AP College Chemistry
Schedule
Dobson High School
First Semester CHM 151
1.
2.
3.
4.
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6.
Chemical Foundations
Overview, Scientific Method, Units of Measurement, Uncertainly in
Measurement, Significant Figures and Calculations, Dimensional
Analysis, Temperature, Density, Classification of Matter
Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
Early History of Chemistry, Fundamental Chemical Laws, Dalton's
Atomic Theory, Early Experiments to Characterize the Atom, Modern
View of Atomic Structure, Molecules and Ions, Introduction to
Periodic Table, Naming Simple Compounds
Stoichiometry
Atomic Masses, The Mole, Molar Mass, Percent Composition of a
Compound, Determining Formula of a Compound, Chemical
Equations, Balancing Chemical Equations, Stoichiometric
Calculations: Amounts of Product and Reactant, Calculations
Involving Limiting Reactant
Types of Chemical Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry
Nature of Aqueous Solutions, Strong and Weak Electrolytes,
Composition of Solutions, Types of Chemical Reactions, Precipitation
Reactions, Describing Reactions in Solution, Stoichiometry of
Precipitation Reactions, Acid-Base Reactions, Oxidation-Reduction
Reactions, Balancing Redox Reactions
Gases
Pressure: Definition and Measurement, Gas laws (Boyle, Charles,
Avogadro), Ideal Gas Law, Gas Stoichiometry, Partial Pressure,
Kinetic Molecular Theory, Effusion & Diffusion, Deviations from
Ideal Gas Behavior
Thermochemistry
Nature of Energy, Enthalpy and Calorimetry, Hess's Law, Standard
Enthalpies of Formation, Sources of Energy,
AP College Chemistry Schedule
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1 week
1 week
2.5 weeks
EXAM
2.5 weeks
2 weeks
1.5 weeks
7.
Atomic Structure and Periodicity
Electromagnetic Radiation, Nature of Matter, Atomic Spectrum of
Hydrogen, Bohr Model, Quantum Mechanical Model, Quantum
Numbers, Orbital Shapes and Energies, Electron Spin and Pauli
Principle, Polyelectronic Atoms, History of Periodic Table, Aufbau
Principle and Periodic Table, Periodic Trends and Atomic Properties,
Properties of a Group: The Alkali Metals
2.5 weeks
EXAM
8.
Bonding: General Concepts
Types of Chemical Bonds, Electronegativity, Bond Polarity and Dipole 2 weeks
Moments, Ions:Electron Configurations and Sizes, Formation of Binary
Ionic Compounds, Partial Ionic Character of Covalent Bonds, Covalent
Chemical Bond: A Model, Covalent Bond Energies and Chemical
Reactions, The Localized Electron Bonding Model, Lewis Structures,
Exceptions to Octet Rule, Resonance, Molecular Structure: The
VSEPR Model
9.
Covalent Bonding: Orbitals
Hybridization and the Localized, Electron Model, Molecular Orbital
Model, Bonding in Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules, Bonding in
Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules, Combining the Localized Electron
and Molecular Orbital Models
1 week
EXAM
End of First Semester
FINAL
EXAM
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Second Semester CHM 152
10. Liquids and Solids
Intermolecular Forces, The Liquid State, An Introduction to Structures
and Types of Solids, Structure and Bonding in Metals, Carbon and
Silicon: Network Atomic Solids, Molecular Solids, Ionic Solids,
Vapor Pressure and Changes of State, Phase Diagrams
11. Properties of Solutions
Solution Composition, Energies of Solution Formation, Factors
Affecting Solubility, Vapor Pressures of Solutions, Boiling Point
Elevation and Freezing Point Depression, Osmotic Pressure,
Colligative Properties of Electrolyte Solutions, Colloids
12. Chemical Kinetics
Reaction Rates, Rate Laws: An Introduction, Determining the Form of
the Rate Law, The Integrated Rate Law, Rate Laws: A Summary,
Reaction Mechanisms, A Model for Chemical Kinetics, Catalysis
2.5 weeks
2 weeks
2 weeks
EXAM
13. Chemical Equilibrium
The Equilibrium Condition, The Equilibrium Constant, Equilibrium
Expressions Involving Pressure, Heterogeneous Equilibria,
Applications of the Equilibrium Constant, Solving Equilibrium
Problems, LeChatelier's Principle
14. Acids and Bases
Nature of Acids and Bases, Acid Strength, The pH Scale, Calculating
the pH of Strong Acid Solutions, Calculating the pH of Weak Acid
Solutions, Bases, Polyprotic Acids, Acid-Base Properties of Salts,
Effect of Structure on Acid-Base Properties, Acid-Base Properties of
Oxides, Lewis Acid-Base Model
AP College Chemistry Schedule
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1 week
2.5 weeks
EXAM
15. Applications of Aqueous Equilibria
Solutions of Acids or Bases Containing a Common Ion, Buffered
Solutions, Buffer Capacity, Titrations and pH Curves
Acid-Base Equilibria, Solubility Equilibria and the Solubility Product,
Precipitation and Qualitative Analysis, Equilibria Involving Complex
Ions
16. Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy
Spontaneous Processes and Energy, Entropy and the Second Law of
Thermodynamics, The Effect of Temperature on Spontaneity, Free
Energy, Entropy Changes in Chemical Reactions, Free Energy and
Chemical Reactions, The Dependence of Free Energy on Pressure,
Free Energy and Equilibrium, Free Energy and Work
17. Electrochemistry
Galvanic Cells, Standard Reduction Potentials, Cell Potential,
Electrical Work, and Free Energy, Dependence of Cell Potential on
Concentration, Batteries, Corrosion, Electrolysis, Commercial
Electrolytic Processes.
3 weeks
EXAM
2 weeks
2 weeks
EXAM
21. The Nucleus: A Chemist's View
Nuclear Stability and, Radioactive Decay, Kinetics of Radioactive
Decay, Nuclear Transformations, Detection and Uses of Radioactivity,
Thermodynamic Stability of the Nucleus, Nuclear Fission and Nuclear
Fusion, Effects of Radiation
FINAL
EXAM
End of Second Semester
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