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AP CHEMISTRY 2013-2014
AP Chemistry Semester I: 2A
Teacher: Dr. Clarke,
Email: [email protected]
Planning: 1A and 3B
Phone: 410-969-9010 x221
Departmental Duties: 4A and 1B
Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 2:10 PM – 2:50 PM
AP Chemistry Syllabus
Instructional Philosophy
AP Chemistry provides students with a wide variety of opportunities to explore
topics that are relevant, meaningful, and of interest to them. Constructivism is the basis
for learning in A.P. Chemistry and prepares students to become lifelong learners.
Students learn from laboratory experiments, data analysis, essay writing, and class
discussion. The course contributes to the development of students’ abilities to think
clearly and to express their ideas with clarity and logic both orally and in writing.
Collaboration occurs within groups during a lab, and students communicate findings in
lab reports and class discussions following labs. Students will obtain a depth of
understanding of fundamentals and competence in dealing with chemical problems.
Course Description
AP Chemistry is a year-long course designed to prepare students to perform well
on the AP Chemistry exam and to be equivalent to the general chemistry course usually
taken during the first year of college. Topics include structure of matter, kinetic theory of
gases, chemical equilibria, chemical kinetics, and thermodynamics. An emphasis is
placed on chemical calculations, mathematical formulation of principles, and laboratory
work done by students. Approximately one double period class per week is spent in a
laboratory activity. Class periods meet every other day. Each semester consists of two
nine-week marking periods.
Prerequisites
AP Chemistry is open to all interested students who have completed year-long
Chemistry and Algebra courses. Students should refresh their memories of Algebra skills
and be ready to work on math problems by hand. Because calculators are not permitted
on the multiple-choice section of the AP Exam, a calculator’s use will be limited in class.
Grading Policy
Grades are based on the following standards in accordance with district policy.
Grades:
90% or better
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
0-59%
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A
B
C
D
E
Weighted Values:
Homework
Lab/class-work
Assessments
Participation/Habits
15%
30%
45%
10%
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Textbook
Brown, Theodore; LeMay, Eugene; Bursten, Bruce; Murphy, Catherine (2009).
Chemistry the Central Science, 11th Ed. Prentice Hall
Bibliography
Hague, George & Smith, Jane. (2001). The Ultimate Chemical Equations Handbook.
Batavia, IL: Flinn Scientific, Inc.
Hostage, David. (2006). Laboratory Investigations: AP Chemistry. Saddle Brook, NJ:
Peoples Publishing Group.
Nelson, John H. (2009). Laboratory Experiments. Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson
Prentice Hall.
Vonderbrink, Sally Ann. (2001). Laboratory Experiments for Advanced Placement
Chemistry. Batavia, IL: Flinn Scientific.
Waterman, Edward L. (2007). AP Test Prep Series: AP Chemistry. Upper Saddle River,
NJ Pearson Prentice Hall.
Unit (1) Instructional Focus: Calculations / Uncertainty / Atoms, Molecules, Ions
2 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you integrate significant figures, uncertainty, SI units, and conversions in
calculations?
2.) How would you demonstrate safe laboratory procedures in an AP Chemistry
laboratory setting?
3.) How would you illustrate how atomic theory has evolved since the time of
Democritus?
4.) How would you use nomenclature to communicate within the international scientific
community?
Essential
Content
Topics:
Essential
Content
Topics: Calculations/Uncertainty/Atoms, Molecules, Ions
I.
Laboratory Performance Skills
A. Physical manipulations
B. Processes and procedures
C. Observations and date manipulation
D. Communication, group collaboration, and the laboratory record
II.
Nomenclature
A. Ions
B. Ionic compounds (binary and with transition metals)
C. Covalent compounds
D. Acids and bases
III.
Atomic theory and atomic structure
A. Evidence for the atomic theory
B. Atomic masses; determination by chemical and physical means
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Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Class Activities:
 Laboratory walkthrough – students discover the laboratory setting, common
equipment, and safety procedures
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapters 1 and 2
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 1 and 2
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes out of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all labs
are hands-on
 Density Lab - Liquids, regular and irregular solids liquid to review calculations
and procedures
 Identification of Substances by Physical Properties – Solubility, density, melting
point, and boiling point – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments) – Substitute
stearic acid for naphthalene – Substitute acetone for cyclohexane
 Separation of the Components of a Mixture – Separation of mixtures based on
decantation, extraction, and sublimation techniques – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory
Experiments)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Introduction: Matter and Measurement, Brown/LeMay Chapter 1
 Reading – Atoms, Molecules, and Ions, Brown/LeMay Chapter 2
 College Board Released Exam Items/AP Style Test Items - individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exams format
Unit (2) Instructional Focus: Stoichiometry
3 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you calculate the quantitative relationships between reactants and
products using stoichiometric principles?
