AP Chemistry Syllabus
Curricular Requirements
CR 1 / Students and teachers use a recently published (within the last 10 years) college-level chemistry textbook. / Page 3CR 2 / The course is structured around the enduring understandings within the big ideas as described in the AP Chemistry Curriculum Framework. / Pages 2, 6
CR 3a / The course provides students with opportunities outside the laboratory environment to meet the learning objectives within Big Idea 1: Structure of matter. / Pages 8
CR 3b / The course provides students with opportunities outside the laboratory environment to meet the learning objectives within Big Idea 2: Properties of matter – characteristics, states, and forces of attraction. / Pages 9
CR 3c / The course provides students with opportunities outside the laboratory environment to meet the learning objectives within Big Idea 3: Chemical reactions. / Pages 11
CR 3d / The course provides students with opportunities outside the laboratory environment to meet the learning objectives within Big Idea 4: Rates of chemical reactions. / Page 12
CR 3e / The course provides students with opportunities outside the laboratory environment to meet the learning objectives within Big Idea 5: Thermodynamics. / Pages 13
CR 3f / The course provides students with opportunities outside the laboratory environment to meet the learning objectives within Big Idea 6: Equilibrium. / Pages 15
CR 4 / The course provides students with the opportunity to connect their knowledge of chemistry and science to major societal or technological components (e.g., concerns, technological advances, innovations) to help them become scientifically literate citizens. / Page 7
CR 5a / Students are provided the opportunity to engage in investigative laboratory work integrated throughout the course for a minimum of 25% of instructional time. / Pages 2, 4
CR 5b / Students are provided the opportunity to engage in a minimum of 16 hands-on laboratory experiments integrated throughout the course while using basic laboratory equipment to support the learning objectives listed within the AP Chemistry Curriculum Framework. / Pages 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
CR 6 / The laboratory investigations used throughout the course allow students to apply the seven science practices defined in the AP Chemistry Curriculum Framework. At minimum, six of the required 16 labs are conducted in a guided-inquiry format. / Pages 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
CR 7 / The course provides opportunities for students to develop, record, and maintain evidence of their verbal, written, and graphic communication skills through laboratory reports, summaries of literature or scientific investigations, and oral, written, and graphic presentations. / Pages 4, 5
Course Description
Welcome to AP Chemistry, the most challenging, yet enlightening chemistry class ever. It is a very demanding course that requires dedication of both time and effort. The purpose of the Advanced Placement Chemistry course is to provide you with a college level course in chemistry and to prepare the student to seek credit and/or appropriate placement in college chemistry courses. This course will provide you with the necessary chemistry skills, both basic and advanced, to master the chemistry tasks given and solve assigned work. These skills will also prepare you for future activities associated with STEM. The course meets five times per week, 90 minutes per day over four semesters, (1 semester = 9 weeks) fall and spring.
Laboratory periods average two to three days per week. Little time is spent on lecture as students are expected to study the material given on each subject as well as read the text book. Students are assigned Internet subject areas and videos (flipping) to read/watch allowing class time for answering questions and problem solving. Students are engaged in hands-on laboratory work, integrated throughout the course that accounts for up to 30% of the class time which includes calculations, applied chemistry, and inquiry. [CR5a]
Students are encouraged to think about alternative chemical pathways and chemical applications while performing their experiments. Emphasis is placed on depth of understanding of a topic, rather than breadth of topics. Prior to the chapter or subject test, students spent time in study groups using old AP Chemistry Free Response questions/Study Guides for review.
This Chemistry course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first year of college. The course is structured around the six big ideas articulated in the AP Chemistry curriculum framework provided by College Board. The 6 Big Ideas that will be covered this year:
Objectives:
Students will:
1. Learn the inquiry process through numerous laboratory investigations.
2. Gain an understanding of the six big ideas as articulated in the AP Chemistry Curriculum Framework. [CR2]
3. Apply mathematical and scientific knowledge and skills to solve quantitative, qualitative, spatial, and analytic problems.
