This is an Index of the Blog entries since January of 2014. There is a list of the entries by month on the main Blog page listed to the right in blue. This record will be updated with each Blog entry.
May 2019
05/17/2019 Britain Goes One Week Without Burning Coal
05/10/2019 Germany Shuts Down Coal Plants
05/03/2019 Methods to Increase Ammonia Production
April 2019
04/26/2019 Manure Could Heat your Home
04/19/2019 Sunlight Converted to Liquid Fuel
04/12/2019 The Hidden Air Pollution in our Homes
04/05/2019 40th Anniversary of 3-Mile Island Accident
March 2019
03/29/2019 Petrochemical Fire near Houston, TX
03/22/2019 Cost of the American Lawn
03/15/2019 Increase in the Cost of Recycling
03/08/2019 Voyager-2
03/01/2019 Radiation in Grand Canyon Museum
February 2019
02/22/2019 Nanosize Technology
02/15/2019 No Blog Post this Week
02/08/2019 Flint, Michigan after Water Crisis
02/01/2019 Warmer Oceans Reduce Ocean Kelp Forests
January 2019
01/25/2019 World's Oldest Periodic Table
01/18/2019 The Era of Easy Recycling May be at an End
01/11/2019 Graphene Water Filter for Ocean Water
01/04/2019 China is A Renewable Energy Champion
December 2018
12/21/18 Ocean Power Plant Generates Energy from Waves
12/14/18 London Killer Smog in 1952
12/07/18 Global Climate Change and Health Report
November 2018
11/30/2018 Pacific Garbage Patch
11/23/2018 Happy Thanksgiving 2018
11/16/2018 Dangers of Methylene Chloride Paint Stripper
11/09/2018 Plastic Pollution Coalition
October 2018
10/26/2018 China Going Solar
10/19/2018 The Ocean Cleanup Launch
10/12/2018 New High Temperatures Predicted in IPCC Report
10/05/2018 Blog Delay this Week
September 2018
09/27/2018 Mole Redefinition
09/20/2018 Gas Explosion in Boston
09/14/2018 High-Tech Electronics Made from Autumn Leaves
09/07/2018 Airplane Air Concerns
August 2018
08/31/2018 The 2018-2019 School Year
08/24/2018 Bismuth Catalyst to Treat Excess Carbon Dioxide
08/17/2018 Chemistry Using Virtual Reality
08/10/2018 Oil Spill Sponge
08/03/2018 Concrete That Traps CO2 Emissions Forever
July 2018
07/27/2018 Invention for Water Conservation
07/20/2018 Gas Explosion in Wisconsin
07/13/2018 Explosion at Fireworks Market in Mexico
07/06/2018 Happy July 4th, 2018 !
June 2018
06/29/2018 Lead Paint in California Houses
06/22/2018 Video: What Lies Upstream (2017)
06/15/2018 Swimming the Pacific Ocean
06/08/2018 Lone Water Molecules Turn Out to Influence
Supramolecular Chemistry
06/01/2018 Film on Ocean Water Interrupts CO2 Absorption
May 2018
05/25/2018 Students Invent Filter for Water Purification
05/18/2018 Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii and Toxic Gas
05/11/2018 Water-Based Battery Stores Solar and Wind Energy
05/04/2018 White Roads in Los Angeles, CA
April 2018
04/27/2018 Current State of Nuclear Fusion Research
04/20/2018 What is a Superfund Site?
04/13/2018 Once We Can Capture CO2 Emissions...
