Syllabus by Quarter - First Semester 2007-08

Quarter 1

Laboratory Safety Equipment & Procedures
Nature of Chemistry
Physical & Chemical Properties of Matter
Characteristics and Properties of Elements
Experimental Design and Review of the Scientific Method
Acquiring Proper Measurements

• Significance
• Scientific Notation
• Accuracy and Precision
• Percent error
• Dimensional Analysis and Conversions

Density
History of the Atomic Theory
Atomic Structure

• Subatomic particles
• Isotopes
• Atomic number
  
• Atomic  masses
• Avogadro’s number
  
• The mole and conversion involving particles, mass, and moles

Spectroscopy
Electron Configurations

• Development
• Structure
• Use

Periodic Trends

• Radii
• Ionization energy
• Electron affinity
• Electronegativity

Chemical bonding

• Ionic
• Covalent
  
• Metallic
  
• Lewis Dot structure
• Molecular Shape - VSEPR
• Resonance
  
• Polarity

Writing chemical formulas and naming compounds
Molecular and formula mass
Percentage composition
Molecular and empirical formulas
Hydrates

Quarter 2

Balancing Chemical Equations
Classifying chemical change and predicting product from the five general types.

• Synthesis
• Decomposition
• Single displacement
• Double displacement
• Combustion
  

Stoichiometry  (Mass-Mass Problems)
Kinetic theory
States of matter

• Liquids
• Solids

Behavior of gases

• Boyle’s, Charles’ and Dalton’s Laws
• Ideal gas equation
• Mass-Volume, Volume-Mass, and Volume-Volume Problems

Solutions

• Types of mixtures
• The solution process
  
• Molarity

Ions in Solution
Acids, Bases, and Salts

• Three acid/base theories
• Name acids and bases
• Name salts
• Ionization constant and percent ionization
• Ion product constant of water
• pH and titrations