Honors Chemistry

Foundations of Chemistry

Nomenclature

Chemical Quantities

Chemical Reactions

Gases

Atomic Theory

Electrons in Atoms

Chemical Bonding

Molecular Structures

I can define, understand, and apply key terms

I can use dimensional analysis to solve problems

I understand and use significant digits correctly

I understand and apply precision and accuracy

I know the names, spellings, and symbols of common elements.

I understand and can use the laws of chemical combination

I can understand and apply key terms regarding the atom, subatomic particles, and isotopes

I understand the history of and arrangement of the periodic table

I can calculate empirical and molecular formulas and distinguish between these.

I can write and name electrically neutral compounds

I can write and name organic structures including hydrocarbons and functional groups

 I can calculate molecular mass, formula mass, and molar mass (including units) and know when each applies. 

I can convert between volume (using density), moles, grams, and the number of particles (mole bridge problems) using dimensional analysis. 

I can calculate mass percent and use it as a conversion factor

I can determine the empirical formula and molecular formula from mass percent data. 

I can use combustion analysis to determine empirical formula

I can identify reaction types and predict products of reactions 

I can determine the makeup of solutions and the concentrations of species in water 

I can use solubility rules and write ionic and net ionic reactions 

I can perform stoichiometry problems with solutions, and I understand titration reactions. 

 I understand acid/base basics: identifying strong/weak acids, writing reactions in water, writing neutralization reactions.  

I understand redox basics including assigning oxidation numbers, identifying oxidizing and reducing agents, and balancing redox reactions.   

I understand and can apply basic information about gases including Kinetic Molecular Theory, Effusion, and Diffusion

I understand gas pressure and how it is measured and can work problems converting pressure

I understand and can use the Ideal Gas Law and can work problems involving gas laws, including density and molar mass calculations 

I understand principles of gas stoichiometry and can work problems with stoichiometry, including theoretical yield, percent yield, and limiting reactants.

I understand and can apply Daltons Law of Partial Pressures

I understand and can apply principles concerning vapor pressure

I understand the history and development of the atomic theory

I understand the wave and particle nature of light 

I understand the Bohr model and can perform calculations involving energy levels 

I understand quantum numbers and their patterns. I know what the 4 quantum numbers indicate and can distinguish among them. 

I understand the differences between Hydrogen and multi-electron atoms and I understand the notation and rules that govern electron configurations and orbital diagrams 

I can write electron configurations and orbital diagrams for atoms and ions and understand how these correspond to the periodic table, including exceptions to the predicted electron configurations of transition metals 

I can assign quantum numbers for electrons in atoms and ions and match these to positions in the periodic table

I understand the term isoelectronic, and can understand and apply the terms paramagnetic and diamagnetic.

I understand periodic trends and can make predictions using these trends.  

I understand principles of bonding including bond stability, heat of formation, and the characteristics of ionic and covalent bonds

I can use Hess’s Law and the Born Haber Cycle to calculate heat of formation values for ionic compounds

I can determine if a bond is ionic, covalent, or polar covalent using electronegativity and describe bond polarity.  

I can draw Lewis Dot Structures (including resonance and hybrids) and determine the most likely structure using formal charge 

I can determine the heat of formation for a covalent compound

 I can use Lewis Structures to draw VSEPR structures 

I can determine molecule polarity and bond angles

I understand and can predict hybridization of central atoms