Let me start by saying I have never claimed to be good in geography. But, with that said, I do have a world map from doctor's without borders hanging on my wall(thanks mom!).
So here's the deal. I am addicted to VOA. I listen to it daily. Both in the morning, at night, and sometimes during the afternoon. Not only is it my major source of news, but it also provides many great music programs. Normally I would start talking the station up because I love it so much, but sorry folks, not today.
First--I'm not sure if what I'm saying is correct, but at least it is what I think, and since this is my blog, I'm gonna go with what I think.haha.
This morning I was listening to VOA world news as I was eating my oatmeal and drinking my hot chocolate(with my doxy). They came to the story of Pres. Obama going/coming to Ghana. At first they were discussing the reasons why the White House picked Ghana and not some other country. Then they go into how this is very important as the President's first trip to Africa.
Let me stop there. I was like WHAT? I thought he was in Egypt just a few weeks ago giving a huge speech, I even listened to it on VOA, and the end got cut off(so I remember that day well).
Continue with VOA. They go on to talk about how him going to Ghana is just as important as him going to speak in Cairo and how for that speech it was to the Muslim world, but in Ghana it will be all the Africans listening.
Now I am not going to try and argue that the Muslim world is Africa. BUT, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Egypt is in Africa. I know that maybe when the Pres. was there he was not directing his speech to "All Africans," but still, he was in Africa. This dissapointed me. VOA is my source of news. Now, if I'm right that means I was able to catch this on my own, but what if VOA is/has been wrong other times, and I never caught it?? Can you imagine how this is going to affect me??
Therefore, PLEASE, correct me if I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong, cause if I'm right, that means VOA is wrong, and surely that would crush me.
So I'm putting it out there, someone, please comment and enlighten me.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
July 4th
100 days over
Yesterday was Liberation day. It marks the end of the genocide, the end of the 100 days. In the morning there was a 'celebration' at the national stadium. H.E. Kagame spoke at it. There was tradiontal songs and dances performed. I had already learned from my students that they aren't just any traditional songs, they are specific for liberation day. There was also a military demonstration (its more like a parade, but everyone here uses the word demostration). This was in the morning, and was over at 1 pm.
Now--my day. As you all know, 4th of July is not only a holiday here in Rwanda, but also a HUGE holiday in America.Independence Day. Fireworks. BBQs. Family Fun. Ect. Thats normally what happens, right?--here.no.
Friday night I met up with some of my friends and we went out to dinner. We went to this amazing Ethiopian resturant. It was my first time ever eating Ethiopian. Tons of fun. Highly suggest it if you have never. After dinner we went out for a coke at this bar/resturant that we had seen before but it doesn't have a sign/name that we could see, but we decided it might be fun. Well its called Rodeo. They had a band. It was like country-western-rwandese music..Man did we have fun. and our cokes were good too(I'm serious about the cokes). I stayed the night with my friend at her room she had got for the night. Although I live in Kigali and could have 'easily' gone home, sometimes it is just easier to do this. Not to mention of course the fact that I wanted to stay cause I could take a hot shower on Saturday morning..haha.
Saturday morning-CLEAN HAIR. YES. CLEAN HAIR. oh man, it was so nice, so nice. anyway sorry, I'm getting off track. We had a lazy morning and then headed out around 10.30ish. Well well,although we had held out hope that things would be open, once again, no. Luckily our trusty Blues Cafe was open and we went there for tea. Most of the people who were there were whites. Not very surprising. What was interesting was that they had their rain flaps down. We figured that as the day went out, hopefully more things would open. This was correct. At almost exactly 1 pm things started opening up so we could then go food shopping. It was also interesting because around this time the cafe lifted the flaps.. I can't help but wonder if they were trying to be on the DL about being open??who knows.
