Everything You Need to Ace Chemistry in One Big Fat Notebook

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Pub. Date: 2020-09-01
Publisher(s): Workman Publishing Company
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Summary

Chemistry? No problem! 

This Big Fat Notebook covers everything you need to know during a year of high school chemistry class, breaking down one big bad subject into accessible units. Learn to study better and get better grades using mnemonic devices, definitions, diagrams, educational doodles, and quizzes to recap it all. 

Including: 
  • Atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures
  • The periodic table
  • Quantum theory
  • Bonding
  • The mole
  • Chemical reactions and calculations 
  • Gas laws 
  • Solubility 
  • pH scale
  • Titrations 
  • Le Chatelier's principle
  • ...and much more!

Author Biography

Not only was Jennifer Swanson the kid with the great notes when she was in high school, but she went on to become a National Science Teaching Association award-winning science instructor and the author of more than 25 children's books (her writing has appeared on Booklist's Top 10 Books).
 

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
 
UNIT 1:  BASICS OF CHEMISTRY
  1. Introduction to Chemistry
  2. Conducting Experiments
  3. Constructing Lab Reports
  4. SI Units of Measurement
  5. Lab Safety and Scientific Tools
 
UNIT 2:  ALL ABOUT MATTER
  1. Properties of Matter and Changes in Form
  2. States of Matter and Phase Changes
  3. Atoms, Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
 
UNIT 3: ATOMIC THEORY AND ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
  1. Atomic Structure and Electron Charge
  2. Quantum Theory, Electrons as Waves, and Photons
 
UNIT 4: ELEMENTS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE
  1. The Periodic Table
  2. Periodic Law, Families, and Trends
  3. Energy Levels and Waves
 
UNIT 5: BONDING AND VESPR THEORY
  1. Bonding
  2. Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VESPR) Theory
  3. Metallic Bonds and Intramolecular Forces
 
UNIT 6: CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
  1. Naming and Writing Formulas
  2. The Mole
  3. Percent Composition and Empirical Formulas
 
UNIT 7: CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND CALCULATIONS
  1. Chemical Reactions
  2. Chemical Calculations (Stoichiometry)
 
UNIT 8: GASES
  1. Common Gases and Units of Measurement
  2. Kinetic Molecular Theory
  3. Gas Laws
 
UNIT 9: SOLUTIONS AND SOLUBILITY
  1. Solubility
  2. Solubility Rules and Conditions
  3. The Concentration of a Solution
 
UNIT 10: ACIDS AND BASES
  1. Properties of Acids and Bases
  2. pH Scale and Calculations
  3. Conjugate Acids and Bases
  4. Titrations
 
UNIT 11: CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
  1. What is Chemical Equilibrium?
  2. Le Chatelier’s Principle
 
UNIT 12: THERMODYNAMICS AND REACTION RATES
  1. The First Law of Thermodynamics
  2. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
  3. Reaction Rates
 
 
 

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