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
• Hybridization
  
• Resonance
  
• Polarity

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

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