Chaminade
College
Preparatory School
2006-2007
Science Department
General Chemistry
Course Syllabus
Course Number: chem 230
Credit Hours: Two Semesters, 1.0 Credit
Grade Level: 10th grade
Faculty Name: Dr. Howard Wright
Classroom Location: Room 301
Block Period:
Teaching Blocks:
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Office: Frishe Hall, Room
Faculty Telephone: 314-993-4400 x
Faculty E-mail: @chaminade-stl.com
Faculty Website: www.ccpscience.com
I. Course Description
This course is designed for students to gain a better understanding of the world of matter and energy. Students will study: measurement, metrics, reactions, atomic structure, the periodic table, bonding, states of matter, solutions, equilibrium, gasses, oxidation-reduction, and acid-base chemistry. Through extensive lab writing students will examine laboratory investigations using the scientific method. Many units of study involve calculations. Therefore, a solid math background is helpful.
II. Desired Learning Outcomes and Evidence for Assessment
Students completing the General Chemistry course should be proficient in the below outlined subject manner and have a general knowledge of High School Chemistry and be able to pass the state standardized chemistry exam
1. Construct a properly drawn graph with x and y axis labels
2. Calculate the value of a variable from a simple single variable equation
3. Search a subject on line and generate a summary document
4. Take notes in a concise and detailed manner
5. Make and record detailed observations
6. Follow detailed written instructions
III. Class Texts and Materials
Holt interactive online Chemistry copy write 2004
All students must have a computer as the new text is online and it will not be necessary to bring your book to class. This is the first year for this book and the computers so it will be fun seeing how this technology works to make chemistry more enjoyable.. You do not need to bring your book to class. It is online.
IV. Website
Internet: http://www.ccpscience.com/1wright/ The lecture notes will, for most of the lectures, be available on the Internet at ccpscience.com. These notes are critical to those individuals that are absent from class or need assistance during the lecture to follow the lesson.
V. Laptop Usage
In general chemistry we used the computers to give each student a Organizational grid to help them take notes complete their homework complete online quizzes and complete labs In addition progress reports are emailed to the students and online web quests are performed on the laptops.
VI. Performance Expectations
Students completing the General Chemistry course should be proficient in the below outlined subject manner and have a general knowledge of High School Chemistry and be able to pass the state standardized chemistry exam
VII. Student Evaluation/Grading
Grading will be divided
15% homework
15% quizzes
20% lab work
30% midterm exams
20% final exam
Homework and Problem Sets: Homework and problem sets will be given as per the syllabus and is graded on a pass, ½, or fail basis. The homework and problem sets will account for 15% or the overall grade. Homework is to clarify what you heard in lecture. No homework will be acceptable more than 2 days late. Chemistry involves the use of very simple mathematics and the understanding of often abstract concepts. Completion of homework is critical to the successful completion of high school chemistry. Answers to homework along with detailed explanations of these answers should be obtained from Dr. Wright or via the Internet under the heading homework at ___ ccpscience.com
Quizzes: Quizzes will be given as per the syllabus and graded in class. Quizzes will account for 15 % of the overall grade. Quizzes will cover the homework material and will consist of 5 to 7 questions.
Midterm Exams: Midterm exams are given as per the syllabus. The exams will be cumulative in nature with questions spanning all material covered from the beginning of the course. Midterm exams will typically include 50 questions derived principally from the quizzes. Midterm exams will account for 30% of the overall grade. It would be highly recommended for all students to keep past quizzes as a guide for studying for the exams.
Final Exams: Final Exam will be given as per the syllabus. The final exam will be cumulative in nature with questions spanning all material covered from the beginning of the course. The final exam will include 100 questions derived from both the quizzes and the midterm exams. The final exam will account for 20% of the overall grade
Laboratory Reports: Observations are critical when performing a lab therefore a note and data sheet will be provided when you do labs. The lab write up will be done on computer and handed in the day after the lab. Both the formally written up lab and the dirty, crumpled, accurate and detailed data sheet must be attached to the clean through lab write up. The neatness, form and accuracy of each lab will be graded using a rubric format that will be posted on a scale from 0 to 15. The laboratory notebook will account for 20% of the overall course grade. Anyone not turning in a lab after being present for the lab must be present before school to write up the lab. Detailed instructions as to what is expected in the lab and how it is to be graded can be found on the bulletin board in the classroom and in subsections chemlab write-up and grading rubric in CCP Science.com
VIII. Classroom Decorum
Classroom decorum will be referred to classroom ethics: The definition of ethics is “A principle of right or good conduct or a body of such principles.” As students at Chaminade College Preparatory we have agreed to such principles of honesty. In the light of these principles it must be understood that the debasing of another individual will not be tolerated. We all enjoy humor and the interaction of our friends and classmates but we must not allow such bantering to become destructive and harmful. Demeaning another individual will not be tolerated.
