Curriculum Alignment for AP Chemistry |
A course in chemistry provides students with the opportunity to understand the following concepts: Units of Measurement, Uncertainty in Measurement, Dimensional Analysis, Modern View of Atomic Structure, Periodic Table, Naming Compounds and Molecules, Stoichiometry, Types of Chemical Reactions, Solution Chemistry, Thermochemistry, Atomic Structure and Periodicity, Bonding, Chemical Kinetics, Chemical Equilibrium, Acids and Bases, Spontaneity, Entropy, Free Energy and Electrochemistry. |
Summer Quarter: Units of Measurement, Significant Figures, Dimensional Analysis, Temperature, Density, Naming of Compounds and Molecules, Stoichiometry, Molar Mass, Percent Composition, Empirical and Molecular Formula, Chemical Equations. Summer assignments are listed on a web page designed by me at: www.gopbi.com/community/groups/apchem/index.html |
First Quarter: Solution Chemistry, Electrolytes, Composition of Solutions, Types of Chemical Reactions, Precipitation Reactions, Rules of Solubility, Acid Base Reactions, Oxidation Reduction Reactions, Gas Laws, Enthalpy and Calorimetry, Hess's Law, Standard Enthalpies of Formation. Assignments for first quarter are listed on: www.oocities.org/mrschuett |
Second Quarter: Atomic Structure and Periodicity, Electromagnetic Radiation, Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom, Quantum Numbers, Orbital Shapes, Pauli Principle, Polyelectronic Atoms, Aufbau Principle, Periodic Table, Periodic Trends, Types of Chemical Bonds, Electronegativity, Bond Polarity, Dipole Moments, Ions, Electron Configurations, Covalent Bonds, Lewis Structures, Resonance, Hybridization, Molecular Orbital Theory, intermolecular Forces, Structure and Bonding in Metals, Vapor Pressures, Changes of State, Phase Diagrams. Assignments for second quarter: www.oocities.org/mrschuett |
Third Quarter: Solution Composition, Molarity, Molality, Normality, Mass Percent, PPM, Mole Fraction, Vapor Pressure of Solutions, Boling Point Elevation, Freezing Point Depression, Osmotic Pressure, Colligative Properties, Chemical Kinetics, Reaction Rates, Determing Rate Laws, Integrated Rate Law, Reaction Mechanisms, Equilibrium Condition, Equilibrium Constant, Le Chatelier's Principle. Assignments for third quarter: www.oocities.org/mrschuett |
Fourth Quarter: Acids, Bases, acid Strength, pH Scale, Calculating pH, Polyprotic Acids, Acid-Base Properties of Salts, Buffered Solutions, Buffer Capacity, Titrations, pH Curves, Acid Base Indicators, Solubility Equilibria, Solubility Product, Spontaneous Processes, Entropy, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Effect of Temperature on Spontaneity, Free Energy, Electrochemistry, Standard Reduction Potentials, Cell Potential, Electrical Work, Dependence of Cell Potential on Concentration. Assignments for fourth quarter: www.oocities.org/mrschuett |