Download Introduction to Organic Chemistry Curriculum

Trinity Area School District
Template for Curriculum Mapping, 2016-2017
Course: Organic Chemistry
Grade: 11-12
Designer(s): A. Frazee
Overview of Course (Briefly describe what students should understand and be able to do as a result of engaging in this course):
This one semester course focuses on basic structure, naming, functions, and reactions of various classes of organic compounds.
This course will also discuss current event topics relating to organic chemistry. Students will develop skills in critical thinking.
There are no formal lab periods, and most lab exercises will be of a “paper and pencil” nature.
Overarching Big Ideas, Enduring Understandings, and Essential Questions
(These “spiral” throughout the entire curriculum.)
Big Idea
(A Big Idea is typically a
noun and always
transferable within and
among content areas.)
Standard(s) Addressed
(What Common Core Standard(s) and/or PA
Standard(s) addresses this Big Idea?)
Enduring Understanding(s)
(SAS refers to Enduring Understandings as
“Big Ideas.” EUs are the understandings we
want students to carry with them after they
graduate. EUs will link Big Ideas together.
Consider having only one or two EUs per Big
Idea.)
Essential Question(s)
(Essential Questions are broad and open
ended. Sometimes, EQs can be debated. A
student’s answer to an EQ will help teachers
determine if he/she truly understands.
Consider having only one or two EQs per
Enduring Understanding.)
CONNECTIONS
3.1.C.A9
3.1.C.C4
3.1.C.B6
3.2.C.A6
3.2.C.B7
3.3.C.A8
3.3.C.B3B1
3.3.10.
3.3.10.B1
3.2.C.A2
Organic compounds have predictable
chemical and physical properties
determined by their respective structures.
What are the different classes of organic
compounds and how do they differ in
structure and properties?
Organic chemical reactions and their
applications have significant implications
for society, human health, and the
environment.
Trends/patterns can be used to explain
many aspects of the universe.
How do these differences in structure and
properties affect how these compounds
react in chemical reactions?
INTERACTIONS
PATTERNS
3.2.10.B6
3.2.10.A1
3.3.12.B2
How does the use of these organic
compounds impact our society and the
environment?
Big Ideas, Enduring Understandings, and Essential Questions Per Unit of Study
(These do NOT “spiral” throughout the entire curriculum, but are specific to each unit.)
Month of
Instruction
(In what
month(s)
will you
teach this
unit?)
Title of Unit
Big Idea(s)
(A Big Idea is
typically a noun
and always
transferable
within and
among content
areas.)
Standard(s)
Addressed
(What Common Core
Standard(s) and/or
PA Standard(s)
addresses this Big
Idea?)
Week 1-2
Chemical
Bonding
CONNECTIONS
PA Standard 3.4.10 A
PA Standard 3.4.10 D
INTERACTIONS
Enduring
Understanding(s)
(SAS refers to Enduring
Understandings as “Big
Ideas.” EUs are the
understandings we want
students to carry with
them after they
graduate. EUs will link
Big Ideas together.
Consider having only
one or two EUs per Big
Idea.)
Chemical bonding
occurs as a result of
attractive forces
between particles.
Lewis structures can
represent molecules
and resonance
structures.
Weeks 3-5
Hydrocarbons
CONNECTIONS
PA Standard 3.4.10 A
PA Standard 3.4.10 D
Organic compounds
can be classified and
Essential
Question(s)
(Essential Questions
are broad and open
ended. Sometimes,
EQs can be debated. A
student’s answer to an
EQ will help teachers
determine if he/she
truly understands.
Consider having only
one or two EQs per
Enduring
Understanding.)
Common
Assessment(s)*
(What assessments
will all teachers of
this unit use to
determine if
students have
answered the
Essential
Questions?)
Common
Resource(s)*
Used
(What resources will
all teachers of this
unit use to help
students understand
the Big Ideas?)
How does chemical
bonding occur
between atoms?