04/06/2018 Kentucky Water Crisis
March 2018
03/30/2018 China Vertical Forest Update
03/23/2018 Current Event: Chemical Plant Explosion in TX
03/16/2018 Mining Lithium
03/09/2018 12-Year Old Invents Lead Detector
03/02/2018 Video: Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail
February 2018
02/23/2018 Chemists Develop a New Method to Break Down
Pollutants in Water
02/16/2018 Mercury Under Melting Permafrost
02/09/2018 Current Event -- South Africa Drought Update
02/02/2018 Current Event -- South Africa Drought
January 2018
01/26/2018 Current Event -- Oil Drill Site Explosion
01/19/2018 Water-Based, Energy-Saving Air Conditioner
01/12/2018 Grading Rubrics for Lab Reports
01/05/2018 Naming Elements
December 2017
12/22/2017 The Radium Girls
12/15/2017 Edible Coffee Cup
12/08/2017 Video: Oceans -- The Mystery of the Missing Plastic
12/01/2017 Ocean Wave Power
November 2017
11/24/2017 Happy Thanksgiving 2017
11/17/2017 NYC Green Roofs
11/10/2017 Video -- From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City
11/03/2017 Lead Levels in Philadephia, PA Soil
October 2017
10/27/2017 A Hydrogen Powered Vehicle
10/20/2017 Toxic Water in Puerto Rico
10/13/2017 Overview of Global Climate Change
10/06/2017 Feeding Seaweed to Cows
September 2017
09/29/2017 Sri Lanka Bans Plastic Bags
09/22/2017 Los Angeles Lead Clean-Up
09/15/2017 Chemical Plants Affected by Hurricane Harvey
09/08/2017 Game Over for the Original Kilogram
09/01/2017 Radon in Houses
August 2017
08/25/2017 Google Mapping Air Pollution
08/18/2017 Biodegradable Bags Made w/ Cassava
08/11/2017 Database About U.S. Public Water Systems
08/04/2017 Video: Leonardo -- The Man Who Saved Science
July 2017
07/28/2017 Current Fukushima Underwater Footage
07/21/2017 Converting Carbon Dioxide to Methane
07/14/2017 Using Redox to Clean Rust
07/07/17 Teflon Water Worries
June 2017
06/30/2017 Delay in Blog Post
06/23/2017 Antarctica Melting
06/16/2017 Source of Energy Choices: An Article
06/09/2017 Plastic Roads
06/02/2017 Swiss Nuclear Power Ban
May 2017
05/26/2017 Radioactive Truffles?
05/19/2017 Edible Water "Bottle"
05/12/2017 Plastic-Eating Caterpillars
05/05/2017 Trans Fat Ban
April 2017
04/28/2017 New Battery Coating
04/21/2017 Diapers -- So Many Choices
04/14/2017 Chemists Create Vitamin-Powered Battery
04/07/2017 Electrochemistry Research Articles
March 2017
03/31/2017 Buckyballs
03/24/2017 Toxic Mercury Levels in Sea Life
03/17/2017 Nuclear Waste in Batteries
03/10/2017 Van Der Waals Forces Re-Measured
03/03/2017 China's Vertical Forests
February 2017
02/24/2017 Cleaner Cookstoves
02/17/2017 The Ocean Clean-up Project Revisited
02/10/2017 High Fukushima Radiation Levels
02/03/2017 Video: Search for the Super Battery
January 2017
01/27/2017 2016 Warmest Year on Record
01/20/2017 Contaminated Drinking Water at US Marine Camp
01/13/2017 America's First Offshore Wind Farm
01/06/2017 Pest Control Creates Lethal Gas
December 2016
12/30/2016 Top 10 Science Stories 2016
12/23/2016 Criminal Charges in Flint, Michigan
12/16/2016 Cracks in Antarctic Glacier
12/09/2016 Cool Periodic Table
12/02/2016 The Space Poop Challenge
November 2016
11/25/2016 Tsunami Near Fukushima
11/18/2016 Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
11/11/2016 Science News for Students
11/04/2016 Flavored Coffees
October 2016
10/28/2016 Nuclear Power Plant Closure
10/21/2016 Indigo Dye
10/15/2016 Mole Day is Coming!
10/05/2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
September 2016
09/30/2016 Videos for the Chemistry Classroom
09/23/2016 Water Pollution in US Schools
09/16/2016 Video -- Forces of Nature: Shape
09/09/2016 Ozone Hole Beginning to Mend
09/05/2016 US to Get Rid of Chemical Weapons Stockpile
August 2016
08/28/2016 The First Days of School
08/21/2016 Solar Cell Converts CO2 to Usable Fuel
08/14/2016 Hydroelectric Cell Phone Chargers
08/07/2016 Debate about Nuclear Power
July 2016
07/31/2016 Cost of Nuclear Shutdown in Germany
07/24/2016 Order Lab Book -- Now!
