Gunnar James Berger May 30, 2008
Gunnar James Berger was born Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 1:16 AM. He is 6 lbs. 11 ozs. and 21 inches long.
We are doing fine and feeling better each hour.
Very not related to class… January 10, 2008
So as most of my students know, I am going to have a baby, supposedly in May. If you would like to have some fun, you can visit expectnet.com and participate in our little prediction game. For the game name so you can log in, just ask me at school or send me an email.
Finals Schedule December 16, 2007
I have had a few students ask for the finals schedule. It is on my computer at school but I will try to post here what I can remember. The ones with ??? are the ones I am really not sure of, but the rest I can remember pretty well. If you know one of these is incorrect, please post here and I will fix it. Of course, most of you know we have a 2-hour delay Monday, so I do not know how this affects the schedule for the day, but I do know we will be taking finals if we are at school.
Monday (Black) and Tuesday (Gold) - Science, English, Foreign Language, Law, Ag, PE/Health, Special Ed
Wednesday (Black) and Thursday (Gold) - Math, Social Studies, Business & Computers, FACS, Choir, Tech???, Art
Final Review Lists December 13, 2007
Chemistry I and Physics will take their finals on Monday, Dec. 17.
Chem I Review List - Chapter 5 Test Questions for Review
Applied Chemistry and AP Chemistry will take their finals on Tuesday, Dec. 18.
AP Chemistry Review List
Chem I HW #18 Help Questions April 3, 2007
Torie posted elsewhere and had the following questions…
#82. how on earth do you write potassium hydrogen carbonate? I dont recall learning that, and if we did, I dont remember…
#92. What do you do with the C2 on the front of of chloroacetic acid when you write the dissociation equation….
Ok, thats it for now… Thanks!
Well Torie, here is what I can tell you…
In #82, the formula for potassium hydrogen carbonate consists of two ions - the potassium ion (K+) and the hydrogen carbonate ion. You may know this ion by its other name, bicarbonate, but if you check your polyatomic ion list that you have memorized 
it will have both of these names and will give you the correct formula for this ion.
In #92, chloroacetic acid is written as C2H3ClO2. You may benefit by writing one of the hydrogens out front so it looks more like an acid. Then it would be HC2H2ClO2. Now you have H+ and C2H2ClO2- as your two ions.
Did that help? Comment back to this message if you have any more questions so others can check it out.
March Madness has arrived! March 15, 2007
Ahhh… this time of year is so much fun. The approaching Spring Break! The celebration of pi day. The sound of the basketball hitting the hardwood. The whine of my students wanting to watch the games instead of doing class work. The heavy eyelids because we stay up the night before, very late, to see the end of the Cinderella vs. Final Four hopeful game that goes into overtimes more than we can count at that late hour of the night/early hour of the morning, meanwhile sorting through all 25 of our brackets to see which one has the best chance of winning so we have $$ to spend on Spring Break. I can’t say I don’t blame them. However, we have things to get done, people!
That being said, March Madness can also provide excellent learning opportunities. I found this nifty mathematics example about the odds of bracket picking. Kind of an interesting video. Plus, in Chemistry, we will be doing our Sweet 16 Chemistry Bracket Tourney soon.
Snow Day wrap-up February 16, 2007
I know you all are so happy for snow days, and you can be assured that teachers like them too. I just want to update you on some of the things that have been happening or will be happening when you return. I have had opportunity to do some grading and STI will be updated this week to reflect those assignments. Keep an eye on those and let me know if you have any questions. Get your binders in order so they can be graded VERY SOON (I know we have been saying this, but holy cow, we have to have school first!) Read on… (more…)
Black and Gold Friday February 1, 2007
Normally, we would support the Colts on Friday, but we did that today. Since tomorrow is Black and Gold day for homecoming, you can earn extra credit for showing your Oracle Spirit and participating in this theme day. You must be an “Overt Oracle”to get points. Now that you’re in the mood, consider coming to the game Friday night to support the basketball team. Beat the Cougars! Good luck to the swimmers tonight in the Lafayette sectional!
Wear Blue on Friday January 18, 2007
Wear Colts BLUE or, if you must, show your support for the Bears’ with blue and orange on Friday, January 19 in class and receive some extra credit points. If you don’t want to participate, don’t. This is just an option. You must be “noticably participatory” to get points.
