TWGHs Chen Zao Men College
S.3 (Chemistry )Syllabus and Teaching Schedule (13-14)
1. Aim : To prepare the students to sit for the HKDSE in year 2017
2. Contents :
Topic 1 Planet Earth ( Unit 1- Unit 4 )
Topic 2 Microscopic World ( Unit 5- Unit 7 )
Textbook : 21st Century Combined science (Chemistry) By L.H.M. Chung Publisher :Jing Kung
Teaching Schedule
Periods
Topics
No. of
Activities
periods
1
Laboratory safety
1.1 What is chemistry?
2
9/09/2013
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11/10/2013
1
1.2 Why study chemistry?
1.3 Laboratory safety
1.4 Hazard warning labels
1.5
Common apparatus in the laboratory
Drawing apparatus
2.1 The Earth
2
2.2
Classification of matter: pure substance and
mixture
2.3 Elements and compounds
2.4 Differences between a mixture and a compound Expt. Making iron(II) sulphide
2
15/10/2013
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23/10/2013
2
2.5 The atmosphere
2.6 Separation of mixtures
Expt. Filtering muddy water
2.7 Separating oxygen and nitrogen from the air
Video –liquefying air
2.8 Physical and chemical properties
2.9 Test for oxygen
24/10/2013
30/10/2013
First Term Test
3.1 Sea water: a vast solution
1
24/10/2013
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8/11/2013
1
1
Expt. Obtaining salt from sea water
3.2 Obtaining common salt from sea water
3.3 Obtaining pure water from sea water
Demo distillation of sea water
3.4 Showing what species common salt contains
Flame test of sodium and calcium
3.5 Test for the presence of water in a sample
and potassium compounds.
3.6 Electrolysis of sea water
11/11/2013
Expt. Electrolysis of sea water
3.7 Uses of the products obtained by the electrolysis
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15/11/2013
2
of sea water
3.8 The particle theory of matter
3.9 Physical and chemical changes
18/11/2013
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28/11/2013
2
4.1 Metals in the Earth’s crust
Expt. Reduction of lead oxide and
4.2 Extracting metals from their ores
copper (II) oxide
4.3 Investigating calcium carbonate
converting egg shell into lime
water.
2
4.4 Formation of chalk, limestone and marble
4.5 Formation of limestone caves
5.1 What is an element made of ?
2
Demo: Inspection of some elements
5.2 Symbols for elements
5.3 states of elements
5.4 How to classify elements
2/12/2013
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20/12/2013
2
1.5
1.5
5.5 Basic structure of an atom
5.6 Atomic number and mass number
5.8 Isotopes
5.9 Relative masses of atoms and the carbon-12 scale Ex. Electronic configurations
Ex. Calculation on relative
5.10 The arrangement of electrons in atoms
5.11 Electrons and orbitals
23/12/2013
1/1/2014
Christmas holiday
2/1/2014 14/1/2014
1st Term Examination
15/1/2014
2
6.1 How to group elements together ?
abundance of elements
The periodic table game
23/1/2014
27/1/2014
6/2/2014
7/2/2014
20/2/2014
24/02/2014
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25/3/2014
Lunar New Year Holiday
2
6.2 The periodic table
2
6.3 Patterns across the periodic table
2
2
2
2
6.4 Group 1 elements to group 0 elements
6.8 Predicting the chemical properties
6.9 From atoms to ions and predicting the charge
7.1 Conductors ,electrolytes and non-conductors
7.2 Evidence of ions
Revision
Expt. Migration of colour ions
26/3/2014
1/4/2014
2/4/2014
17/4/2014
Second term test
2
7.3 Chemicals bonds
2
7.4 Names of
18/4/2014
26/4/2014
28/4/2014
23/5/2014
ions and colour of compounds
Easter Holiday
4
7.5 chemical formulae of ionic compounds
Investigating model of giant ionic
7.6 Metallic bonds
structure
2
7.7 Naming ionic compounds
26/5/2014
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2
7.8 Colours of ionic compounds
2
7.9 Chemical formulae of ionic compounds
6/6/2014
2
7.10 Metallic bonds in metals
10/6/2014
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20/6/2014
Final Examination
Play the card game