2.) How would you apply the Law of Conservation of Mass when balancing equations
in Chemistry?
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Essential Content Topics: Stoichiometry
Essential Content Topics:
III. Reactions
B. Stoichiometry
3. Mass and volume relations with emphasis on the mole concept,
including empirical formulas and limiting reactants
Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Percentage composition
 Empirical and molecular formulas from experimental data
 Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 3
 Chapter Exercises– Brown/LeMay Chapter 3
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes out of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all labs
are hands-on
 Chemical Formulas – To become familiar with chemical formulas and how they
are obtained – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments)
 Hydrate Lab - Determination of the percentage of water in a hydrate
 Chemical Reactions of Copper and Percent Yield - To become familiar with
basic laboratory techniques, reactions, and stoichiometric concepts –
Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments – Substitute ethyl alcohol for methanol
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Stoichiometry: Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations,
Brown/LeMay Chapter 3
 College Board Released Exam Items/AP Style Test Questions - individual or
group problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following the format of the AP exam
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Unit (3) Instructional Focus: Reactions/Solution Stoichiometry
7 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you predict products for reactions that occur in aqueous solution?
2.) How would you correlate solution concentration to stoichiometric calculations?
3.) How would you apply changes in oxidation states to balance chemical reactions?
Essential Content
Topics:
Essential
Content Topics: Reactions/Solution Stoichiometry
II.
States of Matter
C. Solutions
2. Methods of expressing concentration
III.
Reactions
A. Reactions Types
1. Acid-base reactions
2. Precipitation reactions
3. Oxidation-reduction reactions
a. Oxidation number
b. The role of the electron in oxidation-reduction
B. Stoichiometry
1. Ionic and molecular species present in chemical systems: net
ionic equations
Essential Unit Skills2.and
Instructional
Approaches:
Balancing
of equations
including those for redox reactions
Lab skills:
3. Mass and volume relations with emphasis on the mole concept,
 Making observations
of chemical
reactions
andand
substances
including
empirical
formulas
limiting reactants
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations
 Gas laws, including the ideal gas law, Dalton’s law, and Graham’s law
 Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 4
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 4
Labs: (85 minutes and 85 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Titration of Acids and Bases – Use the techniques of titration to standardize a
solution and determine the concentration of an unknown acid using a primary
standard – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments)
 Reactions in Aqueous Solutions: Metathesis Reactions and Net Ionic Equations –
Write equations for metathesis reactions, including net ionic equations –
(Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments) – Substitute iron chloride for both
cadmium chloride and nickel chloride
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Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Aqueous Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry, Brown/LeMay Chapter
4
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following the AP exam format.
Unit (4) Instructional Focus: Gases
5 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1) How would you predict the behavior of gases based on changes in environmental
conditions?
Essential Content Topics: Gases
2)
II.
States of Matter
A. Gases
1. Laws of ideal gases
a. Equation of state for an ideal gas
b. Partial pressures
2. Kinetic molecular theory
a. Interpretation of ideal gas laws on the basis of this theory
b. Avogadro’s hypothesis and the mole concept
c. Dependence of kinetic energy of molecules on temperature
d. Deviations from ideal gas laws
Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Molar masses from gas density, freezing-point, and boiling point measurements
 Gas laws, including the ideal gas law, Dalton’s law, and Graham’s law
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 10
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 10
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Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Behavior of Gases: Molar Mass of a Vapor – Observe how changes in
temperature and pressure affect the volume of a fixed amount of a gas; determine
the molar mass of a gas from a knowledge of its mass, temperature, pressure, and
volume – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments)
 Molar Volume Lab - Determination of the molar volume of a gas – (Blackboard)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading- Gases, Brown/LeMay Chapter 10
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items - individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exam format
Unit (5) Instructional Focus: Thermochemistry
5 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you calculate energy gained or lost by a system using the first law of
thermodynamics?
