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AP Chemistry Angela McLeod2008-2009 Pleasant Grove High School
Pleasant Grove, Alabama
AP CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS
Overview with Goals and Objectives
Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry is a “handson” chemistry course that teaches inorganic chemistry at a college level. Students will be expected to hone skills in predicting outcomes, investigating, problem solving, interpreting data, and communicating while following safe laboratory practices. Students are required to take the College Board AP Chemistry Exam at the end of the course in May.
Honors Chemistry or PreAP Chemistry is a prerequisite for taking AP Chemistry.AP Chemistry is taught on an alternating block system, each class period being 96 minutes long and meeting two or three days a week (according to alternating week schedules). Each semester is 18 weeks in length. Lab activities are planned for an average of at least one period every 5 classes. During the spring semester there will be several additional weekend and/or after school study sessions for the students’ benefit.
AP Chemistry is meant to be the equivalent of a firstyear college chemistry course; however, it is a secondyear high school chemistry course. Because of this, students are expected to build on knowledge already gained in first year chemistry, which includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:• Problem Solving using factor label method• History of atomic theory• States of Matter• Writing and naming compounds• Writing equations and predicting products• Composition and reaction stoichiometry• Gas Laws• Intramolecular and intermolecular bonding• Lewis dot structures and molecular geometry• Quantum numbers and electron configuration • Periodic properties• Solutions and colligative properties• Nuclear Chemistry
After a brief review of firstyear topics, students will study the following topics in depth• Oxidation and reduction reactions• Electrochemistry• Thermodynamics• Kinetics• Writing net ionic equations• Equilibrium• Acids and Bases• Buffer systems• Titrations• Organic chemistry
AP Chemistry Angela McLeod2008-2009 Pleasant Grove High School
Pleasant Grove, AlabamaThe goals of this course:• Students will be prepared to be critical and independent thinkers who are able to function effectively in a
scientific and technological society.• Students will be prepared to make an acceptable score on the AP Chemistry exam in May.• Students will use proper technique to safety manipulate equipment to collect data.• Students will get practice in recording and communicating their finding by comparing with other students
work and with turning in a written report to the teacher.• Have students understand key concepts and use key vocabulary in the units studied.• The students will become proficient with calculations of measurements and conversions, formulas, gas
laws, stoichiometry, kinetics, equilibrium (including Ksp), acid/base/buffer problems, thermodynamics (including free energy) and electrochemical situations.
• Students will become proficient in reading graphs and charts including solubility graphs, phase diagrams, energy graphs, graphs of titration, rates of reaction, etc.
Texts and Student Resources
Required TextZumdahl, Steven S., and Susan A. Zumdahl. Chemistry. 6th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
Supplemental TextMoore, Dr. John T., and Dr. Richard Langley. 5 Steps to 5. McGrawHill Companies, Inc., 2007.
The school library has many printed resources on chemistry and related topics that are available for student use. Students have access to a computer with internet access in the chemistry classroom. The library computer lab, with printers, is also available to students before, during, and after school.
The school has a stocked chemistry lab that is used for handson laboratory investigation. Along with the school’s chemistry lab, both chemistry teachers at Hueytown High are affiliated and fully trained to work with Alabama Science in Motion. This enables us to use various labs and/or equipment we could not supply or afford otherwise, including, spectrophotometers, IR’s, and multiple analytical balances.
Students will be provided with a McGrawHill ChemSkill Builder CD to use for completion of assignments.
Grade Determination
Grades are determined by total point average. Unit tests and quizzes count 60%, lab and lab notebook count 20%, and daily practice problems (homework/classwork) count 20%.
Tests will count 100 points each, classwork/homework assignments will count between 520 points each, and labs/lab reports will count 2050 points each.
