CHEM: Week 14 - Forecasting

Back we come. Fourteen days for all of my classes between now and Winter Break, except Third, which gets to have class all fifteen days.

Major topics for the week:

Lecture - The beginnings of atomic theory. Democritus, Dalton, Thomson. Most of the information will come from class, not your book. Most books give pretty short shrift to early atomic theory, but you can't tell a story without Chapter 1. So, take good notes.

Lab - Week One of something completely different. You'll love it. Well, maybe not. But you will be surprised.

Major assignments -
Experiment 8 - Finish and write report. Due Thursday.
Experiment 12 - Write report. Due Thursday.
Gas Law review sheet - "due" Friday. The format and setup will be the same as the stoichiometry review sheet. This will not be picked up for credit. I will give out a key for the sheet on Friday.

Special Event - You will be in Assembly by 800AM on Friday morning. There will be an assembly lasting for most or all of first and second period. Class will resume as normal for third period. More on this in class.

You're going to hear this all week, but I will reiterate it here - the assembly is a Big Deal. Get some sleep and eat some breakfast.

Exam - the gases/gas laws exam will be on Monday, December 8, due to the special assembly on Friday.

That's all I can think of for now. More later.

CS