Essential Content Topics:
Essential Content Topics: Thermochemistry
III. Reactions
E. Thermodynamics
1. State functions
2. First law
a. change in enthalpy
b. heat of formation
c. heat of reaction
d. Hess’s law
e. Heats of vaporization and fusion
f. Calorimetry
Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
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 Thermodynamic and thermochemical calculations
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 5
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 5
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Specific Heat – Quantitative analysis using calorimetry –
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Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Thermochemistry, Brown/LeMay Chapter 5
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exam format
Unit (6) Instructional Focus: Equilibrium
5 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you illustrate a system at equilibrium?
2.) How would you predict the shift of the equilibrium position when the system is
stressed by a physical change or the addition of a substance?
Essential Content Topics:
Essential Content Topics: Equilibrium
III. Reactions
C. Equilibrium
1. Concepts of
a. Dynamic equilibrium, physical and chemical
b. Le Chatelier’s principle
c. Equilibrium constants
2. Quantitative treatment
a. Equilibrium constants for gaseous reactions: Kp, Kc
f. Calorimetry
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Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Equilibrium constants and their applications, including their use for simultaneous
equilibria
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 15
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 15
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Chemical Equilibrium: LeChatelier’s Principle – Predict and experimentally
verify shifts in equilibrium caused by temperature and concentration –
(Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments) – Substitute nickel nitrate for nickel
chloride
 Colorimetric Determination of an Equilibrium Constant in Aqueous Solution –
Determination of the equilibrium constant for a chemical reaction using
colorimetric or spectrophotometric analysis – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory
Experiments)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Chemical Equilibrium, Brown/LeMay Chapter 15
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exam format
Unit (7) Instructional Focus: Acids and Bases
8 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you distinguish between acids and bases?
2.) How would you calculate changes in pH when an acid or a base is added to a buffer?
3.) How would you predict the formation of a precipitate based upon solubility product
calculations?
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Essential Content Topics: Acids and Bases
III.
Reactions
C. Equilibrium
2.
Quantitative Treatments
b. Equilibrium constants for reactants in solution
(1) Constant for acids and bases; pK; pH
(2) Solubility Product constants and their application to
precipitation and the dissolution of slightly soluble
compounds
(3) Common ion effect; buffers; hydrolysis
Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations
 Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
 Equilibrium constants and their applications, including their use for simultaneous
equilibria
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 16
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 17
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 16
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 17
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes outside of class each lab)Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Determination of the Dissociation Constant of a Weak Acid – to become familiar
with the operation of a pH meter and quantitative equilibrium constants –
(Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments)
 Titration Curves of Polyprotic Acids – to become familiar with consecutive
equilibria, acid dissociation constants, and molarity – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory
Experiments)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Acids Bases Equilibria, Brown/LeMay Chapter 16
 Reading – Additional Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria, Brown/LeMay Chapter 17
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 College Board Released Exam Items/AP Style Test Items- individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exams format
Unit (8) Instructional Focus: Chemical Kinetics
7 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you relate the effect of concentration, time, temperature, and catalysis to
the order of a reaction?
2.) How would you calculate the rate and determine the order of a reaction from a
reaction pathway?
Essential Content Topics:
Essential Content Topics: Chemical Kinetics
III.
Reactions
D. Kinetics
1. Concept of rate of reaction
2. Use of experimental data and graphical analysis to determine
reactant order, rate constants, and reaction rate laws
3. Effect of temperature change on rates
4. Energy of activation; the role of catalysts
5. The relationship between the rate-determining step and a
mechanism
Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations
 Gas laws, including the ideal gas law, Dalton’s law, and Graham’s law
 Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
 Equilibrium constants and their applications, including their use for simultaneous
equilibria
 Kinetics calculations
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 14
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 14
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Labs: (85 minutes and 85 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Rates of Chemical Reactions II: Rate and Order of H2O2 Decomposition –
determine the rate and order of reaction for the decomposition of hydrogen
peroxide – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Chemical Kinetics Brown/LeMay Chapter 14
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following the AP exam format.
Unit (9) Instructional Focus: Chemical Thermodynamics
7 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you use free energy concepts to predict the spontaneity of a reaction?