Food Shopping-- My friend and I did it up right. We decided to go all out. She and I bought ground beef, hot dogs, cheese, spices for the meat, popcorn kernals, chips, rolls, and ketchup. Then we went back to my place. We stashed the hot dogs for later in my heasmistress' fridge,but then we went to town on the meat. We made AMAZING burgers. We spiced them up, put onions indside. Oh it was good. Then we toasted the rolls on the burner. Oh man, you can't imagine how good it was for us. Then we had our cheese and ketchup on it. For once we did not have to worry about there being mayo or some other random sauce on the burger. and we knew the flavors would be good. We brought two of my chairs and my coffee table outside and we ate outside. It was such a pretty day with a good breeze. We sat outside for about 4 hours. It was just so relaxing. For a second I could have imagined myself doing this back home in America.HA.
Later in the day we made killer popcorn. I know its easy to do, but we were so proud of ourselves. All around we had a very relaxing Fourth of July. Although there we no fireworks,we did manage to have some fun.
And the best part is, we saved the hotdogs and one bag of chips to eat today..haha.. the fun just continues.
I hope everyone at home was able to have the same fun that I did.(even if you did get fireworks)
Yesterday was Liberation day. It marks the end of the genocide, the end of the 100 days. In the morning there was a 'celebration' at the national stadium. H.E. Kagame spoke at it. There was tradiontal songs and dances performed. I had already learned from my students that they aren't just any traditional songs, they are specific for liberation day. There was also a military demonstration (its more like a parade, but everyone here uses the word demostration). This was in the morning, and was over at 1 pm.
Now--my day. As you all know, 4th of July is not only a holiday here in Rwanda, but also a HUGE holiday in America.Independence Day. Fireworks. BBQs. Family Fun. Ect. Thats normally what happens, right?--here.no.
Friday night I met up with some of my friends and we went out to dinner. We went to this amazing Ethiopian resturant. It was my first time ever eating Ethiopian. Tons of fun. Highly suggest it if you have never. After dinner we went out for a coke at this bar/resturant that we had seen before but it doesn't have a sign/name that we could see, but we decided it might be fun. Well its called Rodeo. They had a band. It was like country-western-rwandese music..Man did we have fun. and our cokes were good too(I'm serious about the cokes). I stayed the night with my friend at her room she had got for the night. Although I live in Kigali and could have 'easily' gone home, sometimes it is just easier to do this. Not to mention of course the fact that I wanted to stay cause I could take a hot shower on Saturday morning..haha.
Saturday morning-CLEAN HAIR. YES. CLEAN HAIR. oh man, it was so nice, so nice. anyway sorry, I'm getting off track. We had a lazy morning and then headed out around 10.30ish. Well well,although we had held out hope that things would be open, once again, no. Luckily our trusty Blues Cafe was open and we went there for tea. Most of the people who were there were whites. Not very surprising. What was interesting was that they had their rain flaps down. We figured that as the day went out, hopefully more things would open. This was correct. At almost exactly 1 pm things started opening up so we could then go food shopping. It was also interesting because around this time the cafe lifted the flaps.. I can't help but wonder if they were trying to be on the DL about being open??who knows.
Food Shopping-- My friend and I did it up right. We decided to go all out. She and I bought ground beef, hot dogs, cheese, spices for the meat, popcorn kernals, chips, rolls, and ketchup. Then we went back to my place. We stashed the hot dogs for later in my heasmistress' fridge,but then we went to town on the meat. We made AMAZING burgers. We spiced them up, put onions indside. Oh it was good. Then we toasted the rolls on the burner. Oh man, you can't imagine how good it was for us. Then we had our cheese and ketchup on it. For once we did not have to worry about there being mayo or some other random sauce on the burger. and we knew the flavors would be good. We brought two of my chairs and my coffee table outside and we ate outside. It was such a pretty day with a good breeze. We sat outside for about 4 hours. It was just so relaxing. For a second I could have imagined myself doing this back home in America.HA.
Later in the day we made killer popcorn. I know its easy to do, but we were so proud of ourselves. All around we had a very relaxing Fourth of July. Although there we no fireworks,we did manage to have some fun.
And the best part is, we saved the hotdogs and one bag of chips to eat today..haha.. the fun just continues.
