August/September
(Craddock-AP Chem)
Last Update: August 28, 2007
Mr. Craddock's AP Chem
Please visit often as changes may occur daily!
Please choose a month to visit:
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8/20 No School |
8/21 No School
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8/22 Welcome! Introductions and such. Lots of handouts. What is the AP test? |
8/23 Check into lab. Lab safety
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8/24 Demos of filtering, sublimation, evaporation dish use. Don't get a thermometer near a flame or rest on the bottom of a hot dish! Lab-Separations |
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Finish chapter 1 this week. Suggested
problems:
1,3,7,15,19,29,31,36,37
Begin chapter
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9,11,13,17,21,25 |
8/27 Ion list (This goes with Ch. 3 but
begin learning them now!) Finish Separations lab. |
8/28 Discuss lab 1. (Character building, yes?) The lab notebook. Handout next lab. Demo-Electrolysis End Ch. 1 |
8/29 Begin Chapter 2- Isotope review Isotopic penny challenge Read ch. 2 through p. 78 for sure! Be aware of group
names and general characteristics (p. 79-end)
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8/30 Begin Confirmation of Chemical Formula lab. Because the procedure requires the entire class period, we will go over the pre-lab on Friday. Finish Ch. 2. Know your ions, yet? Meta-Quiz on Formula writing tomorrow! |
8/31 Finish Confirmation lab. Lab report due on Wednesday. Stock system vs. Classical or Greek system. Try problems at end
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Begin Ch. 3
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9/3 No School Chapter 3 suggested problems :
5,7,11,13,15,19, |
9/4 Significant figure review.
Go over quiz Prep Determination of a Chemical Formula lab. Demo 10 mL pipets, centrifuge, student practice
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9/5 Begin Determination of a Chemical Formula lab. Finish Part 1 today. If time, work on pre-lab before beginning part 2. Be sure to finish pre-lab questions before beginning part 2 of lab.
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9/6 Finish
Determination of a Chemical Formula lab
Handout and prep hydrate lab.
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9/7 Hydrate lab |
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Test 1 this week |
9/10 Finish with Hydrate lab "The Perfect Lab" |
9/11 End of unit wrap-up if needed. Test could be today. Empirical and molecular formulas |
9/12 Test 1 Chapters 1 - 3 |
9/13 Hand back test 1. Discuss. Intro chapter 4. Now the fun begins- |
9/14 Review of Balancing equations Begin review of Stoichiometry. Limiting reactants and demo!
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Chapter 4 problems UPDATED!: 3, 5, 8, 9,
11, 20, 23, 29, 34, 42, 45, 49, 53,60,65,67,79, 80 Link to Book site
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9/17 Begin Alum Lab. |
9/18 Alum Lab. Students: You should be studying stoichiometry and trying problems in chapter 4. |
9/19 1/2 day! Open House Go over Alum lab-wrap it up. More stoichiometry Alum Challenge Problem |
9/20 Empirical Formulas revisited. Section 4.6 Demos of decomposition reactions. And others |
9/21 More stoichiometry Review for test. Do old AP Problems (2003b #2, 2004 #2, 2005b #5) |
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9/24 Test chapter 4
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9/26 Go Over Part 2 of the test Solubility Rules, Dude! Lab
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9/27 Go over lab Go over reaction prediction #1 and 2 Net ionic practice quiz Love and memorize song |
9/28 Go over reaction prediction 3 and 4 Net Ionic quiz Double replacement/solubility demo (barium hydroxide and sulfuric acid) 2004 AP Question #5
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