AP CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS
2017-2018
Sunil Prakash
email:
webpage: http://teachers.stjohns.k12.fl.us/prakash-s/ (links to other helpful websites are there)
…also I will use Schoology this year for daily lessons, homework plans, notes, etc.
Appointment Hours: Most mornings, Tuesday or Thurday mornings are best from 8:30 until 9:00 AM. Wednesday mornings teachers have department meetings. Please prearrange other times if needed.
Course Overview
This course is designed to be comparable to a college-level general chemistry course. Successful completion of this course and the AP Examination may fulfill the college requirement for freshman chemistry and the associated lab. Students taking this course will be substantially better prepared for any college science course due to the intensive nature of study required by the content covered, the math involved, the use of higher-level thinking skills, and the more involved laboratory experience. Major topics covered will include the structure of matter, states of matter, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermochemistry, equilibrium, acid-base, and electrochemistry. Students will learn numerous chemical calculation skills in the study of the content, and in the analysis of lab data. A portion of the course time will consist of participation in laboratory activities that are aligned with the AP Course Description.
Prerequisites
Students should have completed a Chemistry I Honors level course with an A or high B, and have comparable high level math skills, typically through Algebra II.
Textbooks
We supply: Chemistry by Zumdahl and Zumdahl, 8th edition, Brooks/Cole, 2010, and supplements.
The Ultimate Chemical Equations Handbook, 2006 Edition, by Hague and Smith
I highly recommended students purchase: Barron’s AP Chemistry, 8th Edition (the most recent edition)
Lab Manuals
Laboratory Experiments for Advanced Placement Chemistry by Sally Ann Vonderbrink, Ph.D., 2005
AP Chemistry Guide-Inquiry Experiments by CollegeBoard
Experimental Chemistry by James F. Hall 8th edition (supplement to Zumdahl textbook)
EduWebLabs.com (if we have a subscription) or other virtual web based lab sites
Classes
We will meet daily, 5 days per week. Approximately one of these days (~20% of our time) will be dedicated to lab experiences that relate to the topics that are being covered in class. You need to be in class, on time every day in order to perform well in this course. The policy in your student handbook will be followed. You will have no longer than one week following an excused absence to complete makeup work or missed labs in order to receive credit. The best policy for success is to be in class! It is the students’ responsibility to follow up on missed assignments, not the teacher’s. RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY and MATURITY will guide all of our classroom behavior. The intensity of this course and the associated labs will require a higher level of maturity and seriousness than a typical high school class. Disruptions and immature behavior are unacceptable and may result in your removal from this class.
Tests
Tests will typically be after each chapter or after several chapters related by topic. They will be chapter related, but may include cumulative questions. They will consist of multiple choice and free-response type questions. The test format will evolve during the year to become more similar to the actual AP exam. Corrections to missed test questions are encouraged (no longer every test, 2016) to master skills, and students may gain additional points (fractional value or curve) towards their test grade. “Formative” tests/quizzes are of much less value than “summative” and cumulative tests (~80%).
Labs
Safety in the laboratory is of primary importance. The lab manuals, equipment and the materials necessary for the lab component of this course will be supplied. Labs will typically be performed in the “hands-on” or “wet” format. Several of the “wet” labs will be done in microscale. A few of the labs are performed “dry” (no actual chemicals) and/or virtual (online). Students will physically manipulate the equipment and materials in the lab in order to make observations and collect data. They will analyze the data to form conclusions and verify hypothesis, and they will compare and communicate their results and procedures. In addition, teacher and student-led demonstrations of chemical concepts will enhance the laboratory component of this course. Concepts learned from the laboratory portion of the course may be assessed by a quarterly quiz and/or test questions.
Lab Notebook
Each student must keep up with the labs performed thoughout the year. Lab write ups must be your own work even if the lab was performed and discussed as a group. Any write up on these labs will be checked and graded periodically, generally expected within 2 days of performing the lab. Do not let this fall behind! Colleges may request to see your AP labs or notebook prior to granting college credit.
