WSHS Honors Chemistry - Miss Sefton


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Friday, November 29 -Break! Don't go crazy on Black Friday! See you Monday!                                                                                   Question of the Day: No question,


Thursday, November 28 - Break! Enjoy your turkey, potatoes, and traditions!                                                                                                  Question of the Day:  None

Wednesday, November 27 -           Break! Enjoy your Thanksgiving and make sure you enjoy and cherish the time with your family and friends!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Question of the Day: None

Tuesday,November 26 - Potluck Chemistry Party/Intro to Periodic Table; Elemental "BINGO", Flame Activity/Specific Heat                                                                                                                                                                        

Question of the Day: How do scientists visually represent quantitative data? 


Monday, November 25-Finish "The Story of Science: Episode 2", "Which Tree Burns Faster"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Question of the Day: What do you know about the periodic table?
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                                                Friday, November 22 -Make-up test, "The Story of Science: Episode 2"

                                  Question of the Day: None. Potluck Tuesday! Remember, what you bring you bring to share!


Thursday, November 21 -Test over Energy


Question of the Day: None. Test.

Wednesday, November 20- Review in class for test tomorrow

Question of the Day: None. Review for test.

Tuesday, November 19 -Board meeting Energy Worksheet #3, Dry Ice Activity, pass out review for test thursday

Question of the Day: List all 6 phase changes and whether they are endo or exothermic.

                            Monday, November 18: Group quiz over energy, Discuss worksheet 3b, assign odds for homework
                                                        Question of the Day:

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Friday, November 15-Discuss worksheet #3 and begin #3B,                                                                        Question of the Day: Ranking task #2 in your notebookC                                                                                                                                                                                              


Thursday, November 14 - Discuss worksheet #3 (board meeting), receive curve project (Due Monday), TEST NEXT THURSDAY (11/21/13)! Quiz over phase changes/LOL charts
Question of the Day: If you have a cooling curve showing a drop from 75-25 degrees celsius, you know the heat capacity of liquid water (4.18 J/g* C) and you have 456 J of energy, what is your starting mass of water?

Wednesday, November 13-    Introduction to specific heat, worksheet #3 due tomorrow                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Question of the Day: What is endothermic? What is exothermic?

Tuesday, November 12 -Board meeting Energy Worksheet #2, Quiz Friday over heating/cooling curve                                                                                                                                                                                              

Question of the Day:  Create a heating curve for alcohol (mp -15 degrees celsius, boiling point 75 degrees celsius). ID the different phases on the line.

Monday, November 11 Discuss Icy Hot Lab, do Worksheet #1 in class, Worksheet #2 for homework
                                                                                                                                                                                          
                  Question of the Day: If this is a heating curve (see student notebook for picture), what does a cooling curve look like?

Heating Curve Website: HERE
Phase Change Diagram Website: HERE
Smart Notes for Worksheet #1: HERE

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Friday, November 8 -Work in computer lab on phase change Icy Hot Lab analysis                                 Question of the Day: Copy ranking task #2 into your notebook and answer it.   C                                                                                                                                                                                              


Thursday, November 7 - Phase Change "Icy-Hot" lab
Question of the Day:Copy the "ranking task" into your notebook and answer it. 

Wednesday, November 6-     Review the answers to the study guide, heat/temperature demo,                                 heat/temperature eureka video, receive "pre-lab" due tomorrow before lab                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Question of the Day: What is the difference between heat and temperature?

Tuesday, November 5 -Finish test, work on reading activity "study guide" for Unit 3.                                                                                                                                                                 

Question of the Day:  No question

Monday, November 4 Test over Unit 2                                                                                                                                              Question of the Day: No questions
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Friday, November 1 -  Liquid Nitrogen Day! TEST MONDAY!!!! EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS IF             NECESSARY!                                                                                                                                          Question of the Day:                                                                                                                                                                                        


Thursday, October 31 -Review for test on Monday!!! (I don't normally give tests monday so I apologize. Email me with questions!)
Question of the Day: none 

Wednesday, October 30   Begin review of ideal gas law, review for test Monday (Handgraph WS due)

Question of the Day: Andy and his balloon (see a classmate for the question)


Tuesday, October
29
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Compare graphs hand vs. excel, PVTn box problems, introduce ideal gas law (Liquid Nitrogen Day tomorrow!! Bring gummy candies, flowers that you want to freeze)              
PowerPoint: Attached HERE (Ideal Gas Law, you are responsible for the content in this powerpoint)
Question of the Day:  Identify which graphs represent these pairings: T (*C)/P, P/V, P/n, T(K)/P (see a student for the graphs)

Monday, October 28 Review/board worksheet #3
Question of the Day: A bike tire has a pressure of 102.6 kPa at 36 degrees celsius. What is its pressure at 2.5 degree celsius?
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Friday, October 25 -     Notebook quiz, reading article assignment, Worksheet #3 (due Monday if not finished in class.                                                                                                                                                 Question of the Day:   None (Miss Sefton out)                                                                                                                                                                                            


Thursday, October 24 -Create excel graphs of data provided on 10/23
Question of the Day: none (in computer lab)

Wednesday, October 23  Quiz over pressure, Using data provided, create 3 graphs in your notebook                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Question of the Day: None (Miss Sefton out)

Tuesday, October
22
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Pressure notes (powerpoint), review worksheets                                                                  Question of the Day:  Over how to read a manometer. See a classmate for question and picture that went with it. 