07/16/2016 Video: Ancient Navies
07/10/2016 Demonstration: Bond Polarity
07/03/2016 Video: Bill Nye's Global Meltdown (2015)
June 2016
06/19/2016 End of Year Reflection II
06/12/2016 New Elements Named
06/05/2016 Air Pollution in China
May 2016
05/29/2016 New Uses for Waste Glass
05/22/2016 MFCs Turn Urine into Electricity
05/15/2016 Video: Life's Rocky Start
05/08/2016 The Chemistry of Baking Soda
05/01/2016 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl
April 2016
04/24/2016 Electronics from Coal
04/17/2016 Metal Foam Armour
04/10/2016 Spring Break 2016
04/03/2016 Permafrost Melting
March 2016
03/26/2016 Nuclear Waste Storage
03/19/2016 Microplastic Polluting Our Oceans
03/12/2016 Deflategate and The Gas Laws
03/05/2016 Science in "The Martian"
February 2016
02/28/2016 Video: "Does the Ocean Think?"
02/20/2016 Nuclear Waste and Lake Huron
02/13/2016 Gases in Low Temperatures
02/06/2016 Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Methanol
January 2016
01/29/2016 Electronic Waste
01/22/2016 Methane Leak in California
01/13/2016 Doce River Mine Accident (Brazil)
01/07/2016 Four New Elements
December 2015
12/28/2015 Lucky Iron Fish
12/17/2015 Current Event -- Lead Poisoning
12/11/2015 Video: "The Mystery of Matter" (2015)
12/03/2015 Periodic Table Trend Activities
November 2015
11/27/2015 Your School Library II
11/20/2015 Holiday Class Activities
11/13/2015 Sewage in Lake Champlain
11/06/2015 Inventions to Recycle Carbon Dioxide
October 2015
10/30/2015 Current Event -- Radioactive Waste from WWII
10/22/2015 The Future of Nuclear Fusion
10/15/2015 Mole Mathematics
10/08/2015 Current Event - Contaminated Drinking Water
September 2015
09/30/2015 5-Week Progress Reports
09/24/2015 Facts about the element Mercury
09/17/2015 Multiple Versions of Quizzes and Tests
09/10/2015 Recycling
09/03/2015 Method to Slow Evaporation
August 2015
08/27/2015 Outlines for Student Notes
08/20/2015 Thermoelectrics
08/13/2015 Colorado Mine Accident
08/06/2015 Post-Fukushima Restarts
July 2015
07/30/2015 Substance with High Melting Point
07/23/2015 Astatine Discovery
07/15/2015 Abandoned Mines
07/09/2015 Atoms at Absolute Zero
07/02/2015 Hydrogen Production
June 2015
06/25/2015 Ocean Clean-Up
06/18/2015 Summer 2015 Topics
06/11/2015 End of Year Reflection
06/04/2015 Final Exams II
May 2015
05/28/2015 Extra Credit II
05/21/2015 Natural Cleaners
05/14/2015 Fractional Distillation
05/07/2015 Penny Battery
April 2015
04/30/2015 Lab Practical Examination
04/23/2015 Equilibrium Demonstration
04/15/2015 Solubility Curves
04/09/2015 Spring Break
04/01/2015 NOVA video "Hunting the Elements" (2012)
March 2015
03/25/2015 Your School Library
03/19/2015 VSEPR Theory Labs and Resources
03/12/2015 Electron Dot Diagram
03/04/2015 Calorimetry
February 2015
02/25/2015 Lake Ontario Over 80% Frozen
02/18/2015 Nuclear Chemistry -- Part II (Fission, Fusion & Half-Life)
02/11/2015 Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry
02/04/2015 Atomic Structure Revisited
January 2015
01/28/2015 Computer Simulations of Gases
01/21/2015 Gay-Lussac's Law Demonstration
01/14/2015 Charles' Law in Freezing Temperatures
01/07/2015 Atmospheric Pressure -- Current Story
01/04/2015 Midterm Examinations
December 2014
12/29/2014 Percent Error
12/18/2014 Limiting Reagent and Percent Yield
12/10/2014 Stoichiometry
12/04/2014 Current Automobile Airbag Concerns
November 2014
11/25/2014 Predicting Products of a Combustion Reaction (5th Rxn Type)
11/23/2014 Predicting Products of a Double Replacement Reaction (4th Rxn
Type)
11/21/2014 Predicting Products of a Single Replacement Reaction (3rd
Rxn Type)
11/17/2014 Predicting Products of a Decomposition Reaction (2nd Rxn
Type)
11/14/2014 Predicting Products of a Synthesis Reaction (1st Rxn Type)
11/07/2014 Molar Volume of a Gas
October 2014
10/31/2014 Binary, Molecular Formula Naming / Writing
10/27/2014 Ionic Formula Writing -- Part II
10/23/2014 Delay in Post and Mole Labs in My Book
10/20/2014 Celebrating Mole Day
10/17/2014 Intro to Ionic Formula Writing
10/15/2014 Unit Objectives
10/08/2014 Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
10/03/2014 Heating/Cooling Curves Revisited
September 2014
09/25/2014 Blog Topic List
09/22/2014 Next Topic?
