"The Lab"

Quack Quack... does birds quack? In Olson's class, we did "The Lab" and it was kinda fun. We get to CRUSH diet coke cans and we were able to stare at The Happy Bird. It looks so happy. And I found out that why the happy bird drinks. ;) It's because of pressure!

The First Swim Meet

On March 18, 2010, it was Mills first swim meet against Carlmont in 2010. They were soo fast, I mean seriously. I didn't hear the results yet but I know we lost. But, we tried! That's the most important part. :) If you're interested to watch any future meets, just check our the Mills High School Swim Team Website.

MgO

Yesterday, we burned Mg in this cute boiling pot. And we magically added some O's in there, and made MgO. We made it in Olson's class at that time.

San Valentin

LOVE LOVE LOVE!

TE QUIERO.

SARANG HAE YO.

WO AI NI.

I LOVE YOU.

this is a poem for chemistry, my love. . .

oh chem... chemistryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....

there's so much to understand and seeeeee..

chemistry is the key.....

to who many people want to be.....

ohhhh chem... chemistryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

you are sweet like a beeeeee....

you are strong like a tree.....

you are tasty like cheeseeee....

OH. CHEM. IS. TREEEEEEEEEE!!!

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thank you thank you thank you. i know.

happy valentines day!!! this is a song i dedicate to all those lovers and singles out there!!!!!!!!!

Swimming

Day and night, I swim with my love, Alberta Liao and my husband, David Latt.
MHS's swim team has a beautiful website, which my darling coach made. (I don't even know her name.)
Click here to check it out.

Annoying Sub

There's this really sub i don't like subbing olson's class right now.
he's annoying... OLSON COME BACK! i need to complain to you about this annoying sub.
anyways im so not ready for the solutions/pH test tomorrow.
soo.. im planning to go to chem tutoring today and play games with alberta liao and some cuties.
bye!

Like Dissolves Like

DISSOLVING (<---- CLICK FOR MORE INFO)
1. To change a solid into liquid form (melt).
2. To cause to disappear or vanish (dispel).
3. To break into component parts (disintegrate).


In this figure, you see a solvent, aka water, dissolving salt, a solute.

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LIKE DISSOLVES LIKE (<---- CLICK FOR MORE INFO)
"like dissolves like" is an expression used by chemists to remember how some solvents work. It refers to "polar" and "nonpolar" solvents and solutes.

Example: Water is polar. Oil is non polar. Water(H2O) will not dissolve oil. Water is polar. Salt (NaCl) is polar. Like dissolves like so polar dissolves polar so water dissolves salt.