422-002+Chem+21

This is a college prep class designed for students seeking to enrich their lives through studying science as well as meeting graduation requirements. This course utilizes group reading, group problem solving, laboratory demonstration, laboratory experimentation, writing, project completion, and creative demonstration to build a science background. This course is meant to prepare students for college level science expectations.

For general class guidelines and expectations please see the overall syllabus.

If you don't know what class you are in please check out the class roster here //- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004.//

=Week 1-3: October 29-September 12.=


 * Summary:** Week 1-3 were devoted to learning the difference between intensive and extensive, observation vs. interpretation, how to knowledge in the form of completing unit conversions, evaluating unit prefixes, determining scientific notation.


 * Overall Due Date:** The following list is ultimately due Septemeber 17th, but each individual assignment had due dates prior to that.

//Nobles: Summary 1.3- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Transition Metals: Summary 1.1 and 1.2- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline: Week 1 notes- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline Earth: Lab analysis for Observation vs. Interpretation- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Lanthanides: Chapter 1 book problems- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Halides: Week 2 notes- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004.//
 * Book**: Summary 1.1-1.3, and chapter 1 problems:pages 22-23, #7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, and 22. Standardized Test Prep (STP), page 25, #1 and 9.
 * Blog**: Discussion Question 1-3
 * Lab**: Observation vs. Interpreation, properties of matter
 * Project**: None.
 * Worksheets**: None to be graded.
 * Vocabulary to be known, but not completed**: chemistry, chemical, mass, matter, atom, element, compound, intensive property, extensive property, physical property, physical change, chemical property, chemical change, reactants, products, mixture, homogeneous, heterogeneous, solution, pure substance, family, group, period, metal, nonmetal, metalloid
 * Vocabulary to be known and to be completed and handed in**: None.
 * Test:** Monday September 17th.
 * Quiz:** none.
 * Group Wiki**:

Please check out the following links for chapter 1 and 2 problems, problem set 1 answers, week 1 class notes, week 2 class notes, week 1 lab work and write up, chapter summaries, and [|discussion] questions 1-3.

=Week 4-5: September 17th-September 28.=


 * Summary:** These weeks are devoted to the study of unit prefix values, unit conversion, density, averaging, percent error, percent material, mixtures, and seperating mixtures.


 * Overall Due Date:** Each student will be expected to complete the following for class by October 1st at the latest, though each assignment will have earlier due dates as well.

Test: none. Quiz: during week 5. //Nobles- Post notes week 3, lab analysis for mixtures 2- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Transition Metals- Post notes week 4- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline- Lab analysis for pop bottle- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline Earth-Lab analysis for unit conversions- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Lanthanides- Lab analysis for Density- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Halides- Chapter 2 problem set answers- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004.//
 * Book**: Chapter 2 problems, summary of chapter 2.3.
 * Blog**: Discussion question 4-6
 * Lab**: Unit Conversion, Pop Bottle Metrics, Density, Mixtures 1, Mixtures 2,
 * Worksheets**: Unit Conversion, Density
 * Vocabulary to be known but not completed:** scientific method, system, hypothesis, model, theory.
 * Vocabulary to be known and completed:** SI units, mass, weight, meter, gram, liter, volume, milli-, centi-, micro-, kilo-, mega-, derived unit, density, conversion factor, dimensional analysis, accuracy, precision, percent error, significant figures, scientific notation, directly proportional, inversely proportional.
 * Project**: None.
 * Group Wiki**:

=Week 6-8: October 1- October 19.=


 * Summary:** Dalton's Atomic Theory, The Law of Definite Proportions, The Law of Multiple Proportions and the Law of Conservation of Mass.Know how to determine the mass of a mole of an element. Know how to convert from moles to mass, mass to moles, moles to number of atoms, number of atoms to moles, mass to number of atoms, and number of atoms to mass.


 * Overall Due Date:

Book**: A) pages 89-90, #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 32 and 34, B) page 89, #7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18 C)89-90, #19, 20, 21, 22 (a-c), 23(a-b), 24(a-d), 28(e-h). Test: Quiz: //Nobles- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Transition Metals- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline Earth-- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Lanthanides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Halides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004.//
 * Blog**:
 * Lab**:
 * Worksheets**:
 * Vocabulary to be known but not completed:** Atom, electron, proton, neutron, nucleus, nuclear forces, atomic number, isotope, nuclide, atomic mass unit (amu), average atomic mass, mole, Avogadro's number, molar mass.
 * Vocabulary to be known and completed:** Dalton's Atomic Theory, The Law of Definite Proportions, The Law of Multiple Proportions and the Law of Conservation of Mass.
 * Project**:
 * Group Wiki**:

Still in progress... problems, lab work/ write up, complete discussion questions, and complete your piece of the class timeline project.

=Week 9-10:=


 * Summary:** Know how to write nuclear equations. Know how to determine the half-life of a substance given the appropriate data or, given the half-life, know how to determine either the amount of decayed sample or the amount of radioactive sample that remains.


 * Overall Due Date:

Book**: A) pages 703-704, #9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 26, 27, 28 and 29. B) pages 704-705, #30, 31, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44. //Nobles- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Transition Metals- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline Earth-- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Lanthanides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Halides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004.// Quiz: Group Wiki**: //Nobles- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Transition Metals- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline Earth-- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Lanthanides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Halides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004.//
 * Blog**:
 * Lab**:
 * Worksheets**:
 * Vocabulary to be known but not completed:** nuclear reaction, transmutation, radioactive decay, alpha particle, beta particle, positron, electron capture, gamma ray, half-life, decay series, parent nuclide, daughter nuclide, roentgen, radioactive dating, radioactive tracers, nuclear fission, chain reaction, critical mass, nuclear fusion.
 * Vocabulary to be known and completed:**
 * Project**:
 * Test:

Complete your piece of the Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, nuclear power, chemotherapy, or a different project.

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 * Summary:

Overall Due Date:

Book**: Test: Quiz: //Nobles- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Transition Metals- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Alkaline Earth-- 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Lanthanides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004. Halides- - 422-002, 422-003, 422-004.//
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