Topic outline
Items of note
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Below you will find important documents needed for this class such as the syllabus, current event template, and science safety contract as well as links to helpful tools you will need for success in chemistry.
Unit 1: Scientific Method and Chemistry Math & Measurements
This unit covers the scientific method, measurements, and chemistry math. By the end of this unit you should be able to:- Know and practice the procedures at the core of scientific methodology
- Write numbers in scientific notation
- Evaluate data for accuracy and precision
- Report measurements to the correct number of significant figures
- Perform calculations using the correct number of significant figures
- Understand what determines the density of a substance
Here are the PowerPoint notes for Unit 1. If you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to download the file and take notes in your interactive notebook.
Unit 1 Homework
Unit 2: Classification of Matter & Nuclear Chemistry
This unit covers the properties of matter, a history of the current atomic model, and an introduction to nuclear chemistry. At the end of this unit you should be able to:
- Distinguish between a chemical property and physical property
- Distinguish between a chemical change and physical change
- Identify the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons in an element when given the symbolic notation of an element
- Determine the average atomic mass of an element
- Balance nuclear equations and identify as alpha, beta, or gamma decay
- Describe the experiments leading to the current atomic model
- Phet Build an Atom File Uploaded 18/11/16, 13:43
Unit 3 - Periodic Table & Current Atomic Model
This unit covers an introduction to the periodic table, periodic trends, and the current atomic model.By the end of this unit you should be able to:- identify elements on your periodic table when given the period, group, or electron configuration
- explain the five periodic trends
- make predictions using the trends
- write an element's electron configuration
- draw orbital diagrams
Unit 4 - Chemical Bonds and Nomenclature
** = Honors TopicBy the end of this unit you should be able to:- Describe how ions form
- Name ionic and covalent compounds using IUPAC naming rules/write out formulas when given the name
- Name acids using rules/write out formulas when given names**
- Represent covalent molecules using Lewis Dot structures
- compare/contrast metallic/ionic/covalent bonding
- predict a molecule's 3D shape using VSEPR
- predict the polarity of a molecule or compound **
A list of the things that we have done for this unit
- Lewis dots WS File Uploaded 5/02/16, 11:02
- color your periodic table File Modified 13/01/17, 08:50
Unit 5 - Chemical Equations & Stoichiometry
By end end of this unit you should be able to:- Convert between units (metric to English)
- Understand the concept and meaning of the mole
- Find the molar mass of any given chemical substance
- Convert between moles and particles and moles and mass
- Solve problems involving Percent Composition
- Balance and Classify Chemical Equations
- Use a balanced equation to solve stoichiometric problems (i.e. moles of one substance to moles of another)
A list of the things that we have done for this unit
activity chart.docx
sugar-an-unusual-explosive.pdf
task:
- research factor label methods, (Also called unit conversion or dimensional analysis), using the internet.
- make a list of all sites visited
- find an interesting real life application.
- write a paper, (2-3 paragraphs), on:
- how does unit conversions work
- how to solve your real life application
Water Purity and Solutions
What?
We will be studying how water dissolves chemicals, and how to purify it
Why?
We drink water every day, it is important to know how it is purified for us.
How?
We will be taking notes, researching topics on the internet, and using lab for hands on exploration
How2?
We will have a notebook check, turn in our research, and create a water filter
- Solubility lab File Uploaded 26/04/17, 20:13
- Water Purity Webquest File Uploaded 26/04/17, 20:16
Watch this video and answer part 1,
Then read this webpage and answer part 2 http://www.valleywater.org/services/TheWaterTreatmentProcess.aspx
Gases
What?
We will be studying gases, their laws and properties
Why?
Gases are all around us and impact every area of our lives, from the air that we breath to the tires on our cars
How?
We will be taking notes, researching topics on the internet, and using lab for hands on exploration
How2?
We will have a notebook check, turn in our research, and create a water filterClick this link if you need to get caught up on missed days.
- Gas Laws foldable File Uploaded 4/05/17, 09:32
- Gas Notes 1 File Uploaded 4/05/17, 09:33
- Gas notes 2 File Uploaded 4/05/17, 09:35
Unit 6: Thermochemistry & Reaction Rates
Unit 6: Thermochemistry & Reaction Rates
By the end of this unit you should be able to:- Describe the transfer of heat in terms of releasing or absorbing energy
- Solve Specific Heat and Molar Heat Capacity Problems
- Describe a enthalpy
- Distinguish if a reaction is endo- or exothermic based on its graphical representation and its thermochemical equation
- Draw, label, and describe the points on a heating curve and know what happens to the kinetic and potential energy at each phase change
- Solve latent heat of vaporization and latent heat of fusion problems
- Explain how the rates of reactions can be increased
- Describe the ways a chemical system can relieve stress due to changes in concentration, temperature, and volume
- Organic Chem Notes File Uploaded 26/05/17, 08:47
- Honors Final review File Uploaded 26/05/17, 08:49