I hope everyone at home was able to have the same fun that I did.(even if you did get fireworks)
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Yes I'm actually writing this
Okay-- I can't actually believe I am going to blog about this, but I am. As the whole world knows, Michael Jackson has died. I know that many people are fans, how can one not be, but still, I never never thought that some people would take it so hard. Especially here.No lie.
Numerous people that I know here are devastated. At first I thought they were joking, but then I soon came to realize that they were being serious. And honestly this shocked me.
I understand and believe that he was a great singer and truly changed music history with many of his songs and albums, and lets not forget the dancing. But still. He has not released anything recently, remember he was going to tour again because he was out of money. And yes I'm going to say it, let us not forget about the whole mess involving him and the possible child molesting. I refuse to bring that into it, because everyone has an opinion, so I will just put it out there.
In my book he deserves to be mourned, of course. But does it mean that the average person needs to stop their life for a day, I think not. Maybe this is insensitive, everyone deals with sorrow differently, but still. It just boggles the mind.
When I was on facebook yesterday(Friday) I read an interesting thing. One of my friends had said that the whole world news was dominated with the death of one man, yet the fact there was a explosion on a bus in Iraq that killed how many people, people are even talking about. His comment really summed up how I felt.
Well so as not to go on and on about MJ, I want to just make one more observation. First I want to say that of course what I am about to say is not how everyone thinks here, but I have had this conversation with more than one person here.
I have talked with some people that think Michael Jackson is African.(note its not just him, but he is a good case example, and the discussion was brought back up since he died)
Now for us, he is African-American. He was born and raised in America. So were his parents. So are most African-Americans. Many families have even been in American much longer than us "white folks" who might have came later, eg through ellis island. But people here still say they are African and don't see a difference. From what I can tell, nationality, heritage, and ethinicity is sometimes very hard to explain to some people here. I have also had similiar discussions with other people from my group, so I know they have encountered this too. Not really sure what it means, but it does make my mind tumble.
Numerous people that I know here are devastated. At first I thought they were joking, but then I soon came to realize that they were being serious. And honestly this shocked me.
I understand and believe that he was a great singer and truly changed music history with many of his songs and albums, and lets not forget the dancing. But still. He has not released anything recently, remember he was going to tour again because he was out of money. And yes I'm going to say it, let us not forget about the whole mess involving him and the possible child molesting. I refuse to bring that into it, because everyone has an opinion, so I will just put it out there.
In my book he deserves to be mourned, of course. But does it mean that the average person needs to stop their life for a day, I think not. Maybe this is insensitive, everyone deals with sorrow differently, but still. It just boggles the mind.
When I was on facebook yesterday(Friday) I read an interesting thing. One of my friends had said that the whole world news was dominated with the death of one man, yet the fact there was a explosion on a bus in Iraq that killed how many people, people are even talking about. His comment really summed up how I felt.
Well so as not to go on and on about MJ, I want to just make one more observation. First I want to say that of course what I am about to say is not how everyone thinks here, but I have had this conversation with more than one person here.
I have talked with some people that think Michael Jackson is African.(note its not just him, but he is a good case example, and the discussion was brought back up since he died)
Now for us, he is African-American. He was born and raised in America. So were his parents. So are most African-Americans. Many families have even been in American much longer than us "white folks" who might have came later, eg through ellis island. But people here still say they are African and don't see a difference. From what I can tell, nationality, heritage, and ethinicity is sometimes very hard to explain to some people here. I have also had similiar discussions with other people from my group, so I know they have encountered this too. Not really sure what it means, but it does make my mind tumble.
Proverbs
Normally when I am at school I do internet in 2 places. Either I'm in one of the staff rooms or I am in one of the senior 1 classrooms. I like this because the students always leave me alone and I feel I can do my browsing in relative peace.
In the back of the classroom I am currently sitting in I always see a poster that says Proverbs on it. Now up till now I have never actually gone all the way back to read them, but today I did. And after reading them I decided that I had to share them. It should be noted that I have copied the poster exactly how the students have it.
