Friday, February 29, 2008

States of Matter

What are the different states of matter and what are some of the characteristics that make them different from each other. Name at least two characteristics for each of them.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Compare and Contrast

How does doing a science fair project compare to doing research in industry, a university, or in a research facility?

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Did you know

Did you know that there is a study which says that students that have done science fair projects are in general better problem solvers. How does doing a science fair project help you to be a better problem solver and how does it show you how to use the scientific method?

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Help

The sophomores are doing the WOW science this year just like all of you did last year. What was your favorite WOW science project from last year that you would like to see done this year?

Monday, February 25, 2008

After the first today of presentations did you walk away with an idea of something that you could have done differently to help improve your project. Even if you didn't go to day you should have an idea of something that you could use to make your project better.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Preview

Why is your science fair project the best? If you don't think your project is the best explain why.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Percent yield in the marketplace

Why is finding the percent yeild so important in industry?

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Why

Why do we need to follow the law of conservation of mass when dealing with chemical reactions?

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Connection to Biology

Your body uses vitamins and minerals to create chemical reactions within the human body. What does the vitamin B-12 do for the human body?

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Stoichiometry

After doing your notes yesterday, how do you think this chapter on stoichiometry relates to the two chapter that we just finished?

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

What a test?

Chapter 11 in now over and how do you feel about the test your just took?

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Mole Ratios

What is a mole ratio and why is it important when writing a chemical equation?

Monday, February 11, 2008

Pictures

In chapter 12 there are a lot of great pictures of reactions why don't you look them and tell me which one is your favorite?

Friday, February 8, 2008

Limiting vs Excess

What is the different between a limiting reactant and a excess reactant?

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Stoichiometry

What is stoichiometry and is it really so important to have a whole chapter on it?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Who are these guys?

Who are Herman Kolbe and Felix Hoffman and what compound did they make?

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Hydrates

How do we name a Hydrate?

Monday, February 4, 2008

What is this?

What is Combinatorial Chemistry and does it do?

Friday, February 1, 2008

Percent Composition

If you where able to guess how do you think that we would calculate the percent composition on a compound.