TOK, Perception, Overview

A combination of the review sheet and PowerPoint.
TOK, Perception, Overview

Pre-IB Chem, Chapter 3 Outline

Pre-IB Chem, Chapter 3 Outline

TOK, Optical Illusions TED Talk

Weekly Update!

This week's agenda:

Tuesday -

• IB Biology IV (Mrs. Bidwell) - There is a test on H1, H5, and H6.

Thursday -

• IB Spanish IV (Señor Alemañy) - Have the group oral presentations completed.
• IB Theory of Knowledge (Mr. Butcher) - Perception Quiz, covering Chapter 4, the Perception PowerPoint, and the Beau Lotto TED Talk.

TOK, Syllabus

TOK, Syllabus

TOK, Perception, Presentation

TOK, Perception, Presentation

IB Chemistry, Topic 10, Organic Chemistry, IUPAC Nomenclature

IB Chem, Topic 10, IUPAC Organic Nomenclature

TOK, A Reading List by Area of Knowledge

TOK, A Reading List by Area of Knowledge

IB Chemistry, Organic, Polymers Powerpoint

IB Chem, Organic, Polymers (7)

TOK, Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Questions

1. Describe/list the levels of being depicted in the allegory. How might they correspond to stages in our life?

2. Does the use of words such as “chained prisoners,” “shadows,” “fire,” or “light” have implications or suggest ideas beyond their simple definitions?

3. How does Plato seem to define knowledge and its acquisition?

4. What levels of knowledge are described? How might these parallel stages in our life?

5. Why does the man have to be dragged out of the cave?

6. Why does the man return?

7. What is the relationship of the allegory to Plato’s Theory of Forms?

Weekly Update!

IB Seniors: Remember to record your hours on Moodle and write a reflective piece about your experiences by FRIDAY.

This week's agenda:

Monday -

• IB English IV (Mrs. Peteranecz) - Bring in a college essay of your choice to class for editing.
• IB Theory of Knowledge (Mr. Butcher) - The questions corresponding with "Plato's Allegory of the Cave" are due.

Wednesday -

• IB Further Math (Mr. Bobbitt) - There is a test covering up to C and D in Option 8.

Thursday -

• IB English IV (Mrs. Peteranecz) - The SAT Vocabulary List 2 Quiz is today.

IB Chemistry, Organic Quiz One Review

9:20 edit: Larger hydrocarbons have HIGHER boiling points, and smaller hydrocarbons have LOW boiling points.

Remember that ketones and aldehydes are basically the same, except aldehydes must be on the end of a molecule.

IB Chem, Topic 10, Organic Quiz 1 Review

Organic Chemistry Quiz One, Overview

Potential Topics for Quiz (Sept. 16)

• Nomenclature--be able to draw structures from a given name/be able to name given structures
• Homologous series: general formulas for alkanes/alkenes/alkynes
• Substituent groups--alkyls
• Saturated vs. Unsaturated
• Functional Groups: alcohol, halogens (fluoro, bromo, chloro, iodo), aldehyde, ester, ketone, amide, amine
• Cyclic Molecules
• Benzene
• Resonance Structure
• Physical/chemical characteristics of hydrocarbons
• Combustion (refer to info sheet)

From the video clip:

• What are hydrocarbons used for?
• Fractional distillation
• Catalytic cracking
• What role do boiling points play in separating the products?
• How are hydrocarbon chains relevant?
• What is the 'octane number' based on?
• Why does higher octane gasoline cost more?

TOK, Concepts I

The following is a review of the material for Thursday's (September 16) quiz. It will be a matching format, with ten terms and ten definitions.

TOK, Concepts

IB Chemistry, Organic Reactions

I found this great flowchart from the University of York that is basically the flowchart Mrs. Atkins showed in class, except in much more detail. All we need to know for now is simply the type of reaction--just the colors of the arrows.

For additional resources about organic reactions, check out the following documents:

http://www.chalkbored.com/lessons/chemistry-12/organic-synthesis-worksheet.pdf

http://faculty.smu.edu/pwisian/Chem1304/Chapter24review.pdf

Weekly Update!

This week's agenda:

Monday -

• IB Biology IV (Mrs. Bidwell) - The Blood Pressure Lab is due.
• Theory of Knowledge (Mr. Butcher) - The writing prompt on the difference between knowledge, truth, and belief is due.

Tuesday-

• IB English (Mrs. Peteranecz) - There is a quiz on SAT Vocabulary List 1.

Wednesday -

• IB History of the Americas (Mr. Jones) - There is a quiz on The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis.
• IB English (Mrs. Peteranecz) - Write 10 sentences with ten of the vocabulary words from SAT Vocabulary List 2--remember to use context clues in the sentence.

Thursday -

• Theory of Knowledge (Mr. Butcher) - There is a quiz on basic terms and vocabulary, as reviewed on Monday. It is matching format, with ten terms to be matched with ten definitions.
• IB Chemistry (Mrs. Atkins) - There is a quiz on organic nomenclature and combustion reactions. The Organic Nomenclature Worksheet 2 is also due.

Friday -

• IB Spanish IV (Señor Alemañy) - There is a vocabulary quiz on "La Naturaleza y Los Desastres, " the list given out last Friday.
• IB Chemistry (Mrs. Atkins) - The Organic Models Lab is due: include a purpose, theory section (discuss bond angles, hydrocarbons, functional groups), include the chart as the procedure, and answer the questions on the handout. Include at least three of the simpler molecules (A-H) and three of the more complex molecules that she added to the lab.

IB Chemistry, Organic PowerPoints

The following are the exact PowerPoint presentations that Mrs. Atkins uses in class. The handout versions are based on the PowerPoints and include information given in lecture as well as supplementary information from textbooks--they are essentially a condensed, reorganized version of the main points from the presentations.

Currently available are the handout versions of the first two presentations.

IB Chem, Organic, Introduction (1)

IB Chem, Organic, Hydrocarbons (2)

IB Chem, Organic, Nomenclature (3)

IB Chem, Organic, Alcohols (4)

IB English, Literary Style Terms

English, Literary Terms

Weekly Update!

This week's agenda:

Tuesday -

• IB Chemistry (Mrs. Atkins) - The "Finding the Volume of a Drop" design lab is due. Don't forget to refer to the IB design lab criteria.

Wednesday -

• IB English IV (Mrs. Peteranecz) - There is a test on literary devices.
• IB Further Math (Mr. Bobbitt) - There is a test on Sections A and B of Topic 8.

Friday -

• IB History of the Americas (Mr. Jones) - There is a quiz on Don't Be Afraid Gringo.
• IB Biology IV (Mrs. Bidwell) - There is a test on H2, H3, H4. Assessment statements are also due.

IB Chem, Topic 10, Hydrocarbons and an Introduction to Halogenoalkanes

IB Chem, Topic 10, Hydrocarbons and an Introduction to Halogenoalkanes

IB Chem, Topic 10, Organic Chemistry (Intro/Basics)

IB Chem, Topic 10, An Introduction to Organic Chemistry