Quizzes
Quizzes will be given frequently after reading assignments as a “formative” assessment of your grasp of basic concepts in the chapter or topic. There will also be frequent quizzes to assess grasp of calculations. Quizzes will be frequent and may be given without prior notice. They will evolve to the format of AP Multiple Choice and Free Response questions.
Homework
It is expected that at least 5 hours (an average of one hour per evening) of homework will be necessary per week. You must complete the assigned reading, watch online lectures, and/or perform the assigned problems before class. You will be “lost” in class if you have not read the assigned sections, watched the online lectures, or attempted the problems assigned. Although the answers are at the end of the text for the odd numbered questions, you must calculate and write out all of the steps needed to reach the answer. Be prepared to present and explain how you approached a problem to others in the class. Take (or add to) outline style notes as you read the text to gain a better understanding of the material and maintain an organized notebook as part of your homework. Separate materials by topic or by chapter with dividers. We will discuss techniques for comprehending textbook material efficiently.
Grading
The course grade will be comprised of “points” from tests (MC and FRQ’s), labs and notebook, quizzes, class work, and homework, with point values decreasing in that order. Typically, well over ~80% of the grade is from tests, and the remaining amount from the labs, the quizzes, class work and homework. The semester final exam will be calculated into your semester grade as per school policy. The “10 point” grading scale will be used (90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, etc…).
“Formative” tests/quizzes are of much less value than “summative” and cumulative tests (~80%).
AP Exam
Students enrolled in this course will take the AP Chemistry Exam on, May 7, 2018 at 8:00 AM
Course Calendar / Pacing
First Quarter
Chapter / Main Topics / Associated Labs / Time1
Foundations / · Scientific Method / Inquiry
· Measurement
· Significant Figures
· Dimensional Analysis
· Classification of Matter / Lab Notebooks-a how to
Lab Equipment and Safety
· Density Measurement Lab
· Separation of Matter Lab
· Chromatography Lab / One week
Quiz/Test
2
Atoms, Ions, Molecules / · Atoms and Atomic Structure
· Molecules
· Ions
· Periodic Table
· Nomenclature and Formulas / · “Beanium” Isotope Lab
· Flame Tests Lab
· Prepare and Identify Gases / One week
Quiz
3
Stoichiometry / · Moles and Molar Mass
· Percent Composition
· Empirical Formulas
· Balanced Equations
· Stoichiometric Calculations
· Percent Yield / · Hydrate Lab
· Empirical Formula Lab
· Mass and Mole Relationship and Percent Yield Lab / Two weeks
Quiz/Test
Ch. 1-3 Test
4
Reaction Types
and Solution Stoichiometry / · Water
· Solutions
· Precipitation Reactions
· Acid - Base Reactions
· Oxidation Reduction Reactions / · Solubility Rules Lab
· Redox Titration Lab / Two weeks
Quiz
Ch. 4 Test
5
Gases / · 3 Gas Laws and Combined
· Ideal Gas Law
· Gas Stoichiometry
· Dalton’s Law
· Effusion and Diffusion
· Real Gases / · Charles’s Law Lab
· Molar Mass of Butane Lab
· Molar Volume of a Gas Lab
· Graham’s Law of Diffusion Lab / One week
Quiz
Ch. 5 Test
6
Thermochemistry / · Energy
· Enthalpy and Calorimetry
· Hess’ Law
