Course Outline And Reading Assignments
Honors Chemistry
Textbook: Modern Chemistry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Unit 1: Measurement
Reading- Chapter 2 (sections 2 & 3)
- Using Measurement Equipment
- Metric Units
- Significant Figures
- Scientific Notation
- Factor-Label Method or Dimensional Analysis
- Density
Unit 2: Atomic Structure I & Nuclear Chemistry*
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Parts Of The Atom
History Of Models Of The Atom
Mass Number, Atomic Number, Isotopes
The Mole and Avogadro’s Number
Molar Mass
Unit 3: Matter & Energy
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Reading - Ch.3 (atomic structure I) and Ch. 21 (nuclear)
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Nuclear Stability
Mass Defect
Nuclear Reactions
Radioactive Decay (half-life and decay series)
Benefits and Risks of Radioactivity
Reading – Ch. 1 (sections 2 &3), Ch. 10, Ch. 16 (p. 531-537)
Physical And Chemical Properties and
Changes Of Matter
Classification of Matter: Substances,
Compounds, Elements And Mixtures
Unit 4: Chem. Math
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Particle Diagrams
Phase Changes
Endothermic vs. Exothermic Processes
Calorimetry and Q=mcΔT
Reading – Chapter 6 (p. 175, 178, 190) Chapter 7 (sections 3 & 4)
- Types of Formulas
- Counting Atoms (microscopic vs.
macroscopic interpretation)
- Formula Mass
- Mole conversions for compounds
- Percent Composition
- Empirical Formula from percent
composition
- Molecular Mass
- Hydrated Salts
Unit 5: Gas Laws
Reading – Ch.10 (section 1) & Ch.11
- Kinetic Molecular Theory
- Properties of Gases
- Dalton’s Law of Partial
Pressures
- Charles’, Boyle’s and GayLussac’s
- Combined Gas Law
- Avogadro’s Law
Unit 6: Condensed Phases & IMF
Reading – Ch. 10 (sections 2, 3, 4, and5) and Ch. 6 (p.203 -207)
- Kinetic Molecular Theory: Liquids & Solids
- Properties of Liquids
- Types and Properties of Solids
- Intermolecular Forces
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Phase Changes and Equilibrium
Energy Changes at Phase Changes
Heating and Cooling Curves for Pure Substances
Phase Diagram
Unit 7: Atomic Structure II
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Reading - Chapter 4
Electromagnetic Radiation
Quantum Model of the Atom
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Unit 8: The Periodic Table
- Periodic Trends
Electron Configuration and Aufbau Principle
Reading - Chapter 6, all & Chapter 7 (section 7.3)
- Modern Periodic Table
- Historical Development of the Periodic Table
-----Midterm----* unit broken into more than one unit test
- Molar Volume of a gas
- Rates Of Diffusion/Effusion
o Graham’s Law
- Ideal Gas Law
Unit 9 Bonding*
Reading - Chapter 6 (sections 1, 3, 4) Ch. 7 (sections 1 & 2)
- Types of Bonding: Ionic, Covalent, Metallic
- Formation of
- Identification of bond from chemical formula
- Formulas and Names
- Assigning and using oxidation number
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Lewis Dot Structure
Covalent, Metallic & Network Bonds
Molecular Polarity
VESPER Theory – Shapes of Molecules
Electronegativity
Unit 10: Chemical Equations & Stoichiometry
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Reading - Chapter 8 and 9
Evidence of chemical change
Using equations to describe chemical reactions
Writing and balancing chemical equations
Types of chemical reactions
- Predicting products of reactions
- Equation stoichiometry
- Limiting Reactants and Percent Yield
Unit 11: Solutions
Reading – Ch. 12 and 13 and section 10.5 (water)
- Types of Mixtures
- Concentration of Solutions
- Ions in aqueous solutions
- The solution process
- Electrolytes vs Nonelectrolytes
- Dissolution (dissolving) equations
Unit 12: Acids, Bases & Salts
Reading – Chapter 14 & 15
- Acid/Base Models
- Properties Of Acids & Bases
-pH
Unit 13a Thermodynamics, Kinetics & Equilibrium *
- KINETICS
o Collision Theory
o Reaction Rate
o Method of initial
rates
o Potential Energy
Diagrams –
Endothermic/
Exothermic
o Reaction Mechanisms
- Neutralization Reactions
- Titration – Indicators
Reading – Ch.16 (thermo),
Ch. 17 (kinetics), Ch. 18 (sections 1,2, & 4) (equilibrium)
- THERMO
o Enthalpy, Entropy &
Spontaneity
o Gibb’s Free Energy
- EQUILIBRIUM
o LeChatelier’s Principle
o Common Ion Effect
o Equilibrium and
Reversible Reactions
o Hess Law
o
Unit 14: Oxidation-Reduction
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Applications of
equilibria
Kxp
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Strong vs Weak
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acids/bases
Hydrolysis of salts
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– quantitative
Precipitation
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Reactions
Reading –Ch. 19 & 20
Assigning Oxidation States
Electrochemical Cells
Electrolytic Cells
Balancing Redox Equations
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Half Reactions
Balancing Redox Equations
Oxidizing/Reducing Agents
Electrode Potentials
Unit 15: Organic Chemistry
Reading – Ch. 22
- Homologous Series Of Hydrocarbons
-Isomers
-Functional Groups
-Organic Reactions
-----June Chemistry Regents----[For the complete NYS Core Curriculum for Physical Setting Chemistry, see
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* unit broken into more than one unit test