Chemistry II AP Course Outline

Course Description
This course is not a college preparatory course. This is the college course. It is
equivalent of the general chemistry course taken during the first year of college year.
Review of Chemistry I is necessary, but there will be a lot of new information learned
that are important for succeeding in both the course and in the AP test. Due to the fast
pace of the course, students are expected to do a lot of independent studies that will
better prepare them for the day to day lessons. Getting behind is not an option.
Everyone taking the course will have the opportunity to take the AP test in May.
Structure of the Course
The course is structured around the six big ideas articulated in the AP Chemistry
curriculum framework provided by the College Board [CR2].
Big Idea 1:
Big Idea 2:
Big Idea 3:
Big Idea 4:
Big Idea 5:
Big Idea 6:

Structure of matter
Properties of matter characteristics, states, and forces of attraction
Chemical reactions
Rates of chemical reactions
Thermodynamics
Equilibrium

Students will think and act like scientists, using the seven science practices articulated
which are:
Science Practice 1: The student can use representations and models to communicate
scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.
Science Practice 2: The student can use mathematics appropriately.
Science Practice 3: The students can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking
or to guide investigations within the context of AP course.
Science Practice 4: The student can plan and implement data collection strategies in
relation to a particular scientific question.
Science Practice 5: The student can perform data analysis and evaluations of evidence.
Science Practice 6: The student can work with scientific explanations and theories.
Science Practice 7: The students is able to connect and relate knowledge across various
scales, concepts and representations in and across domains.
Requirements
Students should have taken Chemistry I with a grade of C or better. All experiments are
hands-on and will require students understanding of lab safety procedures. AP
Chemistry Labs are inquiry-based and comparable to college-level chemistry
laboratories.
Lab Student Manual:
The College Board. AP Chemistry Guided-Inquiry Experiments: Applying the Science
Practices. 2013 [CR1]

Textbooks
Zumdahl, Steven and Susan Zumdahl. Chemistry,Seventh Edition. Houghton Miffin
Company, 2007.
Supplementary Text
John T. Moore. 5 steps to a 5 on the AP: Chemistry or any AP Chem test review material
Online Resources: Video Podcast, Bozeman Science, Khan Academy, apchemsolutions
Activity Resource: David M. Hanson, Foundations of Chemistry, Applying POGIL
Principles. 2010

Materials
Please bring the following to class daily:
Blue/black pen, Red pen, #2 pencil
Scientific calculator
Binder for class notes, POGIL and ChemQuest activity sheets
Composition Notebook for Labs
Highlighter (any color)

Absences
Daily attendance is essential because each lesson is important in understanding
succeeding lessons. For excused absences, students will be given one day to complete
work missed. After that day, 10 points are deducted until the first week. After the
first week, late work will not be accepted and will get a grade of zero. Weekly
calendar will be provided on the class website so that students dont fall behind.
Everyone is expected to come prepared for the class.
Homework
Homework packets are given at the beginning of each unit. Students need to work on
these every night as practice for tests and quizzes. They are stamped on the date given.
A stamp means a possible full credit if corrections are made. Uncorrected work will not
be stamped. All stamped work are due on the day of the unit test (please see
schedule). Review absences for grading late work. After a week that a homework is
not made up, a grade of zero will be given.
Test
Unit test is given at the end of each unit. Students who missed the test are given a week
to make up for it. After a week that a test is not made up, a grade of zero will be
given.
Laboratory Experiment
A minimum of 25% of student time will be spent doing hands on laboratory activities.

