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Len Cerny
BS - Civil Engineering University of Illinois

MS - Physics Oregon State University
M.A.T. - Lewis and Clark College


Phone: 541-979-6120
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Len Cerny

Sun Sep 04, 2011

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This page has daily topics and assignments for:

* Integrated Science B
* College Physics B
* Chemistry B

Note: These pages are updated on a regular basis. Assignments for future days are a "best guess" and may be modified or changed on that day.

Test, quiz, and assignment dates are also a "best guess" and may be moved one or more days if needed.

If you need to plan in advance for a specific day, please contact Len Cerny.


INTEGRATED SCIENCE B

Week 1

Mon, 3/12 - Atomic Models Activity
Tues, 3/13 - Atomic Models Activity - Day 2
Wed, 3/14 - All about atoms
Thurs, 3/15 - 2D arrays and the electron configurations patterns on the Periodic Table
Fri, 3/16 - Periodic Table continued - chemical properties and their relationship to electrons

Week 2

Mon, 3/19 - Finish Atoms and Periodic Table Homework: Study for atoms and periodic table test
Tues, 3/20 - Atoms and Periodic Table Test
Wed, 3/21 - NO SCHOOL, SNOW DAY
Thurs, 3/22 - NO SCHOOL, SNOW DAY
Fri, 3/23 - Valence and Intro to Ionic bonding

3/24-4/1 - NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK

Week 3

Mon, 4/2 - "Bonding Basics - Ionic Bonds" worksheet
HW: Finish part 1 and part 2 of "Bonding Basics - Ionic Bonds" worksheet
Tues, 4/3 - Modeling Covalent Bonding
HW: Finish "Bonding Basics - Covalent Bonds" worksheet
Wed, 4/4 - Ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding lab - Part 1
HW: - Finish first page of questions
Thurs, 4/5 - Ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding lab - Part 2
HW: - Write paragraph about unknown ionic and covalent compounds
Fri, 4/6 - Ionic, Covalent, and Metallic Bonding Review
HW: - Finish "Ionic Covalent and Metallic Compounds Review" & Study for Chemical Bonding Quiz

Week 4

Mon, 4/9 - Chemical Bonding Quiz
Tues, 4/10 ; Intro to organic Compounds
Wed, 4/11 - Building organic molecules with molecule kits - Carbon chains and rings
HW: Finish questions on worksheet
Thurs, 4/12 - Building organic molecules with molecule kits - Carbohydrates
HW: Finish questions on worksheet
Fri, 4/13 - (17 Years until asteroid close approach) Building organic molecules with molecule kits - Proteins and Fats

Week 5

Mon, 4/16 - Food Testing Lab
Tues, 4/17 - Finish Food Testing Lab
Wed, 4/18 - Discuss LD-50 & review of organic chemistry
Thurs, 4/21 - Organic Chemistry Quiz
Fri, 4/20 - NO SCHOOL - Senior Project Presentations

Week 6

Mon, 4/23 - Intro to Acids and Bases Lab - Day 1
Tues, 4/24 - Intro to Acids and Bases Lab - Day 2
Wed, 4/25 - EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE - Intro to Acids and Bases Lab - Day 3
Thurs, 4/26 - "Applying Knowledge of Acids and Bases Lab"
Fri, 4/27 - Review of Acids and Bases

Week 7

Mon, 4/30 - Acids and Bases Test
Tues, 5/1 - Reaction Rates Lab - Day 1 - Particle size
Wed, 5/2 - Reaction Rates Lab - Day 2 - Concentration and effects of stirring
Thurs, 5/3 - Reaction Rates Lab - Day 3 - Temperature
Fri, 5/4 - Finish question for Reaction Rates Lab and start Iodine Clock Reaction Lab - Day 1 - Ratios of chemicals

Week 8

Mon, 5/7 - Iodine Clock Reaction Lab - Day 2 - Concentration
Tues, 5/8 - Iodine Clock Reaction Lab - Day 3 - Temperature
Wed, 5/9 - Discuss enzymes, "Applications of Reaction Rates" WS, Review for rates of reaction quiz
Thurs, 5/10 - Chemical Reaction Rate Quiz
Fri, 5/11 - Waves on a spring lab - day 1

Week 9

Mon, 5/14 - Waves on a spring lab - day 2
Tues, 5/15 - Water waves lab
Wed, 5/16 - "Sound and Resonance" tuning fork lab
Thurs, 5/17 - "Natural Frequency" - string and washer lab
Fri, 5/18 - Light waves, sound waves, Resonance, Earthquakes, Tsunamis

