1. Unit 4: Kinetics

2. December 12th, 2013 Daily Question Go Over Test Intro to Kinetics Lab
Objective: Students will begin the process of designing their own experiment involving reaction kinetics.

3. Joke of the Day The optimist sees the glass half full.
The pessimist sees the glass half empty.
The chemist see the glass completely full, half in the liquid state and half in the gaseous state.

4. Throwback Thursday 12/12/13
Write the formula for the following compounds:
Dinitrogen monoxide
Barium hydroxide
Write the name of the following
Na2CO3
FeS

5. December 13th, 2013 Daily Question
Finish up Alka-Seltzer Cannon Lab Procedure
Bill Nye Video on Reactions
Objective: Students will hypothesize and test ways to make the alka-seltzer cannon go faster.

6. Joke of the Day How do you know the moon is broke?
It’s down to its last quarter.

7. Daily Question 12/13/13 What does the word kinetics mean?
How can you relate it to chemistry?

8. December 16th, 2013
Daily Question
Perform Alka-Seltzer Cannon Lab

9. Joke of the Day
Where does bad light end up?
In prism

10. Daily Question 12/16/13
Predict the products of the following chemical reaction:
Ca(OH)2 + HF 

11. December 17th, 2013
Daily Question
Work on presentations

12. Joke of the Day
What does a subatomic duck say?
Quark

13. Daily Question 12/20/13 Daily Question Notes on Concentration
Lab on Surface area
Objective: Students will be able to explain how surface area effects the speed of a reaction.

14. Joke of the Day
What do physicists enjoy doing most at a sporting event?
The wave

15. Daily Question 12/20/13
Write the electron configuration for the following: S Hg

16. January 2nd, 2014 Daily Question
Lab on Temperature vs Rate of Reaction
Finish up Surface area lab
Notes (if time)
Objective: Students will be able to determine the effect temperature has on the speed of a reaction.

17. Joke of the Day What did one sister chromatid say to the other?
Stop copying me!

18. Daily Question 1/2/14
What needs to happen for a reaction to occur?

19. January 3rd, 2014 Daily Question Notes Collision Theory Gizmo
Objective: Students will understand the factors that affect the speed of a reaction.

20. Joke of the Day
What’s a sleeping brain’s favorite rock band?
R.E.M.

21. Daily Question 1/3/14
Explain why increasing the concentration of reactants speeds up a reaction.

22. January 8th, 2014 Daily Question Cooperative Quiz
Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of reaction kinetics.

23. Joke of the Day What did the limestone say to the geologist?
Don’t take me for granite.

24. Daily Question 1/8/14
Based on what you know about what speeds up a reaction, why do we freeze food?

25. January 9th, 2014 Daily Question Notes on Activation Energy
Objective: Students will be able to read and draw activation energy graphs.

26. Joke of the Day What did the biologist wear on his first date?
Designer genes

27. Daily Question 1/9/14
How do catalysts effect a reaction?

28. January 10th, 2014 Daily Question Rate Law Notes
Objective: Students will be able to determine the rate laws for different chemical reactions.

29. Joke of the Day What did the receiver say to the radio wave?
Ouch! That megahertz!

30. Daily Question 1/10/14
Draw an activation energy diagram for a chemical reaction that has the following:
Potential energy of the reactants 250 kJ
Potential energy of the products 400 kJ
Activation energy 200 kJ
What is the overall change in energy of the reaction?

31. January 13th, 2014 Daily Question Rate Law Practice
Activation Energy Diagram Practice
Objective: Students will become more comfortable with drawing activation energy diagrams and calculating rate laws.

32. Joke of the Day What did the volcano say to his spouse?
I lava you so much!

33. Daily Question 1/13/14 Determine the rate law for the following: Trial
[B]
Rate (M/sec) 1
1.0
4.0 2 3
8.0
2.0 4

34. January 14th, 2014 Daily Question CQ Review Packet for Final
Objective: Students will demonstrate knowledge of activation energy diagrams and rate laws.

35. Joke of the Day
What do you call two dinosaurs that have been in an accident?
Tyrannosaurus wrecks

36. Daily Question 1/14/14 Determine the rate law for the following: Trial
[B]
Rate (M/sec) 1
3.0
4.0
1.0 2
8.0 3
16.0 4
2.0

37. January 15th, 2014 Daily Question Clicker Review Questions
Differentiated Review
Objective: Students will identify their area(s) of weakness to determine a plan of action to study for the final.

38. Joke of the Day
Why was the mole of oxygen excited when he walked out of a singles bar?
He got Avogadro’s number!

39. Daily Question 1/15/14
Write the reaction for the alpha decay of Uranium-238.

40. January 16th, 2014 Daily Question Semester Review Part 2
Objective: Students will identify their area(s) of weakness to determine a plan of action to study for the final.

41. Joke of the Day
What happened to the man who was stopped for having sodium chloride and a 9-volt in his car?
He was booked for a salt and battery

42. Daily Question 1/16/14
Determine the number of valence electrons for the following elements: Na F O He