LARN 007 C2D3

LARN 007 C2D3 Start the following in class: 1.  Sign up for a Ck-12.org student account.  Click on this link How to Set Up a CK-12 Account with a class code and follow the instructions in the document. 2. Use a permanent marker to label one of your spiral bound notebooks with your first and last name, the course name and section, and the title "Learning Log". In the upper right corner of each upward facing page write in the odd page numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, .... If you wish label the first page "Table of Contents" and skip a few pages, and begin making entries on page 5 of the log. 3. What does Our Learning Contract say?  Please reflect on the Contract, and record the information requested in #5 and #10 in your Learning Log. 4. Read the "Guide to Understanding -- For the Student" at the following link; then, in your Learning Log, write a paragraph about one or more...
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LARN 006 C2D2

LARN 006 C2D2 Doing ChemThink interactives are part of the core experiences for all chemistry students.  The objective of working through the Particulate Nature of Matter assignment are to: Be able to distinguish diagrams of elements, compounds, and mixtures of elements and compounds in the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of matter and to identify molecules that are composed of atoms of nonmetallic elements that are bound together as a small cluster that move as a unit. In the ChemThink diagrams a single atom of a particular element will be symbolized by a circle of a certain color and atoms that are joined together as a solid or as a molecule composed of atoms of nonmetallic elements that are bound together as a small cluster that move as a unit are shown as touching. Start the following ChemThink Particulate Nature of Matter assignment in class: Click on this link  http://simbucket.com/chemthinkserver/chemthink/, log onto the ChemThink account that you set up on LARN 002 and do the...
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LARN 004 C1D4

LARN 004 C1D4 Start the following in class: 1. Study your class notes and safety handouts to prepare for your 100 point must-pass safety test. Among other things, be sure to study the eight (8) safety guideline topics listed on the "Lab Safety Precautions" handout and their associated guidelines until you know the essentials (shown in italics and bold face print) of all eight by heart. 2.  2. If you have not already done so sign up for a Khan Academy account. Click on this link How to Set Up a Khan Academy Account with a class code and follow the instructions in the document. Recommended for those who have time left in their 45 minute study period, but not required of all: 1.  Go to your Google drive --> Student Resources folder --> Handouts --> LARN 003 and notice that there are nine (9) documents available for you to work with.Your goal is to become familiar with and study the names of common pieces...
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