Sam Harrelson

Need help figuring out what to do for your element poster? 
Use these websites for help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_by_name
http://www.webelements.com
Bring any sort of pencils, crayons, paints, etc that you might need for working on your poster.
THEY ARE DUE THURSDAY (and will be part of your test grade)!
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Very very cool animation of the Element Song (click on "broadband")…
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html
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Last year, Rosanne, Lizzy, Simms and Beth learned and performed "the Element Song" for their class.  It was quite a site!  Anyways, if some of you would like to do the same, here’s a link to the lyrics and mp3 of the song…http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html
Enjoy!
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Did you know that the Periodic Table that you see all the time is not the only Periodic Table available?  In fact, there is no "official" table that has complete acceptance! 
Here are a few great sites with info and pictures on some other alternative tables of the elements…http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/ch412/alttable.htmhttp://www.chemistrycoach.com/periodic_tables.htm
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Here are a few great links to Periodic Tables online.  You can even click on the elements symbol and get a ton of information about them!
http://www.webelements.com/ (great site!)http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/ (love this site!)
These will definitely come in handy this week, so check them out!
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Thank you all for a great week.  I know you all worked really hard and I could tell that you all (well, most of you) were definitely attempting to understand all this atom, quark and isotope stuff.  It will pay off in the end, and the great part is that you will know how the [...]

Homework tonight is Ch. 10 Section 3 (read, define vocabulary and answer questions at the end of the section), and to finish the energy levels worksheet that we began in class.  Here is that sheet again in case you need it:
Download energy_levels
Also, here is the note sheet on 10.2 (Quarks) that we covered in [...]

I hope everyone had a great day at Hammond School!
Remember that your homework tonight is Section 10.2 (read, define vocab, answer section review questions).  Make sure you read this section since quarks can be sorta… well… quarky.  We’ll talk about them in class tomorrow, but try to get an understanding of what they are tonight.
Your [...]

Hope everyone had a good Monday!
Here is the note-sheet from class today…
Download 101.1.doc
Remember to do your homework!  Read 10.1, then define the vocabulary, and do Section Review #’s 1-4.  Also, study and understand the 4 models of the atom that we covered in class (Democritus, Dalton, Rutherford, Bohr) as there will be a quiz [...]

Remember to send me an email (harrelson@skyhawkscience.com) so that you can receive your classword and password for our online gradebook at www.mygradebook.com.  That way, you can keep up with your grades and know where you stand in class!
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