• January 4^th, 2012
•     Hand back Chapter 6 and 7 Quest
•      Review and do Practice Problems for Chapters from before break in assigned groups

HW: Finish Practice Problems for Chapters from before break

MU: Review and do  Practice Problems  for Chapters from before break

• January 5^th, 2012   
•     Review questions from Practice Problems
•     Question of the Day
•     Start Chapter 8 Notes (pages 1-6)

HW: Watch Ionic Covalent and Metallic Bonding Video and Read pg 296-304 Do #8, 12, 14, 18, 22. (optionals 16, 19, 20, 23)

MU: Do Question of the Day, review PowerPoint notes through pg 6 and do HW.

• January 6^th, 2012
•       Review HW and any questions from video

•       Continue Chapter 8 Notes (pages 7-11)

HW: Read Chapter 8 pg 301-310 Do #24, 32, 34,  38, 40 (optionals 36, 39, 44, 42)

MU: Review PowerPoint notes through pg 11 and do HW.

•  January 9^th, 2012  

•     AP Chemistry Question of the Day

•     Review HW

•     Conductivity demo

•     Do pre-lab for Bonding and Conductivity Lab

•             determine differences in electronegativity between elements

•             determine which type of bond will form

•             write Lewis structures for molecules to be tested (NaCl, NaHCO₃, H₂O, C₆H₁₂O₆, HCl, CaCl₂, AlCl₃, CH₃OH)

•             make a prediction of order of conductivity with greatest to least conductive, that includes some kind of reasoning of why you put them in that order

HW: Finish pre-lab for Conductivity Lab.

MU: Review Chapter 8 Notes and do Conductivity pre-lab.

• January 10^th, 2012 

•     Bonding and Conductivity Lab

•         get pre-lab checked off (or finish it)

•         set up logger pro to collect data

•         collect conductivity for each compound (NaCl, NaHCO₃, H₂O, C₆H₁₂O₆, HCl, CaCl₂, AlCl₃, CH₃OH) and record data in table

•         see how results compare to prediction

•         write explanation/conclusion for any errors in prediction

HW: Finish conclusion to explain errors in your prediction and relate what you learned from the lab to something in the real world and study for the Conductivity Lab Quiz.

MU: Come in after school to make up Conductivity Lab

• January 11^th, 2012    

•     Discuss Bonding and Conductivity Lab and errors in prediction....edit conclusion if necessary

•     Continue Chapter 8 Notes (pages 11-12)

•         Discuss formal charge and using it to determine which Lewis structure is preferred.

HW: None

MU: Come in after school to finish Conductivity Lab, and review  PowerPoint pages above.

• January 12^th, 2012

•     Conductivity Lab Quiz

•         take, grade and discuss

•     Continue Chapter 8 Notes (pages 13-17) 

•         more Lewis Structure Practice

•         Exceptions to the octet rule

HW: Read Chapter 8 pg 308-318 Do #45-49

MU: Get help with HW is you have any questions, come in to make up Conductivity Lab quiz, review Chapter 8 Notes (pages 13-17) and do HW.

• January 13^th, 2012
•     Review HW
•     Finish Chapter 8 Notes on Metallic Bonding and Other Intermolecular Forces pages 18-21(another Chemical Bonding PowerPoint for review)

HW: Read Chapter 8 pages 316-325 Do #60-63

MU: Get help with HW is you have any questions, review Chapter 8 Notes (pages 18-21) and do HW.

• January 17^th, 2012 
•     Snow Day

• January 18^th, 2012

•     Snow Day

• January 19^th, 2012

•     Snow Day

• January 20^th, 2012

•     Snow Day

• January 23^rd, 2012   

•     Review HW

•     Do some Lewis Structure Practice Problems on wipe board

•     Introduce Chapter 9: Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories pg 1-3

•         Electron Repulsion Demos

HW: Read Chapter 9 pages 341-346 Do #11-15 (optionals #1-3, 16)

MU: Get HW checked off, Review Chapter 9 PowerPoint and do HW.

• January 24^th, 2012   

•     Review HW

•     Continue Chapter 9: Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories pg 3-11

•             VSEPR Model: Molecular Shapes

•     Discuss VSEPR Model Building Lab using Molecular Models

HW: Read Chapter 9 pages 344-353 Do #20, 22, 24, 26 (optionals 17-19, 21, 23, 25,28) and review for Electron Geometries Quiz

MU: Get questions answered about HW, review Chapter 9: Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories (pages 1-10) do HW and come in before or after school to make up VSEPR Model Building Lab using Molecular Models lab.

• January 25^th, 2012   

•     Review HW     

•     Electron Geometries Quiz

•         take, discuss and grade

HW: None

MU: Come in after school to make up Electron Geometries Quiz

• January 26^th, 2012    

•     Finish reviewing HW

•     Do VSEPR Model Building Lab using Molecular Models

•     Discuss/review VSEPR Model Building Lab using Molecular Models

HW: Finish VSEPR Model Building Lab using Molecular Models

MU: Review Released AP Exam Questions above finish VSEPR Model Building Lab using Molecular Models

• January 27^th, 2012  

•     Discuss/review VSEPR Model Building Lab using Molecular Models

•     Molecular Geometry Quiz

•         take, discuss and grade

•     Work on 2005A #6, 2006B #6, 2006A #7, 2007A #6a-d, 2008A #5 Release AP Exam Questions on Lewis Structure

HW: Finish released FRQs above.

MU: Come in after school to take Molecular Geometry Quiz and do released FRQs above.

• January 30^th, 2012

•     Work on practice problems from packet of release AP FRQ Questions

•              using review books, equation sheets and each other try to work through as many problems as possible in packet

•     Can start HW.

HW: Review Chapter 9 PowerPoint through page 50, read Chapter 9 pages 353-355 and do #31, 32, 34, 36, 38 (optionals #27-30, 33, 35, 37)

MU: Review Chapter 9 PowerPoint above through page 50, and do HW.

• January 31^st, 2012   

•    Review Geometry of Larger Molecules and Polarity with Chapter 9 PowerPoint (page 19-23)

•    Bending a Stream of Water (Polarity) Demo

•    Why molecular polarity matters...

•    Mini Liquid Chromatography Exploration

•         Purpose Question: Which pen has ink with nonpolar molecule and which pen has ink with polar molecules?

•         Find one pen that has polar molecules and one that has nonpolar molecules

•     While waiting for results continue with Chapter  9 PowerPoint: Hybridization between orbitals for bonding (pages 24-38) and Chapter  9 PowerPoint: Sigma and Pi Bonds (pages 39-50)

HW: Write a conclusion for Liquid Chromatography Exploration discussing the type and size of the molecules found in each pen, errors that could have affected your results, real world application of the concepts you learned in the lab and a new question you would like to investigate now.

MU: Come in before or after school to make up Liquid Chromatography Exploration, and do HW.