09/19/2014 Element Symbols & Intro to Chemical Language
09/12/2014 Density
09/05/2014 Quizzes and Tests (General Information & Test
Generation Programs)
09/02/2014 Dimensional Analysis or The Factor-Label Method
August 2014
08/31/2014 Sunday Post Delayed
08/24/2014 SI System & Scientific Notation
08/19/2014 Measurement and Significant Figures
08/17/2014 Next Post
08/10/2014 Lab – Reaction in a Bag
08/03/2014 Lab Report Help
July 2014
07/27/2014 Classroom Ideas –Daily Announcements and
Teacher Websites
07/20/2014 Classroom Grading Programs
07/13/2014 Chemistry Laboratory Safety
07/06/2014 Decorating Your Classroom
June 2014
06/29/2014 Summer Vacation
06/22/2014 Scientist Research
06/15/2014 End of Year Activity – Lab Clean-Up
06/08/2014 Final Exams – End of Year Preparation
O6/01/2014 High School Lab Activity –Tie Dyeing
May 2014
05/28/2014 Organic Chemistry – Chemical Reactions
05/25/2014 Organic Chemistry – Organic Compounds
05/21/2014 Organic Chemistry – Alkanes, Alkenes & Alkynes
05/18/2014 Electrochemistry – Electrolytic Cells
05/14/2014 Electrochemistry – Electrochemical Cells
05/10/2014 New Schedule
05/07/2014 Electrochemistry – Balancing Redox Reactions
05/04/2014 Electrochemistry – Redox Basics
April 2014
04/30/2014 Acids & Bases – Lewis Theory & Buffers
04/24/2014 Acids & Bases – Titration
04/22/2014 The Next Post is Coming! (computer problems)
04/20/2014 4/20 Post (computer problems)
04/16/2014 Acids & Bases – Bronsted-Lowry and K-acid
04/13/2014 Acids & Bases – Arrhenius theory and pH
04/09/2014 Acids, Bases & Salts – Intro
04/06/2014 The Equilibrium Constant and Gibb’s Free Energy
04/02/2014 Equilibrium & Le Chatelier’s Principle
March 2014
03/30/2014 Reaction Rates (includes Potential Energy Diagram video &
worksheets)
03/26/2014 Vapor Pressure, BP/FP, and Molality
03/23/2014 Molarity
03/19/2014 Properties of Solutions
03/16/2014 Dipole-dipole forces, etc.
