This week in chem, we began mastering our knowledge of IMFs, or intermolecular forces. We went more in depth into Van der waals forces, such as Hydrogen bonds, dipole-dipole, induced dipole, and London Dispersion Forces, or LDFs. We also touched on dipole-ionic bonds, and the forces between metals, which are not Van der waals forces. We began the week working on a POGIL on Intermolecular forces, or foced between molecules, in liquids and gasses. This was a bit tough to do, but after the reading you gave to us, it became easier and easier the more we read at my table. That night I also watched some lectures on it, and the POGIL started to become completely clear to me. I was able to finish it with ease after reading the packet and taking notes on these forces. Since we did a lot of practice on these things, it is now sticking in my mind, and I won't forget it for the test. To reflect on this, it was helpful in allowing me to fully be able to understand and memorize everything about intermolecular forces, this is helpful because I will definitely need it for the test.

        Later, in our table groups, we started on a "water" POGIL. This POGIL was fun especially the magnet part. My table didn't have any trouble in this POGIL, besides a few disagreements here and there which were solved by explanation. This POGIL helped me and my table understand Hydrogen bonds, induced dipoles, and sizes of different atoms in a molecule like NaCl, or sodium chloride. I think we could possibly use more of an explanation on this, but we get the gist of it. To reflect on this pogil, I could definitely use more work on the topics covered. I hope we will do more things with hydrogen bonding, induced dipoles, and the sizes of different atoms in a molecule.

         Putting our answers on the board for the Lecture 23 Intermolecular force worksheet really helped my table. Most groups got the answers right, just not the explanations. We were one of those groups. The wrong explanations helped, because you were then able to explain exactly what everyone did not understand, and change our answers so we would remember what we did wrong. Some people got the explanations right, and they were able to explain how they got those answers. To reflect on this, whiteboarding definitely helped me understand the concepts we've learned a little better. My favorite part was when we were asked to summarize all the things we'd learned this unit on the whiteboard. this helped me remember things that we'd learned earlier and know the basics of them. Whiteboarding really helps me learn things by listening to my classmates' explanations.

         The homework this week was not a huge amount, which I really enjoyed. I was able to study more for this class as well as others. To reflect on this week in AP chemistry, we learned quite a few new concepts regarding the intermolecular forces. These concepts were not exactly 'hard' but they were difficult to grasp at first, but doing more work with the things we've learned has helped me understand them further.