Semester grades

Dear honors chemistry students,
All semester grades have been completed.  Please email me at dengel@mchs.net if you would like to know your semester grade.  I am proud of all of your achievements this semester.  Please remember grades do not define you. Merry Christmas and see you in January,
Mrs. E

Review Day

Good morning Honors Chemistry students:
Can you believe that today is the last day of the semester for our class!  Today  will be review presentations and practice sessions for the semester final.  Begin preparing today for the semester final.  Don't wait until the last minute.  Email questions to me over the weekend or post to the blog. Also remember that a good night sleep and a good breakfast with good sources of protein will help your brain.  Don't forget to hydrate your brain.  That doesn't mean soda and coffee but water! Practice problems will also help!
See you all today!
Mrs. Engel

Unit 5 Test

Good morning Honors Chem students!
I hope each of you rested and studied over the weekend.  Today is the last unit test for the semester.  We will begin reviewing concepts for the semester final on Wednesday.  Don't forget to  check your calendar for the after school honors chemistry study and pizza fling on Thursday, December 15th.
Have a great day!
Mrs. E

Nomenclature Finale

We are beginning to count down the days to the end of the semester!  Today we finished nomenclature by discussing binary molecular compounds and acids.  On Thursday, we will review our homework and then take the last nomenclature quiz.  We will also have a  scrimmage for Lewis structures to practice one more time prior to the unit test.  Don't forget that the unit test is December 12th!  My study tip for the day is to take the unit objectives and change them into "I can" statements.  Write out answers and then check your answers with your notes, your book, and your labs.  Looking ahead to Thursday - we will learn about the intermolecular forces.  Read section 8.4 in your book and outline the key concepts.
See you soon,
Mrs. E

Count down to finals has begun

Good morning chemistry students!
As the December snow begins to fly, we are very busy finishing up our semester work.  Yesterday we shifted our focus from ionic and metallic bonding to covalent bonding and the relative strength of covalent bonds.  Our lab simulated the strength of single, double, and triple bonds using rubber bands and different masses.  Don't forget to follow the rubric for the lab write-up as this is the last formal lab write-up for the semester.  We have completed two polyatomic ion quizzes and will have our last one tomorrow.  Next week, we will have nomenclature quizzes.  Tomorrow we will draw lewis structures and will also look at models of molecules to determine the different molecular geometries.  Keep practicing your nomenclature rules!