4. Apply basic arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric concepts.
5. Formulate strategies for the development and testing of hypotheses.
6. Use basic statistical concepts to draw both inferences and conclusions from data.
7. Identify implications and consequences of drawn conclusions.
8. Use manipulative and technological tools including the Pasco Sparks Probe ware Equipment.
9. Measure, compare, order, scale, locate, and code accurately.
10. Do scientific research and report and display the results of the research.
11. Learn to think critically in order to solve problems.
Textbook, Laboratory Manual, and Study Guides:
· Zumdahl and Zumdahl, Chemistry, 8th Edition, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA. 2010 [CR1]
· Kelter, Paul. Chemistry Study Guide, 8th Edition. Belmont, California. Brooks/Cole (Cengage Learning). 2010.
· Vonderbrink, Sally Ann. Laboratory Experiments for Advanced Placement Chemistry. Illinois: Flinn Scientific, Inc. (Handouts)
· AP Chemistry Guided-Inquiry Experiments. New York, New York. The College Board. 2013.
· Demmin, Peter. AP Chemistry, Fifth Edition. New York: D & S Marketing System Inc., 2005.
· Zumdahl. Chemistry 8th ed. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin. (Individual, PC Web Version for the home.)
· Nelson, John and Kemp, Kenneth Chemistry -The Central Science; Laboratory Experiments New Jersey: Pearson, Prentice Hall** (Handouts) 2 ~ Moses N. AP Chemistry
· Little, John G. and Hall, James F., AP Experimental Chemistry, 8th Edition Zumdahl and Zumdahl, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA., 2010
· Study Guide for Zumdahl and Zumdahl’s Chemistry, Kelter, Paul, 8th edition, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA., 2010
· Fast Track To A 5, Preparing for the AP Chemistry Examination, Knoespel, Sheldon; Ohn-Sabatello, Tina; Morlan, Gordon, for Chemistry 7th and 8th Editions by Steven S. Zumdahl and Susan A. Zumdahl, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, 2010
· Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity, Study Guide, Townsend, John R., Sixth Edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, CA, 2006
· Chemistry, Zumdahl, Steven S., & Zumdahl, Susan A., AP* Edition, Ninth Edition, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA. 2014
Additional Books Available for Assigning Reading and Problem Solving:
· High School Chemistry for AP Achievement; Computer DVD (http://www.trivedichemistry.com/index.php/ap-chemistry)
· Chemistry, A Project of the American Chemical Society, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2005
· Chemistry: A Study of Matter, Garrett, Alfred B., Lippincott, W.T., Verhoek, Frank Henry, Blaisdell Publishing Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968
· Chemical Analysis, An Advanced Text and Reference, 2nd Edition, Laitinen, Herbert A., and Harris, Walter E., McGraw-Hill, 1975.
· Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Skoog, Douglas A., West, Donald M., 3rd Edition, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1976.
· Chemistry Eleventh Edition, Update, AP Edition, Chang, Ramond & Goldsby, Kenneth A., McGraw Hill Education, New York, 2014
· Chemistry, The Central Science, Twelfth Edition, Brown, Lemay, Bursten, Murphy, & Woodward; Pearson, Prentice Hall, New York, 2012
Internet/Websites
www.edmodo.com AP Chemistry class website
www.sciencegeek.net Quiz yourself on different chemistry Topics
www.adriandingleschemistrypage.com Reviews on chemistry topics, net ionic equations; pop quizzes; helpful info/explanations.
www.collegeboard.com/apcentral http://apcentral.collegeboard.com AP Teacher Resources; 2014 Advanced Placement Practice Test
www.ptable.com Interactive Periodic Table
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/ SparkNotes, AP Chemistry Study Guides and Videos
http://staff.bhusd.org/bhhs/cbushee/Current/WorksheetAPchem.htm
http://www.chemmybear.com/groves/apchem.html
http://www.apchemsolutions.com/
http://concord.org/stem-resources/subject/chemistry?gclid=CKjD3aLHz7oCFUdk7Aod7zgAUQ Visual Simulations
Laboratory Work:
The lab experience in AP Chemistry is designed around the seven science practices constructed by College Board, in order to get the students to think and act like scientists. The science practices are:
Science Practice 1: The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific
phenomena and solve scientific problems.