Proverbs
1. A word to the wise is enough.
2.A rolling stone gathers no mass.
3. Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books.
4. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
5. One man's meat is another man's poison.
6. Where there is a way there is a will.
7. A great talker is a great liar.
8. You leap what you sow.
9. Actions act more than words
10. A good liar should have a good memory
11. Time lost is never gained.
12. Try and fail but never fail to try.
13. Laugh laugh makes silly.
14. Think twice before you act.
15. Practise makes perfect
16. Knowledge is power.
17. Prevention is better than cure.
18. Nevercross a bridge before you come to it.
19. Cut your cloth according to your coat.
20. Charity begins at home.
Now that you have read them, I think you can agree that it is a little bit amusing. I will admit that some of them are good, but I also have to say that some of them I do not like. Now if you know me, you can most likely guess which one that is(cough number 3 cough cough).
But what can you do?
The only real question I have is who gave them this list of proverbs?
In the back of the classroom I am currently sitting in I always see a poster that says Proverbs on it. Now up till now I have never actually gone all the way back to read them, but today I did. And after reading them I decided that I had to share them. It should be noted that I have copied the poster exactly how the students have it.
Proverbs
1. A word to the wise is enough.
2.A rolling stone gathers no mass.
3. Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books.
4. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
5. One man's meat is another man's poison.
6. Where there is a way there is a will.
7. A great talker is a great liar.
8. You leap what you sow.
9. Actions act more than words
10. A good liar should have a good memory
11. Time lost is never gained.
12. Try and fail but never fail to try.
13. Laugh laugh makes silly.
14. Think twice before you act.
15. Practise makes perfect
16. Knowledge is power.
17. Prevention is better than cure.
18. Nevercross a bridge before you come to it.
19. Cut your cloth according to your coat.
20. Charity begins at home.
Now that you have read them, I think you can agree that it is a little bit amusing. I will admit that some of them are good, but I also have to say that some of them I do not like. Now if you know me, you can most likely guess which one that is(cough number 3 cough cough).
But what can you do?
The only real question I have is who gave them this list of proverbs?
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Hillywood
Rwanda Film Festival
For the fifth year running Rwanda has had a film festival also called Hillywood. It is a traveling festival that goes in the cities but also the villages. They travel with a blow up screen and show the movies to the people. The movies are about a variety of things, from documentaries about different African countries to comedies and dramas directed by Africans, and even some random foreign films.
So far I have gone and seen 4 movies.
The first was Children of Congo. It was a documentary focused on the street children in Kinshasha and Goma. One of the most interesting aspects of the movie was the relation of children to being on the street and them being accused of sorcery. To be honest I had never thought of this. From what the film showed, it seems that when bad times fall on families they can blame it on a child, accuse them of sorcery or witchcraft, and then kick them out of the house. Of course the children are not witches.
Aside from looking at the causes of street children, the film also looked into the different programs that are trying to help the children and make whatever dent into the problem they can.
Overall I thought it was an okay documentary.
The next film I saw was Iron Ladies of Liberia. This is a go see. For sure. It is a documentary following the President of Liberia's first year in office. It also follows the new police commissioner of the country. Both of these positions belonged to women for the first time. The documentary takes place right after Liberia went through major conflicts. Not only is it informational to those of us who are not so well informed, but it also is enlightening to see women in such positions of power and how they deal with it.
I highly suggest if you can find this film, that you get it, and watch it.
The third documentary I watched with my friends was called War Child. It is a documentary about Emmanuel Jah, a child soldier from the Sudan who has become singer/rapper. He tells his story and then we get to see him go back to Southern Sudan for the first time since he was smuggled out as a child. One of the most amazing parts of the film was the achival footage they had of him as a boy in a UN refugee camp in Ethiopia.
Although at times it seemed a little to long and that it wouldn't ever rap up, I can still say that I enjoyed it and learned a lot.
If you cannot find this documentary I would suggest you look up some of his music, because he sings about his past experiences.
