Measurement Week 2 Post #2

Today was the day our Last Meal Conversion Project was due. For the project, we had to find three recipes, an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert, and then convert the standard measurement units in the recipe to metric units. It sounded a lot harder than it actually was, and I found it to be relatively simple. Then, once we had found the recipes and converted it, we had to choose one to make and bring in for the class today. We had a big variety of food, including buffalo chicken dip, mini quiches, and cheesecake. I chose to make my dessert recipe, which was stained glass sugar cookies.  It was really fun to see what everybody made and everything tasted delicious!

Measurement Week 2 Post #1

Yesterday was our mid-unit quiz. I was pretty nervous going into it because I felt unprepared even though I studied for it the night before. The first ten questions were pretty simple, so that gave me a false sense of security about the rest of the test, which turned out to be not so easy. When I finally got up the courage to check my grade, I was glad to see I got an 80%, which isn't my best test score ever, but it's better than I had hoped for. I'm definitely going to devote more time into studying for the unit exam on Thursday.

KHDDCM Chart

Scientific Notation

Scientific Notation Practice

Heterogeneous v Homogeneous

Pure Substance

Mixture

homogenous mixture

heterogeneous mixture

Measurement Week 1 Post #2

On Friday, since it was National Mole Day, we had a Mole Day party. We were all given the assignment to make a stuffed mole, and then brought them in on Friday to display for our classmates.Some people created a themed mole, like mole dancer, or guacamole, but it wasn't required so not everybody did. Everybody also brought in food or drinks to share with the class. It was really fun, we got to sit and talk with people from our class, and look at everybody's mole creation.

The Moles!

Measurement Week 1 Post #1

Today we took our pre-test for the new unit, it didn't go well, for me at least. This new unit is measurement, so one would think it would be relatively easy, unfortunately, you would be wrong. Except for a handful of questions, I had no idea what the question was asking me and therefore I simply guessed on the answers because I had no clue what I was supposed to be doing. So far this unit had started out poorly, but I'm sincerely hoping that it will improve, otherwise this is just going to go downhill fast, and I'd rather that not happen.








Conversion Practice

Significant Figures

Significant Figures Practice

Addition Rules

Multiplication Rules

Multiplication/Division/Addition/Subtraction Practice

Atomic Structure and Radioactivity Week 3 Post #2

Today was the unit test. I walked into the classroom feeling stressed and unprepared, but I actually felt better after the test was over. It took me most of the hour to complete it but I feel like I did well. Some of the questions I recognized from the pre-test we took before this unit and some I recognized from our last quiz. Last night I had a major study session over everything we've learned so far and I had to teach myself about chapter 19.3 which we didn't go over in class. 😁 I was the most worried about that, but luckily there wasn't a whole lot of questions pertaining to chapter 19.3 on the test. Whew! Well here we go onto the next whirlwind chapter of chemistry, unfortunately, I don't think this is ever going to stop.

Nomenclature review

What's a Geiger counter?

Alpha and Beta Decay

Half-Life Practice Problems

Gamma Decay

Radioactive Decay Practice Problems