Week 5 Reflective Post

This week was an interesting week, as we had two of our class hours interrupted by testing.  The first was the PSAT, which wasn't very hard, it just took up a lot of time.  On that day, which was Wednesday, we only had 20 minute classes so the class period wasn't that productive.  On Friday, we had our unit 5 test, so that took about 45 minutes and then we had the rest of the hour to do other work and study for other classes.  I thought the test went pretty well and I'm excited to get my test score back.
Earlier in the week, we went over the worksheet we did over the weekend for homework.  We did a lot of white boarding which always helps me because I can see what other groups got for answers and also how they got them.  Also, if I don't know how to do a problem, other groups explaining their whiteboards always helps me figure out the correct answer.  Earlier in the week, we also took a quiz on finding the masses and moles of certain elements.  The quiz was about a page, but it still had many meaningful problems that helped us exercise the processes and skills we had learned the week before.  Even though I got a 8/8 on it, I still learned from it because I made a few sig fig mistakes that helped me better understand the concept of sig figs and how to get them correct in the future.  I'm really happy Dr. Finnan didn't take points off on the quiz for that.  After we had taken the quiz, I for the most part felt like I had mastered the material as I did well on the quiz and I had been periodically studying for the test coming up on Friday.

Thursday (the day after the PSAT), we worked on and went over the review packet.  This packet consisted of all the different concepts and ideas we had went over that pertained to the Unit 5 Test.  It included everything from finding the amount of moles in a certain amount of grams, finding the percent composition of a compound, relative mass, and more.  It also had a problem like our Empirical Formula lab which kind of hinted that we might have a problem like that on our test.  It was overall a great practice for the test because of all the practice problems it gave us.  I felt really confident for the test after completing this packet, because I had gotten most of the answers correct.
Overall even though this week was kind of weird because we had two tests, I still felt like I learned a lot and I'm excited to enter into next weeks unit.