Saturday, December 22, 2007
Fri-Day 2
Bio - Our next unit on the Digestive and Endocrine Systems is covered in Chapter 35 of the text so you can start to outline those sections if you want a preview of what we cover when we return.
We spent the period reviewing the Scientific Method, showing the logical order and necessary safeguards against deception involved in the process. This method allows a person to PROPERLY and efficiently measure/investigate the relationship between two things/variables in nature that might or might not actually be related.
We also emphasized the ULTIMATE importance of reading/understanding and answering ONLY and SPECIFICALLY what is asked for in a question. Any unrelated or extraneous information will not only waste your time for no credit, but also may cause you to contradict your relevant answer, thus taking away any of your credit. So, the next time you speed through a question and ASSUME that the question is identical to something that you have seen before, REALIZE that you may be doing work for nothing. Remember, writing true statements, by themselves, is worth nothing on a test, HOWEVER, writing true statements that answer what is ASKED FOR will get you full credit.
One great reason to practice test skills is so that you do not waste your time and effort on a test.
Chem 7/8- we practiced and reviewed formula writing for binary salts, which are lattices of cations and anions held together by ionic bonds (positive attracts negative).
We also previewed some of what we will do after the break: salts that are made up of polyatomic ions as well as compounds made exclusively of NONMETALS, which are known as MOLECULES- elements or compounds in which the atoms SHARE their valence electrons to acquire a noble gas valence electron configuration.
We then finished our Alkaline Earth Metals lab, which we will write up on the second day of our return from break.
Chem 9 - we practiced and reviewed formula writing for binary salts, which are lattices of cations and anions held together by ionic bonds (positive attracts negative).
We also previewed some of what we will do after the break: salts that are made up of polyatomic ions as well as compounds made exclusively of NONMETALS, which are known as MOLECULES- elements or compounds in which the atoms SHARE their valence electrons to acquire a noble gas valence electron configuration.
We spent the period reviewing the Scientific Method, showing the logical order and necessary safeguards against deception involved in the process. This method allows a person to PROPERLY and efficiently measure/investigate the relationship between two things/variables in nature that might or might not actually be related.
We also emphasized the ULTIMATE importance of reading/understanding and answering ONLY and SPECIFICALLY what is asked for in a question. Any unrelated or extraneous information will not only waste your time for no credit, but also may cause you to contradict your relevant answer, thus taking away any of your credit. So, the next time you speed through a question and ASSUME that the question is identical to something that you have seen before, REALIZE that you may be doing work for nothing. Remember, writing true statements, by themselves, is worth nothing on a test, HOWEVER, writing true statements that answer what is ASKED FOR will get you full credit.
One great reason to practice test skills is so that you do not waste your time and effort on a test.
Chem 7/8- we practiced and reviewed formula writing for binary salts, which are lattices of cations and anions held together by ionic bonds (positive attracts negative).
We also previewed some of what we will do after the break: salts that are made up of polyatomic ions as well as compounds made exclusively of NONMETALS, which are known as MOLECULES- elements or compounds in which the atoms SHARE their valence electrons to acquire a noble gas valence electron configuration.
We then finished our Alkaline Earth Metals lab, which we will write up on the second day of our return from break.
Chem 9 - we practiced and reviewed formula writing for binary salts, which are lattices of cations and anions held together by ionic bonds (positive attracts negative).
We also previewed some of what we will do after the break: salts that are made up of polyatomic ions as well as compounds made exclusively of NONMETALS, which are known as MOLECULES- elements or compounds in which the atoms SHARE their valence electrons to acquire a noble gas valence electron configuration.
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