King of the Hill Competition 2016

PHYSICS: Terrific job on the King of the Hill competition!!! I’m really proud of the work that all of you did on your cars.

It was a fierce, head to head battle with car flying all over the track, but at last the strongest car emerged victorious! Congratulations, Taylor, on being King of the Hill! Also, congrats to Ben and Austin for winning the distance and speed races! (And thanks, Lyndsey, for the photos!)

King of the Hill 2016 from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.

Chemistry 2-2-16 Quantum Model of the Atom

CHEMISTRY: So which are they? Are electrons particles or are they waves? Here’s the lecture from Tuesday. If you’re still having questions, you will not only want to watch this vodcast again, but also you might watch these video clips that we saw in class today – The Emission Spectrum of Hydrogen, and also this one Animated Quantum Mechanics.

Tomorrow is the Flame Test lab! Don’t forget to pre-write the lab. Check the syllabus to see what you are supposed to do.

UPDATE REMINDER: Don’t forgot the homework update! Add this to your syllabus – due Thursday: Pg. 119 – 122: 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 47, 50, 52, 53, 56 – Due Thur.

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Hon Chemistry 2-2-16 Conclusion of cLAB: Element Reverse Scavenger Hunt

HON CHEMISTRY: Wow! Did you every dream there was that much interesting and important stuff to know about the s, p, d, and f block elements?! Here’s the final day – we ran through all the slides, clarified some information and filled in gaps you might have had.

As you are studying, make sure you go back and practice figuring out the period, block, group, and type of element from the electron configuration. And don’t forget the topics I asked you to research for yourself that you will find on the Chapter 5 Stuff to Know Sheet on Edline!!

To make your research even more interesting(!), there are some really interesting videos with tons of useful information at this site: http://periodicvideos.com/

The videos that you must watch from the s-block for the test are potassium, magnesium, and calcium.

The videos you need to watch for the p-Block are carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, and chlorine. http://periodicvideos.com/

The elements from the d block that I especially want you to watch are copper and mercury. And there are other interesting ones you might like to watch just for fun!

The videos on from the f-Block that you need to watch are: neodymium, thorium, and uranium. Go pop some popcorn and have some movie time!

Hon Chemistry 2-3-15 Conclusion of cLAB: Element Reverse Scavenger Hunt from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.