Week 10

Mon, 5/21 - Ocean waves
Tues, 5/22 - Review of waves
Wed, 5/23 - motion and speed calculations
Thurs, 5/24 - Graphing motion
Fri, 5/25 - Motion and Forces

Week 11

Mon, 5/28 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
Tues, 5/29 - Forces and Newton's Laws


COLLEGE PHYSICS B

Week 1

Mon, 3/12 - Review of Dynamics - Curves and free-body diagrams
Tues, 3/13 - Review of Dynamics
Wed, 3/14 - Lab - Friction, Force, and Acceleration
Thurs, 3/15 - Lab - Friction, Force, and Acceleration
Fri, 3/16 - Lab - Friction, Force, and Acceleration

Week 2

Mon, 3/19 - Review of dynamics with calculus
Tues, 3/20 - Review of dynamics with calculus
Wed, 3/21 - NO SCHOOL, SNOW DAY
Thurs, 3/22 - NO SCHOOL, SNOW DAY
Fri, 3/23 - Intro to energy and gravitational energy

3/24-4/1 - NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK

Week 3

Mon, 4/2 - Dynamics Exam
Tues, 4/3 - Energy Problems - In class discussion
Wed, 4/4 - Energy Problems - Chapter 6 - Example problems 6-1 through 6-15, P 147-168
Thurs, 4/5 - Discuss Power - Example problem 6-16 through 6-18 and then work on Energy Problems - Chapter 6 - Conceptual Questions 4,7,9,12-14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 25-28.
Fri, 4/6 - Energy Problems - Chapter 6 - Problems 4, 5, 7, 13-16, 17, 23, 25, 27

Week 4

Mon, 4/9 - Energy Problems - Chapter 6 - Problems 33, 35, 41, 42, & Analyze bungee jumping video
HW Clearly state your assumptions in bungee jumping problem
Tues, 4/10 - Energy Problems - Finish bungee jumping problem and finish Chapter 6 - Problems 46, 48, 51, 55, 57, 58, 61, 67, 70, 72, 76-78, 81, 83, 85
Wed, 4/11 - Linear momentum
Thurs, 4/12 - Momentum Lab
Fri, 4/13 - (17 years until asteroid 99942 Apophis (a.k.a. 2004 MN4) close approach) Also mention, Mon, Aug 21, 2017 eclipse - Momentum Lab

Week 5

Mon, 4/16 - Momentum Lab
Tues, 4/17 - Momentum in 2-D, vectors
Wed, 4/18 - Momentum and energy combined
Thurs, 4/19 - Momentum and energy combined
4/20 - NO SCHOOL - SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

Week 6

Mon, 4/23 - Momentum and energy lab
Tues, 4/24 - Momentum and energy lab
Wed, 4/25 - EARLY RELEASE - Finish Momentum and energy lab
Thurs, 4/26 - Momentum and energy problems from Chapter 7
Fri, 4/27 - Momentum and energy problems from Chapter 7

Week 7

Mon, 4/30 - Ballistic Pendulum Lab - day 1
Tues, 5/1 - Ballistic Pendulum Lab - day 2
Wed, 5/2 - Global energy - research lab
Thurs, 5/3 - Global energy - research lab
Fri, 5/4 - Global energy - research lab

Week 8

Mon, 5/7 - Global energy - research lab
Tues, 5/8 - Global energy - research lab
Wed, 5/9 - Review for final exam
Thurs, 5/10 - Review for final exam
Fri, 5/11 - Review for final exam

Week 9

Mon, 5/14 - Review for final exam
Tues, 5/15 - Review for final exam
Wed, 5/16 - Review for final exam
Thurs, 5/17 - Review for final exam
Fri, 5/18 - PH 211 FINAL EXAM

Week 10 - Torque, rotation, angular momentum


CHEMISTRY B

WEEK 1

Mon, 3/12 - HCl + Mg lab - Day 1- Conducting Reaction
No Homework

Tues, 3/13 - HCl + Mg lab - Day 2 - Measurement and Calculations
Homework: Use the internet to look up hydrates for MgCl2 and the temperatures at which they occur

Wed, 3/14 - HCl + Mg lab - Day 3 - Write-Up
Homework: Finish lab write-up

Thurs, 3/15 - Mg + HCl Lab Due - Zinc & CuSO4 Lab - Day 1 - Heat released with various quantities of zinc
Homework: Finish HCl + Mg lab write-up, if not already done