[CR5a]. Pre lab work is given so students can prepare for the lab. They are due at the
end of each lab, or when specified. Due to the nature of labs, it is extremely important
that you be here on lab days. Labs involve chemicals and equipment that may be
available on lab days only. Make up for a lab is assigned the week that the lab is missed.
After a week that lab is not made up, a grade of zero is given.
Binder
A binder that is dedicated specifically to chemistry are required from each student. This
is for the class notes where students keep all their copies of PowerPoint notes or their
own notes and worksheets done in class. A laboratory notebook designed to keep
students lab reports. Students are responsible for all graded materials because mistakes
are inevitable, so that proof of scoring is necessary for any grade corrections.
Lab Report
Students must follow a lab report format that states the verbal, written and graphic
communication skills through use of literature or scientific investigations, and oral,
written, and graphic representations. The components of the lab consist of a central
challenge that focuses on the main learning objective, written abstract that attract readers
interest, pre-lab guiding questions, procedures that are in order and concisely written,
measuring skills, calculations tables and graphs and post-lab assessment. [CR7] Students
must turn in completed laboratory reports at the end of the period unless otherwise
specified.
Grading
Grades are calculated as an average of total points earned over points possible as follows:
Assessments (unit or chapter tests) = 50%
Homework = 20%
Class work (quizzes, laboratory, class work and projects) = 20%
Final Exam = 10%
An overall grade from:
100%-97% is an A+; 94% is an A; 93%-90% is an A-;
89%-87% is a B+; 86%-84% is a B; 83%-80% is a B-;
79%-77% is a C+; 76%-74% is a C; 73%-70% is a C-;
69% and below is a non-proficient grade.

Unit Overview
This is the planned schedule for the year. It may or may not work depending on school
activities that day. Otherwise, the test dates are set for your planning purposes. Use the
resources available to you: Zumdahl book, Podcasts, Lecture Notes and Bozeman
Videos.

Estimated Timeline: Test dates may change if needed.

First Semester
Unit

Topics and Big Ideas with

Curricular Framework Articulation
Introduction/ Chemistry I Review (1 wks)
Scientific Method
BI 1.D.1:a
Metric System
LO 1.3; SP 2, 5
Dimensional Analysis
LO 1.3, SP2, 5
Uncertainty
Activity: [CR3a]
Safety/Lab Preparation
Distillation

Test
Dates

Resources to use with

Laboratory sequence
Zumdahl Chapters 1-3
Summer Review Packet
Podcasts 1.1, 1.3, 2.1-3.1 and 3.2
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 1, 2
and 3

Students are given opportunity

to make observations, following
scientific method and lab report
format.

LO 2.10
SP 4.2, 5.1, 6.4

Students will design an

experiment to show the step by
step process of separation
procedure.
Lab: [CR5b] and [CR6]
Guided-Inquiry: Physical and Chemical
Properties

Atomic Theory: Big idea 1 and 2

History of Atomic Theory

8/29
BI 1.C.2: a, b, c, d
SP 1, 6.4, 7.1
1.A.1.a, 1.A.3:b
1.A.2:b
1.B.1:d, e
1.B.1:d, e
1.B.2:a,b,c,d
1.C.1:d, e
1.C.1: c, d
1.C.1: c-2, d

Atomic Mass
Empirical and Molecular Formula
Waves
Light
Electronic Structures
Quantum Numbers
Periodic Trends
Atomic and Ionic Radii
Ionization Energy
Electron Affinity
1.C.1:c, d
Electronegativity
1.C.1:c-3,d
Naming Ionic Compounds
BI 2.C , LO 2.17
Naming Ionic Covalent Compounds 1.E.2:b
LO 2.1
SP 6.4, 7.1
Stoichiometry
1.A.3:a, 1.E.1:b

Activity: [CR3a]
Use of Holographic Glasses

Students will determine the

physical and chemical properties
involved in making ice cream.

LO 1.17, 1:18
SP 1, 3, 4, 6

1.B.1:d
LO 1.4
SP 7.1

Zumdahl Chapters 2, 3, & 7

Summer Review Packet
Lectures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Podcasts 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 1

Students determine the spectral

colors of white light and apply
calculations involved in light.

Stoichiometry

Labs: [CR5b] and [CR6]

Guided Inquiry Lab: Spectroscopy

Determination of the Chemical Formula

of Magnesium Oxide

LO 1.1, 3.3, 3.4

SP 2, 5

Students determine the correct

mole ratios in a given equation ,
calculate for limiting reactant
and solve for empirical and
molecular formula.

LO 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8,

1.14, 1.15
SP 4.2, 5.1

Students will measure how much

of which wavelengths of light
are absorbed by a substance.

1.A.3 LO 1.4
SP 7

Students will apply knowledge

on how to sue the Bunsen burner
correctly.
Students will determine the
chemical and empirical formula
of a compound.

