AP Chemistry Summer Assignment
White Station High School (Academic Course Year: 2015/2016)
Teacher: George Richardson
Each student is expected to perform the following Four tasks during the summer.
1) Obtain a copy an alternate Collage Board approved AP Chemistry text book, from the following list:
a.
Chemistry, Zumdahl, S., Houghton Mifflin Co, 2003.
i.
ii.
iii.
b.
6th ed. ISBN: 0-618-26505-8 (AP Edition) (2003 edition – kind of old…) ~$5 to $20
7th ed. ISBN 9780618528448 (2007 edition) ~$10 to $20
8th ed. ISBN 9780547125329 (2010 edition) ~$15 to $50 (Note: there is a 9th & 10th ed also available!!)
Suggested book sources are:
i. www.Amazon.com
ii. www.abebooks.com
iii.
iv.
www.cheapesttextbooks.com
www.gettextbooks.com
2) Create a “Double Entry” summary or study guide for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th chapter. (For you
special students, you get to skip chapter one, or the 1st chapter.)
a.
Summary should include an outline of the chapter, identifying each significant concept, equation, person,
etc (left hand side of the double entry journal) and short sentence or phrase for each significant concept,
equation, person, etc… (on the right hand side of the double entry journal) The left and right sides should be
aligned.
(Time: 2 – 3 hours)
3) Study Chapter 5 Gas Law: Know the three fundamental laws: Charles, Boyles, and Avogadro. Know
the combined gas law, ideal gas law, gas stoichiometry, Dalton’s Partial Pressures, Kinetic Molecular
Theory of gases, Effusion, Diffusion, and Deviation from ideal gas law behavior (i.e. Real Gases). AND
Complete the attached AP level Gas Law problem set AND be prepared for an exam on Gas Law the first
week of class. (Time: 2 – 6 hours)
4) Create a Significant Scientist Historical Timeline (SSHT) Write a historical timeline of all scientists
who are credited with making significant advances in chemistry. Briefly DISCUSS EACH of the
scientists in your timeline. Include the personal history and a short summation of their work or
research as related to the development of chemistry as a science. The following list is a bare minimum
of scientists you should include (if you want a “C”), a more complete timeline will give a better grade:
(Time: 2 – 6 hours)
Demokritos and Leucippos, Jons Jakob Berzelius, Paracelsus, John Dalton, Robert Boyle, Joseph Priestly, Antoine Lavoisier,
William Shotyk, Joseph Proust, Joseph Gay-Lussac, Amadeo Avogadro, Dmitri Mendeleyev, J.J. Thomson, Henri Becquerel,
Robert Millikan, Ernest Rutherford, Georg Stahl, Pauling, Pauli, Walter Alvarez and Luis Alvarez, Luann Becker and Robert J.
Poreda, Georg Bauer, etc., etc
Each task will be graded:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Obtain a text book: (50 point QUIZ grade)
Problem Set on Gas laws (50 point Home Work grade)
Double Entry Journal & Comprehensive Exam on Gas Laws (100 point EXAM grade each)
Significant Scientists Timeline (100 point LAB grade)
The Double Entry Journal and Problem set will be due the first day of class, a grade will be
assessed, and the material returned to help you prepare for the Exam, the first week of class. Note: I
will NOT accept ANY late work (for full credit).
My goal is to spend a bare minimum of time reviewing the basics and stuff you should already know and get
through “gas law’s” which are relatively easy. I want to move through the first part of the book rapidly. Your
journal for the chapters will facilitate this process. ALSO: Refer to my Web Site for additional information:
www.wshsAPChemistry.com
I look forward to an exciting 2015/2016 AP Chemistry class!
Thank you.
Here is an example of a double entry journal (Note: the content on left matches up with
the comments on the right.)
Zumdahl, 6th ed.
Chapter 15: Application of Acid/Base
Equilibrium
1. Solutions – common ions
2.
a. Common ions
This is a continuation of acid/base chapter, adding the new
dimension of common ions and more complex applications of
the RICE box method.
Common ion is an ions (ions are charged species) that is
present in two different disassociation reactions within the
same solution. Example: a weak acid only partially
dissociates, into “ions”, thus there is un-dissolved acid AND
H+ and conjugate base ions in solution. A second reaction
adds a common ion (likely the conjugate base ion) Thus the
equilibrium is shifted.
b. Common ion effect
An application of the “Le Chatelier” principle where the
equilibrium concentrations are shifted to release “strain”.
c. Equilibrium concentrations
Using the ICE box methods used for weak acids/bases
(Chapter 14) determine the equilibrium concentrations with
the addition of “common” ions. Thus, the starting
concentrations of the “products” will not necessarily start as
zero.
3. Buffer solutions
a. Definition – A solution that resists a
change in the pH.
4. Buffer capacity
5. Titration and titration curves
ETC…….
ETC………
2015/16 AP Chemistry Summer Work - Practice
week of class)
Gas Law Problems
(Due the 1st