MontclairHighSchoolCourseSyllabus

Department:ScienceCourse:ChemistryLevel:HonorsCredits:6CourseDescription:Thisisacourseforstudentswhoareinterestedinanextensiveoverviewofthetheoriesandpracticalapplicationsofchemistry.Aminimumoftwoperiodsperweekwillbespentinthelaboratorywiththeremainderoftimedevotedtolecturingandproblemsolving.Studentscanexpectaheavyemphasisonmathematics;itisthereforesuggestedthatstudentshaveastrongbackgroundinalgebraandotherupperlevelmathskills,includingderivationsandmulti-stepcomputations.Summerassignmentcompletionmayberequiredpriortotakingthecourse.Standards:HS-PS1-1,HS-PS1-2,HS-PS1-3,HS-PS1-4,HS-PS1-5,HS-PS1-6,HS-PS1-7,HS-PS1-8,HS-PS2-6,HS-PS4-3,HS-PS3-4AnchorText(s):

TextTitle Publisher/Author Year/Edition ISBN TextDistribution

Chemistry:Matter&Change

GlencoeMcGrawHill/

Buthelezi,et.al.

2008 978-0-07-874637-6 Hardcopy,PDFcopy,&onlinetextavailable

SupplementaryMaterials:• http://www.learner.org/resources/series61.htmlWorldofChemistryInstructionalSeries• FrostburgStateUniversityChemistryDepartment,availableonlineat

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/tutorials/index.shtml• my.hrw.com-onlineeditionofanalternativetextbook,bypassword• www.sciencegeek.netUnitsofStudy:• Measurementandmathinscience• Matter • Atomictheory• Periodictable• Quantum-mechanicaltheory• Chemicalreactionsandstoichiometry• Gaslaws• Chemicalbonding• Propertiesofsolutions• Kinetictheory• Thermochemistry

• Acid-Basechemistry• Equilibrium&reactionrates• Oxidation-reductionchemistry• Electrochemistry• NuclearchemistryProficiencies:Bytheendofthiscourse,studentswill:1. Explainchemistryintermsofregularitiesandmodelsthatapplytomatter,withanemphasison

formulawriting.2. Usebasicchemicalterminologyandunderstandthatthereareseveralbodiesofknowledgethat

constitutethefieldofchemistry(general,organic,inorganic,biochemical,physical).3. Logicallygather,orderandinterpretdatathroughanappropriateuseofobservation,measurement

andtools.4. Understandandemploythescientificmethodinexperimentalsituationsandimplementrulesoflab

safety.5. Understandthepartsoftheatom.6. UnderstandhowatomictheoryhasevolvedfromtheAncientsthroughtomoderntheory.7. Havetheabilitytodistinguishamongelements,compoundsandothercategoriesofmatter.8. SolvemoleandmassproblemsusingBoyle’sLaw,Charles’Law,CombinedGasLaw,IdealGasLaw

andDalton’sLaw.9. Explaintherates,heatsofreactionandthermodynamicrelationships,especiallyinindustrialand

technologicalterms.10. Compareandcontrastphysical,chemicalandnuclearchanges.11. Illustratehowchemicalsystemscontrolthenaturalandman-madeworld.12. Understandequilibrium,oxidation-reductionreactionsandacid-basechemistrybyusingexponents

andlogarithms.13. Graphicallyrepresentavarietyofdataandorchemicalrelationships.14. Developalgorithmstodescribechemicalpatterns/theories/laws.15. Solveproblemsthatinvolvevariousunitsandperformdimensionalanalysis,especiallyEnglish

/Metricconversion.16. Identifymajorcontributorstothefieldofchemistryofvariousculturesandethnicbackgrounds.17. Provideahistoricalcontextfortheevolutionofscienceandtechnologyfromachemicalprospective.18. Identifytwopotentialcareerpathsthatcanbetakeninthefieldofchemistry.Evaluation&Assessment:• Test/Quizzes 60%• Labs/Project/Homework 40%TheFinalGradewillconsistofeachmarkingperiod(22.5%each),themidtermexam(5%)andthefinalexam(5%)Priortobeginninganylabactivities,allstudentsmusthavesubmittedaSafetyContractwhichhasbeendulysignedbyboththestudentandtheirparent/guardian.Thiscontractwillbekeptonfilebytheteacherforthedurationofthecourse.