Course Outline And Reading Assignments
Honors Chemistry
Textbook: Modern Chemistry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Unit 1: Measurement Reading- Chapter 2 (sections 2 & 3)
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- Using Measurement Equipment
- Metric Units
- Significant Figures
- Scientific Notation
- Factor-Label Method or Dimensional Analysis
- Density
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Unit 2: Atomic Structure I & Nuclear Chemistry* Reading - Ch.3 (atomic structure I) and Ch. 21 (nuclear)
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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
- Nuclear Stability
- Mass Defect
- Nuclear Reactions
- Radioactive Decay (half-life and decay series)
- Benefits and Risks of Radioactivity
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Unit 3: Matter & Energy Reading – Ch. 1 (sections 2 &3), Ch. 10, Ch. 16 (p. 531-537)
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- Physical And Chemical Properties and Changes Of Matter
- Classification of Matter: Substances, Compounds, Elements And Mixtures
- Particle Diagrams
- Phase Changes
- Endothermic vs. Exothermic Processes
- Calorimetry and Q=mcΔT
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Unit 4: Chem. Math Reading – Chapter 6 (p. 175, 178, 190) Chapter 7 (sections 3 & 4)
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- 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
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Unit 5: Gas Laws Reading – Ch.10 (section 1) & Ch.11
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- Kinetic Molecular Theory
- Properties of Gases
- Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
- Charles’, Boyle’s and Gay-Lussac’s
- Combined Gas Law
- Avogadro’s Law
- Molar Volume of a gas
- Rates Of Diffusion/Effusion
o Graham’s Law
- Ideal Gas Law
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Unit 6: Condensed Phases & IMF Reading – Ch. 10 (sections 2, 3, 4, and5) and Ch. 6 (p.203 -207)
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- 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
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Unit 7: Atomic Structure II Reading - Chapter 4
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- Electromagnetic Radiation
- Quantum Model of the Atom
- Electron Configuration and Aufbau Principle
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Unit 8: The Periodic Table Reading - Chapter 6, all & Chapter 7 (section 7.3)
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- Periodic Trends - Modern Periodic Table - Historical Development of the Periodic Table
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-----Midterm-----
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Unit 9 Bonding* Reading - Chapter 6 (sections 1, 3, 4) Ch. 7 (sections 1 & 2)
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- 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
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Unit 10: Chemical Equations & Stoichiometry Reading - Chapter 8 and 9
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- 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
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Unit 11: Solutions Reading – Ch. 12 and 13 and section 10.5 (water)
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- Types of Mixtures
- The solution process
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- Concentration of Solutions
- Ions in aqueous solutions
- Electrolytes vs Nonelectrolytes
- Dissolution (dissolving) equations
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Unit 12: Acids, Bases & Salts Reading – Chapter 14 & 15
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- Acid/Base Models
- Properties Of Acids & Bases
-pH
- Neutralization Reactions
- Titration – Indicators
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Unit 13a Thermodynamics, Kinetics & Equilibrium * Reading – Ch.16 (thermo),
Ch. 17 (kinetics), Ch. 18 (sections 1,2, & 4) (equilibrium)
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- KINETICS
o Collision Theory
o Reaction Rate
o Method of initial rates
o Potential Energy Diagrams –
Endothermic/
Exothermic
o Reaction Mechanisms
- 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 Applications of equilibria
v Kxp
v Strong vs Weak acids/bases
v Hydrolysis of salts – quantitative
v Precipitation Reactions
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Unit 14: Oxidation-Reduction Reading –Ch. 19 & 20
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- Assigning Oxidation States
- Electrochemical Cells
- Electrolytic Cells
- Balancing Redox Equations
- Half Reactions
- Balancing Redox Equations
- Oxidizing/Reducing Agents
- Electrode Potentials
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Unit 15: Organic Chemistry Reading – Ch. 22
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- Homologous Series Of Hydrocarbons -Isomers -Functional Groups -Organic Reactions
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-----June Chemistry Regents-----
[For the complete NYS Core Curriculum for Physical Setting Chemistry, see http:www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciaai/mst/pub/chemist.pdf]
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