Thursday, February 20, 2014

Drawing Lewis Dot Diagrams

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  1. 1. If you remove the transition metals, then each column, moving over 1, has 1 more valence electron added.
    2. An example of a Lewis Diagram: (A . = a Valence Electron)

    . . . .
    'C. .O: 'C. Combines to make: ::C::O::C:: Carbon Dioxide
    ' ' '
    Confusion: I'm a little confused on how the double bonding works.
    Question: Is there a largest compound? If there is, then what is it?
    ADC

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  2. This video was interesting. I liked hoe when they mixed cesium and water together the glass shattered every where. I want to try that. The guy said it makes cesium oxide. It was interesting how the halogen metals were very unstable although they were on row 7 and the noble gases were very stable i thought it was a little weird. You would expect that 8 and 7 to be the same, instead of 1 and 7. It was sad about Gilbert Lewis how he was nominated 35 times for the noble peace prize and never won one and then he committed suicide. I think we should use water and cesium in bombs, since they make such big explosions. A.P.H

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    1. if we did (use cesium in bombs) we would have to have a pure censium bomb and throw it into a large body of water.
      but i would be interesting to see that
      bmm

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  3. 1. Seeing how the valence electrons had to be evened out clockwise or counter clockwise was interesting, because I thought you only had to put the number of valence electrons outside the element symbol in a square. I also noticed that the elements of the periodic table weren't just thrown together, they were organized by number of valence electrons and characteristics.
    2. I learned that there is a certain way to place the electrons around the element, which was clockwise or counter clockwise. I also learned that each column (except transition metals) were organized by the number of valence electrons. That could come in handy (if you knew most of the elements) with diagraming and experimenting. I am confused about putting the dash between the elements to show that they are combined.
    3. To get the right result of demonstrating the Lewis Dot Diagram, do you have to go counter clockwise or clockwise? Do you have to put a dash between elements to show they are combined?
    MJS

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  4. 1.i found it really simple how he explained how to use the luis dots.
    2.i didn't find anything really confusing it all seamed pretty clear to me.
    3.how would we know that the luis dot is correct yes w have microscopes and such but how would that congregate with the science of it?

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  5. I thought it was interesting how cesium's one valence electron makes it react so violently to water. I was wondering why the alkaline metals and halogens were so unstable, and if there are any other groups that are so reactive.
    CJB

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  6. That was a really helpful to think of going clockwise with the Lewis dot diagrams. I'm a lot less confused now! Lewis dot diagrams make a lot more sense now because of this video. The cesium reaction was really powerful! I'm surprised that cesium is not used more in explosives. I feel really bad for Mr. Lewis. I think he deserved a Nobel prize. But it's still an accomplishment to be nominated for the Nobel peace prize, so I think he should have been proud. It's a really sad story though. JMJ

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  7. I found this video extremely interesting. my favorite part was the video about cesium and how it reacted with water to make cesium oxide.
    I also found it interesting how he drew cross his in his mind.
    did any body accuse his friend of killing Lewis. E.D.B

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  8. I am doing this for both vids. I found the cesium part interesting in this vid and in the other vid it was informative but not very interesting. The only thing I found confusing was the electron counting thing. since it is not radioactive, can we get some cesium and "accidently" drop it in water. G.J.B.G.

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  9. This video helped me understand the concept better.
    When you are drawing the diagram, you have to draw the dots in one direction (clockwise or counter clockwise). They must be evened out. He imagined a cross shape to help him. The dots are equal to the number of valence electrons that there are (Neon has 8, which is good).
    Each column on the chart is organized by the number of valence electrons. All but the transition metals. Although there is the periodic table, its helpful to know the elements already.
    When he explained drawing molecules, I like how he had two different symbols for each element so telling which dots belong to which element was easier.
    Overall, good video

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  10. Bozeman science has really helped me understand all of our science assignments I find that when I watch his videos that I understand it better because he puts science into real life lessons which I find helps me.
    I found that this has really helped me with my homework the video made sense to,like how he showed how he put the cross hares and would start at the top a move clock wise I found that, that helped me with my homework
    another thing that I like that helps me is the little story's that he puts in to his videos like how he put the little story at the end of his video about how some scientists believed that he did him self in because his fellow scientist got the noble peace prize after he was elected 37 times I know that that would cause rage inside of me like none other if that happened to me
    I seem to like writing a Lewis diagram better than drawing a boe diagram
    JBG

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  11. This video about Lewis dot diagrams was about things we've already learned in class. when he said that we need to write valence electrons clock wise or counter clock wise, he should have explained why. The videos on the blog had a lot to do with the homework though, and it helped me out a lot. I found it cool that cesium mixed with water can be so reactive. even though it only had one too many electrons, it still exploded.
    L.G.S.

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