Fri, 3/16 - Zinc & CuSO4 Lab - Day 2 - Determining concentration of CuSO4 in Day 1 lab, prepping for Day 3
Homework: Find information about hydrates of zinc sulfate

Week 2

Mon, 3/19 - Zinc & CuSO4 Lab - Day 3 - Quantitative reaction - Prepare appropriate quantities of reactants and conduct reaction

Tues, 3/20 - Zinc & CuSO4 Lab - Day 4 - Separation of precipitate from solution

Wed, 3/21 - NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY
Thurs, 3/22 - NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY

Fri, 3/23 - Zinc & CuSO4 Lab - Day 5 - Measurements and analysis

3/24-4/1 - NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK

Week 3

Mon, 4/2 - Zinc & CuSO4 Lab - Day 6 - Write-Up
Homework: Finish lab write-up

Tues, 4/3 - Zinc & CuSO4 Lab Due - Begin Gas Laws Unit - Discuss Gas Laws Conceptually (including absolute zero and temperature)

Wed, 4/4 - Ideal Gas Law WS
Homework: Ideal Gas Law WS #1-6

Thurs, 4/5 - Ideal Gas Law & Stoichiometry
Homework: Ideal Gas Law WS #7-9

Fri, 4/6 - Compressing a Syringe - Lab Problem & Start review
Homework: Study for Ideal Gas Law Test

Week 4

Mon, 4/9 - Review for Ideal Gas Law Test
Homework: Study for Ideal Gas Law Test

Tues, 4/10 - Ideal Gas Law Test

Wed, 4/11 - Making a Liter of Hydrogen Gas Lab (Al + HCl) - Day 1 - Conducting Reaction
Thurs, 4/12 - Hydrogen Gas Lab (Al + HCl) - Day 2 - Measurement and analysis
Fri, 4/13 - Ideal Gas Law Make-Up Test (17 years until asteroid 99942 Apophis (a.k.a. 2004 MN4) close approach) Hydrogen Gas Lab (Al + HCl) - Day 3


Week 5

Mon, 4/16 - Wed, 4/18 - Equilibrium
Thurs, 4/19 - Intro to Nuclear chemistry
Fri, 4/20 - NO SCHOOL - Senior Project Presentations

Week 6

Mon, 4/23 - Nuclear chemistry - applications of half-life
Tues, 4/24 - Half-life lab
Wed, 4/25 - Fission, fusion, and decay chains
Thurs, 4/26 - Nuclear reactions worksheet
Fri, 4/27 - Nuclear reactions review

Week 7

Mon, 4/30 - Nuclear reactions test
Tues, 5/1 - "Make Something Lab" - Day 1 - Brainstorming
Wed, 5/2 - "Make Something Lab" - Day 2 - Planning Procedure
Thurs, 5/3 - "Make Something Lab" - Day 3 - Conducting experiment
Fri, 5/4 - "Make Something Lab" - Day 4 - Conducting experiment

Week 8

Mon, 5/7 - "Make Something Lab" - Day 5 - Analyze products
Tues, 5/8 - "Make Something Lab" - Day 6 - Analyze products
Wed, 5/9 - "Make Something Lab" - Day 7 - Write up
Thurs, 5/10 - Aspirin Lab - Day 1 - Introduction
Fri, 5/11 - Aspirin Lab - Day 2 - Making aspirin

Week 9

Mon, 5/14 - Aspirin Lab - Day 3 - Isolating the aspirin
Tues, 5/16 - Aspirin Lab - Day 4 - Initial tests - comparing white powders - day 1
Wed, 5/17 - Aspirin Lab - Day 5 - Initial tests - comparing white powders - day 2
Thurs, 5/18 - Aspirin Lab - Day 6 - Discuss upcoming solar eclipse, Discuss overview of lab write-up, Intro to Melting point test
Fri, 5/19 - Aspirin Lab - Day 7 - Melting point tes

Week 10

Mon, 5/23 - Aspirin Lab - Day 8 - Finish melting point test and conduct FeCl3 Test
Tues, 5/24 - Aspirin Lab - Day 9 - Spectrophotometry test
Wed, 5/25 - EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE - Aspirin Lab - Day 10 - Discuss safety of sample and how to do write up
Thurs, 5/26 - Aspirin Lab - Day 11 - Write up
Fri, 5/27 - Aspirin Lab - Day 12 - Write up

Week 11

Mon, 5/28 - NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY
Tues, 5/29 - Aspirin Lab Due
Tues, 5/29 - Fri, 6/1 - Phase change

Week 12 - Acids and bases

Week 13 - Solubility