More Copper-L Lab

After a weekend of doing cool  reaction stuff, this is what our copper looked like after we pulled it out. Needless to say, it was gross. I personally thought that this was one of the grossest labs I have ever done. maybe coming a close second to the lab in bio last year with liver(walking into a class with your teacher casually blending up liver isn't really a great start to your day). It was still very cool to see the reaction happen before our eyes and to be able to write out the chemical reaction the do the chemical reaction.

It looked kind of like the liver... *sigh*

Well labs are cool, and making things out of things is cool.

Have a nice day

Stiochio-me-try

In theory this isn't that difficult. You do the same set up and application every time, yet somehow it is very difficult. The questions are not worded the same way each time and there are tricks to learn how to see through. Oh boy, this will not be fun. I enjoy the conversions but I don't enjoy the stressful tests. Good luck to all.

Copper-L Lab

Today we did a lab reacted Iron and Copper(II) Chloride to create solid Copper. It was very cool and interesting to watch. The reaction happened quicker than I expected and was really easy to set up and do successfully. The pre lab was stoichiometry where we had to calculate the max theoretical amount given mass.

Beginning:

After a While:

Measurement After the Test

Well after the test. I did not do too bad. Of course I could have done better. I definitely need to buckle down for the rest of the semester and do my best. I can do it. It will just take a lot of work and responsibility. Well, good luck to the rest of you in future tests.

Post Test

Wow. It actually wasn't that bad. I studied furiously all night and during the day before. I felt good about a lot of the questions, but a few were definitely sketchy. I am very happy that it's almost the end of the year. Phew I'm glad it's all through.

El Noche de Estudiando

The night of Studying. I find that I understand a lot of the topics we have covered, and because of the labs we have done the rules have been memorized in my mind because I have used them over and over again. I'm anxious and nervous for the test and think I will do well. I have used crash course and bozeman science to help understand the concepts from a different perspective and it helps.
crash course

bozeman

Good Luck!!

Activity Series lab

I quite enjoyed this lab. All of the reactions seemed to be a surprise on whether they would react or not and what the reaction would look like. One changed from a light blue color to a dark blue among bubbles and fizzing. Another one broke apart and looked like dirt as soon as the two substances touched each other. Others turned black, and some did very small things like just bubbling. Overall it was pretty cool. My partner and I only had 11 react, unlike others who had up to 14. Writing the follow up work definitely gave me a better understanding of the types of reactions we were working with and will definitely help me on the test.