Outline and discuss the chemistry of the alkyl groups; alkanes minus a hydrogen. Discuss the method of naming alkyl groups, and use examples of the first 3 in the series. Discuss nomenclature using the alkyl groups, and where they are located. Use 3 examples of adding methyl, ethyl, and propyl groups to a alkane.
Discuss organic functional groups, specifically alcohols, acids, and ketones. Concentrate on the alcohol group, OH, and that in organic compounds it is called a hydroxyl group. Contrast it to what it creates in an inorganic compound, a base. Discuss the formation of alcohols by fermentation of carbohydrates. Discuss wood alcohol, grain alcohol, and rubbing alcohol. Use examples to show how the nomenclature is used to indicate the specific location of the OH group.

Today we went to explore the Spanish-speaking culture, to practice vocabulary and pronunciation in Spanish, first in a restaurant called:" Andy's Latin food", in which she tried typical food from Venezuela, she interacted with the waitress in Spanish and we had the opportunity to have a little conversation about food. Then, we went to a "Tapatia supermarket", where she again had an interaction with a Spanish-speaking person and she had the opportunity to create questions about the food that was in the supermarket.

Today we reviewed the conditional and then we began to review areas that during the school year were difficult for her or that needed to be reinforced, such as conjugation of verbs in the past, the preterit, and vocabulary about food.

Today we reviewed the conditional, which was the last thing she learned during the school year. We did two exercises from Spanish.com where she had to complete some sentences and some paragraphs. Then, we watched segments of the movie "Coco" in Spanish, to practice the conditional.

Lab exercise to determine the percent composition of carbon present in the carbohydrate sucrose. Determination of the mass of carbon after combustion is used to determine the %. The percent error is also determined by utilizing the actual % and the experimentally found percent.
A second determination is the percent of water which was vaporized from the sample, as well as the mass of water.

Video review outlining the history and development of organic compounds and organic chemistry. Depicting how organic compounds are found in all aspects of life.
The second part concentrates on alkanes. The structure of alkane molecules, both straight chain and branched chain molecules.
Classwork concentrated on alkane nomenclature. How substituted molecules are numbered and named. Examples are given and then substituted molecules are drawn and the correct name derived from the formula.

Begin by administering a quiz e-mailed to me by Claudia.
Continue with the molecular and structural formulas of the Alkane series of organic compounds. Define by exhibiting what a homologous series represents, utilizing the first 10 members of the series.
Have Bella construct from the molecular models a 4 carbon straight chain and then attempt to construct one which is not a straight chain. Discuss how the branching occurs to form an isomer. Outline the numbering system for the carbons and how to number and name an alkane when substitutions are made.

Bella watched a movie and then analyzed the movie for the theme, mood, setting, objective, and characterization. She discussed how the setting and character development created the theme and objective of the story. She then wrote a critique of the movie comparing it to the novel.

Question to determine the "everyday" meaning of organic.
Define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon containing g compounds.
Briefly examine the history regarding the first organic compound synthesized in the lab, which was the compound urea.
Elicit the definition of a hydrocarbon from the name hydrocarbon.
Sketch the hybridization of a carbon atom to form orbitals allowing and requiring 4 covalent bonds.
Using molecular models, have the student construct the simplest hydrocarbon containing one carbon and 4 hydrogen atoms. Name the molecule and discuss some of its physical properties.
Expand on the single carbon molecule to 2 carbons, then 3, then 4. For each one have the student write the molecule formula and draw the structural formula based on the molecular model constructed.

In the Black Hills of S. Dakota are the Mount Rushmore National & Crazy Memorials. They're both colossal sculptures carved into the granite faces of mountains. Sculpting of Mt. Rushmore took from 1927 - 1939. It features the 60-foot-tall heads of four United States Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The four presidents were chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development and preservation, respectively. About 8 miles away from Mt. Rushmore is the Crazy Horse Memorial. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began the world’s largest mountain carving in 1948. Members of his family and their supporters are continuing his artistic intent to create a massive statue that will be 641 feet long and 563 feet high. To give that some perspective, the heads at Mount Rushmore National Memorial are each 60 feet high. Workers completed the carved 87½-foot-tall Crazy Horse face in 1998, and have since focused on thinning the remaining mountain to form the 219-foot-high horse’s head, as well as Crazy Horse's head and arm as he appears to ride in motion. This emerging monument is important to the Lakota Sioux as the Black Hills are their lands.