Beginning of Chapter 3

It is suggested that you read the first five sections of Chapter 3. Today, we covered reactions (writing and balancing), molar (atomic) mass determination of compounds, and simple mole conversions. You should be able to complete through #5 on the WebAssign assignment for Chapter 3. I have set the due date to Monday, September 13th. We will finish Chapter 3 well before that date, so the due date will change to one day after the Chapter 3 test. Also, we will be incorporating old AP Chemistry test written problems into Chapter 3. I will be creating another assignment for the answers to those problems.

Tomorrow, you will be taking the 20 question (true / false) safety quiz. This needs to be completed prior to doing the first lab of the year. We will be doing a pre-lab activity tomorrow over how to determine an empirical formula. On Wednesday, 8/25/2010, we will be performing our first lab of the semester. I will also be going over lab reports tomorrow. PDF files of the lab and the lab report format can be found on the AP Chemistry calendar under the date of 8/24/2010.

Please keep your questions coming via email so I can make of plan of what questions need to be addressed prior to class starting.