Monday - December 15th through Thursday - December 18th, 2025

Monday - December 15th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 7

Tuesday - December 16th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 1 & 2

Wednesday - December 17th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 3 & 4

Thursday - December 18th, 2025

Final Exams - Period 5  & 6

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Friday - December 12th, 2025

Friday - December 12th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

The reaction

5Br− (aq) + BrO3− (aq) + 6H+ (aq) → 3Br2 (l) + 3H2O (l)

is expected to obey the mechanism

BrO3− (aq) + H+ (aq) → HBrO3 (aq)

HBrO3 (aq) + H+ (aq) → H2BrO3+ (aq)

H2BrO3+ (aq) + Br− (aq)  → (Br—BrO2) (aq) + H2O (l)

(Br—BrO2) (aq)  + 4Br− (aq) + 4H+ (aq) → products

If the rate law for this reaction is Rate = k[BrO3-][Br-][H+]2, which step in the mechanism above is the slow step?  Explain your answer.


Daily Plan:
Homework:

Prepare for the semester final exam!
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Wednesday - December 10th, 2025

Wednesday - December 10th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

Given the mechanism below:

H2(g) + ICl(g) → HClI(g) + H(g)           (Fast)
H(g) + ICl(g) → HCl(g) + I(g)               (Slow)
HClI(g) → HCl(g) + I(g)                        (Fast)                          
I(g) + I(g) → I2(g)                                  (Fast)

A) Determine the rate law
B) Identify any intermediates
C) Give the overall reaction stoichiometry

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Monday - December 8th, 2025

Monday - December 8th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

What type of graph would you look for to indicate that you were dealing with a 2nd order reaction with respect to a single reactant?

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Thursday - December 4th, 2025

Thursday - December 4th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

The following data were obtained for the reaction A + B + C → products:

Experiment

[A]0

[B]0

[C]0
Initial rate, v0
(mol L-1 s-1)

1

1.25 x 10-3 M

1.25 x 10-3 M

1.25 x 10-3 M

0.0087
2
2.50 x 10-3 M
1.25 x 10-3 M
1.25 x 10-3 M
0.0174
3
1.25 x 10-3 M
3.02 x 10-3 M
1.25 x 10-3 M
0.0508
4
1.25 x 10-3 M
3.02 x 10-3 M
3.75 x 10-3 M
0.457
5
3.01 x 10-3 M
1.00 x 10-3 M
1.15 x 10-3 M
?

(a) Write the rate law for the reaction. 
(b) What is the overall order of the reaction? 
(c) Determine the value of the rate constant.  Make sure to provide units for your answer.
(d) Use the data to predict the initial reaction rate for experiment 5.

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Tuesday - December 2nd, 2025

Tuesday - December 2nd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

N/A - Meet in CCA Lab

Daily Plan:
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Tuesday - November 24th, 2025

Tuesday - November 24th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

The concentration of a reactant is doubled and the rate of the reaction is found to quadruple.  What is the order of the reactant?  Explain.

Daily Plan:
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Friday - November 21st, 2025

Friday - November 21st, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze reactions to determine the rate at which they occur, and will be able to predict the rates of various reactions.

Bellwork:

Given the following reaction:

AgNO3 (aq)  +  NaCl (aq)  -->  AgCl (s)  +  NaNO3 (aq)

What would be a way to measure how fast the reaction was occurring?

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Wednesday - November 19th, 2025

Wednesday - November 19th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze the structure of a molecule to determine the IMFs present, and will compare and contrast molecules using the differences in IMFs.

Bellwork:

What do you want to work on for the next 15 minutes to prepare for the test?

Daily Plan:
  • Unit 8 Work Time
  • Unit 8 Test
Homework:



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Monday - November 17th, 2025

Monday - November 17th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze the structure of a molecule to determine the IMFs present, and will compare and contrast molecules using the differences in IMFs.

Bellwork:

A student conducts a paper chromatography experiment in order to identify an unknown pigment.  They use slightly polar paper and a non-polar solvent to create they chromatogram as shown below:


Based on the diagram above, answer the following questions:
1) What can be concluded about the relative polarity of chemicals A, B, and C?
2) Is the unknown dye chemical A, B, or C?  Explain your answer.

Daily Plan:
Homework:

Prepare for the unit 8 test!
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Thursday - November 13th, 2025

Thursday - November 13th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze the structure of a molecule to determine the IMFs present, and will compare and contrast molecules using the differences in IMFs.

Bellwork:

The boiling points of various substances are shown below.  Using your knowledge of IMFs, explain the appearance of the data sets below:


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Tuesday - November 11th, 2025

Tuesday - November 11th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze the structure of a molecule to determine the IMFs present, and will compare and contrast molecules using the differences in IMFs.

