Let's Start Review

This is where you can go to a link to look at all the past Chemistry Regents Exams.

This is where you can find notes for all the material that we cover in the Regents Chemistry Class.

We have finished all the new material for the class. Next Wednesday, 6/7, we will have our last unit test of the year. This will be on Acids, Bases and electrochemistry.

The best way to improve your grade is to do well on unit tests. I have posted practice tests on Problem Attic.

Acid Base practice test
Redox practice test

The best way to score better on the upcoming test is to spend time on the material, and there are several ways to do that. You could review the notes from the units materials that have been posted on previous blog entries or the links above. You could look at videos from reputable sources like, Kahn Academy, Brightstorm, Study.com, Crash course, and many others. To find sites to view type in your topic and see what is available. Key words are important and your search will narrow if you use them appropriately.

If you have topics that you would like to go over, bring questions into class. I will cover your topics first. If you don't put in some work you will not see any great improvements.

Redox

On Tuesday 5/30 and Wed 3/31 we will be doing this lab activity, on galvanic cells, in the media center. The link to the interactive site you need for the lab is here.

I have posted practice tests on Problem Attic for the next test.

www.problem-attic.com/test/7mp4eqro Acid Base practice test

www.problem-attic.com/test/44xpgegs Redox practice test

Electrochemistry - Redox

We will be doing a lab in class. To do this lab, you can go to this link. You will need the lab paper, which you can download and print.

Notes to go with this unit are here. 

Finishing Acids & Bases

We are either finished with, or will finish in the next few minutes of the next class. Next unit is         he final unit of the year, Electrochemistry.

Links to labs and notes are below:
Ghost penny lab
Acid Rain Lab
Electrochemistry notes

Acids & Bases

Video link on acid rain.

Red cabbage as pH indicator

pH indicators

Strong vs Weak acids & bases

Setting up and Performing a Titration
       Titration Calculations

Link to notes on Acid Base Unit

Builders Lab

We started a lab, the Builders Lab, in class today. This lab will be due next Wednesday.

All labs will need to be handed in by May 31, 2017. All students must have completed their 1200 minute minimum requirement of successful lab reports by that time in order to be able to take the Chemistry Regents Test.

The unit test for the Organic Chemistry section will be on Thursday May 11. Students are encouraged to practice from the notes and all unit handouts, as well as available resources on the internet.

This is links to an online textbook for the current unit:

Organic Chemistry

Hydrocarbons

Straight-Chain Alkanes

Branched Alkanes

Unsaturated Hydrocarbons

Alkenes and Alkynes

Isomers

Alcohols

Ethers

Aldehydes and Ketones

Carboxylic Acids

Esters

Amines

Alkyl Halides

Substitution Reactions

Addition Reactions

Oxidation Reactions

Polymerization - Addition Polymers

Polymerization - Condensation Polymers

Organic Naming

In order to get better at naming and drawing organic compounds you have to practice. This is a link to an answer key for the problems that I handed out in class.

This is a link to a set of practice Regents type questions.

And this is an example of one of the many Internet available resources, if you just look for them.

All classes will have a quiz on Friday. 

It will cover the same material as the Wednesday quiz did.