A Chemical Equation Is Like Putting Together the Pieces...

World of Chemistry video: Water 28 minutes   For worksheet, click on "Episode 12 and then on that site, scroll down and choose Episode 12 which will give you the Word document file to print out;  and to watch go here:  http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=804  Take notes as you watch, as well as answering the worksheet questions.

Practice problems from your textbook: page 245.
Section 1: questions 1-2
Section 2: questions 3-7, question 8-13 only the letters written in blue type, so that you can check your answers in the back on  page A-35)
Section 3: question 14,15, blue letters only.

Handout from class:  Logic problem on the first page, do as much as you can or find worthwhile--my minimum expectation is that you give it 15 minutes of time (it took me over 90 minutes to solve; I kept at it because it is fun and challenging for me) but even if you aren't that into solving, it is still the kind of thinking that is required for the experiment, and so the purpose of this exercise is to "think about thinking" .   Also, read through the entire handout, as I'm pretty sure that is what we will attempt in class on Thursday.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas break, we will spend our time reviewing and putting together the puzzle so far of what we have learned.  If you seem to be getting behind on homework, remember that your commitment in this class is to spend at least 3 hours in homework time each week.  If you need help, ASK, and if you are not getting it because you are not doing all the homework on time, be honest with yourself--this class is difficult, and doubly difficult because we have so little class time.  SO WE MUST DO HOMEWORK on time AND NOT SKIP, and we must know our own weaknesses and reinforce  them by reviewing old concepts until they seem easy and obvious.  After each experiment, we should realize what it was that we were supposed to learn, and we should review and practice the problems until they are easy and understandable.  Consider going through past posts and re-watching videos.

Has anyone completed our reading book, Uncle Tungsten? If you do not finish it by Christmas vacation, then it will be homework for Christmas break.  I think it is truly worth you while.

I am working on a study guide, and we will have an end-of-quarter comprehensive exam, so start the review by letting me know what is still most confusing. (comments below?)
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The illustration below is NOT homework; it is just an example of a logic problem and a chart that helps solve it.  Do you see how it relates to our current experiment?

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