Science Practice 2: The student can use mathematics appropriately.
Science Practice 3: The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking or to
guide investigations within the context of the AP course.
Science Practice 4: The student can plan and implement data collection strategies in relation to
a particular scientific questions.
Science Practice 5: The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence.
Science Practice 6: The student can work with scientific explanations and theories.
Science Practice 7: The student is able to connect and relate knowledge across various
scales, concepts, and representations in and across domains.
All of the laboratory experiments in this course are hands-on. These experiments will consist of guided, guided-inquiry, and complete inquiry. Students work individually or in a group of two depending upon the lab. All labs will be conducted during class time, yet students are expected to set aside 45 to 90 min. a week to commit to a lab/preparation outside of classroom time. [3a] Students will collect, process, manipulate, and graph data from both qualitative and quantitative observations. Students will analyze, summarize, predict and make conclusions with said data. Inquiry is emphasized in many of the experiments that students complete. The laboratory work requires students to design, carry out, and analyze data using guided inquiry principles. Students are required to report the purpose, procedure, data collected, analysis of collected data, perform error analysis, make predictions, and produce conclusions in a lab report that is submitted for grading. [CR7] All laboratory experiments are intended to be completed in one period (90 minutes) except for the following guided-inquiry labs which require two days of work or two double lab periods:
1. Determination of the Formula of a Compound
2. Finding the Ratio of Moles of Reactants in a Chemical Reaction
3. Progressive Precipitation
4. Hess’s Law
5. Relationship Between the Spectrum and Absorbance of Light
6. Conductivity of Solids & Metals
7. Factors that affect reaction rates and determining reaction rates and reaction mechanisms
8. Equilibrium Position
9. Hydrolysis of Salts
10. Electrochemical Cells
Technology:
Students use Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 calculators in both their class work and laboratory work. Students use PASCO Sparks and probes in laboratory work to gather data. Graphs are produced using either Sparks or Microsoft Excel software.
Laboratory Notebook:
A laboratory notebook is required for the course. All completed lab reports documenting all lab experiences must be included in the notebook. The notebook is checked every nine weeks with a final check at the end of the course. [CR7]
Tests:
Quizzes are given on assigned flipped work performed at home. A chapter test is assigned for each chapter or unit of work. Free response questions are given for each chapter or area of study. A comprehensive, standardized semester exam is administered at the end of 1st semester and a final exam at the end of the year.
AP Exam Review:
The final twenty full class days before the AP Chemistry Exam are used for exam review and practice tests using old AP Chemistry exam materials. Students work in cooperative groups to solve a packet of free response problems from previous exams. Students practice net ionic equations, thermodynamics, equilibrium, kinetics, electrochemistry, pH, buffers and are quizzed on their progress. Several practice AP Exams are administered as part of the review ten days prior to the AP Chemistry Exam.
AP Chemistry Exam
The AP Chemistry Exam is scheduled for May 2, 2016.
Course Outline: [CR2]
Chapters in Zumdahl Chemistry / AP Chemistry Topic Covered1. Chemical Foundations / None
2. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions / Atomic Theory & Atomic Structure (BI 1 & 2)
3. Stoichiometry / Stoichiometry (BI 3)
4. Solution Stoichiometry & Chemical Analysis / Reaction Types & Stoichiometry (BI 3)
5. Gases / Gases (BI 1 & 2)
6. Thermochemistry / Thermodynamics (BI 5)
7. Atomic Structure and Periodicity / Atomic Theory & Atomic Structure (BI 1 & 2)
8. Bonding -- General Concepts / Chemical Bonding (BI 1 & 2)
9. Covalent Bonding: Orbitals / Chemical Bonding (BI 1 & 2)
10. Liquids and Solids / Liquids & Solids (BI 1 & 2)
11. Properties of Solutions / Solutions (BI 2)
12. Chemical Kinetics / Kinetics (BI 4)
13. Chemical Equilibrium / Equilibrium (BI 6)
14. Acids and Bases / Equilibrium (BI 6)
15. Applications of Aqueous Equilibria / Equilibrium (BI 6)
16. Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy / Thermodynamics (BI 5)
17. Electrochemistry / Reaction Types (BI 3)
18. The Nucleus -- A Chemist’s View / Nuclear Chemistry
19. The Representative Elements: Groups 1A Through 4A / Descriptive Chemistry (BI 2)
20. The Representative Elements: Groups 5A Through 8A / Descriptive Chemistry (BI 2)
22. Organic Chemistry / Descriptive Chemistry
AP Chemistry Exam Review / All
(BI) refers to Big Ideas. Big Idea 1 – Structure of matter, Big Idea 2 – Properties of matter-characteristics, states and forces of attraction, Big Idea 3 – Chemical reactions, Big Idea 4 – Rates of chemical reactions, Big Idea 5 – Thermodynamics, Big Idea 6 – Equilibrium.
