Monthly Archives: September 2022

Hon Chemistry 9-15-22 Lab Equipment

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HON CHEMISTRY – There’s a ton of useful equipment for chemistry this year! Below is a video with an overview of the apparatus that you’ll use in the chemistry lab. Click on the title above the video for a PDF of everything in the video. For all of the equipment, here’s what you need to know:

  • Know the name of each item.
  • Explain the use of each item (it’s written in white on the slide)

The second slide show is a great tour of our lab. It’s very important information about where stuff is and what it’s used for. Click on the title above the video for a PDF of everything in the video. I think you’ll find the lab tour very helpful. Both of these would be a great way to study equipment for the test! (Hint, hint!) 🙂

Lab Apparatus Assignment – Study the lab equipment in the slide show below and then, when you know them, identify the equipment in the Lab Apparatus Review Assignment on Canvas. On the Chemistry Canvas page, scroll down to Assignments and you’ll see the assignment. Once you start the assignment, you will have 15 minutes to complete it. It’s due on Friday by 10:00 A.M.. If I counted right, there are 33 of them.

By the way, there is also a Practice assignment on Canvas that you can practice with before you do the actual assignment. Also, pictures of most of these are in the back of the Safety Packet.

NCS Chemistry Lab Equipment

NCS Chemistry Lab Tour

Chemistry 9-13-22 Fundamental Science Skills Graphing Activity

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Quick – list 10 things you remember from the 8th grade about interpreting and reading graphs! Not to worry – today you’re going to begin reviewing those important concepts and techniques. Here is your assignment for today, Tuesday:

IMPORTANT: Today’s assignment is one that you will have to complete at school. The program is on the school laptops and on the computers in the computer lab.

  1. Find the “Fundamental Science Skills” program on your computer.
  2. In the Graphing Skills section, click on “Graphing Data Points.” Read through and practice in each section VERY CAREFULLY!
  3. After you have completed each review section, go to the exam and complete it.
    • You must enter your name in the exact format you do when you title a lab – including the title of the activity.
    • Click on “Check Your Answers.” When you have 100% accuracy, bring your lap top to me to check your Check Answers Results Sheet. If you are doing the assignment outside of our class period, print off your exam results sheet and bring it to me to check.
    • IMPORTANT: Your answers and the format of it all must match exactly to receive credit. (Sometimes being exactly correct is extremely important!)
  4. The Graphing Data Points assignment is due by the end of the class period today.
  5. When you finish, next go to the Worksheet Tab and begin Graphing Exercises 2. Be sure and sign in to your own @ncstrojans Google account before you begin the activity.

Holler if you have any questions!

Physics 9-13-22 Chapter 2 Concepts Review

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PHYSICS: You can do this!! First here’s the conceptual review we did today, bumblebees, etc. At the end, we took a look the single splash problem. Below that is the help session from Monday morning.

God bless you as you prepare for the test! I’m praying for you!!!


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Monday Morning Help Session

Hon Chemistry 9-12-22 Graphing Exercise 1

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HON CHEMISTRY: Today you are going to learn (or review) how to make graphs using Excel Online.

Here are the instructions for Monday. (You are going to be dreaming about graphs!!)

IMPORTANT: Rough drafts of both graph are due Tuesday by class time. The entire assignment must be submitted by this coming Wednesday, September 14, class time.

FIRST: You will be doing Exercise 1 with Excel Online. Students can use this for free! Your first step is to go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/office to sign up for a free Office 365 account with your school email and get FREE access to Microsoft Office products. Using Excel online, you can do this assignment at school or at home and access it with your own computer, tablet, phone, etc.

FOR TODAY: Click below for the files you need for today. You can also find these handouts under the Worksheet tab.

Graphing Exercises 1 & 2

EXCEL Online Graphs Tutorial

Checklist for a Good Graph

Excel Online Subscripts & Superscripts: If you ever need to add subscript or superscripts to the axis labels in Excel online, you can copy and paste whatever number you need from this set in to the axis title.

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Now go forth and conquer graphs!!

 

Chemistry 9-8-22 Chapter 2 Test Overview & Practice, Part 2

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CHEMISTRY – Wow! Is your mind blown when you think about all that you’ve learned to do in chapter 2?

Here’s our overview of the test and what it will look like. Below that is the help session from this morning. Good stuff.

Today we did some really great practice of some of the test questions and looked at the answers to the Part 1 worksheet. and practice on some of the problems from this chapter. Did you see the mistake I made in the answers on the Ch 2 Sample Test & Review? #8 should be 25.0 cg. Also, at the end of this vodcast, I finished recording the big mama extra large problem we started in class.

Remember, don’t just read your notes – practice your notes, practice the problems, practice the memorization!! If you haven’t done so already, make sure to check out the Chapter 2 Stuff to Know sheets under the Test Info tab. Great info!!! And continue to practice with these online games and quizzes:

Online Textbook: There are wonderful Interactive Review Games with your online text. First open chapter 2. Then click on the the Student Premium tab, then Interactive Review Games.

sciencegeek.net has great interactive quizzes with questions like I’ll ask on the test. Find the unit that corresponds to the topics we’ve been studying and begin to quiz yourself. There are answers, too!

God bless you as you study! I’m praying for you!!


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Thursday Morning Help Session:

Chemistry 9-7-22 Chapter 2 Test Practice, Part 1

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CHEMISTRY – Wow! Is your mind blown when you think about all that you’ve learned to do in chapter 2?

Here’s the beginning of our look at how to prepare for the test and also a look the the second part of the worksheet and some problems.

Remember, don’t just read your notes – practice your notes, practice the problems, practice the memorization!! If you haven’t done so already, make sure to check out the Chapter 2 Stuff to Know sheets under the Test Info tab. Great info!!! And continue to practice with these online games and quizzes:

Online Textbook: There are wonderful Interactive Review Games with your online text. First open chapter 2. Then click on the the Student Premium tab, then Interactive Review Games.

sciencegeek.net has great interactive quizzes with questions like I’ll ask on the test. Find the unit that corresponds to the topics we’ve been studying and begin to quiz yourself. There are answers, too!

Help Session tomorrow morning (Thursday), 7:30 A.M.


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Chemistry 9-6-22 Relationships Among Data & Homework Problems Review

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CHEMISTRY – Measurements and data are like puzzle pieces – graphs help you put the pieces together so you can see the big picture. And that brings us to the end! Can you believe it? We’ve finished the chapter! Here’s our lesson from today on direct and inverse proportions AND a look at the density problems. More great practice for the test!

Speaking of tests, have you gone to the TEST Info tab yet? You might find something that will help a lot as you study!!!

Also, don’t forget to check out the Interactive Review Games with your online text and also the review at sciencegeek.net. Great practice with both memorization, concepts and problem solving!

Help session??


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Physics 9-6-22 Acceleration, Pt. 2 and Homework Review

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PHYSICS: Speaking of sailboats, would you like to be on one right now? Good job with the derivations of acceleration formulas today! You’re doing really well with them – stay with it! Carefully examine what you know with the formulas you have that might fit. And if they don’t, examine what you do know that could lead you to what you need to know. You know? 🙂

The problems for tonight may be a little challenging, but you can do it!! Do you need some extra practice rearranging the formulas, or just working the problems? Help session?


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