Essential Content
Topics: Content Topics: Chemical Thermodynamics
Essential
III. Reactions
E. Thermodynamics
1. State functions
3. Second Law: entropy; free energy of formation; free energy of
Essential Unit Skillsreaction;
and Instructional
dependenceApproaches:
of change in free energy on enthalpy and
Lab skills:
entropy changes
 Making observations
of chemical reactions and substances
4. Relationship of change in Free energy to equilibrium constants and
 Recording data
electrode potentials
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Molar masses from gas density, freezing-point, and boiling point measurements
 Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
 Equilibrium constants and their applications, including their use for simultaneous
equilibria
 Thermodynamic and thermochemical calculations
 Kinetics calculations
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 19
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 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 19
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading - Chemical Thermodynamics Brown/LeMay Chapter 19
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exam format
Unit (10) Instructional Focus: Electrochemistry
4 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you compare voltaic and galvanic cells?
2.) How would you predict the spontaneity of redox reactions?
Essential Content Topics: Electrochemistry
III. Reactions
Essential
Content Topics:
A. Reaction types
3. Oxidation-reduction reactions
c. Electrochemistry
(1) Electrolytic and galvanic cells
(2) Faraday’s laws
(3) Standard and half-cell potentials
(4) Nernst Approaches:
equation
Essential Unit Skills and Instructional
(5) Prediction of the direction of redox reactions
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Faraday’s laws of electrolysis
 Standard electrode potentials and their use; Nernst equation
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 20
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 20
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
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 Electrolysis, the Faraday, and Avogadro’s Number – determine the values for the
faraday and Avogandro’s number by electrolysis – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory
Experiments)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Electrochemistry Brown/LeMay Chapter 20
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exam format
Unit (11) Instructional Focus: Atomic Structure and Periodicity
5 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you use the atomic structure to predict the properties of the elements?
Essential Content
Topics:
Essential
Content Topics: Atomic Structure and Periodicity
I. Structure of Matter
A. Atomic theory and atomic structure
1. Evidence for the atomic theory
2. Atomic masses; determination by chemical and physical means
3. Atomic number and mass number; isotope
4. Electron energy levels; atomic spectra, quantum numbers,
atomic orbitals
5. Periodic relationships including, for example, atomic radii,
Essential Unit Skills and
Instructional
Approaches:
ionization
energies,
electron affinities, oxidation states.
Lab
IV.skills:
Descriptive Chemistry
 Making observations
of chemical
reactions
and
substances
2. Relationships
in the
periodic
table:
horizontal, vertical, and
 Recording data diagonal with examples from alkali metals, alkaline metals,
 Calculating and interpreting
results
based
on the
quantitative
data obtained
halogens, and
the first
series
of transition
elements
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Percentage composition
 Empirical and molecular formulas from experimental data
Class Activities:
 Periodic Trends Activity – see Blackboard
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 6
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 7
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 6
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 7
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Labs: (45 minutes and 60 minutes outside of class each lab)Unless otherwise stated all
labs are hands-on
 Flame Test Analysis – Qualitative analysis of cations using emission colors and
relate to the different electron configurations ground states.
 Atomic Spectra Analysis – View atomic spectra of different elements and
quantitatively analyze the wavelengths for the visible lines of the hydrogen
spectra.
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading - Electronic Structure of Atoms, Brown/LeMay Chapter 6
 Reading – Periodic Properties of the Elements, Brown/LeMay Chapter 7
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exam format
Unit (12) Instructional Focus: Chemical Bonding
5 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you distinguish among the state, structure, and properties of matter based
upon the type of chemical bonding and binding forces?
2.) How would you illustrate the properties and structures of matter by using molecular
models?
Essential Content Topics: Chemical Bonding
I. Structure of Matter
B. Chemical Bonding
1. Binding forces
a. Types: ionic, covalent, metallic, hydrogen bonding, van der
Waals (including London dispersion forces)
b. Relationships to states, structure, and properties of matter
c. Polarity of bonds, electronegativities
2. Molecular models
a. Lewis structures
b. Valence bond: hybridization of orbitals, resonance, sigma
and pi bonds
c. VSEPR
3.Geometry of molecules and ions, structural isomerism of simple
organic molecules and coordination complexes; dipole moments
of molecules; relation of properties to structure
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Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 8
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 9
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 8
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 9
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes outside of class each lab)Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Molecular Geometries of Covalent Molecules: Lewis Structures and the VSEPR
Model – become familiar with Lewis structures, the principles of the VSEPR
model, and the three-dimensional structures of covalent molecules –
(Brown/LeMay Laboratory Experiments)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding, Brown/LeMay Chapter 8
 Reading – Molecular Geometry and Bonding Theories, Brown/LeMay Chapter 9
 College Board Released Exam Items/AP Style Test Items- individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exams format
Unit (13) Instructional Focus: Liquids/Solids
3 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you relate the intermolecular bonding of liquids and metals to their
properties?