Course Sequence
First Nine Weeks:
Chapter / Topics Covered / Activities / Big Ideas / EU / LOOne: Chemical Foundations / · Scientific Method
· Measurement
· Significant Figures
· Dimensional Analysis
· Density
· Classification of Matter / · Read: Pages 1 – 30
· Problems: Pages 32 – 35 Questions 29, 31, 33, 35, 39, 47, 63, 67, 69, 75, 77, 81 / 2 / 2.A / 2.7
2.10
Kool-Aid Chromatography Lab students will write an analysis on the GRAS (generally regarded as safe) requirements, the use of the chemical structure of and problems associated with certain food dyes [ CR4]
Two & Three: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions & Moles Concepts / · Chemical Laws
· Atomic Theory
· Molecules & Ions
· Periodic Table
· Naming Simple Compounds
· Moles
· Molar Mass
· Moleville (Mole Map) / · Read: Pages 39 – 69
· Problems: Pages 70 – 72 Questions 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 33, 43, 47, 53, 55, 61, 69, 75
Mole problems / 1
2 / 1.A
1.B
1.E
2.C / 1.1
1.4
1.5
1.17
1.18
2.17
Seven: Atomic Structure & Periodicity / · Electron Radiation
· Bohr Model
· Quantum Mechanical Theory
· Electron Configuration
· Periodic Trends
· Periodic Table from www.ptable.com
· / · Read: Pages 284 – 328
· Problems: Pages 330 – 334 Questions 19, 21, 29, 35, 37, 41, 45, 55, 77, 85, 99, 101, 103, 107, 115, 12 / 1 / 1.B
1.C
1.D / 1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
1.12
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1.15
Big Idea 1 Student Activity: Students will interact with new knowledge by working out old AP Chemistry Free Responses questions that are relevant to the material covered. Students will also graph values of ionization energy, electronegative and radius and interpret and predict trends on the organization of the periodic table. [CR3a]
Twenty-One: Transition Metals / · Transition Metals
· Alloys
· Isomerism / · Read: Pages 953 – 995
· Problems: Pages 997 – 1001 Questions 5, 15, 17, 19, 25, 41, 43, 55, 61, 65 / 2 / 2.D / 2.25
2.26
2.27
Eight and Nine: Bonding – General Concepts / · Bond Types
· Electronegativity
· Polarity
· Ionic Bonds
· Covalent Bonds
· Lewis Structures
· Hybridizations / · Read: Pages 339 – 391
· Problems: Pages 393 – 398 Questions 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 41, 51, 71, 81, 89, 93, 107, 111, 117 / 1
2
5 / 1.B
1.C
1.D
2.C
2.D
5.C / 1.7
1.8
1.15
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20
2.21
2.23
2.24
5.1
5.8
Ten: Liquids & Solids / · Intermolecular Forces
· States of Matter / · Read: Pages 438 – 485
· Problems: Pages 487 – 493 Questions 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 33, 35, 41, 43, 69, 101, 103 / 2
5 / 2.A
2.B
2.C
2.D
5.D / 2.1
2.3
2.8
2.9
2.112.13
2.14
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2.19
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Big Idea 2 Student Activity: Students will interact with new knowledge by working out old AP Chemistry Free Responses questions that are relevant to the material covered. Molecular Geometry Activity- students will draw a serious of molecules and predict/determine the geometry, hybridization and polarity of each molecule.[CR3b]
Second Nine Weeks: