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Today in class we took the Test 1 Review to help prepare for this quarter’s only major test (worth 12 points). Here is the link to the Test 1 Review. Use the review to help you study and prepare your notes for Test 1 (Thurs-Fri this week) since many of the questions will strongly resemble [...]

Tomorrow in class we’ll have the laptops and take a practice test online! I’ll have the practice quiz online here first thing in the morning and it will be online afterwards to help you study and prepare for Test 1 (Thursday-Friday). Start reviewing your notes now!

We spent a little time discussing element 114 and why it was so difficult to make in a lab. It’s taken time, but it looks like we’ve finally been able to produce the super-heavy element! Berkeley, CA – Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been able to confirm the [...]

Congrats to the awesome Middle School Volleyball team. I think I speak for all the teachers when I say we had a blast during our game today and you all played like champs! We should definitely have a game every year. I know Mrs Harrelson took a took of pics, so check out her Facebook [...]

Here is your homework for the week of September 24, 2009 to October 1, 2009. As always you can skip 5 questions. Have fun! Homework 6 as a PDF Homework 6 as a Word Doc Homework 6 as Web Page

Today, we took Quiz 5 on Ionic and Covalent Bonds via the http://www.mygradebook.com site. The “retest” will be posted tomorrow morning and you’ll have until tomorrow night (Friday) at midnight to complete that if you’d like. You can also head over to MyGradeBook and look at your grades and what assignments you’re missing if you [...]

Tomorrow and Friday, we’ll be working on Quiz 5 (All About Bonding) via your logins at http://www.mygradebook.com. While the quiz will be open notes and books, you’ll still need to make sure you’re comfortable with the material we’ve discussed since the questions will be asking you to make use of your notes rather than just [...]

Here are a few videos from Robotics class today (we’re now learning how to program the robots we’ve constructed): Alex’s “Foolish Mortal” Bot: More videos soon as we continue to learn and perfect our programming language!

Here are the class notes from Tuesday September 22, 2009 on valency, groups and electron dot diagrams: View Slides Any questions? Let me know! Here’s a little video to help you out… This is incredibly important material!!

Here are the main notes from today’s class: 2 Types of Bonds: Ionic and Covalent Ionic Bond Characteristics: – Strong Bonds – Crystalline Structure – Formed when atoms gain or loose electrons (forming ions) – Example: NaCl (Table Salt) Covalent Bond Characteristics: – Weaker than ionic bonds – Amorphous Structure – Formed when atoms share [...]