2.) How would you illustrate the conditions for changes of state in phase diagrams and
heating curves?
Essential Content Topics: Liquids/Solids
Essential Content Topics:
II.
States of Matter
B. Liquids and solids
1. Liquids and solids from the kinetic-molecular viewpoint
2. Phase diagrams of one-component systems
3. Changes of state, including critical points and triple points
4. Structure of solids; lattice energies
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Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
 Thermodynamic and thermochemical calculations
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 11
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 11
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes out of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted, all labs
are hands-on
 Liquids Lab – Students will observe the properties of several liquids including
surface tension, viscosity and cohesion and relate their properties to the kineticmolecular viewpoint.
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Liquids and Solids, Brown/LeMay Chapter 11
 College Board Released Exam Items/AP Style Test Items- individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exams format
Unit (14) Instructional Focus: Solutions
3 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you analyze the colligative properties of a solution and describe what
these properties express?
Essential Content Topics:Essential Content Topics: Solutions
II.
States of Matter
C. Solutions
1. Types of solutions and factors affecting solubility
2. Methods of expressing concentration (use of normalities is not
tested)
3. Raoult’s law and colligative properties (nonvolatile solutes);
osmosis
4. Nonideal behavior (qualitative aspects)
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Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Chemical calculations:
 Molar masses from gas density, freezing-point, and boiling point measurements
 Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 13
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 13
Labs: (85 minutes and 60 minutes out of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted, all labs
are hands-on
 Freezing-Point Depression Lab - Determination of molar mass by freezing-point
depression – Posted on Blackboard
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Properties of Solutions, Brown/LeMay Chapter 13
 College Board Released Exam Items/AP Style Test Items- individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following AP Exams format
Unit (16) Instructional Focus: Organic Chemistry
2 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you relate the structure of an organic compound to its International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) name?
2.) How would you predict the reactivity of an organic compound from its International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) name?
Essential Content Topics:
Essential Content Topics: Organic Chemistry
IV
Descriptive Chemistry
3. Introduction to organic chemistry: hydrocarbons and functional
groups (structure, nomenclature, chemical properties)
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Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Lab skills:
 Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
 Recording data
 Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
 Communicating effectively the results of experimental work
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 25
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 25
Labs: (85 minutes and 85 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Organic Synthesis Lab - Synthesis, purification, and analysis of organic
compound
 Molecular Geometry: Experience with Models – become familiar with the threedimensional aspects of organic moleules – (Brown/LeMay Laboratory
Experiments)
 Analysis of Aspirin – determine the purity of aspirin by acid-base titrations and
become familiar with the concepts of back-titration analysis – (Brown/LeMay
Laboratory Experiments)
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – The Chemistry of Life: Organic and Biological Chemistry,
Brown/LeMay Chapter 25
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Lab Notebook or Portfolio entry
 Unit Test following the AP exam format.
Unit (16) Instructional Focus: Nuclear Chemistry
2 Days
Essential Unit Questions:
1.) How would you apply conservation laws to nuclear reactions?
2.) How would you relate nuclear decay, particle bombardment reactions, and half-life
to today’s societal issues?
Essential Content Topics:
Essential Content Topics: Nuclear Chemistry
I.
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C. Nuclear Chemistry: nuclear equations, half-lives, and radioactivity
chemical applications
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Essential Unit Skills and Instructional Approaches:
Chemical calculations
 Percentage composition
 Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations
 Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions
 Kinetics calculations
Class Activities:
 Visualizing Concepts – Brown/LeMay Chapter 21
 Chapter Exercises – Brown/LeMay Chapter 21
Labs: (85 minutes and 85 minutes outside of class each lab) Unless otherwise noted all
labs are hands-on
 Half-Life Lab – determination of the half-life curves using hypothetical
radioactive material – Posted on Blackboard
Major Assignments: Required Readings, Essays, and Projects
 Reading – Nuclear Chemistry, Brown/LeMay Chapter 21
 College Board Released Exam items/AP Style Test Items – individual or group
problem solving
Major Assessments: Quizzes, Exams, Activities, and or Problem Sets
 Unit Problem Set
 Unit Test following the AP exam format.
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