Well, it’s almost over – can you believe it?!? Seems just like yesterday you were coming into my chemistry class for the first time, learning to light a Bunsen burner. Aaaaahh, good times! So what was the best, what was the worst? Careful now, I’m still grading your research papers! flickr photo by by xalamay [...]

flickr photo by NinJA999 Good luck studying for your chemistry & honors chemistry exam! It is super, super important so study YOUR VERY BEST and remember to practice, practice, practice! This exam can make a HUGE difference in your average. FINISH STRONG, like you’ve been working all year!! Make flashcards out of the vocab, formulas, [...]

CHEMISTRY: Great job with pH today. What did you think about the indicators? Can you think of anything that changes color in the presence of an acid or base? What about tea? Have you noticed how it changes to a lighter shade when you add lemon? Acids mean H30+ ions and pH, bases mean OH- [...]

HON CHEMISTRY: So that’s why even in July you are so cold when you get out of the pool! Here’s the laaaaaaasssst lecture of the year – an overview of the implications of change in state. So again, which is worse, a boiling water burn or a steam burn? And now do you understand why [...]

HON CHEMISTRY: Great job on your Properties of Acids & Bases lessons! You guys do illustrations way better than I do. I should have had you do this more often! You can view Chase and Kelly’s presentations below. Also, I’ve uploaded all of your presentations to Google Docs – click here to open the folder [...]

CHEMISTRY: Good luck studying for the laaaaaaassst chapter test of the year!! flickr photo by M. V. Jentzen You know, lots of times you don’t really miss something until you don’t have it. No mic, so we’ve been having to do it old school, but no problem!! Don’t forget these major topics for the test: [...]

HON CHEMISTRY: Wow! How do you review fission and fusion in 10 minutes? Thanks for keeping up with me! So you can have a little more explanation, I’m posting the vodcast from last year. Well – that, and the mic is still not working!! Oh – and there is an overview of the test at [...]

HON CHEMISTRY: Aaahhh! What do you do when you have a dead mic?!? You post an old vodcast from last year! It’s not exactly where we were, but close enough to review some pretty useful applications of radioactivity. And for the record, its 4 hydrogen nuclei undergo fusion to form a helium nucleus and 2 [...]

CHEMISTRY: Who knew pressure could be so fun! Thanks to my volunteers, I seriously hope you didn’t break a lung!! Here’s the lecture on pressure. Image source http://www.taxi-library.org/photos/high-heels.jpg

HON CHEMISTRY: So it turns out there are some pretty useful applications of radioactivity! But I’m telling you, we’ve got to stop having these ultra-short classes!! Since we barely got started today, let’s regroup tomorrow, okay? And yes, that means you get to ask me about maybe moving the test, but I’m not promising anything [...]