Honors Chemistry

  • Purpose

    Honors Chemistry is a science course intended for college-bound 10th and 11th grade students.  Students will learn problem-solving skills, study skills, and lab skills that will better prepare them to succeed in college science courses.  The Science Department recommends that students who plan to take Physics, A.P. Physics, A.P. Chemistry, A.P. Biology, or Anatomy and Physiology at Sault Area High School take Honors Chemistry rather than regular Chemistry.
     

    Course Description

    Chemistry is the study of the properties of matter, the small particles of which matter is composed, and the energy changes associated with these interactions.  Chemical principles include fundamental concepts about atoms and molecules, elements and compounds, the periodic table, bonding, chemical reactions and equations, stoichiometry, states of matter, solutions, acids and bases, pH, energy transfer, and reaction rates.  The Honors Chemistry course relates concepts to everyday life as best as possible so students will better understand the material, and it includes lab experimentation to help illustrate challenging concepts.
     
     

    "I Can" Statements

    The following review sheets are summaries of what students should know and be able to do by the end of each marking period in Honors Chemistry.  When students study for a marking period test, I recommend that they study their old chapter tests in addition to reviewing the information given in these files.  Before beginning to study for a marking period test, students should have already made corrections to any incorrect questions on their chapter tests.  Answers to chapter tests are given and discussed in class.
     
     
     
     
     

    Additional information

    Honors Chemistry Syllabus  (General Information about the course)
     
    Course Agreement Sheets  (Parents and students sign these sheets to signify they have read the Honors Chemistry course syllabus and have had a chance to ask questions about it.  In addition, students sign these sheets agreeing to follow the lab safety rules and classroom expectations)
    The following links may be of interest to Honors Chemistry students:

    Tentative Schedule of Assignments:

    Course Introduction and Related Activities
    -Introduction to Honors Chemistry
    -Discussion of course syllabus and classroom expectations
    -Honors Chemistry First Semester Pre-assessment
    -Science MAP Testing for 9th and 10th grade students
    -Class Meetings for the School Year

    Chapter 1: Matter and Change
    -Lab safety training; Introduction to the Chemistry Lab
    -Scientific method and related terms
    -Physical and chemical changes, physical and chemical properties
    -Chemical matter, states of matter, properties of matter; Read Sect. 1-1 & 1-2; Do p.18: 1,2; p.27: 6,9,13,24
    -Classification of matter, types of mixtures, element, compound, atom, molecule; Read Sect. 1-3; Do p.18: 4; p.24: 1,2; p.27: 17,18,19
    -Chapter 1 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 1 Test

    Chapter 2: Measurements and Calculations
    -Scientific notation, rounding off, significant figures; Read Sect. 2-3; Do p.61: 2,3,6; p.65: 29,38
    -Significant figures in math operations; Do Honors Chemistry Hwk:  Significant Figures
    -Unit systems, metric base units, metric prefixes, metric conversion factors; Read Sect. 2-2; Do p.46: 3abceg,4bc; p.64: 7
    -Do Honors Chemistry Hwk:  Metric System
    -Do Honors Chemistry Hwk:  Dimensional Analysis Practice
    -Mass versus weight, volume by difference, density; Do p.46: 5; p.61: 7,8; p.64: 13,14
    -Density as a conversion factor, precision and accuracy; Do p.61: 1; p.64: 16-24
    -Scientific Measurements and Density Lab
    -Separation of Plastics Lab
    -Chapter 2 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 2 Test

    Chapter 3: Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter
    -Democritus, Dalton's atomic theory, law of conservation of mass, law of definite proportions, law of multiple proportions; Read Sect. 3-1; Do p.73: 1,2
    -Radioactivity, Millikan, Rutherford's gold foil experiment, subatomic particles; Read Sect. 3-2; Do p.78: 2,3; p.92: 5
    -Atomic number, mass number, isotopes, determining numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons; Read Sect. 3-3; Do p.89: 2,3; p.92: 7-9
    -Mass numbers on the periodic table take into account the natural abundance of the isotopes; Do p.92: 11,12,19
    -Mole concept, Avogadro's number as a conversion factor, unit cancellation, dimensional analysis problem-solving strategy; Do Honors Chemistry Hwk:  Moles and Avogadro's Number
    -Atomic mass as a conversion factor; Do Honors Chemistry Hwk:  Moles and Atomic Mass
    -Using two conversion factors in dimensional analysis problems, road map concept; Do Honors Chemistry Hwk:  Combining Moles and Atomic Mass
    -Chapter 3 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 3 Test