Chemical Bonding: Big Idea 1 and 3

Octet Rule and Lewis Diagrams
Ionic Bonding
Lattice Energy

Formal Charge
Resonance Structures
Molecular Shape
VSEPR Theory
Hybrid Orbital Theory
Polar and Non Polar Molecules

9/17
2.C.4:a
LO 2.1 SP 6.4, 7.1
1.B.1:a, 1.C.2:a,
2.C.2:d(1-2), 2.C.2:b
2.C.4:c, d and e
2.C.4:c,d,e
2.C.4:h, 2.c.4:i
2.C.4:b, e, f
2.C.4:g
2.C.1:e

Zumdahl Chapter 8 & 9

Lectures 6, 7, 8 and 9
Podcasts 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 and 9.1
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 2

POGIL: [CR3b]
Activity 03-1 Molecular representations
Activity 03-2 Nomenclature and Naming Compounds
Activity 03-03 Mole and Molar Mass
Activity 03-4 Determination of Molecular Formulas
Labs: [CR5] and [CR6]
Guided-Inquiry Lab: Bonding in Solids LO 2.1, 2.17, 2.19,
2.10, 5.1, 5.10
SP 1, 3, 4

Molecular Models [CR3b]

Students will determine the type

of bonding in unlabeled
chemicals using physical and
chemical properties of
substances containing ionic,
molecular and metallic bond.

SP 1

Solutions and Reactions: Big idea 1, 2 and 3

Electrolytic Solutions
2.A.3:h

Students will use molecular

models in predicting the shapes
of molecules.

10/1

Zumdahl Chapter 4
Lectures 10, 11, 12

Solubility
Precipitation Reactions
REDOX Reactions
Oxidation Numbers
REDOX Reactions in Acid
and Basic Solutions
Synthesis Reactions
Decomposition Reactions

Combustion Reactions

Podcasts 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4,

4.5 and 4.4 review
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 3

1.D.3:c, 2.A.3:i, j
6.C.3:d
1.E.2:f
1.E.2:f
3.A.1, 3.B.1:a
3.A.1, 3.B.1:a,
3.C.1:d
3.A.1, 3.B.3:e

POGIL: [CR3c] and [CR3d]

Activity 04-1 Balanced Chemical Reaction Equations
Activity 04-2 Dissociation and Precipitation Reactions
Activity 04-3 Introduction to Acid-base Reactions
Activity 04-4 Electron Transfer Reactions
Labs: [CR5] and [CR6]
Guided-Inquiry Lab: Redox Titration

Gravimetric Lab

Thermodynamics: Big Idea 2 and 5

Enthalpy
Calorimetry

Hesss Law
Enthalpy Formation
Bond Energy

Entropy
Free Energy

LO 3.9
SP 4.2, 5.1

Students will determine the

concentration of a certain
molecule in a solution by adding
a precise number of moles of a
chemical that will react with the
species of the unknown
concentration.

LO 1.19
SP 4.2, 5.1, 6.4

Students will determine the mass

percent of phosphorus in a
sample of plant food through
gravimetric analysis.
10/20

5.E.2:c, 5.E.3
5.A.2, 5.B.2, 5.B.3:a
5.3.B:b, 5.B.4
5.B.3:a
5.E.2:c, 5.E.3
2.c.2:d, 5.C.1,
5.C.2:a, 5.C.2:b
5.E.1
5.E.2:d, e, f, 6.D.1:a

Zumdahl Chapter 6 and 16

Lectures 13 and 14
Podcast s 6.1 and 6.2
Podcasts 16.1 and 16.2
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 5

POGIL: [CR3e]
Activity 14-1 Spontaneous Change and Entropy
Activity 14-2 Entropy of the Universe and Free Energy
Labs: [CR5] and [CR6]
Guided-Inquiry Lab: Calorimetry

Hesss Law

LO 5.7
SP 4.2, 5.1, 6.4

LO 3.11, 5.3-5.5
SP 2,5, 3, 4, 6

Students will determine which

substances, in what amounts, can
be used as an efficient, safe and
environmentally friendly and
economical hand warmer.
Students perform a series of
reactions and calculate enthalpy

Equilibrium: Big Idea 5 and 6

Equilibrium Constants
Calculating Equilibrium Problems
Manipulating Keq
Le Chateliers Principle

11/3
6.A.3:d, e, 6.A.4
6.A.2
6.A.3:b
6.A.3:b, 6.B.1,
6.B.2, 6.C.3:e, f

to prove Hesss law.

