Visual Spectrum Lab

The visible spectrum lab was very good. It was very interesting to see the wavelengths and their different colors. The cool part was going to the library and graph the lab on Google docs. It was very interesting seeing the different colors on my Google docs graphs.

Google Docs

We have been using Google Docs in class. I personally think it is great to have web based documents. It is great to be able to go anywhere and be able to add my new information of chemistry to my google docs. The advantage of being able to do this is extremly helpful with its easy access and user friendly computer environment.

Fire lab and more....

In class this week we have done an flame lab and have been learning about atoms and energy. The flame lab was dipping a stick in different liquids and put it in the gas. Which caused different color flames. Also we had to guess what these liquids were.

Albert Einstien...

This week in class we haven't done alot of labs. We have been watching much about Einstein and his life. Learning that he was a great man and extremely important to the early information of science. Without Einstein who knows how long its would take to come up with the ideas he did.

Radioactive Half-Lives and More

In chemistry this week we did many different things. We first of all did a radioactive half-lives simulation. Where we started with 100 pennies and would flip them, then keeping all the tails as remaining and getting rid of all the heads as they were decay. We also watched a video about Einstien and it was very interesting. Teaching us about early chemistry.

Elements and the Periodic Table

This week we have done much with the elements and the periodic table. We are learning about the elements atomic mass, isotopes, protons, nuetrons, electrons and even thier symbols. We have learned about families and groups of elements. How their characteristics differ from different parts of the period table. We also practiced reading the number of protons and electrons and finding the neutrons from that.

Elements and atoms

This week in chemistry class we have learned much about Elements and atoms. Today we answered questions about elements and their information on the periodic table. Also we found out about thier characteristics and reactivity they give. These elements seem very interesting and I cant wait to learn more about them.