    Chapter 4: Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms
    -Electromagnetic spectrum, wavelength, frequency, amplitude, photons, photoelectric effect; Read Sect. 4-1; Do p.103: 2; p. 125: 10,11,44
    -Continuous versus line spectra, energy is quantized, electronic transitions, Bohr model of the atom; Do p.103: 3-5
    -Flame Tests Lab
    -DeBroglie, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, quantum numbers, shells, subshells, orbitals, orbital shapes; Read Sect. 4-2; Do p.125: 16-22
    -Aufbau principle, electron configurations, Pauli exclusion principle, orbital box diagrams, Hund's rule; Read Sect. 4-3; Do p.126: 26,27,28,31,32
    -Practice writing electron configurations and orbital box diagrams
    -Noble gas notation, highest occupied energy level, paramagnetism; Do p.126: 30,33,35,37,38
    -Chapter 4 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 4 Test

    Review for First Marking Period Test
    First Marking Period Test over Michigan's Chemistry Standards

    Chapter 5: The Periodic Law
    -Cannizzaro, Mendeleev, Moseley, periodic law, periodic table, group names; Read Sect. 5-1; Do p.135: 1-3; p.147: 2
    -Writing electron configurations using the periodic table; s-, p-, d-, and f-blocks; Read Sect. 5-2; Do p.165: 17,18,19abcd,20,21ab
    -Periodic table trends for atomic radius, ionization energy, electron affinity, and electronegativity; Read Sect. 5-3; Do p.166: 22-26,32,35a
    -Ions, charges, determining number of protons and electrons in ions, electron configurations for ions, why ions form, review periodic table trends; Do p.166: 28,29,30,45
    -Chapter 5 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 5 Test

    Chapter 6: Chemical Bonding
    -Ionic and covalent bonding; Read Sect. 6-1; Do p.173: 1,2, p.206: 6,7
    -Bond length, bond energy, octet rule; Read Sect. 6-2; Do p.185: 1-2, p.206: 11,12,14,55ab
    -Electron dot structures; Read Sect. 6-3; Do p.190: 1-3, p.206: 15,19,20
    -Lewis structures; Do p.185: 4abde; p.207: 21,23,24ac
    -Single, double, and triple bonds; charged structures
    -Chapter 6A Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 6A Test
    -Valence-Shell, Electron-Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPR Theory), electron pair geometry, bond angles, hybrid orbitals; VSEPR Balloon Activity
    -Read Sect. 6-5; Do p.206: 16,17,34,43,48,49; p.203: 2a
    -Electron-pair geometry versus molecular geometry, bonding versus nonbonding electrons
    -Hybrid orbitals, polar bonds versus polar molecules; Do p.208: 39b,46,47,60
    -Molecular Geometry Lab
    -Chapter 6B Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 6B Test
    -MAP Testing

    Chapter 7: Chemical Formulas and Chemical Compounds
    -Polyatomic ions, formulas for ionic compounds; Ionic compounds worksheet

    Review for Second Marking Period Test
    Second Marking Period Test over Michigan's Chemistry Standards

    Chapter 7 Continued
    -Honors Chemistry Second Semester Pre-assessment
    -Naming ionic compounds; Read Sect. 7-1; Do p.246: 4,5,7,8,16-19,41
    -Naming molecular compounds; Do p.225: 3ef,4a-f; p.246: 10,11,14cde,15cfg,44,48
    -Chemical names and formulas worksheet
    -Rules for determining oxidation numbers; Read Sect. 7-2; Do p.229: 1; p.247: 24,25
    -Calculating molar mass; using molar mass as a conversion factor; Read Sect. 7-3; Do p.247: 28,30,31,42
    -Percent composition; Do p.248: 32,47
    -Empirical formulas versus molecular formulas, empirical formula calculations; Read Sect. 7-4; Do p.248: 36-39
    -Empirical Formula Lab
    -Chapter 7 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 7 Test

    Chapter 8: Chemical Reactions and Equations
    -Evidence for chemical reactions; Do p.283: 1,8,10
    -Writing chemical equations; Read Sect. 8-1; Do p.266: 3; p.283: 11-13
    -Balancing chemical equations by inspection, balancing chemical equations worksheet
    -Photosynthesis, respiration, combustion, combination, and decomposition reactions; Read Sect. 8-2; Do p.284: 17,22,23,26,29,38
    -Single replacement reactions and activity series; Read Sect. 8-3; Do p.279: 2,3; p.285: 34,35,39
    -Double replacement reactions; Do p.276: 2,3; p.284: 25,27,44
    -Survey of Reaction Types Lab
    -Chapter 8 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 8 Test

    Chapter 9: Stoichiometry
    -Mole ratio, stoichiometry; Read Sect. 9-1; Do p.291: 1, p.311: 2,3,5,6
    -Mass-moles and Moles-mass stoichiometric problem-solving strategies; Read Sect. 9-2; Do p.311: 7,11-13
    -Mass-mass stoichiometric problem-solving strategies; Do p.301: 4,5; p.311:  9
    -More mass-mass stoichiometry problems; Stoichiometry Mass-Mass Relationships Worksheet
    -Limiting reactant concept, excess reactant; Read Sect. 9-3; Do p.308: 1; p.312: 22-24
    -Limiting reactant problem-solving strategies; Do p.308: 2; p.312: 25,26
    -Limiting Reactant Lab
    -Actual yield, theoretical yield, percent yield; Do p.313: 28; p.308: 3; p.313: 31,39
    -Chapter 9 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapter 9 Test

    Review for Third Marking Period Test
    Third Marking Period Test over Michigan's Chemistry Standards

    Chapter 11: Gases
    -Properties of gases, pressure, standard conditions of temperature and pressure (STP); Read Sect. 11-1; Do p.355: 1,3,4; p.379: 8
    -Boyle's Law and Charles' Law; Read Sect. 11-2; Do p.363: 1-3; p.379: 18,19,21
    -Gay-Lussac's Law and the Combined Gas Law; Do p.363: 4,5; p.380: 22,23,29
    -Dalton's Law of partial pressures; Do p.379: 10,11,31,59
    -Avogadro's Law, standard molar volume of a gas, Ideal Gas Law; Read Sect. 11-3; Do p381: 41ab,42ab,43ab,49ab,50ab,51ab,52ab
    -Molar Mass of Oxygen Lab
    -Stoichiometry of gases; Read Sect. 11-3; Do p.373:  1; p.381: 44-46
    -Chapters 11 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapters 11 Test

    Chapters 10 & 12: Liquids, Solids, and Solutions
    -Kinetic molecular theory of matter; Read Sect. 10-1; Do p.320:  2,4-6
    -Properties of liquids and the kinetic molecular theory; Read Sect. 10-2; Do p.324: 2,3
    -Properties of solids and the kinetic molecular theory; Read Sect. 10-3; Do p.329: 3,4
    -Properties of water including structure, polarity, melting point, boiling point, density, hydrogen bonding, solubility, and heat capacity; Read Sect. 10-5; Do p.341: 1,2,4
    -Solute, solvent, solution, suspension, colloid, Tyndall effect, electrolyte, nonelectrolyte; Read Sect. 12-1; Do p.392: 1,2,4,5; p.413: 1
    -Saturation, unsaturation, supersaturation, solubility diagrams, effect of temperature and pressure on solubility, factors affecting dissolution rates; Read Sect. 12-2; Do p.402: 1,5; p.413: 7,11,12,36
    -Review polarity concepts, understanding the solubility rule: "like dissolves like," how soap works; Do p.402: 3; p.413: 9
    -Solubility Lab
    -Concentration calculations, molarity; Read Sect. 12-3; p.414: 19-22,24
    -Chapters 10 & 12 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapters 10 & 12 Test

    Chapter 13: Ions in Aqueous Solutions and Colligative Properties
    -Dissociation versus ionization, predicting whether ionic substances will dissolve in water; Read Sect. 13-1; Do p.427: 1; p.443: 2,8,9
    -Precipitation reactions, molecular equation, ionic equation, net ionic equation, spectator ions; Do p.427: 2; p.443: 11-13
    -Double Replacement Reactions Lab
    -Colligative properties: (1) vapor-pressure lowering, (2) freezing-point depression, (3) boiling-point elevation, (4) osmotic pressure; Read Sect. 13-2; Do p.440: 1,3
    -Chapter 13 Review and Practice Quiz
    -Chapter 13 Quiz
    -MAP Testing

    Chapters 14-15: Acids and Bases, Acid-Base Titration, and pH
    -General characteristics of acids and bases, common examples, red and blue litmus paper, pH scale, hydronium ion, hydroxide ion; Read Sect. 14-1; Do p.458: 1,4; p.474: 3
    -Naming binary acids, oxyacids, and bases; Do p.474: 8,9abd,10,11c,37abcefhi
    -Acid ionization, strong and weak acids, base dissociation, strong and weak bases, neutralization reactions; Read Sect. 14-2 & 14-3; Do p.474: 5,7,14a,26
    -Compare and contrast Arrhenius acids and bases with Bronsted-Lowry acid and bases, proton donor, proton acceptor, acid-carbonate neutralizations, review pH scale and related concepts; Do p.475: 23,28; p.504: 5ab,7
    -pH calculations involving pH = -log[H+] and [H+] = 10E-pH, related calculator usage; Read Sect. 15-1; Do p.489: 4; p.504: 9,12,13,15
    -Calculations involving [H+][OH-] = 10E-14, pOH = -log[OH-], and pH + pOH = 14, related calculator usage; Do p.489: 5; p.504: 6,8,10,11,14
    -Discuss titration, chemical indicators, endpoint, equivalence point, titration calculations; Read Sect. 15-2
    -More titration calculations, titration prelab discussion, Do p.501: 2,3; p.505: 19,20ab,35-37
    -Titration of HCl with NaOH Lab
    -Discuss the titration lab and homework problems; Do p.505: 32-34
    -Chapters 14-15 Review and Practice Test
    -Chapters 14-15 Test

    Review for Fourth Marking Period Test
    Fourth Marking Period Test over Michigan's Chemistry Standards

    Have a nice summer!
     
     
Last Modified on September 3, 2023