The last movie that I have seen as of now was called Iesta. It was the shortest documentary at only 55 minutes. But by far those 55 minutes are the most well used. As we all know 15 years ago there was a rwandan genocide. Too many people were killed, yet there is only one documented killing while it happened. Those murdered were recorded by cameraman Nick Hughes. If you hav ever watched anything about the genocide I am sure you have seen the clip, because it is the only clip of killings actually happening, everything else is just of the bodies afterwards.
This documentary is about Nick Hughes going back to Rwanda to find out who were the people he captured on tape being killed, and who were the people did it. This movie was obviously emotional on all fronts, but I have to say that it was also very interesting. I can't rightly explain. Or rather I can't find the write words to explain. But please look into this documentary.
For the fifth year running Rwanda has had a film festival also called Hillywood. It is a traveling festival that goes in the cities but also the villages. They travel with a blow up screen and show the movies to the people. The movies are about a variety of things, from documentaries about different African countries to comedies and dramas directed by Africans, and even some random foreign films.
So far I have gone and seen 4 movies.
The first was Children of Congo. It was a documentary focused on the street children in Kinshasha and Goma. One of the most interesting aspects of the movie was the relation of children to being on the street and them being accused of sorcery. To be honest I had never thought of this. From what the film showed, it seems that when bad times fall on families they can blame it on a child, accuse them of sorcery or witchcraft, and then kick them out of the house. Of course the children are not witches.
Aside from looking at the causes of street children, the film also looked into the different programs that are trying to help the children and make whatever dent into the problem they can.
Overall I thought it was an okay documentary.
The next film I saw was Iron Ladies of Liberia. This is a go see. For sure. It is a documentary following the President of Liberia's first year in office. It also follows the new police commissioner of the country. Both of these positions belonged to women for the first time. The documentary takes place right after Liberia went through major conflicts. Not only is it informational to those of us who are not so well informed, but it also is enlightening to see women in such positions of power and how they deal with it.
I highly suggest if you can find this film, that you get it, and watch it.
The third documentary I watched with my friends was called War Child. It is a documentary about Emmanuel Jah, a child soldier from the Sudan who has become singer/rapper. He tells his story and then we get to see him go back to Southern Sudan for the first time since he was smuggled out as a child. One of the most amazing parts of the film was the achival footage they had of him as a boy in a UN refugee camp in Ethiopia.
Although at times it seemed a little to long and that it wouldn't ever rap up, I can still say that I enjoyed it and learned a lot.
If you cannot find this documentary I would suggest you look up some of his music, because he sings about his past experiences.
The last movie that I have seen as of now was called Iesta. It was the shortest documentary at only 55 minutes. But by far those 55 minutes are the most well used. As we all know 15 years ago there was a rwandan genocide. Too many people were killed, yet there is only one documented killing while it happened. Those murdered were recorded by cameraman Nick Hughes. If you hav ever watched anything about the genocide I am sure you have seen the clip, because it is the only clip of killings actually happening, everything else is just of the bodies afterwards.
This documentary is about Nick Hughes going back to Rwanda to find out who were the people he captured on tape being killed, and who were the people did it. This movie was obviously emotional on all fronts, but I have to say that it was also very interesting. I can't rightly explain. Or rather I can't find the write words to explain. But please look into this documentary.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Sample Tests
I have not wrote about school in a while, and since we are a little over half-way throught term 2 I decided it might be nice for me to show some samples of the work that I give my students. I am going to show you two different classes, aka different levels.
Now these samples are a little different then what I normally give, because I used them as a gauge to see how much of what I am saying the students actually understand. You will see that there are no equations or reactions that need to be solved, no math to be done. They are purely short answer questions. Everything that I asked I have taught, or it is something they should have already known, but I have noticed that they have problems with the topic.
Sample 1:
S5BCM2
Subject: Chemistry
Teacher:GPal
1. Draw 4 structures that are the following:
(1) Ammonia
(2) Primary Amine
(3) Seconday Amine
(4) Tertiary Amine
*Make sure you name the three amines*
2. Why don't carboxylic acids dimerise in the presence of water?
3. Are carboxylic acids soluble in water?
intermolecular forces?
