Course Syllabus Document
COURSE TITLE: Honors Chemistry DEPARTMENT: Honors Chemistry
SEMESTER: 1 YEAR: 2017-2018
Name: Mrs. Jennifer Smith
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Phone: (708)585-1120 / I believe that all students can learn. With that being said, I also believe that learning is not a spectator sport. One has to work to learn. This includes in the classroom as well as at home. I also believe that students learn in various ways. Because of this, I use a variety of learning methods to help students achieve their learning goals. I structure all units into a modeling curriculum and also apply various learning strategies for individual and cooperative learning opportunities. For chemistry, much of the learning occurs while in the laboratory setting. Safety is my number one priority when students are in the lab.
Course Description / Course Objectives
This course is designed for college bound students and those interested in scientific inquiry. Chemistry is the study of matter, its properties and its composition. Development of laboratory techniques and problem solving strategies are emphasized. Algebra and critical thinking skills are used throughout the course. / Students will be able to:
- develop critical thinking skills
- developcommunication skills
- developcooperation/collaboration skills
- developinformation processing skills
- developcreative thinking skills
- apply mathematical concepts to real-world scientific processes.
- apply reading skills in a technical-based textbook.
- learn various laboratory techniques.
- become successful, lifelong,
NGSS Learning Standards for High School Science
HS-ETS1-3. Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
HS-ETS1-4. Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem.
HS-ETS1-1. Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
HS-PS1-3: plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the bulk scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.
HS-PS1-5: apply scientific principles and evidence to provide an explanation about the effects of changing the temperature or concentration of the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs.
HS-PS2-1: Analyze data using tools, technologies and or models (eg. Computational, mathematical) in order to make valid and reliable scientific claims or determine an optimal design solution.
HS-PS1-7: use mathematical representations to support the claim that atoms, and therefore mass, are conserved during a chemical reaction.
RST.11-12.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account.
WHST.9-12.2: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
WHST.9-12.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
WHST.9-12.7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
SL.11-12.5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
HSN-Q.A.1: Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays.
HSN-Q.A.2: Define appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling.
HSN-Q.A.3: Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities.
Major Course Unit /Topics
Unit 1: Introduction to Chemistry/Safety
-Understand what chemists study and explain the relevance of chemistry to everyday life.
-Identify laboratory safety equipment and explain appropriate safety procedures.
-Identify laboratory glassware and there uses in the lab.
-Learn to set up, light and extinguish a Bunsen burner during lab.
-Identify all the safety equipment in the classroom and understand its use.
-Understand and follow safe practices during labs.
-Pass a written safety assessment prior to conducting labs.
-Understand the difference between accuracy and precision while using lab equipment / Unit 3: Classifying Matter
-Determine how matter is classified
-Know the seven diatomic elements
-Identify and classify elements, compounds and mixtures.
-Identify an observation as a chemical change or a physical change
-Identify an observation as a chemical property or a physical property
-Use significant figures measurement and in rounding
-Define and identify the States of Matter
-Apply dimensional analysis to various unit conversions, including the mole
-Model the behavior of gases
-Apply the kinetic-molecular theory to various descriptions of gases
-Apply the gas laws in solving problems about gas behavior
Unit 4: Energy
-Distinguish between heat and temperature
-Distinguish between the system and its surroundings.
-relate states of matter to energy changes in a system
-Calculate energy flow into and out of a system.
-Apply the concept of the conservation of energy
-Understand energy and its changes
-Identify an unknown metal by finding its specific heat capacity
Unit 2: What is Matter? How Does it Change?
-Distinguish between physical and chemical properties and physical and chemical changes
-Apply the Law of Conservation of Mass
-Define mass and volume as it relates to the calculation of density
-Develop and graph density data determining the slope
-Understand the conservation of mass law
-Understand the differences between a law and a theory / Unit 5: Smallest Unit of Matter: The Atom
-Compare and contrast early atomic models
-Understand the structure of the atom
-Distinguish between atoms, ions & isotopes
-Write the isotope symbol for a given particle
-Calculate the wavelength, frequency, and/or energy of a given wave of electromagnetic energy.
-Apply the rules for electron configuration to a given element or ion
-Predict the nuclear decay equation for a given type of radiation.
-Understand the nuclear processes of fission and fusion and how the subatomic particles are rearranged.
-Calculate half life
Unit 6: How Do We Organize Matter?
-Understand the organization of the periodic table
-Predict properties of an element based outer most electron configuration.
-To understand and identify periodic trends
-Explore and apply historical organization of the periodic table.
-Calculate the average atomic mass for a given element and its isotopes.
Major Projects/Assessments
Investigation / Unit / Evaluation
Bunsen Burner Lab / Unit 1 / Formative
Mass & Change Lab / Unit 2 / Rubric & Unit 2 Assessment
Relating Mass & Volume Lab / Units 2 / Unit 2 Assessment
Modeling Gas Behavior / Unit 3 / Unit 3 Assessment
Inquiry Calorimetry Lab / Unit 4 / Rubric & Unit 4 Assessment
Half Life Lab / Unit 5 / Unit 5 Assessment
Mendeleev for a Day Lab / Unit 6 / Final Exam
Evaluation Structure
- Quizzes, Tests, Assessments 50%
- Homework 15%
- Laboratory Investigations 30%
District 215 Grading Scale / Materials/Supplies
100 – 90 A
89 – 80 B
79 – 70 C
69 – 60 D
59 & Below F /
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- Notebook
- ScientificCalculator
- Pencil
- Paper
- Earbuds
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