Curriculum Overview

Subject: Science

Course: Chemistry/Honors (236)

Grade Level: 9-12

                                                                                                                       

Concepts

Topics/Units

Content/Skills

Essential Activities/Agreements

 

Students will:

·         learn about the properties of matter and how these properties help to organize elements on the periodic table

·         develop a better understanding of the structure of the atom.

·         develop an understanding of chemical reactions including the involvement of energy and sub-atomic particles to better understand the nature of chemical changes

·         learn about chemical reactions that occur around us everyday

·         understand the quantitative relationship between the reactants and products in a chemical reaction

·         gain a deeper understanding of acids and bases, rates of reactions, and factors that affect those rates

·         learn about proportionality and strengthen their math skills by solving stoichiometry problems and calculating molar concentrations

 

1.        Matter & Measurement

2.        Atomic Structure and Nuclear Chemistry

3.        Stoichiometry

4.        Reactions in Aqueous Solution

5.        Gases and Gas Laws

6.        Thermodynamics (Enthalpy)

7.        Reaction Rates

8.        Electronic Structure

9.        Bonding and Molecular Structure

10.     Liquids and Solids

11.     Solutions

12.     Equilibrium

13.     Acids and Bases

 

Students will:

 

·         Use laboratory equipment safely and efficiently

·         Measure accurately using the correct degree of precision

·         Use algebra and unit analysis (dimensional analysis) to solve multi-step word problems

·         Make and interpret observations

·         Analyze data and draw conclusions

·         Name compounds and write formulas

·         Write and balance chemical equations

·         Use proportions and mole ratios to solve stoichiometry problems

·         Use the periodic table to identify the properties of elements and identify periodic trends

·         Draw Lewis structures and determine molecular geometry

·         Use computer models to analyze molecular structure

·         Analyze energy relationships in physical and chemical changes

·         Draw and analyze heating/cooling curves, phase diagrams, and energy diagrams

·         Identify the Colligative properties of a solution and calculate vapor pressures, boiling points, and freezing points

·         Determine the factors that affect the rate of a reaction

·         Calculate equilibrium constants and equilibrium concentrations

·         Apply alternative models to acids/base reactions.

·         Use logarithms to calculate the pH of a solution

 

Common Laboratory Experiments:

·         Chemical Formulas

·         Copper/Silver Nitrate

·         Calculating the Ideal Gas Constant

·         Air Bags Lab

·         Exploring Energy Changes

·         Clock Reaction

·         Heating Curves

·         Freezing Point Depression

·         LeChatelier’s Principle (Pink & Blue Reaction)

·         Acid/Base Titration

 

Other Essential Activities:

·         Problem Sets for each unit

·         4 formal lab reports per trimester

·         Unit Tests

 

Agreements:

·         Common Course Expectations

·         Common Lab Report Expectations

·         Common Problem Sets for each unit

·         Shared test/quiz questions

·         Common questions for midterm and final exams