4. If we have two solutions of the same concentration, which will have a lower(more acidic) pH, methanoic acid or ethanoic acid?
5. a) What two compounds can be used in the reduction of aldehydes and ketones?
b) What compound can be used in the reduction of carboxylic acids?
c) Why can't the same two compounds work for aldehydes, ketones, AND carboxylic acids?
6. When a reaction is said to be violent, what does that description mean?
7. a)When a reaction is conducted under reflux, what does this mean?
b) Why would someone want to conduct an experiment under reflux?
8. What is the structural difference between a carboxylic acid and an acid chloride?
9. Name 3 compounds that could be used to create an acid chloride from a carboxylic acid.
10. What does decarboxylation mean?
11. a) What are acid derivatives?
b)Give an example of a compound that is an acid derivative.
12. Why do acid chlorides have a strong smell?
13. a) Are acid chlorides solube in water?
b) If so, are all possible acid chlorides solube?
c) If not, why aren't they soluble?
14. What do water, alcohols, and phenols have in common?
15. a)Asprin is a product of reacting what with an acid chloride?
b)What is Asprin?
16. a)What does the term "N-substututed amine" mean?
b) Draw an example.
17. What does the word anhydride mean?
18. What is the structural difference between carboxylic acids and acid anhydrides?(Draw if you need help explaining your words)
19. Why is there no such thing as an aqueous solutionof an acid anhydride?
20. If we want to compare the stength of intermolecular forces between 2 compounds, what must be true so that we can correctly conduct the comparison?
21. What type of compounds have a permanent dipole?
22. a)What possible intermolecular forces could a non-polar molecule have?
b)What possible intermolecular forces could a polar molecule have?
Sample 2:
S4BCM
Subject:Chemistry
Teacher:GPal
1.Draw a wave
a)Identify the wavelength on the drawing.
b) Identify the amplitude on the drawing.
2.Give the equation that shows the relationship between lamda,nu, and c. Identify what each variable symbolizes and what the units of the variable are.
3.What is the difference between a continous spectrum and a line spectrum?
4.a)What is the general meaning of a spectrum?
b)Give an example of a specific spectrum.
5.What is the ground state of an atom?
6.When something is quantized, what does it mean?
7.An electron can move up and down between different energy states.
a)Which direction is it traveling when energy is absorbed?
b)Which direction is it traveling when energy is emitted?
8.An electron starts at one energy level and moves to another.
Give an example of where the electron will start and end if it is part of the:
a)Lyman Series
b) Balmar Series
9.An electron can be described as having properties of what two things?
10. What does the uncertainty principle state?
11.What does Paul's Exclusion Principle state?
12. What are quantum numbers used for?
13.Name each quantum number and give its symbol.
14.What values can the quantum number ml have?
15.How many nodal surfaces does a 3p orbital have?
16.What is the number of orbitals in a subshell?
17.How many total different orbitals are there in the n=3 energy level?
18.If n=3 and ml=-2 , what must be the value of l?
19.How many d orbitals are there?
20.What is an electron density plot?
21. What orbital has 3 nodal surfaces and 8 regions of electron density?
22.What does the orientation of a orbital refer to?
23. What are the 2 possible orientations for the electron spin magnetic quantum number?
24.a)What does diamagnetic mean?
b)What does paramagnetic mean?
25. If n=1, what are the values of the other 3 quantum numbers?
I will let post later about the results of my students..aka how they did on these tests..
Now these samples are a little different then what I normally give, because I used them as a gauge to see how much of what I am saying the students actually understand. You will see that there are no equations or reactions that need to be solved, no math to be done. They are purely short answer questions. Everything that I asked I have taught, or it is something they should have already known, but I have noticed that they have problems with the topic.
Sample 1:
S5BCM2
Subject: Chemistry
Teacher:GPal
1. Draw 4 structures that are the following:
(1) Ammonia
(2) Primary Amine
(3) Seconday Amine
(4) Tertiary Amine
*Make sure you name the three amines*
2. Why don't carboxylic acids dimerise in the presence of water?
3. Are carboxylic acids soluble in water?
intermolecular forces?
