Hon Chemistry 2-6-12 Atomic Radii & Ionization Energy

HON CHEMISTRY: Hey guys, here’s the lecture on the first periodic trends – atomic radii and ionization energy. You made some great connections today!

Don’t forget the element videos in Vodpod collection below. To review the properties and uses of the elements for the test,it would be a really great idea for you go back and view hydrogen, potassium, mercury, copper, arsenic, phosphorus, and chlorine. And you might just learn something along the way! You can view the videos on these and all of the elements on this cool website, periodicvideos.com. Just click on the elements, it’d be a great review as you start to prepare for the test. Wait – did I say test?!?

Chemistry 2-6-12 Chapter 4 Test Review

CHEMISTRY: Good luck studying for the chapter 4 test! Here is the vodcast that we did of the chapter 4 review for honors chemistry. You may find it helpful. Have youprinted out the study suggestion sheet from Edline? Remember, it’s on Edline and also on the post I did about the last help session. 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.

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.

Good luck! I’m praying for you!!

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Physics 2-2-12 Vertical Circular Motion

PHYSICS: Great job on the vertical circular motion problems! Since I recorded Friday’s lesson on top of a chemistry lesson, I’m posting an old lecture on finding V-min. (Remember, V-min for vertical circular motion, V-max for horizontal circular motion.) There are also a couple of new centripetal force problems at the end. BTW – how are the cars coming?

Honors Chemistry Poetry Project

(I’m sorry, guys! I posted this under 2011 instead of 2012. It was a little too far back for you to find!)

Chemistry in poetry – who’d of thought of such a thing? Any questions? Don’t forget to print out the Periodic Table of Poetry Mini Project – Honors requirements. Here’s how you’re going to pick an element. Sign up here by posting a comment with your element. The person who signs up first gets that element – be sure and check all the way down to the very first person to post, you may have to go to the previous page. Only one person per element!

Here are a few samples I found that don’t exactly follow the guidelines that I gave you, but I thought they’d give you a bit of inspiration. 🙂

first up is beryllium

there once was a prince called william
who made a car out of beryllium
the car broke down
and knocked off his crown
and now he makes them out of aluminium

second is lithium
lithium sweet lithium
will kill me if i eat it
lithium sweet lithium
will melt when we heat it
lithium sweet lithium
can power all our stuff
lithium sweet lithium
can feel very rough
jump for joy and run around ther’s stuff that could be done
when you’re playing with lithium you’re bound to have some fun

and lastly for now, helium

it’ll make your voice go high
and balloons fly in the sky
it’s a noble gas
with a very small mass
with a full first shell
its really cool as well

Chemistry 2-1-12 Noble Gas Notation

CHEMISTRY: Great job on doing the noble gas notation today! Are you starting to get the hang of it? How’s the coloring going on your periodic table? Read the instructions for it very carefully – colored pencil is not that easy to erase! 🙂


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Hon Chemistry 2-1-12 d & f-Block Elements

HON CHEMISTRY: This is just a deviant little block of elements, isn’t it? Here are the notes on the d-block metals, the transition metals, and the f-block. Don’t forget that there are a couple of things from the d-block that I want you to research for yourself: the role of transition metals in gemstones (know colors and elements) and the role of transition metals in alloys (know names, elements and uses).

Hey, speaking of research…..let’s see what you can find out for yourself….tomorrow!