7
  1. Due:  SP#37 (page 2 INB)
  2. CQ#35

Agenda, 11/8
  1. Quiz on Writing Chemical Reacitons
Agenda, 11/9
  1. Due:  CN#18 (page 9 INB) 
  2. CQ#37 
  3. Discuss SP#37
  4. Practice on Balancing Equations
Agenda, 11/11
  1. Holiday
  2. Study for a Quiz on CN#17 and CN#18
Week of 11/14 - 11/18
Agenda, 11/14
  1. CQ#37
  2. Review WS on Balancing Equation and Types of Reactions
Agenda, 11/15
  1. Due:  CN#20 (page 17 INB)
  2. Discuss CN#20
Agenda, 11/16
  1. Quiz on CN#17 and CN#18
  2. Practice on CN#20
  3. Discuss Quiz on Nomenclature
Agenda, 11/18
  1. Retake on Quiz on Nomenclature
Week of 11/21-11/25:  Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Break Homework:  Extra Credit
Due by Monday, 11/28 ( no late work)
  1. Go to our website, under General Chemistry is a navigation Bar, Interactive Review.  Go to Unit 2, open Ionic Bonding #2.  Take the Quiz on Ionic Bonding. Take the quiz as many times as you want and print out the result.  Go to Unit 3, open Covalent Bonding Review.  Take the quiz as many times as you want and print out the result.
Week of 11/28 - 12/2
Agenda, 11/28
  1. Due:  CN#21 (page 19 INB) and extra credit homework.
  2. Discuss CN#20 for Review
  3. Practice on calculating Mole
Agenda, 11/29
  1. Discuss Practice on Calculating Mole
Agenda, 11/30
  1. Assign Final Exam Review Homework
  2. Discuss Mole Problems
  3. Review for Common Assessment #3
Agenda, 12/2
  1. Common Assessment #3
  2. Crossword Puzzle Review
December
Week of 12/5 - 12/9
Due by 12/7:  Final Exam Review Homework
Review Packet for Final exam
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We are reviewing this whole week for our Final exams next week.  We will not learn anything new.  we will take the time to relearn.  It is to your advantage that you take the time to review the materials in your notebook to do well on the Finals.
Week of 12/12 - 12/16
Final Exam Schedule

December 12th – periods 1-6 Full day
December 13th – Finals - Periods 1 and 4
December 14th – Finals - Periods 2 and 5
December 15th – Finals - Periods 3 and 6
December 16th – No school for students 
End of First Semester
Happy Holidays to you and your family.