AP Chemistry Angela McLeod2008-2009 Pleasant Grove High School
Pleasant Grove, AlabamaTentative Schedule
First Semester:
Weeks 13 Review from FirstYear Chemistry (Covering information from Chapters 13• Chemical Foundations: Measurements, Significant Figures• Atoms, Molecules, and Ions: Atomic Theory, Ions, Mass Number, Average
Atomic Mass, Writing and Naming Compounds• Stoichiometry: Determining % composition, molar mass, determining molecular
formulas• Chemical reactions: composition and reaction stoichiometry, oxidation
reduction reactions, balancing equations• Gas Laws• Acids and Bases: define, calculation of pH
Weeks 46 Solutions (Chapters 4 and 11)• Preparation of solutions• Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes• Solubility• Writing Net Ionic Equations• Colligative Properties
Weeks 710 Electrochemistry (Chapter 17)• Galvanic Cells• Electrolysis• OxidationReduction
Weeks 1112 Thermochemistry (Chapter 6)• Internal Energy• Specific Heat and Calorimetry• Phase Diagrams• Hess’s Law• Enthalpy
Weeks 1314 Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy (Chapter 16)• Entropy• Gibbs Free Energy
Weeks 1517 Kinetics (Chapter 12)• Rate Law Expressions• Determination of Reactant Order• Rate Constants• Graphing Rate Law• Integrated Rate Law Calculations
Week 18 End First Semester Review for MidTerm Exam and Exam
Second SemesterWeeks 12 Equilibrium (Chapter 13)
• Characteristics of Dynamic Equilibrium• Calculations of equilibrium constant
AP Chemistry Angela McLeod2008-2009 Pleasant Grove High School
Pleasant Grove, Alabama• Reaction quotient• Kc and Kp• Le Chatelier’s Principle
Weeks 34 Acids and Bases, Buffers (Chapters 1415)• pH calculations of strong and weak acids, bases, and salts• Buffer Systems• Titrations• Insoluble salts (calculations of molar solubility and product solubility constant)
Weeks 59 Atomic Structure and Periodicity (Chapters 79)• Atomic Theory• Subatomic Particles• Dual Waveparticle nature of electrons• Quantum numbers• Electron Configurations• Periodic Trends• Lewis Dot Structures• VSEPR • Hybrid orbitals• Bond Types and properties
Weeks 1011 States of Matter (Chapters 5 and 10)• Review Gas Laws• Kinetic Molecular Theory• Effusion and Diffusion• Real Gases• Liquids• Solids• Vapor Pressure• Enthalpies of Vaporization and Fusion
Week 12 Organic Chemistry (Chapter 22)• Nomenclature• Reactions• Functional Groups• Instrumentation (Spectrophotometer, IR, GC, mass spec)
Week 13 Nuclear Chemistry (Chapter 18)Weeks 1317 Review and Practice AP ExamsWeek 18 AP EXAM
LaboratoriesThe following labs will be completed over the course of the semester. Time outside of class will be set aside to complete labs if necessary. Students will also participate in a day of AP labs conducted by the University of AlabamaBirmingham component of Alabama Science in Motion.