Homework
Quiz
Unit Test
Textbook
Software
Model Kits
Homework
Quiz
Textbook
Software
What are valence
bond theory and
hybridization?
How are Lewis
structures drawn
and interpreted?
How do organic
compounds differ
INTERACTIONS
identified based on
functional groups.
PATTERNS
Organic compounds
have common names
and IUPAC names.
Hydrocarbons are
composed of mostly
carbon and hydrogen
atoms that contain
chains or rings of
carbon atoms.
The structural
isomerism of alkanes
involves the formation
of branched chains.
from one another?
Unit Test
Model Kits
Homework
Quiz
Unit Test
Textbook
How do functional
groups affect the
behavior of these
molecules?
What are physical
and chemical
properties of
hydrocarbons?
What is
isomerization and
how does this affect
the behavior of
molecules?
Principal chemical
reactions of alkanes
are combustion and
halogenation.
Alkenes and alkynes
undergo addition
reactions.
Weeks 6-8
Aromatics
CONNECTIONS
INTERACTIONS
PA Standard 3.4.10 A
PA Standard 3.4.10 D
Aromatic
hydrocarbons contain
rings of carbon atoms
with delocalized π
What is the stability
of benzene
compared to other
alkenes?
PATTERNS
electrons.
Aromatic
hydrocarbons undergo
substitution reactions
rather than addition
reactions.
How are aromatic
compounds drawn?
How can the
mechanisms of
electrophilic
aromatic
substitution
reactions be
explained?
How are aromatic
compounds
synthesized from
benzene?
Weeks 9-11
Alcohols,
Phenols, and
Ethers
CONNECTIONS
INTERACTIONS
PATTERNS
PA Standard 3.4.10 A
PA Standard 3.4.10 D
Alcohols contain the
–OH group.
A phenol has an –OH
group bonded directly
to an aromatic ring.
An ether has an
oxygen atom bonded
to two organic groups.
Reactions of alcohols
include dehydration
and oxidation.
How are alcohols,
phenols, and ethers
drawn?
What are the general
properties of
alcohols and
phenols?
How are alcohols,
phenols, ethers,
thiols, and alkyl
halides named?
What reactions of
alcohols, phenols,
and ethers can be
predicted?
Homework
Quiz
Unit Test
Textbook
Weeks 1214
Amines
CONNECTIONS
INTERACTIONS
PATTERNS
PA Standard 3.4.10 A
PA Standard 3.4.10 D
An amine has one or
more organic groups
bonded to nitrogen.
Amines can be
primary, secondary,
tertiary, and
heterocyclic.
How are simple
amines named and
how are they drawn,
given their
structures?
Homework
Quiz
Unit Test
Virtual Lab –
Isolation of
Caffeine from Tea
Textbook
Software
Homework
Quiz
Unit Test
Virtual Lab –
Synthesis of
Aspirin
Final Exam
Textbook
Software
What are the general
properties of
amines?
Some types of amines
are found in
biomolecules, plants,
and drugs.
Weeks 1518
Carbonyl
Group
CONNECTIONS
INTERACTIONS
PATTERNS
PA Standard 3.4.10 A
PA Standard 3.4.10 D
Any compound that
contains a carbonyl
group, C=O, is a
carbonyl compound.
Reactions include the
oxidation and
reduction of aldehydes
and ketones, and the
addition of alcohols to
aldehydes and
ketones.
Many organic
reactions fall into the
following reaction
categories: addition,
elimination, and
substitution.
How are ketones and
aldehydes named?
What are the major
chemical reactions
of aldehydes and
ketones?
How are carboxylic
acids, esters, amides,
and anhydrides
named?
What are the
reaction patterns of
organic addition,
substitution, and
elimination
reactions?
* Some teachers may need to think about the assessments and resources used in order to determine the Big Ideas, Enduring Understandings, and
Essential Questions embedded in their courses. At this point in your curriculum mapping, you might want to ignore the “Common Assessments” and
“Common Resources Used” columns. However, you may use them if you wish.