MST Honors Chemistry
2 Week Outline
9/16 – 9/27/13
9/16 IMUD
9/23
2.3 Uncertainty in Measurement – Day 1
Defs: Accuracy, precision, error, significant figures
(Sig Figs)
Pre-TEST
Data and
Graphical
Analysis
Demo: Width of a Piece of Aluminum foil 
CW: Accuracy vs precision OH’s, “Significantly
Speaking” OH, Rules for determining sig figs
98073 9th
Correct / collect p 39, #’s 4 –9. Don’t forget your Galileo’s
Thermometer optional FA, if you have it!! 
9/17 Cool Demo!! Pouring and Siphoning a Gas – Flinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWybQPxKy1U
Morr Practice with Metric Prefixes!
HW: Read p. 47 - 53. Do Acc, not P; P, not Acc;
Neither; Do p 51, #’s 35-37; P 53, #’s 38-39
9/24 2.3 Day 2 - Sig Figs in Calculations
Stored in tall closet. Get your CO2 makers ready!!!
Pre-Lab: Density Lab
Line of best fit (L.O.R) by hand and on calculator;
complex units; control; variable; active ingredient,
outliers, percent error; Grp assignments and volumes
CW/HW: Do Morr Practice Worksheet – 2.1 Conversions
and Calculations
9/18
Density Lab (SA)
Samples A – D; Collection of class data for
Density Lab; intro graphing calculator, if time!!
A
B*
C
Ex’s 2.7 – 2.8
See Ch 2 Rules for Operations with Sig Figs
REMEMBER TO CONVERT to like units
FIRST!!!
CW / HW: Read p 53 – 54. Do #’s 40 - 50
(Practice ACT for Juniors only Hrs 1-4)
2.3 Day 3 “Morr” Practice with Sig Figs, Scientific
Notation, SI units, Density, Line of Best Fit (LOR’s), and
Percent Error; Densities of substances compared to water;
using L.O.R.s to determine whether a substance will sink
or float
9/25
D
CW/HW: Work on lab; complete 2.1 Conversions and
Calculations  (C1.1.A, C1.1.B, C1.1.C, C1.1.D, C1.1.E)
Study for Quiz!!
CW/HW: Sig Figs Practice Quiz; Density and Percent
Error Practice
https://docs.google.com/a/romeo.k12.mi.us/presentation/d/1xcobRi
qGtGSt7Nqp1gq2gniHX6egncU1bD5gdXd07sM/pub?start=false&
loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p
PLC Day – Shortened hours – early release
9/19 1st: Correct / collect Metric Conversion worksheets
2nd: Post Lab Data Collection; Graphing the Results; Line
of Best Fit (LOR) by hand and intro to LOR on
calculator; meaning of slope of the line; Percent error /
ERROR Analysis!!!!
9/26
2.3 Day 4 Even Morr Practice!!!!!!!!
1st: Correct practice
2nd: Q&A
See prepped sheet for
Density Lab!!! 
CW/HW: Graph your data!!!
STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(C1.1.A, C1.1.B, C1.1.C, C1.1.D, C1.1.E)
Density Labs Due!!!!!
9/20
9/27
Post Lab Data Interpretation Day 2
Continue LOR on calculator;
outliers;
Pearson’s
Correlation
Coefficient; using unit analysis to
determine physical meaning of slope
of LOR; using slopes in calculations
(SA)
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Sig Figs
Scientific Notation
SI Units
Density
Line of Best Fit
Percent Error
BRING YOUR CALCULATOR!!!!!
CW/HW: Continue calculations, lab questions
Special Notes: Practice ACT for Juniors 9/24; PLC Day 9/25. Shortened hours – early release. Unless otherwise
indicated and until further notice, all tests, quizzes, labs and projects will be evaluated as Summative
Assessments (SA’s). Other work will be evaluated as Formative Assessments (FA’s). 