Textbook: Chemistry, 7 Edition. Zumdahl and Zumdahl, 2007, Houghton th

AP Course Audit AP Chemistry Syllabus

Course Name: AP Chemistry

Textbook: Chemistry, 7th Edition. Zumdahl and Zumdahl, 2007, Houghton Mifflin.

Other Resources: The Ultimate Chemical Equations Handbook. Hague and Smith, 2001, Flinn Scientific.

Laboratory Experiments for Advanced Placement Chemistry. Vonderbrink, 2006, Flinn Scientific.

Experimental Chemistry, 7th Edition. Hall, James F., 2007, Houghton Mifflin.

Master AP Chemistry, 2nd ed. Barker, 2007, Peterson's.

Fast Track to a Five. Ohn-Sabatello, Morlan, and Knoespel, 2006, McDougal Littell.

Laboratory: Laboratory experiments are an integral part of the AP Chemistry course. Students will spend an average of the equivalent of a double period per week (including set-up) in laboratory investigations, all of which will be "hands-on, wet-labs". Duplicate or triplicate trials are run on most experiments so that precision can be calculated. Students will work in teams of two to conduct lab investigations, but will independently keep a lab notebook and write lab reports. Lab reports will be done in the bound lab notebook and will include Purpose, Procedure, Data Tables, Calculations and/or Graphs, Conclusions, Discussion of Theory, Error Analysis (this also includes calculations of % deviation and % error), and a critique/evaluation section. Students will alternate lab reports between two notebooks so that one lab report can be collected and graded while the next lab is performed. Following each experiment, students will share results and interpretation of those results in class discussions. All College Board Recommended Labs will be covered, with additional labs done in the areas of Thermochemistry and Acid/Bases. In the mornings during the week of OGT testing, AP Chemistry students will conduct the cation/anion qualitative analysis lab

Homework: Homework is assigned daily and will typically require about 45 minutes for textbook reading and required calculations. Reading assignments for each topic will include the Zumdahl text (entire chapter) as well as the Zumdahl study guide and related chapters in the Peterson's AP manual and in "Fast Track". Required homework problems will include most of the problems from the textbook study guide and selected problems from the textbook end-of-chapter problems. Review before chapter tests will include assignments from "Fast Track" and from

Peterson's AP Chemistry study manual which both include Free Response practice. Daily homework will constitute 10% of the grade each quarter. Lab reports are in addition to this daily homework.

Net Ionic Equations: Starting with Chapter 4, different classifications of reactions will be studied and net ionic equations will be practiced and tested throughout the year.

Tests/Quizzes: Short quizzes will be given very frequently(2-4 per week). These will usually be multiple-choice, as a combination of calculation-based and conceptual questions. Tests will be given at the conclusion of each chapter and will be extremely rigorous, with a combination of multiple-choice and free-response questions, and net-ionic equations. The questions are at the level of AP exam questions, and each test will include some questions from previous chapters as the year progresses.

Independent Study: Chapters 1-3 in Zumdahl were extensively covered in the Honors Introductory Chemistry course and homework from those chapters will be done as review over the summer. A test over Chapters 1 and 2 will be given the 2nd day of school, and a test over Chapter 3 will be the 2nd week, after completion of the Gravimetric Analysis lab.

Chapter 22, on Organic Chemistry, will be done independently over Winter Break. A test over this chapter will be given the 2nd day after break. The lab "Synthesis, Purification and Analysis of an Ester" will be conducted the final week of regular classes, after the AP Chemistry exam.

Chapter 18, on Nuclear Chemistry, was extensively covered in Honors Introductory Chemistry, and will be done as an independent assignment over Spring Break, with a test given the 2nd day after break.

AP Exam Review: The last 3-4 weeks before the AP exam will be review. Students will do old AP exams and practice exams as homework, with a multiple-choice section done one night, and the free-response section the next night. A set of net ionic equations will be done every day. Additional equilibrium problems will be done on the weekends. Students are encouraged to come in before and after school to work in study groups and also to form study groups outside of school.

Chapter Outline (Zumdahl)

Chapters 1-3 (Mainly done over the summer; 1 ? weeks to complete in the fall.)

Chapter 1 ? Chemical Foundations Scientific Method, Units of Measurement, Precision and Accuracy, Significant Figures, Dimensional Analysis, Temperature, Density and Classification of Matter.

Chapter 2 ? Atoms, Molecules and Ions Historical Development, Dalton's Theory and Modern Atomic Theory, Introduction to the Periodic Table, Formulas and Nomenclature of Compounds.