03/12/2014 Polarity and Intermolecular Forces
03/09/2014 Lewis Structures and VSEPR theory
03/05/2014 Heat and Energy
03/02/2014 Heating and Cooling Curves
February 2014
02/26/2014 Isotopes and empirical/molecular formulas
02/23/2014 The Periodic Table
02/19/2014 Electrons in the Atom
02/16/2014 Atomic Structure
02/12/2014 Intramolecular Forces (ionic, covalent and metallic bonds)
02/09/14 Ideal Gas Law
02/05/14 Combined Gas Law
02/02/14 Gay Lussac’s Law
January 2014
01/29/2014 Charles’ Law
01/26/2014 Boyle’s Law
01/22/2014 Combustion of a Hydrocarbon
01/18/2014 Double Replacement Reactions
01/16/2014 Combination of Magnesium and Oxygen
01/14/2014 Decomposition of Sodium Bicarbonate
01/11/2014 New Schedule (Single Replacement Reaction –
Cu with Ag)
01/10/2014 2nd Entry (Mole Conversions and Moletown Map)
01/08/2014 Day One (General Introduction)
May 2019
05/17/2019 Britain Goes One Week Without Burning Coal
05/10/2019 Germany Shuts Down Coal Plants
05/03/2019 Methods to Increase Ammonia Production
April 2019
04/26/2019 Manure Could Heat your Home
04/19/2019 Sunlight Converted to Liquid Fuel
04/12/2019 The Hidden Air Pollution in our Homes
04/05/2019 40th Anniversary of 3-Mile Island Accident
March 2019
03/29/2019 Petrochemical Fire near Houston, TX
03/22/2019 Cost of the American Lawn
03/15/2019 Increase in the Cost of Recycling
03/08/2019 Voyager-2
03/01/2019 Radiation in Grand Canyon Museum
February 2019
02/22/2019 Nanosize Technology
02/15/2019 No Blog Post this Week
02/08/2019 Flint, Michigan after Water Crisis
02/01/2019 Warmer Oceans Reduce Ocean Kelp Forests
January 2019
01/25/2019 World's Oldest Periodic Table
01/18/2019 The Era of Easy Recycling May be at an End
01/11/2019 Graphene Water Filter for Ocean Water
01/04/2019 China is A Renewable Energy Champion
December 2018
12/21/18 Ocean Power Plant Generates Energy from Waves
12/14/18 London Killer Smog in 1952
12/07/18 Global Climate Change and Health Report
November 2018
11/30/2018 Pacific Garbage Patch
11/23/2018 Happy Thanksgiving 2018
11/16/2018 Dangers of Methylene Chloride Paint Stripper
11/09/2018 Plastic Pollution Coalition
October 2018
10/26/2018 China Going Solar
10/19/2018 The Ocean Cleanup Launch
10/12/2018 New High Temperatures Predicted in IPCC Report
10/05/2018 Blog Delay this Week
September 2018
09/27/2018 Mole Redefinition
09/20/2018 Gas Explosion in Boston
09/14/2018 High-Tech Electronics Made from Autumn Leaves
09/07/2018 Airplane Air Concerns
August 2018
08/31/2018 The 2018-2019 School Year
08/24/2018 Bismuth Catalyst to Treat Excess Carbon Dioxide
08/17/2018 Chemistry Using Virtual Reality
08/10/2018 Oil Spill Sponge
08/03/2018 Concrete That Traps CO2 Emissions Forever
July 2018
07/27/2018 Invention for Water Conservation
07/20/2018 Gas Explosion in Wisconsin
07/13/2018 Explosion at Fireworks Market in Mexico
07/06/2018 Happy July 4th, 2018 !
June 2018
06/29/2018 Lead Paint in California Houses
06/22/2018 Video: What Lies Upstream (2017)
06/15/2018 Swimming the Pacific Ocean
06/08/2018 Lone Water Molecules Turn Out to Influence
Supramolecular Chemistry
06/01/2018 Film on Ocean Water Interrupts CO2 Absorption
May 2018
05/25/2018 Students Invent Filter for Water Purification
05/18/2018 Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii and Toxic Gas
05/11/2018 Water-Based Battery Stores Solar and Wind Energy
05/04/2018 White Roads in Los Angeles, CA
April 2018
04/27/2018 Current State of Nuclear Fusion Research
04/20/2018 What is a Superfund Site?
04/13/2018 Once We Can Capture CO2 Emissions...
