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Amazing. Reflect on this next year as you enter into your studies of biology! What are the ethical implications?

2 Points Extra Credit for the best response (click the link to learn more about Dihydrogen Monoxide)… Facts About Dihydrogen Monoxide: “Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, [...]

More fun info based on our studies of elements, chemical reactions, acids and salts so far this year… HowStuffWorks “Why does fake gold turn your skin green?”: “When you buy a cheap, fake gold ring, it’s likely made of mostly copper. When you perspire, the metals in the ring react with the acid in your [...]

Here are the 10 problems we started on today (click). Additionally, you can try your hand on the interactive balancing activity site here: Element Balancing Activity Let me know if you have any questions!

I can’t believe we’re already half-way done with October! Anyway, here is the note sheet on Chemical Equations that we completed in class: Download as a PDF View as a Web Page Remember to do questions 4 and 5 on page 201 for Homework if you didn’t complete them in class. There’s a strong possibility [...]

Today we continued our studies of Antoine Lavoisier and his importance to chemistry (and many other areas). Here is a link to the reading that we covered in class on the life of Lavoisier. Additionally, here’s a link to the Wikipedia article we discussed which has a couple of fantastic pictures relating to Mr. Lavoisier [...]

Here are the notes we started covering in class on Tuesday and will finish up on Wednesday (your homework is on the last slide): If you have trouble finding points for your homework, try clicking on Antoine Lavoisier’s and Dmitri Mendeleyev’s names at the top of slides 9 and 10. Those links will take you [...]

Check this out: I wonder if your cars will be powered by hydrogen combustion someday? I hope so.

I’ve just finished grading Test 1. You can see your results on http://www.mygradebook.com. If your dog/cat/squirrel ate your password or (for some reason!) you have forgotten/lost your password, send me an email/Facebook message/IM/txt and ask. For the most part, the grades you see will be your final grades for the semester. Let me just say [...]

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 [...]