Chapter 3 ? Stoichiometry Average atomic mass, molar mass, % composition, empirical and molecular formulas.

Balancing Chemical Equations

Stoichiometry, limiting reactant, % yield.

Laboratory Investigations: The following two experiments were conducted the last three weeks of Honors Introductory Chemistry with rigorous, calculation-based lab reports written according to the AP Chemistry format.

Determination of the Formula of a Compound ~ 1.5 hours (Formation of MgO, using a crucible. Fulfills the College Board Recommended Experiment #1)

Determination of the Percentage of Water in a Hydrate ~1.5 hours (Copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate. Fulfills the College Board Recommended Experiment # 2)

Analytical Gravimetric Analysis (Done the 2nd week of AP Chemistry) ~ 3.5 hours

(Determination of the concentration of Na2CO3 by precipitation with SrCl2, and vacuum filtration with a fritted glass Gooch crucible. This is a slight modification of Experimental Chemistry, Exp. 34, Choice II. Fulfills the College Board Recommended Experiment #16)

Chapter 4 ? Types of Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry (4 weeks)

Electrolytes, Molarity, dilution

Types of Reactions: Precipitation (solubility rules, net ionic equations, stoichiometry), Acid-Base (neutralization and titration), and Oxidation-Reduction (balancing redox equations)

Laboratory Investigations:

Finding the Ratio of Moles of Reactants in a Chemical Reaction. (Vonderbrink, Exp. #5. Fulfills college Board Recommended Experiment #9) ~1.5 hours

Standardization of a Solution Using a Primary Standard. (Standardize NaOH with KHP, for use with acetic acid determination. (Experimental Chemistry, Exp. 29 Fulfills College Board Recommended Experiment #6) ~ 2 hours

Determination of % Acetic Acid in Commercial Vinegar by Acid-Base Titration. (Experimental Chemistry, Exp. 29 Fulfills College Board Recommended Experiment # 7) ~ 1.5 hours

Determination of Concentration by Oxidation-Reduction Titration (Vonderbrink, Exp. 20. Fulfills College Board Recommended Experiment # 8) ~ 2hours

Net Ionic Equations/Reactions emphasized: Precipitation, acid-base, redox (including single-replacement)

Chapter 5 ? Gases (3 weeks)

Pressure, Gas Laws (Boyle, Charles, Gay-Lussac, Avogadro, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, Graham's Law of effusion/diffusion, Ideal), gas stoichiometry, kinetic molecular theory, real gases, van der Waals Equation

Laboratory Investigations:

Determination of Molar Mass by Vapor Density (Vonderbrink, Exp. #9. Fulfills College Board Recommended Experiment # 3) ~ 2hours

Determination of the Molar Volume of a Gas ~ 2 hours (Vonderbrink, Exp. # 8. Fulfills College Board Recommended Experiment # 5)

Graham's Law (Diffusion tube with NH3 and HCl)

Net ionic Equations/Reactions emphasized: Formation of gases by doublereplacement.

Chapter 6 ? Thermochemistry (2 ? weeks)

1st Law of Thermodynamics, enthalpy and calorimetry, Hess's Law, standard enthalpies of formation.

Laboratory Investigations:

Determination of Specific Heat of a Metal (Determination of specific heat of lead or copper by heating in a water bath, then transferring to a coffee-cup calorimeter) ~ 1.5 hours

Thermodynamics- Enthalpy of a Reaction and Hess's Law (Vonderbrink, Exp. # 6. Fulfills College Board Recommended Experiment # 13) ~ 2 hours

Net ionic Equations/Reactions emphasized: Synthesis and Decomposition Reactions

Chapters 7, 8 and 9 (These topics were extensively covered in Honors Introductory Chemistry at the AP level, including expanded octet hybridization and sigma/pi bonding. Although students will read these three chapters in Zumdahl and the Peterson's AP manual over these topics and do practice problems over each skill, these chapters will be reviewed in approximately one week, followed by a test taken from AP exam multiple-choice and free-response questions)

Chapter 7- Atomic Structure and Periodicity

Electromagnetic spectrum, energy/frequency/wavelength calculations, Rydberg equation, photoelectric effect, continuous vs. line spectra, Bohr model, Quantum model and quantum numbers, orbital shapes and energies, Aufbau, Pauli and Hund, development of the Periodic Table, trends in the Periodic Table(atomic and ionic radius, ionization energy, electronegativity, electron affinity), electron configurations.

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