Front matter

Copyright Page

Acknowledgements

About the Author

How to Use This Book

Laboratory Safety

Note to Students

Unit 1: Alchemy

Unit Introduction

Chapter 1: Defining Matter

Chapter 1 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 1: Tools of the Trade

Featured Demo: A Penny for Your Thoughts

Lesson 2: A Penny for Your Thoughts

Lesson 3: What’s the Matter?

Lesson 4: Mass Communication

Lesson 5: All That Glitters

Chapter 1 Summary

Chapter 2: Basic Building Materials

Chapter 2 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 6: A New Language

Lesson 7: Now You See It

Lesson 8: What Goes Around Comes Around

Featured Activity: Create a Table

Lesson 9: Create a Table

Lesson 10: Breaking the Code

Chapter 2 Summary

Project: Element Profile

Chapter 3: A World of Particles

Chapter 3 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 11: Atomic Pudding

Lesson 12: Atoms by Numbers

Lesson 13: Subatomic Heavyweights

Lesson 14: Isotopia

Featured Activity: Nuclear Quest

Lesson 15: Nuclear Quest

Lesson 16: Old Gold

Chapter 3 Summary

Project: Nuclear Power

Chapter 4: Moving Electrons

Chapter 4 Introduction

Lessons

Featured Lab: Flame Tests

Lesson 17: Technicolor Atoms

Lesson 18: Life on the Edge

Lesson 19: Noble Gas Envy

Lesson 20: Getting Connected

Featured Activity: Salty Eights

Lesson 21: Salty Eights

Lesson 22: Isn’t It Ionic?

Lesson 23: Alchemy of Paint

Lesson 24: Shell Game

Chapter 4 Summary

Chapter 5: Building with Matter

Chapter 5 Introduction

Lessons

Featured Lab: Classifying Substances

Lesson 25: You Light Up My Life

Lesson 26: Electron Glue

Featured Lab: Electroplating Metals

Lesson 27: Electrons on the Move

Chapter 5 Summary

Unit 1: Review

Review Introduction

Review Exercises

Standardized Test Preparation

Unit 2: Smells

Unit Introduction

Chapter 6: Speaking of Molecules

Chapter 6 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 28: Sniffing Around

Lesson 29: Molecules in Two Dimensions

Lesson 30: HONC If You Like Molecules

Featured Activity: Connect the Dots

Lesson 31: Connecting the Dots

Lesson 32: Eight Is Enough

Lesson 33: Where’s the Fun?

Lesson 34: Create a Smell

Lesson 35: Making Scents

Chapter 6 Summary

Project: Functional Groups

Chapter 7: Building Molecules

Chapter 7 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 36: New Smells, New Ideas

Featured Activity: Two’s Company

Lesson 37: Two’s Company

Lesson 38: Let’s Build It

Lesson 39: What Shape Is That Smell?

Lesson 40: Sorting It Out

Lesson 41: How Does the Nose Know?

Chapter 7 Summary

Project: Other Smell Classifications

Chapter 8: Molecules in Action

Chapter 8 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 42: Attractive Molecules

Lesson 43: Polar Bears and Penguins

Lesson 44: Thinking (Electro)Negatively

Lesson 45: I Can Relate

Lesson 46: Sniffing It Out

Chapter 8 Summary

Project: Sense of Smell Study

Chapter 9: Molecules in the Body

Chapter 9 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 47: Mirror, Mirror

Lesson 48: Protein Origami

Chapter 9 Summary

Project: Modeling a Receptor Site

Unit 2: Review

Review Introduction

Review Exercises

Standardized Test Preparation

Unit 3: Weather

Unit Introduction

Chapter 10: Phase Changes and Behavior of Gases

Chapter 10 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 49: Weather or Not

Lesson 50: Raindrops Keep Falling

Lesson 51: Having a Meltdown

Featured Lab: Thermometers

Lesson 52: Hot Enough

Lesson 53: Absolute Zero

Lesson 54: Sorry, Charlie

Featured Activity: Density, Temperature, and Fronts

Lesson 55: Front and Center

Chapter 10 Summary

Project: Different Thermometers

Chapter 11: Pressing Matter

Chapter 11 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 56: It’s Sublime

Lesson 57: Air Force

Featured Lab: Boyle’s Law

Lesson 58: Feeling under Pressure

Lesson 59: Egg in a Bottle

Lesson 60: Be the Molecule

Lesson 61: What Goes Up

Featured Lab: High and Low Air Pressure

Lesson 62: Cloud in a Bottle

Chapter 11 Summary

Project: High and Low Pressure

Chapter 12: Concentrating Matter

Chapter 12 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 63: n/s for Number

Lesson 64: STP

Lesson 65: Take a Breath

Lesson 66: Feeling Humid

Lesson 67: Hurricane!

Chapter 12 Summary

Project: Global Climate Change

Unit 3: Review

Review Introduction

Review Exercises

Standardized Test Preparation

Unit 4: Toxins

Unit Introduction

Chapter 13: Toxic Changes

Chapter 13 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 68: Toxic Reactions

Lesson 69: Making Predictions

Lesson 70: Spare Change

Lesson 71: Some Things Never Change

Lesson 72: Atom Inventory

Lesson 73: What’s Your Reaction?