Alabama Science in Motion Website for Lab Referencehttps://fp.auburn.edu/asim/UAB/Chemistry%20%20UAB/default.asp
AP Chemistry Angela McLeod2008-2009 Pleasant Grove High School
Pleasant Grove, Alabama
AP Suggested Lab Lab TitleTime Requirements/Important
InformationDetermination of the Formula of a
Compound andDetermination of the Percentage
of Water in a Hydrate
Empirical Formula of a Hydrate
Time: 90 minutes for preparation and two trials
Alabama Science in Motion (ASIM) Lab
Determination of Molar Mass by Vapor Density
Determination of the Molar Mass of Volatile Liquids
Time: 90 minutes for preparation and experiment
Standardization of a Solution Using a Primary Standard
Standardization of a NaOH Solution with KHP
Time: 90 minutesASIM Lab
Uses Vernier pH meters/probeware
Determination of Concentration by AcidBase Titration, including a
Weak Acid or Weak Base
Weak Acid/Strong Base Titration
Time: 90 MinutesASIM Lab
Uses Vernier pH meters/probware
Determination of Concentration by OxidationReduction Titration
Analysis of Commercial Bleach
Time: 90 minutes for preparation and experiment
Flinn: Laboratory Experiments for AP Chemistry
Determination of Mass and Mole Relationship in a Chemical
Reation
Mass and Mole Relationships in a Reaction
Time: 90 minutesASIM Lab
Determination of the Equilibrium Constant for a Chemical Reaction
Equilibrium Constant (Kc) Determination using Spectrophotometers
Time: 90 minutesASIM Lab
Determination of Appropriate Indicators for Varous AcidBase
Titrations; pH Determination
Selecting Indicators for AcidBase Titrations
Time: 96 minutesFlinn: Laboratory Experiments
for AP ChemsitryDetermination of the Rate of a
Reaction and Its Order and Colorimetric or
Spectrophotometric Analysis
Rate Law of Crystal Violet Time: 90 minutesASIM Lab using Vernier
Colorimeter and LabQuest
Determination of Enthalpy Change Associated with a Reaction
Hess’s Law: The Additivity of Heats of Reaction
Time: 90 minutesASIM Lab using Vernier
LabQuestSeparation and Qualitative
Analysis of Cations and AnionsSeparation and Qualitative
Determination of Cations and Anions
Time: 180 minutesFlinn: Laboratory Experiments
for AP ChemsitrySynthesis of a Coordination Compound and Its Chemical
Analysis
The Synthesis and Analysis of Alum
(in two parts)
Time: 180 minutesVernier Lab
Analytical Gravimetric Determination
Analysis of a Metal Carbonate Time: 75 minutesFlinn: Laboratory Experiments
for AP Chemistry
AP Chemistry Angela McLeod2008-2009 Pleasant Grove High School
Pleasant Grove, AlabamaSeparation by Chromotography Column Chromotography Time: 60 minutes
ASIM LabPreparation and Properties of a
Buffer SolutionPreparation of a Buffer Time: 75 minutes
ASIM LabDetermination of Electrochemical
SeriesLemon Juice Lab Time: 80 minutes
ASIM Lab using multimeters
Problem SetsChapter 1: 19, 2933 odd, 49, 57, 6165 oddChapter 2: 41, 43, 47, 49, 57, 6171 oddChapter 3: 24, 43, 45, 51, 61, 63, 67, 71, 73, 77, 83, 87, 89, 95, 101Chapter 4: 13, 19, 21, 25, 2735 odd, 39, 43, 4755 odd, 5965 oddChapter 5: 24, 27, 31, 33, 37, 41, 4953 odd, 59, 6571 odd, 79, 81Chapter 6: 1927 odd, 3135 odd, 3949 odd, 5357 odd, 6167 odd, 73Chapter 7: 4145 odd, 51, 6165 odd, 69, 73, 79, 81, 8589 odd, 95Chapter 8: 23, 27, 3135 odd, 39, 41, 4753 odd, 6165 odd, 71, 75, 9187 odd, 93Chapter 9: 17, 2127 oddChapter 10: 3539 odd, 4243, 59, 7789 oddChapter 11: 2731 odd, 3543 odd, 47, 51, 53, 5963 odd, 67, 71, 75Chapter 12: 1931 odd, 3743 odd, 4649, 51, 55, 61Chapter 13: 1929 odd, 33, 35, 3947 odd, 51, 53, 5963 oddChapter 14: 3969 odd, 77, 81, 8591 odd, 95, 97, 101111 odd, 115119 odd, 123Chapter 15: 2349 odd, 5363 odd, 7583 odd, 87, 91, 93Chapter 16: 1521 multiples of 3, 2327 odd, 3135 odd, 39, 41, 45, 57, 61Chapter 17: 25, 27, 31, 35, 37, 45, 49, 51, 55, 67, 7579 odd, 83Chapter 18: 11, 18, 23Chapter 22: 22, 2737 odd, 41, 43, 5155 odd, 65, 67, 7172