Advanced Placement Chemistry Syllabus
Menchville High school 2014 – 2015 / Room 216Adam M. Lundquist M.A / Phone number: 757-560-0821
Email: / Web pagesLundquistLabs.com
Course description: This AP Chemistry course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first year of college. For most students, the course enables them to undertake, as a freshman, second year work in the chemistry sequence at their institution or to register in courses in other fields where general chemistry is a prerequisite. This course is structured around the six big ideas articulated in the AP Chemistry curriculum framework provided by the College Board.A special emphasis will be placed on the seven science practices, which capture important aspects of the work that scientists engage in, with learning objectives that combine content with inquiry and reasoning skills. AP Chemistry is open to all students that have completed a year of chemistry who wish to take part in a rigorous and academically challenging course.
Text: Zumdahl, Steven and Susan Zumdahl. Chemistry, Eighth Edition. Belmont CA: Cengage Learning, 2012.
Required Materials:
- Splash proof goggles
- Binder
- blue/black pens
- pencils
- Graphing calculators
- Flash drive
Big Ideas: the course is structured around six big ideas of inorganic chemistry consistent with the objective put forth by the College Board, these are:
Big Idea 1: the structure of matter
Big Idea 2:Properties of matter-- characteristics, states, and forces of attraction
Big Idea 3: Chemical reactions
Big Idea 4: Rates of chemical reactions
Big Idea 5: Thermodynamics
Big Idea 6: Equilibrium
Expectations:
Attendance: attendance is mandatory as chemistry is not like other subjects. Missing just one class will weaken your foundation for the concepts lectured on in the next class. Make up labs for an excused absence will be dealt with on a case by case basis, it all depends on the lab. Often you will have to make an appointment to stay after and make the lab up.
Laboratory exercises: Laboratory observation is the keystone of the scientific community and is dependent on collaboration with peers-to that end you will be assigned a lab partner to work with. The labs completed require following or developing processes and procedures, taking observations, and data manipulation. See lab list provided for lab details. Students communicate and collaborate in lab groups; however, each student writes a laboratory report in a lab notebook for every lab they perform. A minimum of 25% of student contact time will be spent doing hands-on laboratory activities. Your partners may be switched or reassigned at my discretion.
THE TEN (10) PARTS OF A LABORATORY REPORT
Pre-Lab WorkPre-lab work is to be completed and turned in on the day the lab is performed.
1.Title --The title should be descriptive. For example, “pH Titration Lab” is a descriptive titleand “Experiment 5” is not a descriptive title.
2.Date –This is the date the student performed the experiment.
3.Purpose -- A purpose is a statement summarizing the “point” of the lab.
4.Procedure outline -- Students need to write an outline of the procedure. They should use bulleted statements or outline format to make it easy to read. If a student is doing a guided inquiry lab, they may be required to write a full procedure that they develop.
5.Pre-Lab Questions -- Students will be given some questions to answer before the lab is done. They will need to either rewrite the question or incorporate the question in the answer. The idea here is that when someone (like a college professor) looks at a student’s lab notebook, they should be able to tell what the question was by merely looking at their lab report. These questions often prep students for the calculations they will do in order to complete the lab, and derive a conclusion.
6.Data Tables -- Students will need to create any data tables or charts necessary for data collection in the lab
During the lab
7.Data -- Students need to record all their data directly in their lab notebook. They are NOT to be recording data on their separate lab sheet. They need to label all data clearly and always include proper units of measurement. Students should underline, use capital letters, or use any device they choose to help organize this section well. They should space things out neatly and clearly.
Post Lab work
8.Calculations and graphs -- Students should show how calculations are carried out. Graphs need to be titled, axes need to be labeled, and units need to be shown on the axis. To receive credit forany graphs, they must be at least ½ page in size.
9.Conclusion -- This will vary from lab to lab. Students will usually be given direction as to what to write, but it is expected that all conclusions will be well thought out and well written.
10.Post Lab Error Analysis Questions -- Follow the same procedure as for Pre-Lab Questions.
All work done in lab is to be kept in the carbon-copy lab notebooks of both you and your lab partner. Please note that your title, objective, procedure, pre-lab questions, and any data tables must be written in YOUR lab note book BEFORE you enter lab the day one is scheduled. Filled data tables, calculations, post lab questions and conclusion are to be done after the lab and will be expected turned in on their set due date. Incomplete labs will not be graded.
All students will be expected to adhere to the Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) Lab Safety contract when in class, as this class is itself a lab.
If you need to miss a lab for any reason please let me and you lab partner know as soon as possible.
