Homework Assignments. It is essential that the reading be done before attending class and that you come with questions. Homework is my best idea of the minimum practice that students need to be successful. Please give it a concentrated effort. Work on it and think about it you that you see the patterns and can do similar problems in the future.
Read Chapter 4: Aqueous Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry:
Topics covered:
Dissolving, electrolytes, precipitation, displacement reactions, net ionic
equations, acids, bases, strong acids, strong bases, neutralization reactions,
salts, oxidation and reduction, oxidation numbers balancing redox reactions,
solution concentrations, dilution, titration.
Chapter 4 Homework: Exercises: 4.3, 4.5, 4.19, 4.21, 4.24, 4.34, 4.39, 4.51, 4.55, 4.61, 4.73, 4.87 plus supplemental worksheets.
Read Chapter 5:ThermochemistryTopics covered: Energy, work and heat; Enthalpy and Calorimetry; Hess's Law; Standard enthalpy of formation; Energy sources; Heats of combustion.
Chapter 5 Homework: Visualizing concepts: 5.2, 5.4, 5.9. Exercises: 5.25, 5.27, 5.35, 5.41, 5.43, 5.51, 5.55, 5.61, 5.63, 5.69, 5.71a, 5.71b, 5.77, 5.83.
Read Chapter 6: Electronic Structure of Atoms
Topics covered: Wave nature of light, Quanta of Energy and Light, Spectra and Bohr Model, Wave behavior of matter, Quantum mechanics and atomic orbitals, Electron configurations, Periodic relations.
Chapter 6 Homework: Visualizing concepts: 6.2, 6.5. Exercises: 6.11, 6.15, 6.21, 6.29, 6.37, 6.41, 6.45, 6.47, 6.53, 6.67, 6.71, 6.73
Read Chapter 7: Periodic Properties of the Elements:
Topics covered: Development of Periodic Table, Effective nuclear
charge, Atomic and Ionic sizes, Ionization Energy, Electron Affinity, Metals,
Non-metals and metalloids, Group trends.
Visualizing concepts: 7.4, 7.6. Exercises: 7.11, 7.13, 7.17, 7.23, 7.25, 7.27, 7.31, 7.33, 7.37, 7.39, 7.41, 7.43, 7.45, 7.47, 7.49, 7.53, 7.57, 7.59, 7.61, 7.63, 7.65, 7.71, 7.77,
Read Chapter 8 Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding:
Topics covered: Chemical bonds, Lewis dot diagrams, octet rule, Ionic
Bonding, Covalent Bonding, Bond Polarity and Electronegativity, Resonance,
Exceptions to octet rule, Strengths of covalent bonds.
Chapter 8 Homework: Visualizing concepts: 8.2, 8.5. Exercises: 8.7, 8.9, 8.11, 8.13, 8.19, 8.21, 8.25, 8.27, 8.30, 8.33, 8.36, 8.39, 8.43, 8.45, 8.47, 8.49, 8.57, 8.59, 8.61, 8.63, 8.65, 8.69,
Here's a neat link to the Greek alphabet especially when we run out of variable abbreviations and have to use other alphabets. : )