IX. Attendance Expectations
Students should attend all classes
X. Cheating, Plagiarism
Cheating is not allowed. Science is a pursuit of truth and understanding. The antithesis of truth is lies. There is no place in the study of chemistry for lies. If a below average grade is earned on an exam I will give the student ample opportunity to bring that grade up. There is no reason to cheat. Cheating on an exam will be met with failure on the exam and a referral to the school administration. All labs will be subjected to “Turnitin.com” to minimize the copying of last year, other students or plagiarism of online sources. To clarify what plagiarism is check out http://www.csubak.edu/ssric/Modules/Other/plagiarism.htm
XI. Topical Outline
Structure of Matter
A. Atomic theory and atomic structure
1. Evidence for the atomic theory
2. Atomic masses; determination by chemical and physical means
3. Atomic number and mass numbers; isotopes
4. Electron energy levels; atomic spectra, quantum numbers, atomic orbitals
5. Periodic relationships, including atomic radii, ionization energies, electron affinity, oxidation states
B. Chemical Bonding
1. Binding forces
a. Types: ionic, covalent, metallic, hydrogen bonding, van der Waals (including London dispersion forces)
b. Relationship to states, structure, and properties of matter
c. Polarity of bonds, electronegativities
2. Molecular models
a. Lewis structures
b. Valence bond: hybridization of orbitals, resonance, sigma and pi bonds
c. VSEPR
3. Geometry of molecules and ions; structural isomerism of simple organic molecules and coordination complexes;
dipole moments of molecules; relation of properties to structure
C. Nuclear Chemistry: nuclear equations, half-lives, and radioactivity; chemical applications
II. States of Matter
A. Gases
1. Laws of ideal gases
a. Equation of state for an ideal gas
2. Kinetic-molecular theory
a. Interpretation of ideal gas laws on the basis of this theory
b. Avogadro’s hypothesis and the mole concept
c. Dependence of kinetic energy of molecules on temperature
d. Deviations from ideal gas laws
B. Liquids and Solids
1. Liquids and solids from the kinetic-molecular viewpoint
2. Phase diagrams of one-component systems
3. Changes of state, including critical points and triple points
4. Structure of solids; lattice energies
C. Solutions
1. Types of solutions and factors affecting solubility
III. Reactions
A. Reaction types
1. Acid-base reactions; concepts of Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, and Lewis; coordination complexes, amphoterism
2. Precipitation reactions
3. Oxidation-reduction reactions
a. Oxidation number
b. The role of the electron in oxidation-reduction
B. Stoichiometry
1. Ionic and molecular species present in chemical systems: net ionic equations
2. Balancing of equations including those for redox reactions
3. Mass and volume relations with emphasis on the mole concept, including empirical formulas and limiting reactants
C. Equilibrium
1. Concept of dynamic equilibrium, physical and chemical; Le Chatelier’s principle, equilibrium constants
2. Quantitative treatment
a. Equilibrium constants for reactions in solution
-Constants for acids and bases; pK, pH
-Solubility product constants and their application to precipitation
and the dissolution of slightly soluble compounds
-Common ion effect; buffers; hydrolysis
D. Kinetics
1. Concept of rate of reaction
2. Use of experimental data and graphical analysis to determine reactant order, rate constants, and reaction rate laws
3. Effect of temperature change on rates
4. Energy of activation; the role of catalysts
5. The relationship between the rate-determining step and a mechanism
E. Thermodynamics
1. State functions
2. First law: change in enthalpy; heat of formation; heat of reaction; heats of vaporization and fusion; calorimetry
3. Second law: entropy; free energy of formation; free energy of reaction; dependence of change in free energy on
enthalpy and entropy changes
IV. Descriptive Chemistry
A. Chemical reactivity and products of chemical reactions
B. Relationships in the periodic table: horizontal, vertical, and diagonal with examples from alkali metals,
alkaline earth metals, halogens, and the first series of transition elements
C. Introduction to organic chemistry: hydrocarbons and functional groups (structure, nomenclature, chemical properties)
V. Laboratory
A. Making observations of chemical reactions and substances
B. Recording data
C. Calculating and interpreting results based on the quantitative data obtained
D. Communicating effectively the results of experimental work