Bellwork:

N/A (Meeting in CCA Lab)

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Friday - November 7th, 2025

Friday - November 7th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze the structure of a molecule to determine the IMFs present, and will compare and contrast molecules using the differences in IMFs.

Bellwork:

Why are ionic compounds solids at room temperature, but covalent compounds tend be liquids or gases at room temperature?

Daily Plan:
Homework:

8.2 - Liquids Video Notes
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Wednesday - November 5th, 2025

Wednesday - November 5th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the types of compounds formed when elements bond together, and will be able describe the structure of the compound.

Bellwork:

What do you want to work on for the next 15 minutes to finalize preparing for our unit 7 test?

Daily Plan:
  • Unit 7 Work Time
  • Unit 7 Test
Homework:

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Monday - November 3rd, 2025

Monday - November 3rd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the types of compounds formed when elements bond together, and will be able describe the structure of the compound.

Bellwork:

Given the data below:

Compound
Melting Point
KF
858°C
NaF
993°C
MgF2
1263°C

Explain the difference in melting point for all three compounds.

Daily Plan:
Homework:

Prepare for the Unit 7 Test!
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Thursday - October 30th, 2025

Thursday - October 30th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the types of compounds formed when elements bond together, and will be able describe the structure of the compound.

Bellwork:

Explain why the compound PCl5 can exist, but the compound NCl5 cannot.

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Tuesday - October 28th, 2025

Tuesday - October 28th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the types of compounds formed when elements bond together, and will be able describe the structure of the compound.

Bellwork:

Which of the Lewis structures for CO2 shown below is the correct structure? Justify your answer.



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Friday - October 24th, 2025

Friday - October 24th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the types of compounds formed when elements bond together, and will be able describe the structure of the compound.

Bellwork:

Compare and contrast the ionic and covalent bond.

Daily Plan:
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Wednesday - October 22nd, 2025

Wednesday - October 22nd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be assessed on their knowledge of unit 6 topics.

Bellwork:

N/A

Daily Plan:
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Monday - October 20th, 2025

Monday - October 20th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be investigate the periodic table and predict the properties of elements based on their position on the periodic table.

Bellwork:

1) A sample of light is found to have a wavelength of 723 nm.  How much energy does a photon of this light contain?  
2) If a bond between two atoms requires 285 kJ/mol to be broken, would a mole of the photons in question #1 contain enough energy to break the bond?  Justify your answer.

Daily Plan:
  • Unit 6 Work Time
  • Unit 6 MC Group Work
Homework:

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Thursday - October 9th, 2025

Thursday - October 9th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be investigate the periodic table and predict the properties of elements based on their position on the periodic table.

Bellwork:

N/A - Meet in CCA Lab

Daily Plan:
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Monday - October 6th, 2025

Monday - October 6th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be investigate the periodic table and predict the properties of elements based on their position on the periodic table.

Bellwork:

1) Which element would have a greater atomic radius Ca or Br?  Justify your answer.
2) The Na+ and F- ions have the same electron configuration.  Which ion has a greater ionic radius?  Justify your answer.

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Thursday - October 2nd, 2025

Thursday - October 2nd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be investigate the periodic table and predict the properties of elements based on their position on the periodic table.

Bellwork:

What is ionization energy?  How AND why does it change as you move across (left to right) the periodic table?

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Tuesday - September 30th, 2025

Tuesday - September 30th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be investigate the periodic table and predict the properties of elements based on their position on the periodic table.

Bellwork:

What is the electron configuration for potassium?  What is the electron configuration of the potassium ion?

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Friday - September 26th, 2025

Friday - September 26th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be assessed on their knowledge of unit 5 topics.

Bellwork:

What do you want to work on for the next 15 - 20 minutes to prepare for the test?

Daily Plan:
  • Unit 5 Test
Homework:

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Wednesday - September 24th, 2025

Wednesday - September 24th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the changes in a gas due to changes in its environment.

Bellwork:

What are the two factors that cause a gas to be "less" ideal?  How was this demonstrated in the modified ideal gas law equation?

Which of the following gases would be least ideal:  H2, N2, CO2, SF6.  Justify your answer.

Daily Plan:
Homework:

Prepare for the Unit 5 Test on Friday!

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Monday - September 22nd, 2025

Monday - September 22nd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the changes in a gas due to changes in its environment.

Bellwork:

N/A - Meeting in CCA for Lab

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Thursday - September 18th, 2025

Thursday - September 18th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the changes in a gas due to changes in its environment.

