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On-Your-Own Problems

To be done for each week's assignment: Before each week's class session, post your answers to the On-Your-Own problems on the class forum. You should send them to me by the evening of the day prior to class. The On-Your-Own problems should be answered in complete sentences. If you miss a class session, you should still post your answers. Make sure your name is on your answers. If you are the first to post, put "On-Your-Own, Module 1 (2,3, etc.), Assignment 1 (2,3, etc.)" in the subject line. If you are not the first, then hit "respond" to that post and enter YOUR answers. Detailed answers and explanations are provided for you at the end of the module, so that you may check your own work. DO NOT look at the answer to a question until AFTER you have tried to answer it! DO NOT copy the answers from the Book or fellow students and post them ... you will not receive credit for your work. Keep copies of all your answers in your class notebook and always bring your notebook to class.

Review Questions and Practice Problems

To be done at the completion of each Module. Complete the Review Questions and Practice Problems in their entirety and post your answers to me no later than the evening prior to the class session in which we will be finishing said module. Make sure your name is on your answers. If you are the first to post, put "Study Guide, Module 1 (2,3, etc.)," in the subject line. If you are not the first, then hit "respond" to that post and enter YOUR answers. I will be going over the solutions in class, at which time you may make corrections and adjustments. Keep copies of all your Review Questions and Practice Problem answers in your notebook.

Lab Experiments

Keep a lab notebook in which you record notes, drawings, and samples of observations made in the field and/or your home lab. This notebook will randomly be checked through out the course. I prefer the little notebooks titled "composition notebook." You can get them virtually anywhere school supplies are sold. You are to record your experiments as discussed in the "student notes" section of the course. I will evaluate the way you have recorded your experiments and then make suggestions on what you need to do to improve. When you turn in your notebook at the end of the semester, I will evaluate the remaining labs, and that will be worth 35% of your total course evaluation, should you desire a grade/credit.

Exams

Exams will be administered in the home at the end of every Module (I recommend that they be administered by a parent/adult). These exams are designed to be taken online and sent directly to me by clicking on the submit button at the bottom of each exam. Please answer in full sentences. I will not be able to give partial credit for work done if your answers are not clear and concise (It also helps me to see where you are having problems). Keep a copy of your answers in case of technical difficulties. Exams must be turned in by the due date for grading. The only excuses for late work will be by prior arrangement. If you miss the exam due date without an approved excuse, an additional fee will be charged to grade your exam. Exams will be graded and returned by email. Print off a copy of each exam and file them in your notebooks in the order taken.

Evaluation

I will not spend time grading or commenting on the posted assignments, but a record will be kept of how many answer sets you turn in and this will be part of your evaluation. These assignments will be discussed in class. Your Lab notebook will be evaluated for organization and completion of all assigned experiments. All tests will be scored according to the percentage correct. Grades and credit can be arranged if requested through Cascade Independent High School.

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1. (By Aug. 28) Student Notes, read pp. i - xii
Have Portfolio notebook arranged!
Have Laboratory notebook arranged (for lab notes and drawings)!
Begin to collect Lab Supplies needed for Experiments as listed in the text!
Have lab equipment on hand!

2. (Sept. 8) Module #1, Measurement and Units
Read: pp. 1 - 17 up to but not including Making Measurements
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 1.1 - 1.11
Do Experiments 1.1 - 1.2

3. (Sept. 15) Module #1, Making Measurements
Read: pp. 17 - 31
Answer: On-Your-Own Problems 1.11 - 1.16
Do Experiments 1.3 - 1.4
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 35 - 36

Module #1 Test completed and turned in Sept. 15

4. (Sept. 22) Module #2, Energy, Heat, and Temperature
Read: pp. 37 - 49 up to but not including Measuring Heat.
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 2.1 - 2.3
Do Experiment 2.1

5. (Sept. 29) Module #2, Measuring Heat
Read: pp. 49 - 61
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 2.4 - 2.10
Do Experiment 2.2
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 67 - 68

Module #2 Test completed and turned in Sept. 29

6. (Oct. 6) Module #3, Atoms and Molecules
Read: pp. 69 - 83, up to but not including Dalton's Atomic Theory
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 3.1 - 3.6
Do Experiment 3.1

7. (Oct. 13) Module #3, Dalton's Atomic Theory
Read: pp. 83 - 93
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 3.7 - 3.11
Do Experiment 3.2
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 97 - 98

Module #3 Test completed and turned in Oct. 13

8. (Oct. 20) Module #4, Classifying Matter and its Changes
Read: pp. 99 - 115, up to but not including Chemical Reactions and Chemical Equations
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 4.1 - 4.5
Do Experiments 4.1 - 4.4

9. (Oct. 27) Module #4, Chemical Reactions and Chemical Equations
Read: pp. 115 - 125
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 4.6 - 4.10
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 131 - 132

Module #4 Test completed and turned in Oct. 27

Oct. 30 - Nov. 3 Autumn Break

10. (Nov. 10) Module #5, Counting Molecules and Atoms in Chemical Equations
Read: pp. 133 - 145, up to but not including The Mole Concept
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 5.1 -5.6

11. (Nov. 17) Module #5, The Mole Concept
Read: pp. 145 - 156
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 5.7 - 5.10
Do Experiment 5.1
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 161 - 162

