1st Quarter Syllabus

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 C6		Ions Test Safety Test Summer reading Test
2	Chapter 4 Solutions and Solution Stoichiometry. Reaction Types. Net Ionic equations worksheet click here Chapter 4 Practice Quiz *C1,C4*	Chapter 4 C6	Determination of Boiling Points and Melting Points. Practicing Lab Technique and Reproducing results. *C7 Student Time: 2 hrs* Mass-Mass Stoichiometry Lab. Focus on reproducibility and error. C7, C5, C3
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. *C5, C3, C6 Student time 1.5 hrs*
4	Chapter 5 cont.	Chapter 5 C6	Heat of Reaction by calorimetry *C5, C3, C6*	Chapter 5 Thermochemistry Test.
5	Chapter 6 Electronic Structure of Atoms : atoms, electrons, quantum numbers, electron configurations. C2	Chapter 6 C6	Reactivity within a family Student time 2 hrs
6	Chapter 7 Periodic Trends Sizes, Ionization energy, Electron Affinity, Group Trends C5	Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Self-Test Chapter 7 Self-Test C6		Chapters 6 and 7 Test.
7	Chapter 8 Bonding Basics Bonding: covalent, polar covalent bonds, net dipole moments, electronegativity, ionic bonds, lattice energy Lattice energy reviewC1 Chapter 8 Lecture notes Lewis dot diagrams: elements, compounds, polyatomic ions	Chapter 8 Self-Test Chapter 8 C6	Comparing covalent and ionic substances. *C4 Student time 2 hrs*
8	Chapter 9 Bonding and Geometry 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 Self-Test Chapter 9 C6		Review Chapters 8 and 9 Test.

Laboratories consist of a minimum of 100 minutes of work, by the students manipulating chemicals and/or lab equipment and generating their own data. Lectures will be supplemented by teacher demonstrations that may require note-taking or calculations by the students. Labs may need to be finished on your own time. Lab will be open at least 1 afternoon per week.

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ACD ChemSketch