Follow the navigation links (left margin) for specific problems for each chapter's homework assignment. It is very important that the chapter reading and homework are done before coming to class.
Specific due dates for homework will be posted on the classroom whiteboard, but reading must be completed before the class lecture/discussion covering that material
| Week | Lecture/Discussion Topics |
Homework Due | Labs* | Tests |
| 1 | Review Summer Assignment:
Chapters 1-3 Conversions,
Metric
System, Atoms,
Compounds, Naming and Formulas.
Safety C1, C4 |
Chapter 1
Chapter 2 Chapter 3 |
Determination of Boiling Points and Melting Points. Practicing Lab Technique and Reproducing results. C7 Student Time: 2 hrs | Ions Test
Safety Test
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| 2 | Chapter 4 Solutions and Solution Stoichiometry. Reaction Types. Net Ionic equations add Net Ionic worksheet here. C1,C4 |
Chapter 4 C6 |
Mass-Mass Stoichiometry Lab. Focus on reproducibility and error. C7, C5, C3 | Summer reading Test |
| 3 | Chapter 5
Thermochemistry. Energy, work, and heat changes: Phase changes and reactions. Hess's Law C2 Chapter 5 Thermochem Review |
Determination of a calorimeter constant and Specific heat of
a metal. C5, C3, C6 Student time 1.5 hrs |
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| 4 | Chapter 5 cont.
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Chapter 5 C6 |
Heat of Reaction by calorimetry C5,
C3, C6
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Chapter 5 Thermochemistry Test. |
| 5 | Chapter 6 Atoms structure
: atoms, electrons, quantum
numbers, electron configurations. |
Chapter 6 C6 |
Reactivity within a family Student time 2 hrs | |
| 6 | Chapter 7 Periodic Trends Thermodynamics Entropy and Gibbs Free Energy C5 |
Chapter 6 | Chapters 6 and 7 Test. | |
| 7 | Chapter 8
Chapter 8Lecture notes |
Chapter 8 C6 |
Comparing covalent and ionic substances. C4
Student time 2 hrs
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| 8 | Chapter 9
Bonding continued: Lewis Structures, VSEPR, Resonance Multiple bonds, Hybrid Orbitals C1 |
C6 |
VSEPR model activity bond angle and molecular geometry. C1 Student time 1.5 hrs | |
| 9 |
Hybridization, sigma and pi bonding, molecular orbital model, |
Chapter 9 C6 |
Review
Chapters 8 and 9 Test. |
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