Module #5 Test completed and turned in by Nov. 17

Nov. 20 - 24 Thanksgiving Break

12. (Dec. 1) Module #6, Stoichiometry
Read: pp. 163 - 176, up to but not including Mass Relationships In Chemical Equations
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 6.1 - 6.5
Do Experiment 6.1

13. (Dec. 8) Module #6, Mass Relationships In Chemical Equations
Read: pp. 176 - 190
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 6.6 - 6.11
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 198 - 200

Module #6 Test completed and turned in by Dec. 8

14. (Dec. 15) Module #7, Atomic Structure
Read: pp. 201 - 224, up to but not including The Bohr Model of the Atom
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 7.1 - 7.7
Do Experiments 7.1 - 7.2

15. (Dec. 22) Module #7 The Bohr Model of the Atom
Read: pp. 225 - 240
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 7.8 - 7.12
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 245 - 246

Module #7 Test Completed and turned in by Dec. 22

Send in Labs for Evaluation!

Dec. 25 - Jan. 12 Christmas & New Years Break

16. (Jan. 19) Module #8, Molecular Structure
Read: pp. 247 - 261, up to but not including Electronegativity: Another Periodic Property
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 8.1 - 8.5

17. (Jan. 26) Module #8, Electronegativity: Another Periodic Property
Read: pp. 261 - 276
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 8.6 - 8.12
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 283 - 284

Module 8 Test Completed and turned in by Jan. 26

18. (Feb. 2) Module # 9, Polyatomic Ions and Molecular Geometry
Read: pp. 285 - 298, up to but not including Purely Covalent and Polar Covalent Bonds
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 9.1 - 9.8

19. (Feb. 9) Module #9, Purely Covalent and Polar Covalent Bonds
Read: pp. 298 - 308
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 9.9 - 9.11
Do Experiments 9.1 - 9.2
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 317 - 318

Module 9 Test Completed and turned in by Feb. 9

20. (Feb. 16) Module #10, Acid/Base Chemistry
Read: pp. 319 - 332, up to but not including The Reactions Between Acids and Covalent Bases
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 10.1 - 10.4
Do Experiment 10.1

21. (Feb. 23) Module #10, The Reactions Between Acids and Covalent Bases
Read: pp. 332 - 345
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 10.5 - 10.10
Do Experiment 10.2
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 351 - 352

Module 10 Test Completed and turned in by Feb. 23

Feb. 26 - Mar. 2 Mid-Winter Break

22. (Mar. 9) Module #11, Chemistry of Solutions
Read: pp. 353 - 365, up to but not including Applying Stoichiometry to Solutions
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 11.1 - 11.3
Do Experiments 11.1 -11.3

23. (Mar. 16) Module #11, Applying Stoichiometry to Solutions
Read: pp. 365 - 375
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 11.4 - 11.10
Do Experiment 11.4
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 381 - 382

Module 11 Test Completed and turned in by Mar. 16

24. (Mar. 23) Module #12, The Gas Phase
Read: pp. 383 - 396, up to but not including Vapor Pressure
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 12.1 - 12.3

25. (Mar. 30) Module #12, Vapor Pressure
Read: pp. 396 - 408
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 12.4 - 12.10
Do Experiment 12.1
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 415 - 416

Module 12 Test Completed and turned in by Mar. 30

26. (Apr. 6) Module #13, Thermodynamics
Read: pp. 417 - 434, up to but not including Applying Enthalpy to Stoichiometry
Do Experiment 13.1
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 13.1 - 13.5

Easter / Spring Break: Apr. 9 - 13

27. (Apr. 20) Module #13, Applying Enthalpy to Stoichiometry
Read: pp. 434 - 449
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 13.6 - 13.12
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 456 - 457

Module 13 Test Completed and turned in by April 20

28. (Apr. 27) Module #14, Kinetics
Read: pp. 459 - 472, up to but not including Rate Orders
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 14.1 - 14.4
Do Experiment 14.1

29. (May 4) Module #14, Rate Orders
Read: pp. 472 - 484
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 14.5 - 14.11
Do Experiment 14.2
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 488 - 490

Module 14 Test Completed and turned in by May 4

30. (Week of May 11) Module #15 Chemical Equilibrium
Read: pp. 491 - 504, up to but not including Le Chatelier's Principle
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 15.1 - 15.7
Do Experiment 15.1

31. (Week of May 18) Module #15, Le Chatelier's Principle
Read: pp. 504 - 518
Answer: On-Your-Own problems pp. 15.8 - 15.13
Do Experiment 15.2
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 522 - 524

Module 15 Test Completed and turned in by May 18

32. (May 25) Module #16, Reduction / Oxidation Reactions
Read: pp. 525 - 536, up to but not including How Batteries Work
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 16.1 - 16.5
Do Experiment 16.1
Send in Labs for Evaluation by May 29

33. (June 1) Module #16, How Batteries Work
Read: pp. 536 - 545
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 16.6 - 16.7
Answer: Review Questions and Practice Problems, pp. 549 - 550

Module 16 Test Completed and turned in by June 1

Periodic Table of the Elements

Unq

Unp

Unh

Uns

Uno

Une

Legend
Metals	A solid substance that is a good conductor of heat and electricity. Can be formed into many shapes.
Metalloid	"Middle elements" - conduct heat and electricity better than nonmetals, but not as well as metals. Easier to shape than nonmetals, but not as easy as metals. Solid at room temperature.
Nonmetals	A poor conductor of heat and electricity. Not easily formed into shapes.

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