Chemistry Course Outline 2014-2015

Unit One - Lab Safety and Inquiry

1. Safety rules and symbols. (1b)
2. Accuracy versus precision, significant figures (digits), and dimensional analysis
(metric to metric/metric to English/English to English conversion factors). (1e)
Unit Two - Matter and Atoms
1. Three phases of matter (i.e. solids, liquids, and gases) and their properties. (2a)
2. Differentiating compounds, mixtures, and elements. (2a)
3. Atomic model (i.e. protons, neutrons, electrons, etc.). (2c)
4. Research atomic model theory and scientist contributions (I.e. Dalton, Thomson,
Rutherford, Bohr, de Broglie, and Shrdinger). (2b)
Unit Three - The Periodic Table of the Elements
1. Calculate numbers of atomic particles (i.e. protons, neutrons, and electrons) using
atomic and mass numbers. (3a)
2. Classify elements as metals, nonmetal, and metalloids. (3b)
3. Calculate numbers of atomic particles (i.e. protons, neutrons, and electrons) and
mass numbers in isotopes. (3b)
4. Write and draw electron configurations using Aufbaus principle, Paulis Exclusion
Principle, and Hunds rules. (3a)
5. Classify periodic properties (i.e. electronegativity, electron affinity, ionization energy,
and ionic radius). (3b)
Unit Four - Chemical Bonding
1. Recognize and write valence electrons and ions and their charges. (2e)
2. Recognize metallic bonds; recognize, name, and create using Lewis Dot structures
(2g) ionic bonds. (2e)
3. Recognize, name, and create using Lewis Dot structures (2g) covalent bonds. (2e)
4. Compare and contrast polar and non-polar covalent bonding. (2e)
5. Compare and contrast intermolecular forces (i.e. dispersion forces, dipole - dipole
interactions, van der Waals attractions, and hydrogen bonding). (2f)
6. Recognize three-dimensional molecular model structures using Valence Shell
Electron Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPR Theory). (2g)
Unit Five - Chemical Reactions
1. Classify five different reaction types (i.e. single displacement, double displacement,
synthesis, decomposition, and combustion). (3c)
2. Balance chemical reactions. (3c)
3. Write, balance, and classify chemical equations from named chemical compounds.
(3c)

Unit Six - Stoichiometry

1. Calculate molar mass. (3d)
2. Calculate percent composition and the mass of individual elements based on percent
composition. (3d)
3. Write the empirical formula based on the percent composition. (3d)
4. Write the molecular formula using the empirical formula based on the percent
composition. (3d)
Unit Seven - Gas Laws and Thermodynamics
1. Recognize assumptions made about ideal gases. (4b)
2. Use gas laws (Boyle, Charles, Gay-Lussac, Avogadro, and Dalton) to calculate
pressure, temperature, volume, number of moles, and partial pressures. (4c)
3. Compare and contrast endothermic and exothermic using chemical reactions and
reaction graphs. (4d)
Unit Eight - Solubility
1. Calculate molarity. (4e)
2. Recognize soluble and insoluble ions and compounds. (4e)
3. Describe reaction rates affected by temperature, concentration, surface area,
pressure, mixing, and catalysts. (4e)
4. Apply Le Chateliers Principle. (4e)
Unit Nine - Acids and Bases
1. Recognize acids / bases and their properties. (5a)
2. Define pH in regard to hydronium and hydroxide ion concentrations in solutions. (5a)
3. Describe the properties of buffers, and recognize examples of buffer solutions. (5a)
4. Classify species in aqueous solutions using Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry
definitions. (5b)
5. Analyze reduction / oxidation reactions (REDOX) and all of their components. (5c)