CURRICULUM MAP – Chemistry 1A
Skills
Content
Essential
Questions
September
CCCS
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October
 What information is provided  What information can be
by a chemical formula?
obtained from a chemical
equation?
 How is nomenclature used
to identify compounds?
 How can the products of
chemical reactions be
 How can the composition of
predicted?
substance be used to
determine its chemical
formula?
 Nomenclature
 Empirical & Molecular
Formulas
 Use chemical symbols and
formulae to represent
atoms and molecules
 Recognize, name, and write
formulas for diatomic,
polyatomic, multivalent, and
covalent compounds,
including acids and bases
 Determine the empirical and
molecular formulas of
compounds
5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6
 Chemical Reactions
 Symbolically represent chemical
equations
 Use balanced chemical
equations to represent actual
chemical reactions
 Know that chemical reactions
depend on collisions between
the reacting particles to form
new combinations of atoms
 Accurately predict the activity
and products of chemical
reactions
5.1, 5.2, 5.6
November
 How are chemical reactions
quantified?
 Stoichiometry
 Examine the quantitative
relationships between the
components of a chemical
reaction
 Discover how physical properties
can be explained by the
arrangement and motion of
atoms and molecules
 Know that the forming or
breaking of chemical bonds
requires a net input or release of
energy resulting in a more
stable state
 Recognize that chemical
reactions depend on collisions
between the reacting particles to
form new combinations of atoms
5.1, 5.3, 5.6
December
January
 What is the relationship
 What laws describe the
between energy flow and the
behavior of gases?
states of matter?
 How does kinetic molecular
theory describe the behavior
of matter?
 In what direction does heat
flow?
 What is enthalpy and how is it
determined?
 On what two factors does heat
capacity depend?
 How is heat involved in
chemical reactions?

 States of Matter
 Thermochemistry (cont’d)
 Thermochemistry
 Gas Laws
 Understand how energy is
transformed
 Explain how specific heat is
determined and used
 Measure enthalpy using a
calorimeter
 Create thermochemical
equations
 Describe how heat is involved
in changes of state
5.1, 5.6, 5.7
 Use the gas law equations to
calculate volume, pressure,
temperature, mass, density,
and number of molecules
 Understand the qualitative and
quantitative behavior of gases
 Use the gas law equations to
calculate volume, pressure,
temperature, mass, density,
and number of molecules
 Understand the qualitative and
quantitative behavior of gases
5.1, 5.3, 5.6
CURRICULUM MAP – Chemistry 1A
Skills
Content
Essential
Questions
February
CCCS
Page 2 of 2
March
April
 What are the relationships
 What information about atoms  What are the unique properties
between and element’s
can be determined from an
of aqueous solutions?
atomic structure and its
understanding of
 What factors determine solubility
position on the periodic table?
electromagnetic radiation?
and the rate at which a
 What is the basis of the
substance dissolves?
periodic table?
 What conditions determine the
 How do different types of
amount of solute that will
bonds affect the properties of
dissolve in a given solvent?
molecules?
 How does molecular geometry
affect chemical properties?
 Gas Laws (cont’d)
 Electrons
 Periodic Law
 Recognize that the
arrangement of electrons
describes how atoms interact
with other atoms
 Organize elements based on
chemical and physical
properties into a Periodic
Table
 Discover that the properties of
the elements depend on the
structure of the atom and vary
with the atomic number in a
systematic way
5.1,5.3, 5.6
 Periodic Law (cont’d)
 Ionic/Metallic Bonding
 Explain the nature of
electromagnetic radiation and
compare the components of
the electromagnetic spectrum
 Demonstrate that the forming
or breaking chemical bonds
requires or releases energy
resulting in a more stable
state
 Explain that atoms form bonds
by transferring or sharing
electrons
 Draw and interpret Lewis
diagrams of molecules
5.1, 5.3, 5.6
 Covalent Bonding
 Water & Solutions
 Predict molecular geometry and
polarity based on VSEPR theory
 Understand the importance of
the unique properties of water
 Describe the properties of
homogenous and
heterogeneous aqueous
systems
 Understand the properties and
uses of electrolytes
 Describe the properties of
colloids, emulsions, and
suspensions and how they are
different from solutions
 Explain how a solution is formed
 Describe solubility and factors
that affect it
 Understand the difference
between molarity and molality
 Explain and manipulate the
colligative properties of
solutions
5.1, 5.3, 5.6
May
June
 How is the rate of chemical
 How can concepts learned
change expressed?
throughout the year be used to
solve a complex problem?
 What four factors influence the
rate of a chemical reaction?
 How is equilibrium achieved/
manipulated?
 What are the properties of
acids and bases?
 How did Arrhenius define an
acid and base?
 What distinguishes an acid
from a base in the BronstedLowry theory?
 How did Lewis define an acid
and a base?
Final Exam Preparation
 Reaction Rates/Equilibrium
Performance Assessment
 Acids, Bases, & Salts
 Understand that reaction rates  Demonstrate ability to identify
are affected by such factors
and manipulate laboratory
as concentration, pressure,
equipment
temperature, or the presence  Solve a problem using
of a catalyst
laboratory skills obtained
 Recognize the properties of
throughout the year
acids and bases
 Synthesize a response to an
 Differentiate between the
open-ended question using
theories of acids and bases
critical thinking skills
 Calculate pH, pOH, and ion
concentrations
5.1, 5.3, 5.6
5.1, 5.3, 5.6
Last Revised: 5/2007