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Chemistry 12-9-09 Period, Block, Group, Type

Ms. Skinner — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:09:09 +0000

CHEMISTRY: You’re doing a great job with noble gas notation! Now let’s turn it around. Here’s the discussion from Wednesday on how to use electron configuration to determine the period, block, group, and type for an element. We’ll start reviewing for the exam tomorrow. I’ve already put the exam review for you on Edline.

Cartoon by Nick D. Kim, lab-initio.com

CHEMISTRY 12-7-09 History of the Periodic Table – Pt 2

Ms. Skinner — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:23:01 +0000

CHEMISTRY: From Monday – here’s the discussion on the second part of the history of the periodic table. Also, today we learned to separate the periodic table into blocks, and determine electron configuration just by an element’s location on the periodic table. You did great! Practice tonight and we’ll work on it again tomorrow!

Chemistry 12-3-09 Short Intro to the Periodic Table

Ms. Skinner — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:15:06 +0000

CHEMISTRY: Here’s the very brief lecture from Monday – a short intro to the history of the periodic table. How did you like playing Mendeleev? Did it give you a better appreciation for the work that those early scientists did? We’ll continue our discussion of the history of the periodic table on Monday. Triboluminescence tomorrow!!

Chemistry 11-30-09 Chapter 4 Test Review

Ms. Skinner — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:44:34 +0000

CHEMISTRY: Good luck studying for the chapter 4 test! Here is the vodcast that we did of the chapter 4 review for honors chemistry. I think you’ll find it helpful as well. Have you printed out the study suggestion sheet from Edline? I’m also attaching here. Click on the title to open. Make sure you give yourself plenty of time to memorize the things you need to memorize so that you can apply them on the test. And practice, practice, practice, the problems and electron configurations. Ch 4 Study Suggestions

What about applications for discussion? Photoelectric effect, spectroscopy, etc.? Another great idea for studying is to watch the videos that we watched in class that are in the VodPod collection below. Especially good would be Animated Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, and Emission Spectrum of Hydrogen.

BTW – Help session Tuesday morning at 7:15 A.M. Good luck! I’m praying for you!!

flickr photo by Curtis Gregory Perry

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Ms. Skinner — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:10:03 +0000

I hope you’re having a wonderful Thanksgiving! Do you know what I’m very thankful for? You! Thanks for the hard work you’ve put into chemistry and physics. Keep it up and don’t give up. Stay strong and trust in the truth that will never fail, that will endure forever! “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. Be thankful unto Him and bless His name, for the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.”

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