Tuesday, September 28, 2010

In Class:

• POGIL Activity "What's in a Scientist's Toolbox" (continued)
• All Students should be familiar with the following concepts:
• How to take precise measurements
• What is a significant figure
• Rules for identifying significant figures
• What is the importance of significant figures when measuring
• The difference between Accuracy & Precision

Homework:

• Find & learn definitions for all the "key terms" in chapter 1 listed on p. 49  (Due Fri. 10/1)

Wed & Thurs, September 22-23, 2010

In Class:

• Review Metric System & SI Units 
• Game - (http://www.quia.com/cc/4177.html), 
• Game - (http://www.sporcle.com/games/si_units.php)  Note: We only learned 1/2 of these
• History - (http://www.mchs154.org/files/MetricMatchGame.ppt)
• Begin POGIL Activity #3 - "What's in a Scientist's Tool Box"

Homework:

• Read Section 1.5, p22-24 (Due Friday)
• Read section 1.6, p25 - 37 (Due Friday)

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Book Keeping:

• Textbooks were assigned
• Chemical vs. Physical Change Homework was collected
• Chemical vs. Physical Change Lab Assignments were collected
• If you failed to complete or submit the lab, please do the following alternate assignment
  Please visit this website.  < http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/?page_id=161 >
  
  
  Take/Print the "Pre-test" and give it to me (please show any corrections you made). 
  
  
  Perform the Virtual Lab Module (Take a "screen shot" with your results & email it to me)
  
  
  Take / Print the "Post-Lab Test" and give it to me with any corrections shown

In Class:

• Began lecture including the topics
• SI units of measure
• Metric System
• Unit Conversions
• Scientific Notation

Homework:

• Complete Metric Conversions & Scientific Notation Worksheet (it was emailed to all classes)
• Read Section 1.4 in the textbook, pages 17-21

Monday: September 20, 2010

In class:

• Elements Quiz 1-54
• Reviewed Chemical vs. Physical Change Lab including
• Signs of Chemical Change
• Change in energy (heat or light)
• Formation of gas
• Change in color
• Formation of a precipitate

Homework:

• Review Chapter 1 Reading Assignment
• Study notes - Chemical vs. Physical Change

Mr. Zehner's Chemistry Class