04/06/2018 Kentucky Water Crisis
March 2018
03/30/2018 China Vertical Forest Update
03/23/2018 Current Event: Chemical Plant Explosion in TX
03/16/2018 Mining Lithium
03/09/2018 12-Year Old Invents Lead Detector
03/02/2018 Video: Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail
February 2018
02/23/2018 Chemists Develop a New Method to Break Down
Pollutants in Water
02/16/2018 Mercury Under Melting Permafrost
02/09/2018 Current Event -- South Africa Drought Update
02/02/2018 Current Event -- South Africa Drought
January 2018
01/26/2018 Current Event -- Oil Drill Site Explosion
01/19/2018 Water-Based, Energy-Saving Air Conditioner
01/12/2018 Grading Rubrics for Lab Reports
01/05/2018 Naming Elements
December 2017
12/22/2017 The Radium Girls
12/15/2017 Edible Coffee Cup
12/08/2017 Video: Oceans -- The Mystery of the Missing Plastic
12/01/2017 Ocean Wave Power
November 2017
11/24/2017 Happy Thanksgiving 2017
11/17/2017 NYC Green Roofs
11/10/2017 Video -- From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City
11/03/2017 Lead Levels in Philadephia, PA Soil
October 2017
10/27/2017 A Hydrogen Powered Vehicle
10/20/2017 Toxic Water in Puerto Rico
10/13/2017 Overview of Global Climate Change
10/06/2017 Feeding Seaweed to Cows
September 2017
09/29/2017 Sri Lanka Bans Plastic Bags
09/22/2017 Los Angeles Lead Clean-Up
09/15/2017 Chemical Plants Affected by Hurricane Harvey
09/08/2017 Game Over for the Original Kilogram
09/01/2017 Radon in Houses
August 2017
08/25/2017 Google Mapping Air Pollution
08/18/2017 Biodegradable Bags Made w/ Cassava
08/11/2017 Database About U.S. Public Water Systems
08/04/2017 Video: Leonardo -- The Man Who Saved Science
July 2017
07/28/2017 Current Fukushima Underwater Footage
07/21/2017 Converting Carbon Dioxide to Methane
07/14/2017 Using Redox to Clean Rust
07/07/17 Teflon Water Worries
June 2017
06/30/2017 Delay in Blog Post
06/23/2017 Antarctica Melting
06/16/2017 Source of Energy Choices: An Article
06/09/2017 Plastic Roads
06/02/2017 Swiss Nuclear Power Ban
May 2017
05/26/2017 Radioactive Truffles?
05/19/2017 Edible Water "Bottle"
05/12/2017 Plastic-Eating Caterpillars
05/05/2017 Trans Fat Ban
April 2017
04/28/2017 New Battery Coating
04/21/2017 Diapers -- So Many Choices
04/14/2017 Chemists Create Vitamin-Powered Battery
04/07/2017 Electrochemistry Research Articles
March 2017
03/31/2017 Buckyballs
03/24/2017 Toxic Mercury Levels in Sea Life
03/17/2017 Nuclear Waste in Batteries
03/10/2017 Van Der Waals Forces Re-Measured
03/03/2017 China's Vertical Forests
February 2017
02/24/2017 Cleaner Cookstoves
02/17/2017 The Ocean Clean-up Project Revisited
02/10/2017 High Fukushima Radiation Levels
02/03/2017 Video: Search for the Super Battery
January 2017
01/27/2017 2016 Warmest Year on Record
01/20/2017 Contaminated Drinking Water at US Marine Camp
01/13/2017 America's First Offshore Wind Farm
01/06/2017 Pest Control Creates Lethal Gas
December 2016
12/30/2016 Top 10 Science Stories 2016
12/23/2016 Criminal Charges in Flint, Michigan
12/16/2016 Cracks in Antarctic Glacier
12/09/2016 Cool Periodic Table
12/02/2016 The Space Poop Challenge
November 2016
11/25/2016 Tsunami Near Fukushima
11/18/2016 Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
11/11/2016 Science News for Students
11/04/2016 Flavored Coffees
October 2016
10/28/2016 Nuclear Power Plant Closure
10/21/2016 Indigo Dye
10/15/2016 Mole Day is Coming!
10/05/2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
September 2016
09/30/2016 Videos for the Chemistry Classroom
09/23/2016 Water Pollution in US Schools
09/16/2016 Video -- Forces of Nature: Shape
09/09/2016 Ozone Hole Beginning to Mend
09/05/2016 US to Get Rid of Chemical Weapons Stockpile
August 2016
08/28/2016 The First Days of School
08/21/2016 Solar Cell Converts CO2 to Usable Fuel
08/14/2016 Hydroelectric Cell Phone Chargers
08/07/2016 Debate about Nuclear Power
July 2016
07/31/2016 Cost of Nuclear Shutdown in Germany
07/24/2016 Order Lab Book -- Now!
