Today in the classroom:
First year chem is getting some notes on how/why ions form. After that, they'll finish up yesterday's activity and move into using Lewis diagrams to model electron gain/loss for anions and cations.
Second year chem collected gas volume data as determined by temperature yesterday for air. Today, they'll do the same for methane and then work on their lab report.
#chemistry #teaching :cupofcoffee:
I need a game to play that is super relaxing and allows for longer plays (as in little bits here and there, not grinding).
I do word games in the morning to help me wake up but I feel like I need some kind of gentle, relaxing brain stimulation to unwind at the end of the day.
Android, prefer free if possible.
#askfedi
I heard about Fossil a year or two ago but never tried it out. Git is super complex for what I do (pretty much working by myself) and this full walkthrough might be what I need to give it a try.
Today in the classroom:
Bonding! First year chem is doing some guided inquiry on how ions form and how the periodic table predicts those ions.
Second year chem is going to collect data relating gas volume and temperature. They'll fill and cap a syringe so particles stay the same and then submerse the syringe in different water baths to change temp. Pressure will stay constant, so volume adjusts. We can the extrapolate absolute zero.
#chemistry #teaching :cupofcoffee:
We got a new washer/dryer stack today after many years of nursing an old set along, so I raced home after school to install it because I thought my wife had a haircut appointment I had to work around.
Turns out the appointment is tomorrow, so I benefitted myself into some downtime after a first day back to school.
Happy New Year!
Today in the classroom:
I'm bringing some energy today, mainly for my sake, but it'll trickle down (I hope). First year chem are going to do some review on atomic structure and then ease back in with vocab over ions. We'll do ionic/covalent bonding this week and next.
Second year chem is doing gases for the next two weeks. A short, ease-back-in unit over the empirical gas laws (with a couple labs) and the ideal gas law.
#chemistry #teaching :cupofcoffee:
I'm feeling like I've been on edge all day today and I can't really pinpoint why. I can't focus on reading, nothing on TV sounds interesting. Maybe I'll just try and go to sleep.