Monday, October 21 Review worksheet #2
Question of the Day: See a classmate
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Friday, October 18 - No school. Enjoy your day off.                                                                                         Question of the Day:   None                                                                                                                                                                                            


Thursday, October 17 -
Question of the Day: 

Wednesday, October 16   Diffusion of dye; board meeting and class discussion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Question of the Day: How does this can of liquid (see picture from classmate) produce a "gas"?

Tuesday, October
15
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Vacuum a student activity, board meeting,                                                                        Question of the Day:  As temperature increases, what happens to pressure? What kind of relationship is this? Give a real world example and explain using particles.

Monday, October 14 "Float a student" activity, discussion of pressure, notes on pressure units; worksheet #1 due Wednesday
Question of the Day: As temperature increases, what happens to volume? Give an example and explain using particles.
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Friday, October 11 - Diffusion of different liquids demonstration; board meeting; temperature eureka videos                                                                                                                                       Question of the Day:                                                                                                                                                                                               


Thursday, October 10 -Eureka Videos on temperature and particle motion, discussion of phase changes and associated motion/energy. Particle diagram discussion.
Question of the Day: A family wants to dye their pool "pumpkin orange" for halloween. The forecast calls for a high temperature of 75 and a low of 48. When would be the optimal time for them to turn their pool into a "liquid looking" pumpkin?

Wednesday, October 9   Diffusion of dye; board meeting and class discussion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Question of the Day: How does this can of liquid (see picture from classmate) produce a "gas"?

Tuesday, October 8 - Diffusion of "perfume"; board meeting and class discussion                                                                                                                                                                                

Question of the Day:  Compare and contrast oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Monday, October 7 Mythbusters introduction to gas laws                                                                                     Question of the Day: What would happen to a diver if you cut off their surface connection while at a depth of 300 ft?

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Friday, October 4 -Unit 1 Test                                                                                                                            Question of the Day:   None                                                                                                                                                                                               


Thursday, October 3 - Review game
Question of the Day:None! 

Wednesday, October 2     Review the correct answers for study guide                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Question of the Day: None.

Tuesday, October 1 -Work on Review Packet for test (Miss Sefton out)                                                                                                                                                                                  

Question of the Day:  None

Monday, September 30 Work on review of worksheet #6; board meeting                                                                        Question of the Day: See a classmate!
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Friday, September 27 -No school. Enjoy your day off.                                                                                   Question of the Day:                                                                                                                                                                                                  


Thursday, September 26 - Early Release/Pep-Rally Day: Work on Density Column challenge (due at the end of class)
Question of the Day:None! Get to work on the lab!  

Wednesday, September 25-     Lab Practical (wire); receive review sheets/objective sheet for test next FRIDAY (changed from original date of Wednesday).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Question of the Day: None. Get to work on the lab!

Tuesday, September 24 -Finish the "size" of things in the computer lab (due at the end of class),        start conversions review                                                                                                                                                                        

Question of the Day:  Refer to pictures of graphs. Which one shows an inverse relationship, a direct relationship and an exponential relationship? Explain how you know.

Monday, September 23 Work in computer lab on worksheet #5: The "Size" of things, did not complete today, due at the end of class tomorrow.                                                                                                                                                   Question of the Day: If a superhero sprinter runs at a rate of 100 m/4 s, what is his speed in km/min? In mi/hr? (1.6 km = 1 mi)
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Friday, September 20 -No school. Enjoy your day off.                                                                                   Question of the Day:                                                                                                                                                                                                  


Thursday, September 19 - Density Quiz, Board meeting to finish. Enjoy your weekend!
Question of the Day: A sheet of paper has a mass of 0.5 g and a volume of 2.5 cm^3. What is the sheet's density? What is the density of half a sheet? Why?

Wednesday, September 18-     Lab Practical; packet due                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Question of the Day: None. Get to work on the lab!

Tuesday, September 17 -Board meeting over worksheet from Monday; packet due tomorrow     P                                                                                                                                                                                            

Question of the Day:  Refer to data from 9-16. Which line on the graph is solid A, which is solid b, and which is water?

Monday, September 16 Work on density worksheet independently and then compare in groups; get worksheet (due wednesday)                                                                                                                                                     Question of the Day: If Solid A has a density of 6.98 g/mL and Solid B has a density of 0.96 g/mL, which one will sink in water? Which one will float? Why?

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Friday, September 13 -           Discuss formal report expectations, discuss graphs created in class, density layer demonstration (formal report due MONDAY!)                                                                                                                                 Question of the Day: What is this value (get the picture from a classmate!)                                                                                         


Thursday, September 12 - Computer lab (work on finishing graph on excel and begin typing first formal report of the year) DUE MONDAY!
Question of the Day:  What was LaVoisier's main contribution to science? How does his work relate to volume and mass?  