· Standard Enthalpies of Formation
· Sources of Energy / · Heat of Fusion Lab
· Hess’ Law Lab
· Thermochemistry-hand warmer lab / One week
Quiz/Test
7
Atomic Structure
Periodicity / · Electromagnetic Radiation
· Atomic Models
· Orbitals
· Quantum Mechanics
· Aufbau, Pauli, Hund
· Periodic Trends / · Spectroscopy Lab
· Reactivity of Metals Lab
Quarter Lab Exam / One week
Quiz/Test
Course Calendar / Pacing
Second Quarter
Chapter / Main Topics / Associated Labs / Time8 and 9
Bonding / · Types of Bonds
· Electronegativity
· Ionic Bonds
· Covalent Bonds
· Metallic Bonds
· Lewis Structures
· VSEPR Model
· Hybridization
· Bonding Models / · Molecular Geometry Lab-dry / Three weeks
Quizzes
Ch. 8, 9 Test
10
Liquids
and Solids / · Intermolecular Forces
· Structure of Solids
· Structure of Metals
· Network Atomic Solids
· Molecular Solids
· Ionic Solids
· Vapor Pressure
· Phase Diagrams / · Silver Alloy Analysis
· Heat of Vaporization Lab / One week
Quiz
Ch. 10 Test
11
Solutions / · Types of Solutions
· Solubility Factors
· Concentration / Beer’s Law Lab / One week
Ch. 11 Test
Semester Exam
12
Kinetics / · Intro Rate Laws / · Video demos / One week
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Course Calendar / Pacing
Third Quarter
Chapter / Main Topics / Associated Labs / Time12
Kinetics / · Reaction Rates-Factors
· Rate Laws
· Integrated Rate Law
· Reaction Mechanisms
· Catalysis / · Iodine Clock Reaction
· Determination of Rate Law / One week
Ch. 12 Test
13
Equilibrium / · The Equilibrium Condition
· Equilibrium Constant
· Equilibrium and Pressure
· Heterogeneous Equilibria
· Applications of the Equilibrium Constant
· Solving Equilibrium Problems
· Le Chatlier’s Principle / · Cobalt Chloride Equilibrium
· Le Chatlier’s Principle Lab
· Determine Keq of FeSCN2+ / Two weeks
Ch. 13 Test
14
Acids
and Bases / · Acid-Base Theories
· Conjugate Pairs
· Concept of pH
· Calculations of Strong Acids and Bases
· Weak Acids and Bases
· Polyprotic Acids / · Selecting Indicators by Ka Lab
· Determine Ka of a Weak Acid Lab
Quarter Lab Exam / Two weeks
Ch. 14 Test
15/16
Applications of Aqueous Equilibria / · Acid-Base Equilibria
· Acid-Base with Common Ions
· Buffers
· Titrations and pH Curves
· pH indicators
· Solubility Equilibria
· Solubility Product
· Selective Precipitation
· Qualitative Analysis / · Acid-Base Titration Curve-LabPro
· Determine Ka of Weak Acid
· Preparation of a Buffer
· Solubility Product of an Ionic Compound
Quarter Lab Exam / Two weeks
Ch. 15 Test
17
Spontaneity,
Entropy,
and Free Energy / · Spontaneity
· Entropy
· Effect of Temperature
· Free Energy
· Entropy Changes in Reactions
· Free Energy and Pressure
· Free Energy and Equilibrium
· Free Energy and Work / · Entropy Lab / Two weeks
Ch. 6, 17
Test
Course Calendar / Pacing
Fourth Quarter
Chapter / Main Topics / Associated Labs / Time18
Electrochemistry / · Galvanic Cells
· Standard Reduction Potentials
· Cell Potential
· Concentration Cells
· Batteries
· Corrosion
· Electrolysis / · Daniel Cell Lab
· Electroplating Lab / 2 Weeks
Ch. 17 Test
Descriptive Chemistry Review
The Ultimate Chemical Equations Handbook / · Integrated Into All Labs / All Year
Review and Practice AP Exams / · Multiple Choice
· Free Response
Equations / · Review Labs / 4 Weeks
The AP Chemistry Exam is May 7, 2017 at 8:00AM
Post AP Exam / Topics of Class Interest
· Optional Topics or BioChem / Student Directed Labs