Radnor High School - Radnor Township School District
Radnor High School
Course Syllabus
Advanced Placement Chemistry
|I. Course Description |
| Advanced Placement Chemistry |
|Credit; Weighted |
|Length: Year; Format: Meets Daily |
|Prerequisite: Honors Chemistry and Advanced Precalculus |
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|Advanced Placement Chemistry is a challenging second year chemistry course which prepares students to take the AP Chemistry exam by providing |
|college level chemistry instruction. Success in AP Chemistry requires a serious commitment to independent study and outside-of-class |
|laboratory work. It is intended for those students with a strong math and science background who are interested in pursuing a career in |
|science, medicine or engineering. |
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|II. Materials & Equipment |
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|Primary Text: Chang, Raymond, Chemistry, 8th edition |
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|Supplementary texts and workbooks which provide additional explanations and problems: |
|Multiple Choice and Free Response Questions Workbook |
|Hague & Smith, The Ultimate Chemical Equations Handbook |
|Brown & LeMay, Chemistry, the Central Science |
|Zumdahl, Chemistry |
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|Lab Manuals: Laboratory Experiments are taken from several sources: |
|Vonderbrink, Laboratory Experiments for Advanced Placement |
|Chemistry |
|Slowinski, Chemical Principles in the Lab, 4th edition |
|Nelson & Kemp, Laboratory Experiments |
|III. Course Goals & Objectives |
|Students will attain a depth of understanding of the fundamentals of chemistry and a reasonable competence in dealing with chemical problems. |
|Students will develop the ability to think about chemistry clearly and express their ideas orally and in writing with clarity and logic. |
|Students will develop their ability to use chemical calculations and mathematical formulations of chemical concepts. |
|Students will develop college level laboratory skills. |
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|IV. Course Topics (Summary Outline) |
|UNIT I – Review and extension of Chem I |
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|Chapter 1: Chemistry: The Study of Change |
|Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions |
|Chapter 3: Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions |
|Chapter 4: Reactions in Aqueous Solutions |
|Chapter 5: Gases |
|Chapter 6: Thermochemistry |
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|UNIT II – Chemical Equilibrium, Acids & Bases |
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|Chapter 14: Chemical Equilibrium |
|Chapter 15: Acids and Bases |
|Chapter 16: Acid-Base Equilibria and Solubility Equilibria |
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|UNIT III – Chemical Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry |
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|Chapter 13: Chemical Kinetics |
|Chapter18: Entropy, Free Energy, and Equilibrium |
|Chapter 19 Electrochemistry/Redox Reactions |
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|UNIT IV – Electron Structure and Bonding, Interparticle Forces |
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|Chapter 7: Quantum Theory and the Electronic Structure of Atoms |
|Chapter 8: Periodic Relationships Among the Elements |
|Chapters 9/10 Chemical Bonding I & II |
|Chapter 11: Intermolecular Forces and Liquids and Solids |
|Chapter 12: Physical Properties of Solutions |
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|UNIT V – Miscellaneous Topics |
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|Chapter 24: Organic Chemistry |
|Chapter 23: Nuclear Chemistry |
|Complex Ion Formation |
|V. Assignments & Grading |
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|Laboratory Work: |
|Lab work is an extremely important part of any chemistry curriculum. Students are required to keep a quadrille lined lab notebook as well as |
|hand in written lab reports for each lab completed. |
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|Grading Policy: |
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|Semester grades will be based on the following percentages: |
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|Tests: 60% Labs: 30% Homework: 10% |
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|Students will be given the opportunity to take the AP Chemistry test in May. Preparation for this test may require extra study sessions after|
|school. |
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