Monday, October 28, 2013

October 20 - October 25

This week was a very jam-packed week for us Chemistry students. We began the week with a slight review which transitioned us to our test on Polarity and Electron/Molecular domains. After our test on our bonding unit we had a nice relaxation day in which we enjoyed Mole Day. Later in the week, we got back down to business with a pretest/practice AP test, and finished off with two POGILS on the Ionic Bond and Metals.

To review for the the test on Tuesday, we worked on a review packet (found below) we were given over the weekend and even white-boarded a few problems as a class. We also had further review materials online. Some of these included our past lectures, the answers to different POGILS, and even extra review with Hotpot quizzes. The following day, we took the test. Overall, it was not too challenging. The questions were slightly difficult and I made many stupid mistakes, but I knew most of the material pretty well overall. 




From there, we moved on to celebrate Mole Day (which unfortunately I was absent for :( ). From what I heard, it was a very exciting day filled with cookies and hot chocolate . This day wasn't all fun and games though. We were given an article that day on the chemistry of paintball and were assigned to write an essay about the importance of polarity and hydrogen bonding in the paintball. This article not only introduced us to polarity and hydrogen bonding, but also gave us a fun and great way to learn about it through something we could relate to. 












We then finished off the week completing two POGILS. Whatever work was not completed in class was assigned for homework. These also helped us to complete a lecture quiz on Metals due that Sunday night.

Overall, this was a week of stress and enjoyment in many forms. My participation overall was pretty good this week. I think I have a very good understanding of the few concepts we learned in this transition week. I am very interested in the chemistry of metals so I am excited to see what we move on to from here!





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