Honors Chemistry Course Outline
- Unit I – Atomic Theory
Chapter 2 – Atoms, Molecules, Ions
Chapter 7 – Quantum Theory of the Atom
Chapter 8 – Electron Configuration and Periodicity
- Day 1 - August 14, 15
- Essential Question – what is chemistry?
- Demonstrations and Explorations in Chemistry
- Discussion of safety rules, class expectations, safety quiz
- Discussion of Logger Pro, website, Google docs
- Day 2 - August 16, 17
- Safety Quiz
- Background of atomic history powerpoint
- CRT demonstration
- Day 3 - August 20, 21
- Finish atomic history lecture
- Determining the Charge of an Electron Lab
- Day 4 - August 22, 23
- Discuss calculations from Electron Lab
- Review of Significant Figures and the Metric System
- Review of Scientific Notation and conversions
- Day 5 - August 24, 27
- Atomic math review powerpoint
- Isotopes Lab
- Day 6 – August 28, 29
- Basic EM radiation c=vl and absorption of light
- Calculations with Energy equations
- Planck's Equation E=hv and Quantum Theory
- The Photoelectric Effect
- Day 7 – August 30, 31
- Observation of line spectra and excited states
- Balmer’s Equation for Hydrogen
- Bohr’s explanation of energy absorption and emission related to line spectra
- Discussion of Bohr’s derivation of equations for hydrogen
- Discuss Bohr’s equations
- Day 8 – September 4, 5
- Complications with Bohr’s model of the atom
- Schrodinger’s Wave Equation and new model
- Quantum Numbers
- Day 9 – September 6, 7
- Quantum Numbers continued
- Electron Configurations, Orbital Diagrams, Noble Gas Abbreviations
- Magnetism
- Aufbau Principle, Pauli Exclusion, Hund’s Rule
- Day 10 – September 12, 13
- Spectrometer Lab
- Day 11 – September 14, 17
- UNIT I TEST
LABS:
- Charge of an electron lab
- Isotopes lab
- Spectrometer lab