07/16/2016 Video: Ancient Navies
07/10/2016 Demonstration: Bond Polarity
07/03/2016 Video: Bill Nye's Global Meltdown (2015)
June 2016
06/19/2016 End of Year Reflection II
06/12/2016 New Elements Named
06/05/2016 Air Pollution in China
May 2016
05/29/2016 New Uses for Waste Glass
05/22/2016 MFCs Turn Urine into Electricity
05/15/2016 Video: Life's Rocky Start
05/08/2016 The Chemistry of Baking Soda
05/01/2016 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl
April 2016
04/24/2016 Electronics from Coal
04/17/2016 Metal Foam Armour
04/10/2016 Spring Break 2016
04/03/2016 Permafrost Melting
March 2016
03/26/2016 Nuclear Waste Storage
03/19/2016 Microplastic Polluting Our Oceans
03/12/2016 Deflategate and The Gas Laws
03/05/2016 Science in "The Martian"
February 2016
02/28/2016 Video: "Does the Ocean Think?"
02/20/2016 Nuclear Waste and Lake Huron
02/13/2016 Gases in Low Temperatures
02/06/2016 Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Methanol
January 2016
01/29/2016 Electronic Waste
01/22/2016 Methane Leak in California
01/13/2016 Doce River Mine Accident (Brazil)
01/07/2016 Four New Elements
December 2015
12/28/2015 Lucky Iron Fish
12/17/2015 Current Event -- Lead Poisoning
12/11/2015 Video: "The Mystery of Matter" (2015)
12/03/2015 Periodic Table Trend Activities
November 2015
11/27/2015 Your School Library II
11/20/2015 Holiday Class Activities
11/13/2015 Sewage in Lake Champlain
11/06/2015 Inventions to Recycle Carbon Dioxide
October 2015
10/30/2015 Current Event -- Radioactive Waste from WWII
10/22/2015 The Future of Nuclear Fusion
10/15/2015 Mole Mathematics
10/08/2015 Current Event - Contaminated Drinking Water
September 2015
09/30/2015 5-Week Progress Reports
09/24/2015 Facts about the element Mercury
09/17/2015 Multiple Versions of Quizzes and Tests
09/10/2015 Recycling
09/03/2015 Method to Slow Evaporation
August 2015
08/27/2015 Outlines for Student Notes
08/20/2015 Thermoelectrics
08/13/2015 Colorado Mine Accident
08/06/2015 Post-Fukushima Restarts
July 2015
07/30/2015 Substance with High Melting Point
07/23/2015 Astatine Discovery
07/15/2015 Abandoned Mines
07/09/2015 Atoms at Absolute Zero
07/02/2015 Hydrogen Production
June 2015
06/25/2015 Ocean Clean-Up
06/18/2015 Summer 2015 Topics
06/11/2015 End of Year Reflection
06/04/2015 Final Exams II
May 2015
05/28/2015 Extra Credit II
05/21/2015 Natural Cleaners
05/14/2015 Fractional Distillation
05/07/2015 Penny Battery
April 2015
04/30/2015 Lab Practical Examination
04/23/2015 Equilibrium Demonstration
04/15/2015 Solubility Curves
04/09/2015 Spring Break
04/01/2015 NOVA video "Hunting the Elements" (2012)
March 2015
03/25/2015 Your School Library
03/19/2015 VSEPR Theory Labs and Resources
03/12/2015 Electron Dot Diagram
03/04/2015 Calorimetry
February 2015
02/25/2015 Lake Ontario Over 80% Frozen
02/18/2015 Nuclear Chemistry -- Part II (Fission, Fusion & Half-Life)
02/11/2015 Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry
02/04/2015 Atomic Structure Revisited
January 2015
01/28/2015 Computer Simulations of Gases
01/21/2015 Gay-Lussac's Law Demonstration
01/14/2015 Charles' Law in Freezing Temperatures
01/07/2015 Atmospheric Pressure -- Current Story
01/04/2015 Midterm Examinations
December 2014
12/29/2014 Percent Error
12/18/2014 Limiting Reagent and Percent Yield
12/10/2014 Stoichiometry
12/04/2014 Current Automobile Airbag Concerns
November 2014
11/25/2014 Predicting Products of a Combustion Reaction (5th Rxn Type)
11/23/2014 Predicting Products of a Double Replacement Reaction (4th Rxn
Type)
11/21/2014 Predicting Products of a Single Replacement Reaction (3rd
Rxn Type)
11/17/2014 Predicting Products of a Decomposition Reaction (2nd Rxn
Type)
11/14/2014 Predicting Products of a Synthesis Reaction (1st Rxn Type)
11/07/2014 Molar Volume of a Gas
October 2014
10/31/2014 Binary, Molecular Formula Naming / Writing
10/27/2014 Ionic Formula Writing -- Part II
10/23/2014 Delay in Post and Mole Labs in My Book
10/20/2014 Celebrating Mole Day
10/17/2014 Intro to Ionic Formula Writing
10/15/2014 Unit Objectives
10/08/2014 Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
10/03/2014 Heating/Cooling Curves Revisited
September 2014
09/25/2014 Blog Topic List
09/22/2014 Next Topic?
