bring assignment #6 (your excellent notes) to your seat....

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Wednesday,August23,2017 IBChemWarm-Up(~5min)

1. BringAssignment#6(yourexcellentnotes)toyourseat.Ms.

Alarconwillcheckthemforcredit.

2. Workonansweringthequestionsonthetanpagetitled

“InClassProblems–August22,2017”(clearly,we’readayoff)

àStartwiththetextquestionsontheback(useseparate

paper),thendotheIBquestionsonthefront/back.

àAlso,startbyworkingindependently(nonotes/peers).

àWhenyou’veansweredeverythingyoucanonyour

own,consultyournotes.Aretheyhelpful?Didyoulearn

&retainanythingfromhavingspenttimetakingnotes?

àQuietdiscussionwithyourtable:Whatareexcellent

notes?(IsthisdifferentintheIBworldthanelsewhere?)

Howmuchdoyoubenefitfromtakingnotes?Whatcould

youdo(whiletakingnotesorinsteadoftakingnotes)to

benefitmore?

3. CheckouttheIBflashcardsonyourtable.Ifyouwouldliketo

receivepaperdo-it-yourselfcopiesofthese&otherIBflash

cards,pleasesignup(seeclipboardatfrontoftheroom.)

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ThingstonoticeaboutyourIBChemistrytextbook:

• Littleboxesinthemarginsarenot“fluff”

• Littleboxesinthemarginsarenot“fluff”

• LittleboxesinthemarginsareNOT“fluff”

• Getit?

• Littleboxesinthemarginsare,infact,essential!Read

them3x.Ponderthem,assimilatethem,verifythatyou

“getthem”thoroughly,copythemintoyournotes,and/or

plantoaskMs.Clewettforclarificationaboutthem.

• Purpleboxes,littleglobesymbol=ApplicationsandSkills

&areEXTREMELYuseful.Becertainyouunderstand

thesethoroughly;theyoftenrelatedirectlytothesyllabus.

(notethematchingglobesymbols…colorsactuallymatch,too—photosaremybad:unevenlighting)

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• Yellowboxes=Helpingstudentsmakeconnections&stay

activelyengagedinreading.Readingmustbeactive,not

passive!Howcanreadingpossiblybeactive,yousay?

o Self-monitor,

o Askyourselfquestions,

o Thinkofwaystoapplywhatyouarelearningtowhat

youalreadyknow,

o Testyourself!(Answerthequickquestions,do—orat

leastthinkabout—theactivities,andcheckyourself

usingthetextanswers.Again,seepageviiforthelink.)

o Also,noticewhenyouaredriftingoffandlosing

yourfocus(ithappenstoallofus),anddon’tletthis

continue!Takeabreak,dosomethingyouenjoyfor

10-15minutes,phoneafriend(literally),and/ormakea

noteifit’sjustnotsettlingintoyourbrainsoyouknow

whatquestion/requestforclarificationtobringtoclass

thenextday,etc.

• Youwillfrequentlyberesponsibleforactivereading&note-

takingassignmentsthisyearandthroughoutcollege.Hone

yourskillsearly;takeexcellent,comprehensivenotesto

promoteactive,engagedreadingandenhanceyourabilityto

retainandapplynewinformation.

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How’dwedoonthe“InClassProblems–August22,2017”?

o Diditmostlyfeellikereview?§ Atomeconomywasprobablynewtoyou

§ Whothinkstheymayhavegottenitjustfromreading?

§ Whothinkstheygotitfromthep.11activityc?

§ Whothinkstheyneedmoreworkinordertogetit?

o Correctthe“InClassProblems”

o ReviewtheproblemsassignedwithA#6

o Self-monitor–Howareyoudoing?Whatdoyouneed

morepracticeon?Whatcanyoudo(&more

realistically,willyoubewillingtodo)toaddress

areasofTopic1.1thatstillneedsomework?Or,are

yougoodenoughfornow?It’syourdecision!

(IBsyllabusforTopic1.1listsatomeconomyasaUtilizationontherightsideofthesyllabusà~1%chanceitwillappearonanIBPaper1orPaper2.ItdoesshowupforOptionA(Materials,A.5sub-section)andOptionB(Biochemistry,B.6sub-section)andrelatestothegrowingfieldofgreenchemistry,butisprobablynotworthtoomuchofyourvaluabletimeifyouarestickingwiththeclasstostudyOptionC(Energy)orjoiningastudygrouptodoOptionD(MedicinalChemistry).

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• Asaclass,weareonatightschedulefortheIBChemistry

SLexamthisMay,andasaclass,itistimetomoveonto

Topic1.2.Comeinanylunchtime(startingnextweek)to

seeMs.Clewettifyouwantextrahelp/review

materials/etc.forTopic1.1.

Now,forTopic1.2:Themoleconcept

(hopefully,mostofthisisalsoreview)

o Howmanymetricprefixesandconversionscanyou

state?(Knowtheonesshownontextpage13,Table

3.)

o Howmanymoleconversionsdoyourecall?Write

anymoleconversionquestiononasmallwhite

boardoruseindexcards,ifthisiseasierandtradeit

withsomeoneatyourtable.

o WhatnumberisAvogadro’sconstant,NA,(also

calledAvogadro’snumber;alsoshownwithsymbol

L—noideawhy—maybetheotherletterswereall

taken)?

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• Assignment7,DueFriday(Reviewtextpages12—19as

needed,spend30minutesonAssignment7...tryyourbest,

seehowfaryouget.Hopefullyit’sreview,butdon’tbang

yourheadonawallifthere’soneormoreyoudon’tget.)