AP CHEMISTRY / SPAN 105 and 107 SYLLUBUS

Periods ; one and two

Instructor: Arthur Hale

Room: 136

Textbook: General , Organic and Biochemistry

Course Description: This all year course deals with advanced topics in the study of matter and energy and their interactions in the real world. The course is presented at the college level and atmosphere. Lab activities are a very integral part of this class.

Location: Room 136 everyday with labs after school on Tuesdays or Wednesday, depending on student needs.

Class expectations: Hard work and effort are needed because this course expects all students to work at very high levels.

Class prerequisites:

  1. Chemistry One completed
  2. Minimum math of Algebra II with precalculus preferred
  3. Scientific calculator
  4. Lab Manual will have to be purchased( approx. $ 55)
  5. Matches, an old cloth or a towel along with saran wrap needed for lab

Class Rules: Students are expected to be mature and follow the student code of conduct found in the Handbook. (be there, be on time, etc.) Students must wear goggles and aprons in lab because it is the state law.

Core Content:

  1. Students understand scientific ways of thinking and work using these methods to solve real-life problems.
  2. Students identify, analyze, and use patterns to predict future events and to understand past events.
  3. Students identify and analyze systems and how their components interact.
  4. Students understand how nature reaches and maintains equilibrium and the processes that interfere.

Course Content: (Units of Study)

  1. Periodic Chart—classification and properties of matter
  2. Formula Writing (nomenclature of inorganic compounds)
  3. Moles: quantitative composition of compounds
  4. Chemical Equations (Balancing, predicting products, limiting reactants and redox)
  5. Stoichiometry (calculating using equations)
  6. Gas Laws/Kinetic Molecular Theory
  7. Kinetic Molecular Theory for liquids and solids
  8. Solution Process
  9. Acids, Bases and Salts
  10. Chemical Equilibrium
  11. Molecular Orbitals and Bonding
  12. Saturated Hydrocarbons
  13. Unsaturated hydrocarbons
  14. Alcohols, ethers and thiols
  15. Aldehydes, ketones
  16. Carboxylic acids and esters
  17. Amides and amines
  18. Polymers
  19. Carbohydrates
  20. Lipids
  21. Amino acids-polypeptides and proteins
  22. Enzymes

Grades:

A. Nine-weeks: Tests and Writings = 60%

Lab Preliminary, Lab Report, and unknown = 40%

Midterm Lab Exam is 20% of the Lab Average

B. Semester: Nine-weeks Average is 80%

Semester Test is 20% (required of all students)

  1. Each nine-weeks we drop the student’s lowest test score and replace it with their next lowest score before averaging. Lab scores are not dropped.

Homework: Students should read the class topics from the textbook after each discussion. Problems and questions at the end of each unit will be given.

Make Up Work: Students should find out what was missed and read that topic from text and get someone’s notes. If student missed a test, make-up should be after school and as soon as possible.