Bellwork:

A gas is contained in a sealed container with an adjustable volume.  If the pressure is held constant, and the temperature of the gas is found to have increased, what must have happened to the volume.  Justify your answer with a gas law (math) and the kinetic molecular theory (concepts).

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Tuesday - September 16th, 2025

Tuesday - September 16th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the changes in a gas due to changes in its environment.

Bellwork:

A gas is contained in a sealed container with an adjustable volume.  If the temperature is held constant, and the pressure of the gas is found to have increased, what must have happened to the volume.  Justify your answer with a gas law (math) and the kinetic molecular theory (concepts).

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Friday - September 12th, 2025

Friday - September 12th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be assessed on their knowledge of unit 4 topics.

Bellwork:

N/A

Daily Plan:
Homework:

Finish 5.1 Notes!

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Wednesday - September 10th, 2025

Wednesday - September 10th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will prepare for their test on Monday.

Bellwork:

How are you able to determine when a substance is oxidized?

Daily Plan:
  • Unit 4 MC Game
  • Unit 4 Work Time
Homework:

Prepare for your test on Friday!

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Monday - September 8th, 2025

Monday - September 8th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to identify redox reactions and will predict which substances are oxidized and which are reduced.

Bellwork:

What is oxidation?  What is reduction?  What is the oxidation number of sulfur in the following compound: CaSO4?

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Thursday - September 4th, 2025

Thursday - September 4th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will analyze data to predict the chemical formula of a hydrate.

Bellwork:

Aqueous solutions of sodium phosphate and calcium chloride are mixed.  Write the net ionic equation for this reaction.

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Tuesday - September 2nd, 2025

Tuesday - September 2nd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict the products of reactions in aqueous solution.

Bellwork:

The drawings below represent aqueous solutions.  Solution A is 2.00 L of 2.00 M copper (II) nitrate and solution B is 2.00 L of 3.00 M potassium hydroxide.


a) Draw a picture of the solution made by mixing solutions A and B together.  Be as accurate with your picture as possible based on the diagrams shown above.

b) Determine the molarity of all ions left in solution and the mass of any solid formed.

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Thursday - August 28th, 2026

Thursday - August 28th, 2026

Daily Objective:

Students will be assessed on their knowledge of content in units 1 - 3.

Bellwork:

N/A

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Tuesday - August 26th, 2025

Tuesday - August 26th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will review content in units 1 - 3.

Bellwork:

A compound contains only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.  Complete combustion of 10.68 g of the compound in excess oxygen yields 16.01 g of carbon dioxide and 4.37 g of water.  The molar mass of the compound is 176.1 g/mol.  What are the empirical and molecular formula of the compound?

Daily Plan:
  • Units 1 - 3 Multiple Choice!
  • Units 1 - 3 Work Time
Homework:

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Friday - August 22nd, 2025

Friday - August 22nd, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict amounts of chemicals involved in reactions using various chemical quantities.

Bellwork:

How prepared are you feeling for our test next week?  What do you want to work on today to prepare further?

Daily Plan:
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Wednesday - August 20th, 2025

Wednesday - August 20th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict amounts of chemicals involved in reactions using various chemical quantities.

Bellwork:

What types of problems have been most challenging for you in this unit?  What can you work on today to try to improve?

Daily Plan:
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Monday - August 18th, 2025

Monday - August 18th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict amounts of chemicals involved in reactions using various chemical quantities.

Bellwork:

What is percent yield?  What does it tell you about an experiment?

Daily Plan:
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Thursday - August 14th, 2025

Thursday - August 14th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict amounts of chemicals involved in reactions using various chemical quantities.

Bellwork:

How is a molecular formula related to an empirical formula?

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Tuesday - August 12th, 2025

Tuesday - August 12th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will collect and analyze data to determine the ratio of moles between two reactants.

Bellwork:

A student is asked to prepare 275 mL of 1.25 M potassium phosphate.  How many grams of potassium phosphate would they need to use to prepare this solution?

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Friday - August 8th, 2025

Friday - August 8th, 2025

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to predict amounts used in various chemical quantities.

Bellwork:

What are the units for molarity?

Daily Plan:
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Wednesday - August 6th, 2025

Wednesday - August 6th, 2025


Welcome to AP chemistry at Fishers High School! This blog will serve as our course page for the year.  The blog will be updated daily with what we did that day in class including any necessary documents.  Please make sure to the check the blog often, especially if you are unable to attend class for any reason.

Daily Objective:

Students will be able to describe the layout and expectations of their AP chemistry course for the 2025 - 2026 school year at Fishers High School.

Bellwork:

Daily bellwork assignments will begin here Friday!

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