Summer Readiness for Chemistry Honors and Algebra II

[flor]

Any of you can please recommend some resources to get my son ready for these two classes:

 

1) Chemistry Honors and 

2) Algebra II. 

 

He will be taking these in the Fall and thought he can spend some time refreshing concepts, and studying some topics ahead (i.e. some of the memory work of Chemistry??). He's been self-studying Algebra II on Khan, anything else you'd recommend besides that?

 

Want him to have a solid background and perhaps get started a little on the first concepts so he can dive deep and enjoy these courses.

 

Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!

[jjeepa]

I'm interested in the replies you receive as I've been wondering the same thing about my daughter's readiness for Algebra 2 this fall.  We have Khan going, but that's it.  

[Arcadia]

He will be taking these in the Fall and thought he can spend some time refreshing concepts, and studying some topics ahead (i.e. some of the memory work of Chemistry??).

Memorizing at least the first 20 elements of the periodic table would be useful. For a fun review Nova hunting the elements is a good website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-elements.html

Theodore Gray's Molecules book is a fast fun read and you could probably borrow a copy easily from the library.

https://www.amazon.com/Molecules-Architecture-Everything-Theodore-Gray/dp/1579129714

 

Do you know what textbooks your son's classes/courses would be using? Reading the textbooks now to get a familiarity with the books can be time saving later.

Edited July 25, 2017 by Arcadia

[Kareni]

I would obtain an Algebra 1 text (for example, Lial's, Bittinger, or Foerster); have your son do each chapter review.  If he scores less than 90%, have him review the concepts in that chapter before moving ahead.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[SebastianCat]

It's too late for this summer, because they started in June, but Mr. D. Math has once a week live online classes over the summer to review and prep for upcoming math classes.   My DD is doing the Algebra I prep class now.   

[pinkelement]

Memorizing first 20 elements is probably helpful, but honestly, he will be working with them so much that it will come on its own. But yes, if he doesn't mind, memorizing first 20 with their atomic masses, probably would help with needing to look them up all the time, and so save time.

[chiguirre]

I'd have him go through the chapter reviews of the Alg 1 text from the same author or publisher as his Alg 2 book. If he's up for it, reading through Chemistry for Dummies (likely in your library) or Friendly Chemistry (a homeschool textbook) will give him a leg up.

[EKS]

Reviewing proportions and unit conversions.

[mirabillis]

Would Life of Fred Chemistry be a good, fun summer intro read?

 

Anyone?

[Amy in KS]

Being able to do Unit Conversions simply and having a good understanding on Significant Figure rules is where it usually starts and a stumbling block for many. Understanding Periodic Table divisions and the Bohr model will help as a starting point. Tyler Dewitt videos are amazing and cover a broad range of topics in an easily accessible way.

[Amy in KS]

As a Chem teacher, I think time is better spent memorizing top element symbols and common ions than on memorizing weights. Those come easily enough by looking them up all the time. Search (common ions) and start with a group of 20-25 (enough to start).

[mirabillis]

Tyler Dewitt videos are amazing and cover a broad range of topics in an easily accessible way.

 

These look great! We'll have a look at these! Thanks for the tip.