Friday, November 14, 2014

Day 25: Magic Sand

Post quiz Lab practical comparing traditional sand and magic sand. Students worked to induce chemical structures of both to explain observed differences in IMFs.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Day 24: FRQs

Sorta boring day working through AP FRQs on IMFs. However...TETRIX bots for FTC arrived today and the team was stoked!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Day 22: Solubility

Used hexane, water, iodine demo to spark interest in hexane, water, copper sulfate solubility. Reversal of solute properties provided nice dissonance.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Day 20: Formula of an Oxide

Applied hydrate analysis technique to silver oxide analysis. Not sure why all teams arrived with AgO rather than Ag2O? Going to force next class to perform 5 constant mass measurements.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Day 19: Hydrate Analysis Again

Repeated analysis with Epsom Salt with an emphasis on heating to constant mass.