Zumdahl Chapter 13 & 16
Lectures 15, 16 and 17
Podcasts 13.1 and 13. 2
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 6

Gibbs Free Energy and

Equilibrium

POGIL: [CR3f]
Activity 15-1 Dynamic Equilibrium and Le Chateliers
Principle
Activity 15-2 The Reaction Quotient and Equilibrium
Constant
Activity 15-3 Free Energy and Chemical Equlibrium
Activity 15-4 Solving Equilibrium Problems: The
RICE Table methodology

Lab: [CR5] and [CR6]

Guided-Inquiry Lab: Le Chateliers Principle LO 6.9
SP 4.2

Determination of
Equilibrium Constant

Gases:

Big Idea 1 and 2

Gas Laws
Ideal Gas Laws
Partial Pressures
Mole Fractions
Average KE of a Gas
Real vs. Ideal gas

Students will perform a variety

of stresses on a given system to
demonstrate Le Chateliers
Principle.
Students will use LabQuest(in
place of spectrophotometer) to
determine the equilibrium
constant of a chemical reaction.

LO 6.9
SP 4.2

11/19
2.A.2:a, c
2.A.2:a, c
2.2:b
3.A.2:b
2.A.2:d, 5.A.1
2.A.2:e, f, 2.A.2:g
2.B.2:c, 2.B.2:d

Zumdahl Chapter 5
Lectures 18, 19 and 20
Podcasts 5.1 and 5.2

POGIL: [CR3b]
Activity 11-1 The Ideal Gas Law
Activity 11-2 Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases
Activity 11-3 Partial pressure
Labs: [CR5b] and [CR6]
Determination of the Molar Volume of
a Gas

Determination of Molar Mass by Vapor

Density
Electrochemistry: Big Idea 3 and 5
Voltaic (Galvanic) Cells
Voltage

LO 2.4, 2.5, 5.2

SP 2,5

Students will determine the

molar volume of oxygen gas.

LO 2.4, 2.5, 5.2

SP 2, 5

Students will determine the

molar mass of butane.
12/10

3.B.3:a, b, c, d
3.C.3:a, b, c,

Zumdahl Chapter 17
Lectures 21 and 22
Podcasts 17.1, 172. And 17.3

Spontaneous REDOX reactions

Gibbs Free energy
Nernst Equation
Chemical Applications

5.E.4:a
3.B.3:a, b, c, d

Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 3

3.C.3:d
3.C.3:f

POGIL: [CR3f]
Activity 18-1 Voltaic Cells
Activity 18-2 Electrolytic Cells
Labs: [CR5b] and [CR6]
Voltaic Cell Lab

LO 3.12, 3.13,
5.16,
SP 2,5

Electrolysis

Students will determine the

standard half cell reduction
potentials for four different
metal ions, and organize them
into electrochemical series.

SP 2.2, 2.3, 5.1

Final Exam

Students will identify which

chemicals are in the anode
versus the cathode.
TBD

All Topics in Units 1-8

Test
Date
1/28

Resources to use

Second Semester
Topics
Unit
8

Intermolecular Forces: Big Idea 2 and 5

Types of intermolecular forces
Determining relative boiling points
Phase Diagrams
Molecular Solids
Covalent Network Solids
Properties of Liquids

1.C LO 1.11
1.C LO 1.11
6.C LO 2.16
6.C LO 2.15
6.C LO 2.15
5.D LO 2.13

Zumdahl Chapter 10
Lectures 23, 24, and 25
Podcasts 10.1 and 10.2
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 2

POGIL: [CR3b]
Activity 10-1 Interactions between Atoms and
Molecules
Activity 10-2 Intermolecular Interactions
Activity 10-3 Phase Changes in Pure Substances
Activity 10-4 Unit Cells of Crystalline Solids
Lab: [CR5] and [CR6]
Guided-Inquiry Lab: Chromatography Lab

LO 2.10
SP 4.2, 5.1, 6.4

Students will determine the Rf

values of the organic pigments in
a plants leaf. They will then
analyze the possible types and
strengths of intermolecular
forces.