Tutoring: I am available after school on Tuesdays for all my classes, however on Thursday’s afterschool I will stay after exclusively for AP. If I notice a student, or group of students, struggling with a concept, formula or laboratory calculation I will ask them to stay after to reinforce the material. I am committed to your success, please match my commitment. Additionally Saturday tutoring if offered through NMSI, the dates for those Saturdays are also found on the coarse online calendar. These are excellent opportunities to receive additional instruction and assistance. Additionally attendance at these prep sessions will function as extra credit (25pts/session towards test grades).
Final Exam: A mock AP exam will be given in early April to assess prospective student performance on the AP exam (May 5th?). As these data are utilized by myself and the NMSI it is imperative that student approach them as they would the actual AP exam. To facilitate this the grade obtained on this mock exam will be utilized at the end of the fourth quarter as the semester exam. The break down for grades will be as follows: a score above a 3 will be entered ad a 100 A, a score above a 2 will be entered in as 89 B, and a score of 1 will be entered in as an 79 C. Students who do not take the exam, or fail to obtain at least a composite score of 25 will be asked to take another semester exam. This option is provided on a case by case basis and not available except at my discretion. Requests will not be honored.
Evaluations: per policy the NNPS grading scale will be used and each quarterly grade is based on the following percentages:
Class work/ Homework / 10%Labs / 30%
Quizzes / 20%
Tests / 40%
Parents and Students: Please acknowledge by your signatures below that you have reviewed, understood, and accepted the criteria outlined in the syllabus
We, the undersigned, have read and understand the information herein. Furthermore, the student has the responsibility to have this syllabus signed and kept in his or her binder.
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Two (2) blocks set aside each quarter for miscellaneous assemblies, extra time for labs, or review time. In the event that these blocks go unused we will proceed to the next unit, and all grades will be recorded and entered on the first day of the next marking period.
1st Marking Period
a)Gases (5 blocks)
i)Gas laws,
Summer assignment due (Extra Credit)
ii)Ideal gas law
iii)Quiz; Density of a Gas LAB
iv)MC & FRQ practice
v)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
b)Stoichiometry (8 blocks)
i)Analytical chemistry
ii)START Chemical formula of a hydrate LAB
iii)Quiz, continue LAB
iv)Stoichiometry Intro
v)Stoichiometry Advanced
vi)Quiz, Finish LAB
vii)MC & FRQ Practice
viii)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
c)Solution Stoichiometry (6 blocks)
i)Hydration & Concentration
ii)Quiz, Types of chemical reactions*
iii)5 bottle LAB
iv)Balancing half reactions
v)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
vi)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
* Upon completion of this lecture, every Monday that you are in class you will have a net ionics quiz.
2nd Marking Period
d)Thermodynamics & Thermochemistry (6 blocks)
i)Thermochemistry
ii)The MANY ways to calculate H
iii)Hand warmer LAB
iv)Thermodynamics
v)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
vi)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
e)Kinetics (6 blocks)
i)Collision theory & Instantaneous rate law
ii)Kinetics – differential rate law
iii)Kinetics – Integrated rate law
iv)Crystal violet LAB
v)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
vi)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
f)Equilibrium (7 blocks)
i)Equilibrium position
ii)LeChatlier & RICE tables
iii)Quiz, Solubility equilibrium
iv)Rxn Quotient & Solubility equilibrium
v)Beers law & Equilibrium LAB
vi)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
vii)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
3rd Marking Period
g)Acid-base chemistry (7 blocks)
i)HA/A- theories
ii)Calculating pH (strong vs weak)
iii)Quiz, hydrolysis
iv)Buffers
v)Acidic Accident LAB
vi)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
vii)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
h)Electrochemistry (6 blocks)
i)Galvanic cell anatomy
ii)Eocell & Non-standard conditions
iii)Quiz, Galvanic cell LAB
iv)Electrolytic cells
v)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
vi)TEST, HW and LAB DUE
i)Atomic Structure (3 blocks)
i)Atomic Structure
ii)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
iii)TEST, and HW DUE
j)Bonding (3 blocks)
i)Bonding
ii)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
iii)TEST, and HW DUE
4th Marking Period
k)States of matter (5 blocks)
i)Inter/intramolecular forces
ii)Liquids, and solid states
iii)Phase change
iv)Quiz, MC & FRQ practice
v)TEST, and HW DUE
aa)AP Exam Prep (5 blocks)
Each day 2-3 ten (10) multiple choice questions on each unit will be due for a homework grade. Additionally each day you will take two (2) FRQ questions as a 1/5 of a test grade and a quiz grade. Your best of the two will count towards your test grade, your worst will count as a quiz grade.
i)Section I MC due,
FRQs on gases & Stoich.
ii)Section II MC due,
FRQs on Sol. Stoich. & thermo
iii)Section III MC due,
FRQs on Kinetics and Keq
iv)Section IV MC due,
FRQs on Eocell and Ka/Kb
v)Section V MC due,
FRQs on Atomic structure, bonding, and IMFs