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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