• take attendance by having students sign-in on a sheet of paper; label this paper with the period & class name
• pass-out handout on value of study groups   [password = 94109G; print & photocopy for class]
• student assignment
  • summarize the article
  • state your opinion if you agree / disagree with article author’s point regaring the value / importance of study groups in student achievement - justify your response
• collect handouts and classwork assignment at the end of the period

• take attendance by having students sign-in on a sheet of paper; label this paper with the period & class name
• goto computer lab & do online assignment
  • honors & AP chemistry
    • read website
    • balance 10 of the “expert” problems
  • chemistry: IMF (intermolecular force); do an “internet search” on one of the below topics, then write your answer to one of these questions.
    • what are the applications of chromatography & what is the rationale / basis of chromatography ?
    • what are the applications of radioimmunoassays & what is the rationale / basis of radioimmunoassay ?
    • what are the applications of ELISA (enzyme linked immunoassay) & what is the rationale / basis of ELISA ?
• collect assignment at the end of the period

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suggested resources for Chemistry

nettrekker

• follow link @ galileo library site (ask Mr. Delaney for the username / password)
• is a search engine for students / teachers, i.e. should provide “easier” to understand content than Google

chromatography

http://pubs.acs.org/journals/chromatography/chap1.html (see figure)

radioimmunoassay / ELISA

http://www.answers.com/topic/radioimmunoassay

• take attendance by having students sign-in on a sheet of paper; label this paper with the period & class name
• pass-out handouts on insulin, DNA, and syphilis  [print & photocopy for class]
• students read and answer the below questions - ask students to justify their response
  • Who should get the Nobel prize for the discovery of insulin ?
  • Who should get the Noble prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA ?
  • Was the Tuskegee syphilis study appropriate ?
• and develop an additional 5 questions & answers for each handout
• collect handouts and classwork assignment

• Matsumoto PS. 2005.  The Reaction Quotient is Unnecessary to Solve Equilibrium Problems.  J Chem Edu. 82(3):406-407.
• Matsumoto PS.  2005.  The Reaction Quotient IS Useful After All;  No Problems with Q.  [author response to a Letter to the editor]   J Chem Edu. 82(8):1150.
• Matsumoto PS. 2005.  Trends in Ionization Energy of Transition Metal Elements. J Chem Edu. 82(11):1660-1661.
• Matsumoto PS.  2006. The Limitation of a Qualitative Reasoning.  [author response to a Letter to the editor]  J Chem. Edu. 83(3):383.
• Matsumoto PS.  2006.  The Importance and Efficacy of Using Statistics in the High School Chemistry Laboratory.  J Chem Edu. 83(11):  1649 - 1951.
• Matsumoto PS, Ring J, and Zhu J. 2007.  The Use of Limits in an Advanced Placement Chemistry course.  J. Chem. Edu. 84(10): 1655 - 1658.

• Matsumoto PS, Tong G, Lee S, and Kam B.   The Use of Approximations in a high school chemistry course.  J. Chem Educ. (submitted)

       SFUSD district-wide workshops

•  The Use of Probes in the High School Chemistry Laboratory  (2008)
• The Use of Statistics in the High School Chemistry Laboratory  (2006 ?)

       AP Chemistry reading (i.e. grading free response questions) - College Board

• 2005  Clemson Univ
• 2006  Clemson Univ
• 2007  Univ Nebraska

revised:  Sept. 2008

value of probe use (”Pasco advertisment“)

SFUSD probe loan program

book review:  Inquiry-based Experiments for Chemistry

Data Studio download  [free]

tutorials:  determination of the inflection point using Data Studio  and  regression analysis using MS Excel

calibration of the colorimeter  and  pH meter

practice probe use:  heat of fusion of ice (temperature);  Boyle’s law (pressure);  Beer’s law (colorimeter);  acid-base titration (pH) 

labs using probes

temperature

• Determination of the molar mass of a gas based on the Dumas method
• Determination of enthalpy of a reaction using Hess’ law  
• Determination of molar mass using boiling point elevation  

pressure 

• Boyle’s law  

colorimeter

• Beer’s law:  determination of [Cu²⁺] 
• Reaction stoichiometry 
• Determination of a rate law 
• Determination of Kc (equilibrium constant)  [under development]

pH

• acid-base titration:  comparison of end point vs. equivalence point
• Determination of Ka, acid dissociation constant, of acetic acid , based on the  Henderson-Hasselbach equation 

 

Eric Lewis
Secondary Science Content Specialist
SFUSD - APD - Office of Teaching & Learning
1098 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 355-7688
(415) 355-7611 (fax)
lewise2@sfusd.edu

 

Pasco probes                                 Vernier probes

13 absolute pressure probes           9 motion detectors

1 Biology lab manual                        9 dual-range force sensors

3 Chemistry lab manuals                   6 Extech digital DC power supply

3 Earth Science lab manuals             8 microphone probes

8 Xplorer data collection devices       9 magnetic field sensors

12 USB data links                               9 light sensors

11 CO2 probes                                     10 LabPro interface

13 colorimter probes                            9 circuit boards

7 conductivity probes                           1 EKG sensor

12 temperature probes                          1 excercise hear rate monitor

21 pH sensors                                        1 gas pressure sensor

6 dissolved oxygen probes                     1 conductivity probe

7 light sensors                                       1 dissolved oxygen probe

8 barometers                                         1 current and voltage probe

8 humidity / dew point probes                1 colorimeter

8 turbidity probes                                  1 oxygen gas sensor

10 multimeters                                        1 temperature probe

1 loggerPro user manual                           2 photogates

                                                                1 low-g accelerometer

1 BioRad UV lamp                                      1 respiration monitor belt

                                                                 1 PASCAR

                                                                  1 multimeter

updated:  Jan 2008

Temperature probes

• Determination of the molar mass of a compound:  boiling point elevation  [H]
• Determination of the molar mass of a gas using the ideal gas law (brief use;  ap)
• Calorimetry:  enthalpy & Hess’ law  [ap;  H;  Chem]
• Bolye’s law (brief use;  H)

Pressure probes

• Boyle’s law  [H]
• Determination of the molar mass of a gas using the ideal gas law (brief use)  [ap]

colorimeter probes

• Beer’s law  [ap]
• Reaction stoichiometry  [ap]
• Reaction kinetics  [ap]

pH probes

• acid - base titration  [ap]
• Determination of the Ka  [ap]

 

additional information

Pasco;   Vernier

calibration:  colorimeter,   pH probe

Inquiry-Based Experiments in Chemistry [available at Amazon.com;  review]

probe loan program