Friday, December 13, 2013

This is an excellent website with practice problems and answers. This website is generously made available by a teacher named Mr. Guch. If you like the page, you can thank him by sending an email via the link at the bottom of the page.
http://misterguch.brinkster.net/equationworksheets.html

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Homework for Monday, December 9
worksheet  writing complete equations practice (previous post) problems 1, 3, 4
worksheet  predicting reaction products (previous post) problems 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
worksheet  fun with predicting reaction products problems 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
fun with predicting reaction products
Homework for Friday, December 6:
Read types of chemical reactions from Tuesday's post
Also,  problems 1, 5, 7 from predicting reaction products
writing complete equations practice
predicting reaction products

Monday, December 2, 2013

Friday, November 22, 2013

next balancing worksheet:
balancing equations 1
Homework for Monday, December 2nd: complete the worksheets "balancing equations 1" and "balancing chemical equations"

Monday, November 18, 2013

Friday, November 15, 2013

Homework for Monday, November 18
From Thursday’s blog, complete ionic and covalent naming practice, problems 11-20, and 31-40

From Tuesday’s blog, complete naming compounds practice pages 1, page number 1, problems 1-12

Thursday, November 14, 2013

homework for Friday, November 15
problems 1-10 on page 1
problems 21-30 on page 2
all of page 3 (problems 1-20)
ionic and covalent naming practice

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Naming chemical compounds, nomenclature. There are 5 different naming rules you need to learn:
  1. Binary ionic formulas
  2. Polyatomic formulas
  3. Formulas for ionics when the cation has multiple charges (in this class, d block elements)
  4. Binary molecular formulas
  5. Organic molecule formulas
The following link contains the rules for naming the first 4 types of compounds, organics will be covered later. Read the rules in preparation for Wednesday's class.

The next link contains three practice pages. If you think you understand the rules try a couple of problems. Pages one and two are ionic, page three is covalent.

Monday, September 16, 2013

electron orbitals

Tuesday, September 17th homework:
Click the link "Kahn: Orbitals and Electrons" (number 3 below). View the lesson titled "Orbitals" and the lesson titled "More on Orbitals and Electron Configurations".  I have also included other links should you wish to view more.

Bring your computer to class tomorrow (Wednesday).

Electron orbitals, helpful web sites and information.

1. The orbitron. This website has visual representations of electron orbitals, it is the website I showed in class today.
orbitron

2. Kahn Academy: Introduction to the Atom. Two sets of videos describing the fundamentals of atoms. This covers material which was on the first test. If you still have difficulty with some of those concepts please watch these videos.
Kahn: Introduction to the Atom

3. Kahn Academy: Orbitals and Electrons. A set of 5 videos describing electron orbitals, electron configurations, and valence electrons.
Kahn: Orbitals and Electrons

4. Atomic Orbitals. Another description of electron orbitals. This is similar to the reading I handed out. I give you the link because sometimes learning something from several different voices is helpful.
Atomic Orbitals