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AP Chemistry
Course Description
Course Description
Welcome to Advanced Placement Chemistry! Some of you have taken an advanced placement class before, while for others of you, this will be your first experience with AP. This course requires much hard work, and time. Therefore, now and in the future it is important to keep focused to successfully complete this class as the advantages offered by this course are numerous. You will want to periodically look over this website as it will include in detail the contents that will be covered for this course. You can also check the grading scale for the quarter and the lab rubric as well.
Course Description:
The AP Chemistry course provides students with a college-level foundation to support future advanced coursework in chemistry. Students cultivate their understanding of chemistry through inquiry-based investigations, as they explore content such as: atomic structure, intermolecular forces and bonding, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium. The purpose of this course is to develop the requisite intellectual and laboratory skills in chemistry developed around big ideas and key science practices.
During first semester, we will cover:
Chemical Reactions
Stoichiometry
Chemical Bonding and Intermolecular Forces
Chemical Kinetics
Chemical Equilibrium
In the second semester, we will cover:
Thermochemistry
Acid Base Equilibria
Thermodynamics
Electrochemistry
Units of Study & Assessment Information
Units of Study & Assessment Information
Semester 1 Schedule
Semester 1 Schedule
Aug 16 - Dec 15
Semester 2 Schedule
Semester 2 Schedule
Jan 8 - May 31
Course Expectations
Course Expectations
Some of you have taken an advanced placement class before, while for others of you, this will be your first experience with AP. This course requires much hard work, and time. Therefore, now and in the future it is important to keep focused to successfully complete this class as the advantages offered by this course are numerous. You are expected to:
Regularly study materials learned in class at home (at least 5-10 hours a week)
Come to class prepared, making sure to bring your notebook and calculator for each class
Participate in laboratory assignments
Be able to work with class peers to perform lab and group work
Have a keen interest for learning Chemistry, I prefer it when students ask questions and where we can have productive student teacher discussions rather than me talking all the time (Don't be afraid to ask questions!)
Broad Learning Categories
Broad Learning Categories
(Science at Cheongna Dalton School is taught with alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards. Within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there are three distinct and equally important dimensions to learning science. These dimensions are combined to form each standard—or performance expectation—and each dimension works with the other two to help students build a cohesive understanding of science over time.
Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) [70%] are fundamental scientific ideas that form the content of an NGSS curriculum. They cover four domains: physical science, life science, earth and space science, as well as engineering, technology, and applications of science.
Science and Engineering Practices [30%] describe what scientists do to investigate the natural world and what engineers do to design and build systems. The practices better explain and extend what is meant by “inquiry” in science and the range of cognitive, social, and physical practices that it requires. Students engage in practices to build, deepen, and apply their knowledge of core ideas and crosscutting concepts.
Crosscutting concepts [0%] have application across all domains of science. As such, they are a way of linking the different domains of science. They include patterns; cause and effect; scale, proportion, and quantity; systems and system models; energy and matter; structure and function; and stability and change.
Parents can find more information of the standards assessed in each Broad Learning Category on PowerSchool.
Students can expect the following from the teacher concerning the following:
GOOGLE CLASSROOM - All assignments will be posted in Google Classroom. If you are having trouble locating it, contact the teacher.
RUBRICS AND POLICIES - Once posted here they will not change. However, if a chance is necessary the teacher will inform students well in advance and will clearly mark the changes.
Semester 1 Project Rubric
Semester 1 Project Rubric
Project: Discover an Element
For this semester you will investigate everything you possibly can for an element of your selection.
Questions:
What unique, cool, and exciting characteristics (5) did you discover about this element?
It could also relate to the history behind the element and/or how it was discovered
Is the element hazardous? If so, how? If not, why not?
What similar or distinguishing characteristics were you able to identify between the two/three elements?
How are your elements being used in current day technologies or innovations?
Requirement:
Your research must come from the following sources:
At least two from your AP Chemistry textbook or online ebook (openstax.org)
At least two from accredited scientific journals such as ACS (American Chemical Society), C&EN (Chemical and Engineering News), and any other credible sources
Include citations for your resources:
Objectives:
Select an element/compound of your group’s choice and research them and submit the following:
A. Two page research paper (2 or more pages; 3 or more pages if with a partner)
B. Slides Presentation (Maximum of 5 slides not including the title and citation page; expect
5 to 7 minutes of presentation time)
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