Solutions: Big Idea 2 and 3

Types of Solutions

Expressing Concentrations
Solubility of Solids and Temperature
The Solubility Product Constant
Predicting Precipitates
Solubility of Gases and Temperature
Solubility of Gases and Pressure

2/16
2.A.1:e,
2.A.3:b, c
2.B.3:b
2.A.3:i, j
2.3.A:b, c
2.A.3:i, j
2.A.1:e, 5.B.3:d
2.A.3:g
2.A.3:g

Zumdahl Chapters 11 & 15

Lectures 26, 27 and 28
Podcasts 11.1 and 11.2
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 2

POGIL: [CR3c]
Activity 12-1 Solutions
Activity 12-2 Colligative Properties
Labs: [CR5b] and [CR6]
Determination of Molar Mass by
Freezing Point Depression

10

Acids and Bases: Big Idea 6

Defining Acids and Bases

The Strengths of acids and bases

Autoionization of Water
Ka and Kb
pH
Polyprotic Acids
Acid/Base Reactions
Buffered Solutions
Solubility and pH
Acid Base Titrations

LO 2.8, 2.9
SP 1.1, 1.2, 6.4

Students will determine the

molar mass of an unknown
soluble compound using freezing
point depression.
3/7

3.B.2, 6.C.1:c,
6.C.1:d, e, f
6.C.1:h
6.C.1:b
6.C.1:b, e
6.C.2:d
6.C.1:n
6.C.1
6.C.2:a , c
6.C.2
6.C.1:k

Zumdahl Chapters 14 & 15

Lectures 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33
Podcast 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
14.4 and 14.Review
Podcasts 15.1, 15.2a, 15.2b,
15.3 and 15.4
Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 6

POGIL: [CR3f]
Activity 16-1 The pH Scale and Water Autoionization
Activity 16-2 Relative Strengths of Acids
Activity 16-3 Weak Acid-Base Equilibria
Labs: [CR5] and [CR6]
Guided-Inquiry Lab: Titration
Guided- Inquiry Lab: Preparation and
Properties of Buffered Solutions

11

Kinetics: Big Idea 3 and 4

The Reaction Rates
The Order of Reactions

LO 2.2, 3.7
SP 2, 5
Students will create different
buffered solutions and use them
and a sample of pure water to
compare how their pH values are
affected by addition of known
quantities of a strong base.

LO 6.18, 6.19, 6.20

SP 2,3,4,5

4/8
4.A.1;a
4.A.2:b, 4.A.3:c, e

Zumdahl Chapter 12
Lectures 34 and 35
Podcasts 12.1, 12.1a.Prom,

Rate Laws
Integrated Rate Laws
Half Life Reactions
Factors Affecting Reaction Rates

Activation Energy, Ea
Reaction Mechanisms

Catalysis

12.2 and 12.3

Bozeman Videos: Big Idea 4

4.A.2.a
4.A.3:a
4.A.1:b, 4.A.1:c
4.D.1, 4.D.2
4.B.2, 4.B.3:c
4.B.1:a, b, 4.C.1,
4.C.2, 4.C.3
4.D

POGIL: [CR3f]
Activity 13-1 Rates of Chemical reactions
Activity 13-2 Reaction Mechanisms
Activity 13-3 Activation of Energy and Catalysis
Labs: [CR5] and [CR6]
Guided- Inquiry: Determining the Rate and
Order of a Reaction

12

LO 1.16, 4.2, 4.3,

4.4
SP 2,3,4,5,6

Students will determine the rate

and order of the decomposition
of hydrogen peroxide.
Zumdahl Chapter 18
Lecture 36
Podcast 18.1

Nuclear
Modes of Nuclear Decay
Configurations for Nuclear Stability
Binding Energy
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Fission
POGIL: [CR3a]
Activity 22-1 Nuclear Chemistry: Binding Energy
Activity 22-2 Radioactivity
Activity 22-3 Rates of Radioactive Decay

13

Zumdahl Chapter 22
Lecture 37
Podcast 22.1

Organic
Naming Hydrocarbons
Functional Groups
Isomers
POGIL: [CR3a]
Activity 20-1 Functional Groups
Activity 20-2 Polymer Chemistry
Review for AP Exam
2 Full Length Practice AP Exams
Final Project: Collaborative work with AP Environmental
Class [CR4]

TBD

All!!
Research/Creative/Project
Presentation