Chapter 13 Summary

Project: Toxins in the Environment

Chapter 14: Measuring Toxins

Chapter 14 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 74: Lethal Dose

Featured Activity: Counting by Weighing

Lesson 75: Make It Count

Lesson 76: Billions and Billions

Lesson 77: What’s in a Mole?

Lesson 78: Mountains into Molehills

Lesson 79: How Sweet It Is

Chapter 14 Summary

Project: Lethal Dose of a Toxic Substance

Chapter 15: Toxins in Solution

Chapter 15 Introduction

Lessons

Featured Lab: Solution Concentration

Lesson 80: Bearly Alive

Lesson 81: Drop In

Lesson 82: Holey Moley

Lesson 83: Is It Toxic?

Chapter 15 Summary

Project: Types of Bonding

Chapter 16: Acidic Toxins

Chapter 16 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 84: Heartburn

Lesson 85: Pass the Proton

Lesson 86: pHooey!

Lesson 87: Watered Down

Featured Lab: Neutralization Reactions

Lesson 88: Neutral Territory

Lesson 89: Drip Drop

Chapter 16 Summary

Project: Dissolving Toxins

Chapter 17: Toxic Cleanup

Chapter 17 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 90: Solid Evidence

Featured Lab: Mole Ratios

Lesson 91: Mole to Mole

Lesson 92: Mole Tunnel

Lesson 93: Get the Lead Out

Chapter 17 Summary

Project: Removing Toxins

Unit 4: Review

Review Introduction

Review Exercises

Standardized Test Preparation

Unit 5: Fire

Unit Introduction

Chapter 18: Observing Energy

Chapter 18 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 94: Fired Up!

Lesson 95: Not So Hot

Lesson 96: Point of View

Featured Lab: Heat Transfer

Lesson 97: Heat Versus Temperature

Lesson 98: The Heat is On

Lesson 99: Where’s the Heat?

Chapter 18 Summary

Project: Uses of Fire

Chapter 19: Measuring Energy

Chapter 19 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 100: You’re Fired!

Featured Lab: Calorimetry

Lesson 101: Now We’re Cooking

Lesson 102: Counting Calories

Lesson 103: Fuelish Choices

Chapter 19 Summary

Chapter 20: Understanding Energy

Chapter 20 Introduction

Lessons

Featured Activity: Make It or Break It

Lesson 104: Make It or Break It

Lesson 105: Over the Hill

Lesson 106: Speed Things Up

Lesson 107: Make It Work

Chapter 20 Summary

Project: Uses of Fire

Chapter 21: Controlling Energy

Chapter 21 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 108: Metal Magic

Lesson 109: Pumping Iron

Lesson 110: Electron Cravings

Lesson 111: The Active Life

Featured Lab: Electrochemical Cell

Lesson 112: Current Events

Chapter 21 Summary

Project: Alternative Energy

Chapter 22: Radiating Energy

Chapter 22 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 113: All Aglow

Lesson 114: Now You See

Lesson 115: Beyond What You See

Lesson 116: How Absorbing

Chapter 22 Summary

Project: Wavelength and Energy

Unit 5: Review

Review Introduction

Review Exercises

Standardized Test Preparation

Unit 6: Showtime

Unit Introduction

Chapter 23: Chemical Equilibrium

Chapter 23 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 117: How Awesome

Lesson 118: How Backward

Lesson 119: How Dynamic

Lesson 120: How Favorable

Lesson 121: How Balanced

Chapter 23 Summary

Project: Neurotransmitters

Chapter 24: Changing Conditions

Chapter 24 Introduction

Lessons

Lesson 122: How Pushy

Lesson 123: How Colorful

Chapter 24 Summary

Project: It’s Showtime!

Unit 6: Review

Review Introduction

Review Exercises

Standardized Test Preparation

Appendix A: Math Spotlights

SI Units of Measure

Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Digits

Solving Equations

Order of Operations

Averages

Graphing

Ratios and Proportions

Scientific Notation

Dimensional Analysis

Logarithms

Appendix B: Connecting Chemical Concepts

Chemical Names and Formulas

Percent Composition

Molecular and Empirical Formulas

More Stoichiometry Practice

Appendix C: Answers to Selected Exercises

Unit 1: Alchemy

Unit 2: Smells

Unit 3: Weather

Unit 4: Toxins

Unit 5: Fire

Unit 6: Showtime

Appendix D: Reference Tables

Table of Average Atomic Masses

Table of Electronegativities, Bonding Continuum, Average Bond Energies, Heats of Combustion

Solubility Trends, Polyatomic Ions

Specific Heat Capacities at 20° C, SI Units and Conversion Factors

Physical Constants, Symbols and Abbreviations

Proportional Relationships, Proportional Relationships in the Gas Laws

Other Important References, Some Key Formulas

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