4. If we have two solutions of the same concentration, which will have a lower(more acidic) pH, methanoic acid or ethanoic acid?
5. a) What two compounds can be used in the reduction of aldehydes and ketones?
b) What compound can be used in the reduction of carboxylic acids?
c) Why can't the same two compounds work for aldehydes, ketones, AND carboxylic acids?
6. When a reaction is said to be violent, what does that description mean?
7. a)When a reaction is conducted under reflux, what does this mean?
b) Why would someone want to conduct an experiment under reflux?
8. What is the structural difference between a carboxylic acid and an acid chloride?
9. Name 3 compounds that could be used to create an acid chloride from a carboxylic acid.
10. What does decarboxylation mean?
11. a) What are acid derivatives?
b)Give an example of a compound that is an acid derivative.
12. Why do acid chlorides have a strong smell?
13. a) Are acid chlorides solube in water?
b) If so, are all possible acid chlorides solube?
c) If not, why aren't they soluble?
14. What do water, alcohols, and phenols have in common?
15. a)Asprin is a product of reacting what with an acid chloride?
b)What is Asprin?
16. a)What does the term "N-substututed amine" mean?
b) Draw an example.
17. What does the word anhydride mean?
18. What is the structural difference between carboxylic acids and acid anhydrides?(Draw if you need help explaining your words)
19. Why is there no such thing as an aqueous solutionof an acid anhydride?
20. If we want to compare the stength of intermolecular forces between 2 compounds, what must be true so that we can correctly conduct the comparison?
21. What type of compounds have a permanent dipole?
22. a)What possible intermolecular forces could a non-polar molecule have?
b)What possible intermolecular forces could a polar molecule have?
Sample 2:
S4BCM
Subject:Chemistry
Teacher:GPal
1.Draw a wave
a)Identify the wavelength on the drawing.
b) Identify the amplitude on the drawing.
2.Give the equation that shows the relationship between lamda,nu, and c. Identify what each variable symbolizes and what the units of the variable are.
3.What is the difference between a continous spectrum and a line spectrum?
4.a)What is the general meaning of a spectrum?
b)Give an example of a specific spectrum.
5.What is the ground state of an atom?
6.When something is quantized, what does it mean?
7.An electron can move up and down between different energy states.
a)Which direction is it traveling when energy is absorbed?
b)Which direction is it traveling when energy is emitted?
8.An electron starts at one energy level and moves to another.
Give an example of where the electron will start and end if it is part of the:
a)Lyman Series
b) Balmar Series
9.An electron can be described as having properties of what two things?
10. What does the uncertainty principle state?
11.What does Paul's Exclusion Principle state?
12. What are quantum numbers used for?
13.Name each quantum number and give its symbol.
14.What values can the quantum number ml have?
15.How many nodal surfaces does a 3p orbital have?
16.What is the number of orbitals in a subshell?
17.How many total different orbitals are there in the n=3 energy level?
18.If n=3 and ml=-2 , what must be the value of l?
19.How many d orbitals are there?
20.What is an electron density plot?
21. What orbital has 3 nodal surfaces and 8 regions of electron density?
22.What does the orientation of a orbital refer to?
23. What are the 2 possible orientations for the electron spin magnetic quantum number?
24.a)What does diamagnetic mean?
b)What does paramagnetic mean?
25. If n=1, what are the values of the other 3 quantum numbers?
I will let post later about the results of my students..aka how they did on these tests..
Rwandan Women's Network--Village of Hope
Some of you might not know, but at the start of term 2 I got a housemate. She is American, and is working for the Peace Corps. Part of her job at my school is so start and run an outreach/community service club for the students(e.g. key club in highschool).
She had gotten a suggestion from our headmistress to work with the Rwandan Women's Network. This sounded like a good idea, so she decided to go for it. Since she had never been there or knew anyting about it, I offered to go with her, since I too had never gone, but two people are always better than one, right?HAHA..
