Chemistry
Chemistry is an inquiry-based laboratory course that focuses on the development of models and representations to understand the nature of matter and energy and the predictable manner by which they interact. Over the course, students should be able to recognize how both matter and energy are both measured (quantified) and observed (qualified) in a variety of contexts.
Chemistry is an inquiry-based laboratory course that focuses on the development of models and representations to understand the nature of matter and energy and the predictable manner by which they interact. Over the course, students should be able to recognize how both matter and energy are both measured (quantified) and observed (qualified) in a variety of contexts.
The curriculum is structured so that students actively engage in scientific and engineering practices and apply crosscutting concepts to deepen their understanding of the core ideas. The curriculum is designed to engage students with fundamental questions about the world and with how scientists have investigated and found answers to those questions and to provide students with the opportunity to carry out scientific investigations and engineering design projects related to the disciplinary core ideas in the physical sciences.
The curriculum is structured so that students actively engage in scientific and engineering practices and apply crosscutting concepts to deepen their understanding of the core ideas. The curriculum is designed to engage students with fundamental questions about the world and with how scientists have investigated and found answers to those questions and to provide students with the opportunity to carry out scientific investigations and engineering design projects related to the disciplinary core ideas in the physical sciences.
Course Sequence:
Course Sequence:
Unit 1:
Unit 1:
Structure of an Atom and Atomic Theory (including electrons in atoms and electron configurations)
Structure of an Atom and Atomic Theory (including electrons in atoms and electron configurations)
Periodic table and trends
Periodic table and trends
Properties of Matter
Properties of Matter
Properties of ionic and covalent compounds including bonding and naming
Properties of ionic and covalent compounds including bonding and naming
Valence electrons
Valence electrons
Lewis Structures
Lewis Structures
Molecular Shapes
Molecular Shapes
Polarity
Polarity
Phases of matter
Phases of matter
Kinetic Molecular Theory
Kinetic Molecular Theory
Phase changes - Boiling and Melting
Phase changes - Boiling and Melting
Gas Pressure, Vapor Pressure, Surface Tension, Density
Gas Pressure, Vapor Pressure, Surface Tension, Density
Phase changes - Boiling and Melting
Phase changes - Boiling and Melting
Measurements
Measurements
Significant figures
Significant figures
Accuracy and precision
Accuracy and precision
Scientific notation
Scientific notation
Dimensional analysis
Dimensional analysis
Density
Density
Unit 3:
Unit 3:
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Energy - bond energy
Energy - bond energy
Heat
Heat
Exothermic/ Endothermic
Exothermic/ Endothermic
Calorimetry
Calorimetry
Kinetics/ Reaction Rates
Kinetics/ Reaction Rates
Increasing reaction rate
Increasing reaction rate
Requirements for a chemical reaction to occur (hit, orientation, hit with enough energy)
Requirements for a chemical reaction to occur (hit, orientation, hit with enough energy)
Factors affecting rate
Factors affecting rate
Catalysts
Catalysts
Equilibrium
Equilibrium
Unit 4:
Unit 4:
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Fission
Fission
Fusion
Fusion
Radiation/ Radioactivity Decay/ Half Life
Radiation/ Radioactivity Decay/ Half Life
The Sun and Nuclear Chemistry
The Sun and Nuclear Chemistry
Unit 2:
Unit 2:
Chemical Quantities (Stoichiometry)
Chemical Quantities (Stoichiometry)
Moles
Moles
Molar Mass
Molar Mass
Molar Relationships
Molar Relationships
Percent composition
Percent composition
Empirical formulas
Empirical formulas
Molecular formulas
Molecular formulas
Chemical Reaction Types
Chemical Reaction Types
Predicting Products
Predicting Products
Conservation of Mass /Balancing Equations
Conservation of Mass /Balancing Equations
Percent Yield
Percent Yield
Limiting Reactants
Limiting Reactants
Solutions
Solutions
Solubility (given a solubility chart)
Solubility (given a solubility chart)
Factors affecting solubility
Factors affecting solubility
Precipitation Reactions
Precipitation Reactions
Molecular, Ionic and Net Ionic equations
Molecular, Ionic and Net Ionic equations
Molarity and Solution Stoichiometry
Molarity and Solution Stoichiometry
Dilution
Dilution
Making a solution
Making a solution
Redox Reactions
Redox Reactions
Assigning oxidation numbers
Assigning oxidation numbers
Identifying which substance is oxidized and reduced
Identifying which substance is oxidized and reduced
Unit 5:
Unit 5:
Applications included in other units
Applications included in other units