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* - 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 - Reading - Ch.3 (atomic structure I) and Ch. 21 (nuclear) - 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 - 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 - Phase Changes and Equilibrium Energy Changes at Phase Changes Heating and Cooling Curves for Pure Substances Phase Diagram Unit 7: Atomic Structure II - Reading - Chapter 4 Electromagnetic Radiation Quantum Model of the Atom - 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 - Lewis Dot Structure Covalent, Metallic & Network Bonds Molecular Polarity VESPER Theory – Shapes of Molecules Electronegativity Unit 10: Chemical Equations & Stoichiometry - 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 - Applications of equilibria Kxp Strong vs Weak acids/bases Hydrolysis of salts – quantitative Precipitation Reactions Reading –Ch. 19 & 20 Assigning Oxidation States Electrochemical Cells Electrolytic Cells Balancing Redox Equations - 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 http:www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciaai/mst/pub/chemist.pdf] * unit broken into more than one unit test