October 16-20

Our First Quarterly Exam is on October 25th. Study guides will go home this week. Study with your child and sign the study guide for 5 bonus points on the exam grade.
Notebooks will also be checked very soon.


Monday 10-16-06
Activity: Finish ionic bonds diagrams, finish ionic bonds diagrams “Bond with classmates” activity.
Homework: Bonding practice page (top)

Tuesday 10-17-06
Activity: Polar and nonpolar covalent bonds. Diagram covalent bonds and write chemical formulas to express those bonds (bonding basics packet).
Homework: Bonding practice page (bottom)

Wednesday 10-18-06
Mrs. Curreri will be out of class today for MATRIX training.
Activity: Quiz on ionic and covalent bonds.

Thursday 10-19-06
Activity: “Flame Tests” Lab Aids activity
Homework: Read 6-3 SG 6-3

Friday 10-20-06
Activity: (Synthesis and Decomposition chemical reactions) Burn Magnesium Ribbon (Synthesis), demonstrate physical and chemical changes with sugar by cutting and then burning it (decomposition).
Homework: Finish lab work at home


This week's websites:

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55

http://www.ithacasciencezone.com/chemzone/lessons/03bonding/mleebonding/ionic_bonds.htm
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/Movie_index.html#Ch8

http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml

http://www.800mainstreet.com/spect/emission-flame-exp.html

http://www.trschools.com/staff/g/cgirtain/Weblabs/spectrolab.htm (online lab)

extra credit: http://www.can-do.com/uci/ssi2002/chemicalreactions.html

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/6-react.htm

http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm