Honors Chemistry Semester Two
List of topics with associated readings and lab activities
Topic
Ionic Compounds and Ionic
Reactions
How are ionic compounds formed
and how do they react?
Covalent Compounds
Balancing Chemical Reactions
The Mole
Stoichiometry
Gases
Solutions
Energy and Chemical Change
Reaction Rates:
What physical factors affect
reaction rates?
Chemical Equilibrium
Acids and Bases
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Textbook Labs
Ch. 8 p. 210 -Will It Go?
-Formation of a Salt
-Observing a Precipitate-Forming Reaction
-Formation of a Salt
Ch. 9 p. 240 Properties of Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds
Modeling covalent inorganic compounds
Ch. 10 p. 276 Observing a Precipitate-Forming Reaction
Solutions and Precipitates
Ch. 11 p. 308 Estimating the Size of a Mole
Determining Avogadro’s Number by
Electrolysis
Hydrated Crystals
Ch. 12 p. 352 A Mole Ratio
Observing a Limiting Reactant
Ch. 14 p. 418 Charles’s Law
Percent of Oxygen in Air
Determining the Molar Mass of Butane
Ch. 15 p. 452 Effect of Temperature on Solubility
Preparing Chemical Solutions
Ch. 16 p. 488 Energy Changes in Chemical and Physical
Processes
Enthalpy of Fusion for Ice
Heats of Solution and Reaction
Ch. 7 p. 178 -Factors Affecting the Reaction of Magnesium
and Hydrochloric Acid
Ch. 18 p. 558 Reversible Reactions: Le Chatelier’s Principle
Ch. 19 p. 594 Comparing the Strength of Acids
Determination of Citric Acid Concentration
in fruit juice