AP CHEMISTRY / SPAN 105 and 107 SYLLUBUS
Periods ; one and two
Instructor: Arthur Hale
Room: 136
Textbook: General , Organic and Biochemistry
Course Description: This all year course deals with advanced topics in the study of matter and energy and
their interactions in the real world. The course is presented at the college level and atmosphere. Lab
activities are a very integral part of this class.
Location: Room 136 everyday with labs after school on Tuesdays or Wednesday, depending on student
needs.
Class expectations: Hard work and effort are needed because this course expects all students to work at
very high levels.
Class prerequisites:
1. Chemistry One completed
2. Minimum math of Algebra II with precalculus preferred
3. Scientific calculator
4. Lab Manual will have to be purchased( approx. $ 55)
5. Matches, an old cloth or a towel along with saran wrap needed for lab
Class Rules: Students are expected to be mature and follow the student code of conduct found in the
Handbook. (be there, be on time, etc.) Students must wear goggles and aprons in lab because it is the state
law.
Core Content:
1. Students understand scientific ways of thinking and work using these methods to solve real-life
problems.
2. Students identify, analyze, and use patterns to predict future events and to understand past events.
3. Students identify and analyze systems and how their components interact.
4. Students understand how nature reaches and maintains equilibrium and the processes that interfere.
Course Content: (Units of Study)
1. Periodic Chart—classification and properties of matter
2. Formula Writing (nomenclature of inorganic compounds)
3. Moles: quantitative composition of compounds
4. Chemical Equations (Balancing, predicting products, limiting reactants and redox)
5. Stoichiometry (calculating using equations)
6. Gas Laws/Kinetic Molecular Theory
7. Kinetic Molecular Theory for liquids and solids
8. Solution Process
9. Acids, Bases and Salts
10. Chemical Equilibrium
11. Molecular Orbitals and Bonding
12. Saturated Hydrocarbons
13. Unsaturated hydrocarbons
14. Alcohols, ethers and thiols
15. Aldehydes, ketones
16. Carboxylic acids and esters
17. Amides and amines
18. Polymers
19. Carbohydrates
20. Lipids
21. Amino acids-polypeptides and proteins
22. Enzymes
Grades:
A. Nine-weeks: Tests and Writings = 60%
Lab Preliminary, Lab Report, and unknown = 40%
Midterm Lab Exam is 20% of the Lab Average
B. Semester:
Nine-weeks Average is 80%
Semester Test is 20% (required of all students)
C. Each nine-weeks we drop the student’s lowest test score and replace it with their next lowest
score before averaging. Lab scores are not dropped.
Homework: Students should read the class topics from the textbook after each discussion. Problems
and questions at the end of each unit will be given.
Make Up Work: Students should find out what was missed and read that topic from text and get
someone’s notes. If student missed a test, make-up should be after school and as soon as possible.