I don't know all the facts, but if you are interested, I would say google the group. But I will give you what background I do know. It is an organization that started in 1996 for women and their children who survived the genocide. The do a variety of programs. From teaching basic heatlh, their human rights, to entreprenuership skills, the organization trys to give these women not only an education, but a way to make a life for themselves. They also have a place called the village of hope, which is a set of homes where the women can live. They are all over Rwanda,but one of their sites is about a 40 minute walk from my school.
This past Saturday was Umuganda.(for those of you who do not remember, this is the monthly community service that the entire country MUST participate in). My roomie worked out that we would take 30 students over and they would work in the compound. Since I was interested and since it was the first time they were going I offered to my roomie to go with her. She of course accepted. So Saturday morning at 7 am we met with the 30 students and headed out. We brought slashers(curved machetes used to cut grass), hoes, and brooms. Once we made it over there we met with a bunch of the women and we divided the girls up into working groups. It was really neat to see the students working alongside the women. I too did work.. I didn't just sit around and watch... don't worry, my momma taught my better.
I worked with the hoeing group. All my students were soooo surprised that I knew how to use a hoe and that I was giving them lessons. They were like "teacher, did you grow up on a farm?" I laughed and said of course not, but I am an adult so of course I know how to do work..haha.. sometimes the girls just make me laugh soo much; I just want to know what do they think my life was like.
I also showed some of the girls how to properly sweep. One needs to put some force into it. Especially with the dusty floors here. I did not try cutting the grass, but at some point I do, its just that the slasher actually looks hard to use. After the work was done the women brought out drums, and they and the students started singing and dancing around. It was really neat.
Before we knew it it was time to go.
At the moment my roomie is working on a proposal for what other projects we can do on a weekly basis. I'm not sure how involved I can get, just because I am very busy with teaching, but this is definitely something that when I have time, I want to go to also.
She had gotten a suggestion from our headmistress to work with the Rwandan Women's Network. This sounded like a good idea, so she decided to go for it. Since she had never been there or knew anyting about it, I offered to go with her, since I too had never gone, but two people are always better than one, right?HAHA..
I don't know all the facts, but if you are interested, I would say google the group. But I will give you what background I do know. It is an organization that started in 1996 for women and their children who survived the genocide. The do a variety of programs. From teaching basic heatlh, their human rights, to entreprenuership skills, the organization trys to give these women not only an education, but a way to make a life for themselves. They also have a place called the village of hope, which is a set of homes where the women can live. They are all over Rwanda,but one of their sites is about a 40 minute walk from my school.
This past Saturday was Umuganda.(for those of you who do not remember, this is the monthly community service that the entire country MUST participate in). My roomie worked out that we would take 30 students over and they would work in the compound. Since I was interested and since it was the first time they were going I offered to my roomie to go with her. She of course accepted. So Saturday morning at 7 am we met with the 30 students and headed out. We brought slashers(curved machetes used to cut grass), hoes, and brooms. Once we made it over there we met with a bunch of the women and we divided the girls up into working groups. It was really neat to see the students working alongside the women. I too did work.. I didn't just sit around and watch... don't worry, my momma taught my better.
I worked with the hoeing group. All my students were soooo surprised that I knew how to use a hoe and that I was giving them lessons. They were like "teacher, did you grow up on a farm?" I laughed and said of course not, but I am an adult so of course I know how to do work..haha.. sometimes the girls just make me laugh soo much; I just want to know what do they think my life was like.
I also showed some of the girls how to properly sweep. One needs to put some force into it. Especially with the dusty floors here. I did not try cutting the grass, but at some point I do, its just that the slasher actually looks hard to use. After the work was done the women brought out drums, and they and the students started singing and dancing around. It was really neat.
Before we knew it it was time to go.
At the moment my roomie is working on a proposal for what other projects we can do on a weekly basis. I'm not sure how involved I can get, just because I am very busy with teaching, but this is definitely something that when I have time, I want to go to also.
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