Mr. Gibson's Science Courses Web-Site

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Course Description – Chemistry I:

     Chemistry I is a laboratory science course in which students investigate the composition of matter and the physical and chemical changes it undergoes. Students use science process skills to study the fundamental structure of atoms, the way atoms combine to form compounds, and the interactions between matter and energy. Students explore chemistry concepts through an inquiry-based approach. Embedded standards for Inquiry, Mathematics, and Technology & Engineering are taught in the context of the content standards for Atomic Structure, Matter and Energy, and Interactions of Matter.

      Recommended pre-requisites: Physical science, Algebra I

 Course Description – Chemistry II:

     Chemistry II is a laboratory science course that builds on topics introduced in Chemistry I. This course investigates chemical bonding and how the kinetic molecular theory and intermolecular forces explain the physical and chemical characteristics of matter. Additional aspects of chemical reactions including limiting reactants, percent yield, equilibrium, reaction rates, and thermochemistry are considered. Students explore chemistry concepts through an inquiry-based approach. Embedded standards for Inquiry, Mathematics, and Technology & Engineering are taught in the context of the content standards for Structure of Matter, States of Matter, and Reactions.

 Recommended pre-requisites: Chemistry I, Algebra II

Sig Figs: Adding/Subtracting Expanded Numbers  This link will take you to a power-point for the classroom discussions & activities regarding how to add or subtract expanded numbers and follow the guidelines for Significant Figures (sig figs).

Please note - there was a class activity on the last slide requiring you to go to a page in the Chemistry text to work on two (3-part) problems as practice/learning drills. If you miss class message me your answers here in School-rack. There is no "formal" link to a MS-Word document for this particular drill/exercise.

See you in class!

Mr. Gibson (Tuesday 13-Sept-2011)

Oddities & tidbits in chemistry      This link has a few oddities and trivial bits of information regarding the world of chemistry, but are the products of someone's hard (irrelevant?) laboratory research as a struggling graduate student in some university.

Enjoy!

Mr. Gibson

By clicking on this hyperlink, you can go to the State of Colorado's public schools simulation site for an applet (small application) for practicing the elements, their subatomic components, relative atomic mass, their atomic numbers, any of the isotopic forms, and any ionic forms along with the related net charge of the ionic form.

Its a great little site and it is easy to download and run.

The site's url is -- http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/build-an-atom  As always if this doesn't open, then simply cut & paste it in your browser bar.

Enjoy!

Mr. Gibson

 Applying the 1st Law of Thermodynamics

Review Power-point Unit 2: 6-Step Scientific Method & the 4 Laws of Thermodynamics

The linked power-point serves as our classroom review (Monday October 3rd) of the unit exam scheduled through Class-marker this Wednesday October 5th.

Mr. Gibson

U3: Extensive, Intensive Physical Properties & Chemical Properties  This link will take you to the last few days worth of lectures and classroom drills/activities that pertain to ionic and covalent molecular compounds and how they are classified. As always; should you view the powerpoint in the "Slide-view" mode you can use the embedded slides that allow you to "Drag-n-Drop" the terms onto the constructs or the definitions or examples [to] practice & drill yourself thus perfect your studies.

L1020: Physical v Chemical Properties Demo/Lab Exercise  The link provided will take you to the Field Notes/Questions for the lab currently underway pertaining to Chemical, Physical-Extensive, and Physical-Intensive Properties. Even though the lab is rather simplistic in scope it does touch on all the terms & constructs to date and serves to greatly reinforce classroom lectures/discussions.

Chemical Rxns - 5 Basic Types - Part I(b)  The provided link will take you to the power point that discussed the 5 basic types of chemical reactions using the general forms for each.

L-0120: Magnesium Combustion Rxn Lab

 This link will take you to the pre-lab document that takes you through the upcoming lab exercise. You will use this document in conjunction with my Teacher's Page - Writing a Formal Lab Report link in order to complete your pre-lab & pre-lab discussions PRIOR to running the actual lab exercise.

Follow the in-class directions and the rubric. There is also an example of a completed/graded student lab report on my Teacher's Page (just below the template's link) for you to view a finished product.

Mr. Gibson

Bronsted-Lowry Acids & Bases  This link will take you to the power point that covered our reading guided notes for School-rack lesson CA0426.

Mr. Gibson