I am excited to work and learn with you during the 2010-11 school year. As student and teacher, we are part of a team with one primary goal: to prepare you for AP Chemistry exam to be given in May of 2011. To get us started toward this goal, I am assigning some problems to be worked over the summer to keep your first year of chemistry “fresh” and to reinforce key topics.
- Email Mr. Soderholm at Scott_E_Soderholm@mcpsmd.org. Please tell me you are in AP, and what chemistry class you have taken already. I will add you to the authors list for our class blog (see resources below for details).
- Visit http://chemistry2.csudh.edu/homeworkn7/hwintrocsn7.html and answer the review questions I have assigned below. Continue answering questions until you have five (5) questions answered correctly. If you do not have access to a computer at home, please go to the nearest library and access it from there. These problems are due by August 23 (a week BEFORE classes begin). This assignment will be assessed as your first quiz (formative assessement).
- On the back of this paper (or the file stuffIshouldKnow.pdf) are some facts that you will be expected to memorize this year. Make a set of flash cards of at least the ions list and solubility rules to be scored as your first practice homework assignment. I strongly recommend you start using your cards now, since the material will be used during our first units.
o Basic Concepts #0 (Significant Figures) NOTE: Use the online textbook to help with this.
o Basic Concepts #2 (Direct and Inverse Relationships)
o Basic Concepts #4 (Scientific Notation)
o Basic Concepts #5 (Smaller, Larger, or the Same?)
o Basic Concepts #6 (Percentage)
o Basic Concepts #9 (Mass, density and volume) NOTE: The program will only accept answers in 2 significant figures.
o Conversions #24 (Converting Densities)
o Conversions #25 (Converting Temperatures)
o Atoms and Elements #31 (Elements, moles and mass)
o Gases #44 (Ideal Gas Law)
o Solutions #53 (Molarity, mass and volume)
o To submit your scores: Type your name followed by a comma and "AP or IB as appropriate" (ex: “Bob Vila, AP”). Select "Soderholm, S" from the instructors list and hit “Submit Homework!”
o Again, please contact me or your peers if you have trouble with these assignments.
Resources:
- This blog. Don’t forget to email me to get full access please!
- http://preparatorychemistry.com/ (a free online general chemistry text, with tutorials)
- Your 1st year Chemistry notes
- Your peers: Email, telephone, in person, our class blog, etc.
- Mr. Soderholm’s email: Scott_E_Soderholm@mcpsmd.org
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