Converting Units

For me converting units has not been a hard thing to do. However to do it in the way Mrs. Frankenberg asks us to do it I am not as familiar with. The whole converting one unit at a time is kind of confusing. Now that I see how it works with sig figs it makes a bit more sense why it is used. I even find the method pretty satisfying.

Significant Digits

When significant digits were gone over in class I was actually absent and so for the first test I kinda just had to wing it... Today however I finally got it down. So here I am going describe a couple ways I have figured a couple ways to understand significant digits. One way is to understand that the only way a zero could be a significant digit is that it is to the right of a number between 1-9. Examples would be like 29 has 2 sig figs while 29.000  has 5 sig figs. The exception to this would be if there wasn't a decimal.

Stuffed Mole Project

The Stuffed Mole Project while quite unaffiliated with chemistry actually has to do a lot with following procedure and understanding instructions. For me I was not fully prepared or equipped for this project. I didn't have much stuff to use so I did my best. What came out of my project is not exactly what was supposed to so I just used what I had. The end result is what I like to call The Abomination because well... Its pretty bad... Haha.

Physical and Chemical Changes

In class we went over what is the difference between physical and chemical changes and how each is different. Physical changes happen and they are easily seen. An example of a physical change would be like changing state or color. While chemical changes tend to be a lot less visual. Chemical changes are when one chemical is turned into a whole new one. An example would be like wood burning or rust on metal. I find it very easy to discern the two and I don't really see how you could get them mixed up.

Star Log Review

Doing the Star Blog was actually very interesting and fun at CERTAIN points. Other times it was quite frustrating when you are looking for a certain aspect and nothing you search gives you what you want. I have spent quite a while doing just this. Eventually I found a way around the question or something and found what I needed. Overall I actually enjoyed this project.

Atomic Structure and Radioactivity Review

On this exam I did see a couple set backs. I was sick the day before and still not a 100% on Friday the day of the test, and this did not help at all! I was also unable to finish the test. Because of these reasons I feel that it is unfair to judge my test score on this test to my actual growth. I do feel however that I knew most of the questions it was just the problem of keeping my self on track to actually complete the question. I hope this does not happen again!

Test Review

The test was not that challenging, but I was unprepared and did not study enough. I would have done better if I would have better memorized Dalton's, Ruthaford's, and JJ Thompson's theories. I had the horrible luck of somehow mixing their theories up and that especially did not help my grade! I wish I could jsut take it again and fix all of my silly mistakes.