Wednesday, September 11-     Finish recording data table information, copy into notebook, work in computer lab on creating lab assignment.                                                                                                                                                            Information for the class (excel) HERE (make sure that you select the tab that corresponds to your class period) Question of the Day: How do you find the volume of an irregular solid?

 

Tuesday, September 10 -        Begin lab over volume/mass. Take observations and create procedure as a class, answering the question "How are mass and volume related?"                                                                                                                                                                                             

Question of the Day: Explain the relationship between volume and mass as you currently understand it

Monday, September 9 Due to the ACT Boot Camp and an excessive number of absences, students will watch an episode of mythbusters directly related to the current unit and the next unit. LAB TOMORROW!                             Question of the Day: If a ruler has an  exact measurement up to the tenths place, where will your final numerical value lie for your answer?

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Friday, September 6 -               Review Worksheet 2, Quiz, Work on reading assignment (what you do not finish is homework!) LAB ON MONDAY DELAYED UNTIL TUESDAY!! WEAR CLOSED-TOE SHOES!                                             Question of the Day: What is this value (get the picture from a classmate!)                                                                                         


Thursday, September 5 - Finish measurement notes, Lab in Computer Lab for histogram/mathematical relationships in volume and mass (finish for HW Monday), Accuracy Worksheet #2 due tomorrow.                           Question of the Day:  What was LaVoisier's main contribution to science? How does his work relate to volume and mass?  

Wednesday, September 4 -Board meeting over "graphs" from yesterday,       discussion about the relationship between mL and cm^(3), measurement notes, Quiz friday                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Question of the Day: Identify A, B, and C in the picture and explain how they are related.
Notes Website: HERE

Tuesday, September 3 - Volume mL vs. cm^ (3) demonstration;         HW reading and finish graph in notebook from class demo on volume of a cylinder vs. a hollow box.                                                                                                                                                                                             

Question of the Day: Define volume and mass

Monday, September 2 No school, enjoy labor day                                                                                                                                   Question of the Day: None

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Friday, August 30 -Board meeting for stations lab continued; Quiz 1 for unit 1; Turned in notebook for check  Question of the Day: No question, BOARD YOUR STATION FROM THURSDAY!


Thursday, August 29 - Alka-Seltzer Blow up; board meeting for stations lab; quiz tomorrow, notebooks due tomorrow, Unit 1 Worksheet 1 due tomorrow                                                                                                                                    Question of the Day:  What is wrong with this histogram? (Get the picture from a classmate)

Wednesday, August 28 -Lab Stations of Mass (1-4 stations) MUST WEAR CLOSE TOED SHOES!                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Question of the Day: How does a histogram differ from a bar graph. Give an example of when to use each.  

Tuesday, August 27 -        Introduction to mass (video, take notes during video), graph notes,               Histogram assignment due tomorrow (use graph data for class from August 23)                                                                                                                                                                               

Question of the Day: How do scientists visually represent quantitative data? 

VIDEO:  Eureka "Mass" video


Monday, August 26 -Board Meeting, steel wool lab; no hw                                                                                                                       Question of the Day: A student who performs an experiment finds that, at the end, he has lost 0.125g. Did the student do something wrong? Justify your answer.     

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Friday, August 23 -Steel Wool lab (wear close toed shoes!), No HW                                                                                      

GRAPH DATA FOR CLASS: HERE                                                                                                        

Question of the Day: In your own words, explain what a particle is. What represents a particle on a board? 

Thursday, August 22 -Continue board meeting over Whoosh Bottle, expand on particle diagram ideas; no HW                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Question of the Day: List 3 guidelines for a successful board meeting!       

Wednesday, August 21 -Calcium Carbide Revisited, introduction to "stuff" and particle diagrams, "board           meeting".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Question of the Day: If 1 inch = 2.54 cm, how many inches are in 5 cm?         

Tuesday, August 20 -Metric Review, First "Board Meeting" ; No HW                                                                                                                     

Question of the Day: If 1 in = 2.54 cm, how many cm are in 5 inches?         

Monday, August 19 -Chemistry Prior Knowledge Pre-test; no HW                                                                                                                       Question of the Day: How many meters are in 2 kilometers? How many sentences are in a paragraph?          

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Friday, August 16 -Safety review/quiz; turn in paperwork; begin metric review!                                                                                                                



Thursday, August 15 -Apparatus scavenger hunt; review equipment and safety. Paperwork for class, as well as two paragraph "what to do" on the back of your half sheet are due tomorrow! Safety quiz tomorrow as well!

 


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Wednesday, August 14- Welcome to the first day of classes! Today we will spend time going over the syllabus, safety sheets, expectations for the class, what the class will cover this year, and the importance of time management in relation to this class.

  • HW Assigned: Safety Information Sheet Study Guide and *ALL* course paperwork (personal information sheet and signed safety contract) due by Friday, August 16
  • Safety QUIZ Friday, August 17
  • Please note that no student may complete a lab until the student in question and a parent/guardian has returned a signed safety contract.

Paperwork can be found Class Expectations, Safety Addendum, Parent Letter, Student Info

 


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