Mr. Zahm
(updated 01/30/08)
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MHS
Chemistry - Chemistry in the Community Mr. Zahm (updated 01/30/08) |
"Scientists use observations and statistical analysis to uncover and analyze patterns in nature."
| Room Management Plan | |
| Course Description | |
| RI Grade Span Expectations (Physical Science) | NCEE Physical Science Standards |
| RI Grade Span Expectations (Science) | NCEE Science Standards |
| MHS Mission Statement & Student Learning Expectations | |
| MHS Home Page | |
| MHS AP Chem Page | |
| Chem. Research Links | |
| Mid-Term review | |
| Final Exam review | |
| My Old Labs & Other Extra Stuff, for you nostalgic types | <--- LOTS OF GOOD LABS HERE! |
| Contact Mr. Zahm | |
As of the 2006-07 school year, Middletown High School will be using the Chemistry in the Community ("ChemCom") program developed by the American Chemical Society for all high school students. Additionally, this course will be aligned with the Rhode Island Grade Span Expectations to begin preparation for the Rhode Island state science test that will be administered beginning in 2008.
Chemistry
in the Commmunity homepage sponsored by the American Chemical Society.
Chemistry in the Community student
page, sponsored by the Publishing Company and the ACS.
| NEW THIS YEAR! |
| 10 COOL chemical reactions! |
| Mr. Zahm's Temperature-Dependent Periodic Table [from Visual Basic - 2008 developing - nerd alert] |
| MHS's ChemCom Course Source Page! | |||
| Main
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Related
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GSE
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| UNIT 0 - MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS | |||
| Abbreviated
Lab Rubric (New for 2006!)
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| Qualitative vs. Quantitative Information | |||
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| Measuring |
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| Predicting Height | |||
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| UNIT 1 WATER: EXPLORING SOLUTIONS | |||
| 1.A - Sources and uses of water | Build A Solar Still [from ZOOM!] | ||
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| Polyatomic Ions | |||
| Naming Binary Compounds | |||
| Writing Formulas for Binary Compounds | |||
| Ions, Names, & Formulas 01 | |||
| Ions, Names, & Formulas 02 | |||
| 1.B - A look at water and its contaminants | Chemical Sentences and Reactions | ||
| More Name & Formula practice (# 3) | |||
| More Name & Formula practice (# 4) | |||
| More Name & Formula practice (# 5) | |||
| More Name & Formula practice (# 6) | |||
| More Name & Formula practice (# 7) | |||
| Reactions Hydrogen & Oxygen (Hindenberg) | |||
| 1.C - Investigating the cause of the fish kill | Reaction: Gummi Bear in Potassium Chlorate | ||
| Reaction: Sodium and Chlorine | |||
| Solutions | 1.1.a |
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| The Periodic Table | |||
| Calculating Concentration | |
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| 1.D - Water purification and treatment | |||
| UNIT
2 MATERIALS: STRUCTURE AND USES |
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| Alkali Metals Video [not Braniacs] | |||
| Rubidium AND Cesium in water | |||
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| 2.A
- Why we use what we do |
Physical and Chemical Changes | |
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| Physical and Chemical Properties | |||
| Graphing Periodic Trends | |||
| 2.B
- Earth's mineral resources |
Properties
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| The Copper Cycle | |||
| Silver & Copper: A RedOx Reaction | |||
| 2.C
- Conservation |
A
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| Chemical Reactions | Practice Balancing Reactions | ||
| Stoichiometry & The Mole | Beans and the Mole | ||
| Stoichiometry Worksheet | |||
| Stoichiometry and % Yield (Aluminum version) | |||
| Stoichiometry and % Yield (Magnesium version) | |||
| The Copper Cycle, Observation Sheet, & Analysis | |||
| 2.D - Materials: designing for properties | |||
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3 PETROLEUM: BREAKING AND MAKING BONDS |
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| 3.A - Petroleum: what is it? | |||
| Newport BioDiesel | |||
| Bonding | |||
| 3.B - Petroleum as an energy source. | |||
| 3.C - Petroleum as a building source | |||
| 3.D - Energy alternatives to petroleum | |||
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| UNIT
4 AIR: CHEMISTRY AND THE ATMOSPHERE |
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| 4.A - Gases in the atmosphere | |||
| The coldest place in the UNIVERSE? | |||
| 4.B - Radiation and climate | |||
| 4.C - Acids in the atmosphere | |||
| 4.D - Air pollution: sources, effects, solutions | |||
| UNIT
5 INDUSTRY: APPLYING CHEMICAL REACTIONS |
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| 5.A - The chemistry of nitrogen | |||
| 5.B - Nitrogen and industry | |||
| 5.C - Metal processing and electrochemistry | |||
| UNIT 6 ATOMS: NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS | |||
| 6.A - The nature of atoms | |||
| 6.B - Nuclear radiation | |||
| 6.C - Using radioactivity | |||
| 6.D - Nuclear energy: benefits and burdens | |||
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| UNIT
7 FOOD: MATER AND ENERGY FOR LIFE |
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| 7.A - Food as energy | |||
| 7.B - Energy storage and use | |||
| 7.C
- Proteins, enzymes, and chemistry |
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- Other substances in foods |
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| The text for this course used to be Chemistry: Connections to Our Changing World (LeMay, Beall, Robblee, & Brower, published by Prentice Hall). Links related to the course when this textbook was used are below. |
| Essays | Notes |
| Heat and Energy | |
| Atomic Theory | |
| Light, Waves, & Energy | |
| Colligative Properties | |
| Transuranic Elements |
