Week 8 : The End ( of first quarter)

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Ah. I swore i could hear the sigh of the relief when the quarter ended this week. Its a time to reflect or forget. More importantly, Chem T3am had a busy week. Monday, after we went without an assessment on the Friday before, we spent this week devoted to learning a few of the standards we had no idea what they meant ( Specifically 2.05  and 2.06). We learned what Kelvins are and how they relate to Celsius ( Absolute Zero= 0K = -273.15 degrees Celsius) and what absolute zero is. Absolute zero is where EVERY SINGLE PARTICLE in the WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE ceases to move, no matter what, so nothing can be colder than absolute zero, nor can we achieve it either as there will always be a way for energy to travel, even if its just  a little bit of energy.
We also  learned how pressure affects  things like temperature and how temperature and volume relate to one another, this is basically the Kinetic Motion Theory or KMT. It states that Pressure is proportionate to Temperature and is inversely proportional to volume.

On Wednesday we did a "Halloween themed": Experiment:  How do you get a glow stick to glow brighter? Most of us predicted that cold water would keep it glowing the longest (which wasn't the point at all) but we all learned that the energy in hot water  makes the glow sticks glow the brightest because of the energy transferred into the glow stick form the hot water. This was surprising to me because I always thought keeping a glow stick cold was the best way to keep the glow going, but it would be a dim glow.

 By Friday, it was time for the assessment, most of us fearing it was going to be on first quarter and this ruin our final grades. Mr. Abud  promised the assessment would be on second quarter much to the class's delight. This was all great but there was one small hiccup,  there wasn't enough paper  to have our assessments printed on. While we all suggested " borrowing" some of  the math department's paper ( which they probably weren't gonna be happy about) we ended up having a "group assessment" where we had to provide ( on our own paper) that we understood all 8 standards. I really liked the group assessment, my group was focused and we finished right as the bell was ringing, but we all felt confident in our answers as we had  made a group effort to arrive at them. I tend to prefer group test because any little uncertainties about finer points can be addressed as someone usually knows what you do not and they promote team work. ( Yay teamwork!!)

I am really  happy with how first Quarter went. I feel privileged to be in 5th hour ChemT3am.