Mid-Year 2015-2016 Content by Lesson
Unit 1: Matter
Lesson 1: Classifying & Describing Matter
*Physical/Chemical Properties & Changes
*Intensive & Extensive Properties
*Mixture vs. Substance
*Separating Mixtures
Lesson 2: Energy
*Energy Transfer
*Kinetics vs. Potential / Endothermic vs. Exothermic
*Law of Conservation of Energy
Lesson 3: Qualitative vs. Quantitative Descriptions
*SI Units
*Temperature & Derived Units
*Metric System Prefixes
*Simple Conversions
Lesson 4: Dimensional Analysis
*Significant Figures
*Precision vs. Accuracy
*Basic-Advanced Dimensional Analysis
Unit 2: The Atom
Lesson 1: History of the Atom, Part 1
*Atom Overview
*Historical Development: Democritus/Aristotle, Dalton, Thomson,
Millikan, Rutherford
Lesson 2: Subatomic Particles & Reading the Periodic Table
*Subatomic particle definitions
*Reading the periodic table
*Isotopes and calculations
Lesson 3: History of the Atom, Part II
*Electromagnetic Spectrum
*Nature of Waves & Calculations
*Dual Nature of Light: Planck/ Einstein
*Photon calculations
Lesson 4: History of the Atom, Part III
*Gas Line Spectrum
*Bohr Model of the Atom
*Movement of Photons
*Principle Energy Levels & Orbits
Lesson 5: History of the Atom, Part IV
*Dual Nature of Matter
*Uncertainty Principle
*Quantum Mechanical Model: Orbitals vs. Orbits
*Quantum Numbers
*Manipulating Quantum Numbers with Periodic Table
Lesson 6: Electronic Configurations
*Bohr Electron Configuration
*Subshell Electron Configuration/ Aufbau Rule
*Orbital Box Notation/ Hund Rule & Pauli Exclusion Principle
*Exceptions
*Condensed Configuration
*Ground vs. Excited State Configurations
Unit 3: Periodic Table
Lesson 1: Arrangement of the Periodic Table
*Atomic Number Arrangement: Groups and Periods
*Periodic Law
*Valence Electrons & Properties
*Metals/ Metalloids/ Nonmetals
Lesson 2: Periodic Table Trends
*Atomic Radius Size Trend: Effective Nuclear Charge/ Calculating Bond Lengths
*Ionization Energy Trend & Blips
*Electron Affinity Trend & Blips
*Electron Affinity vs. Electronegativity
*Metallic Character Trend
Lesson 3: Atoms vs. Ions
*Basic Lewis Structure
*Formation of Cations
*Formation of Anions
*Periodic Trends as related to Ions
Unit 4: Chemical Bonding
Lesson 1: Background & Ionic Bonds
*Bond Formation Energy
*Reading Chemical Formulas: subscripts vs. coefficients
*Ionic Bond Properties
*Predicting Ionic Bond Formulas
*Polyatomic Ions
*Naming Ionic Compounds
*Determining Ion Charges from formula
Lesson 2: Metallic Bonding
*Properties of Metals
*Sea of Electron theory
*Alloys
Lesson 3: Covalent Bonds
*Properties of Covalent Bonds
*Naming Covalent Bonds
*Special Covalent Bonds: Acids—identifying and naming
*Polar Covalent vs. Nonpolar Covalent Bonds from Electronegativity
Lesson 4: Lewis Structures
*Octet rule
*Simple Lewis structures for diatomic molecules
*Lewis structures for molecular compounds
*Lewis structures for polyatomic ions
*Using formal charge to determine best Lewis structure
*Resonance structures
*Exceptions to the Octet Rule: Odd, Less, More
Lesson 5: Molecular Geometry
*VSEPR Model & electron domains
*Electron domain geometry
*Molecular Geometry & Bond Angles
*Larger Molecules
Lesson 6: Other Bonding Theories
*Problems with VSEPR model
*Hybridization theory
*Hybridizing sp3, sp2, sp, sp3d, sp3d2
*VSEPR & Hybridization
Unit 5: Stoichiometry & Chemical Reactions
Lesson 1: The Mole
*Calculating Formula Weight/ Molar Mass