09/19/2014 Element Symbols & Intro to Chemical Language
09/12/2014 Density
09/05/2014 Quizzes and Tests (General Information & Test
Generation Programs)
09/02/2014 Dimensional Analysis or The Factor-Label Method
August 2014
08/31/2014 Sunday Post Delayed
08/24/2014 SI System & Scientific Notation
08/19/2014 Measurement and Significant Figures
08/17/2014 Next Post
08/10/2014 Lab – Reaction in a Bag
08/03/2014 Lab Report Help
July 2014
07/27/2014 Classroom Ideas –Daily Announcements and
Teacher Websites
07/20/2014 Classroom Grading Programs
07/13/2014 Chemistry Laboratory Safety
07/06/2014 Decorating Your Classroom
June 2014
06/29/2014 Summer Vacation
06/22/2014 Scientist Research
06/15/2014 End of Year Activity – Lab Clean-Up
06/08/2014 Final Exams – End of Year Preparation
O6/01/2014 High School Lab Activity –Tie Dyeing
May 2014
05/28/2014 Organic Chemistry – Chemical Reactions
05/25/2014 Organic Chemistry – Organic Compounds
05/21/2014 Organic Chemistry – Alkanes, Alkenes & Alkynes
05/18/2014 Electrochemistry – Electrolytic Cells
05/14/2014 Electrochemistry – Electrochemical Cells
05/10/2014 New Schedule
05/07/2014 Electrochemistry – Balancing Redox Reactions
05/04/2014 Electrochemistry – Redox Basics
April 2014
04/30/2014 Acids & Bases – Lewis Theory & Buffers
04/24/2014 Acids & Bases – Titration
04/22/2014 The Next Post is Coming! (computer problems)
04/20/2014 4/20 Post (computer problems)
04/16/2014 Acids & Bases – Bronsted-Lowry and K-acid
04/13/2014 Acids & Bases – Arrhenius theory and pH
04/09/2014 Acids, Bases & Salts – Intro
04/06/2014 The Equilibrium Constant and Gibb’s Free Energy
04/02/2014 Equilibrium & Le Chatelier’s Principle
March 2014
03/30/2014 Reaction Rates (includes Potential Energy Diagram video &
worksheets)
03/26/2014 Vapor Pressure, BP/FP, and Molality
03/23/2014 Molarity
03/19/2014 Properties of Solutions
03/16/2014 Dipole-dipole forces, etc.
03/12/2014 Polarity and Intermolecular Forces
03/09/2014 Lewis Structures and VSEPR theory
03/05/2014 Heat and Energy
03/02/2014 Heating and Cooling Curves
February 2014
02/26/2014 Isotopes and empirical/molecular formulas
02/23/2014 The Periodic Table
02/19/2014 Electrons in the Atom
02/16/2014 Atomic Structure
02/12/2014 Intramolecular Forces (ionic, covalent and metallic bonds)
02/09/14 Ideal Gas Law
02/05/14 Combined Gas Law
02/02/14 Gay Lussac’s Law
January 2014
01/29/2014 Charles’ Law
01/26/2014 Boyle’s Law
01/22/2014 Combustion of a Hydrocarbon
01/18/2014 Double Replacement Reactions
01/16/2014 Combination of Magnesium and Oxygen
01/14/2014 Decomposition of Sodium Bicarbonate
01/11/2014 New Schedule (Single Replacement Reaction –
Cu with Ag)
01/10/2014 2nd Entry (Mole Conversions and Moletown Map)
01/08/2014 Day One (General Introduction)
