Chemistry 531 – Syllabus 2009-2010
Instructor: Boriana Georgieva
Room 302
georgieva@swampscott.k12.ma.us
Text: Charles H. Corwin: Introductory Chemistry: Concept and Connections, 2005.
Additional materials are to be distributed in class as well.
Zvi Szatron and….-Micro- scale Chemistry for High School, 1996
Expectations:
1. Develop good time management skills!
2. Work Regularly in Study Groups!
3. Be sure to write down all assignments in an assignment book or folder.
The chapter we will be working on and the due date for the homework will be
announce in class. You are to work on the chapter assignment every night. The
homework will be reviewed and collected one day before the test. Do not wait until the
last night to start the problems. Remember the homework is not given to keep you busy,
but to help you to understand better the material. If you have any problems with the
solving, please ask for help. Completing the homework assignment is essential for your
success in chemistry.
You are expected to arrive to class with your homework completed before the
discussion and to actively ask questions. Although you may work in a study group for
completing the assignments, copying another person’s work is not going to help you on
the test. The chapter homework will be with 10 points each.
Late assignment will not receive any credit!
If you are absent, the homework will be due on the day of your return to school.
4. Spend a minimum of 30 minutes per day, studying, preparing and solving problems,
and reviewing class work. READ and STUDY your textbook daily! You may keep
your textbook at home.
5. Ask questions in class when in doubt about a concept, problem, or direction.
6. Extra help is available if you ask for it. I will be in my room after school every day
from 2.15-3.15 PM, except Thursday and Friday.
7. If you are absent, please call a lab group partner to find out what was missed. Ask
Mrs. G if clarification is needed!
8. You are required to come to class every day with a CALCULATOR
9. You will be expected to keep a Lab Journal (see Additional guidelines).
As you know this course has a required lab section. Therefore the labs will make
up a solid portion of your grade. You will be provided with additional information for the
requirements for keeping a lab journal. Each lab journal entry will be due a week after the
lab is done. Late reports will lose 2 points per day (out of 20 points)
10. Grades are always weighted as follows:
Test= 50%, HW=10%, Quiz = 10%, Lab journal =20 %, Note book and class
participation = 10 %. The tests are combination of MC and open-ended questions.
11. Missed Exams and make-up policy:
If the exam is missed and you obtain an excuse letter, you will be allowed to take
the exam after school. Students will not be allowed to upgrade any exams. If you are not
satisfied with your grade, you may be able to complete an extra credit activity. This
project will be announced to the entire class, and is always optional.
Lecture topics 2009-201 (Semester 1)
Note: This is a flexible schedule. The first two chapters are reviews. I am assuming that
all students know the material from their first year of Biology. The dates that I have listed
are the first day that I will start with each topic
Starting Date
Topics
Labs
9/3
Scientific measurements (Ch 2 and 3)
Lab safety
Equipments, apparatus and
procedure (introduction)
Scientific method:
* Penny lab
*Come Fly with us
*Green Beans the wonderful fruit
Uncertainty in measurements
SI units
Density- Sugar content in beverages
9/21
Test -Scientific measurements and calculations
9/22
Matter and Energy (Ch 4)
Physical and Chemical changes
Micro-mixture separation
Chromatography
Heat and temperature
Energy content of food
10/5 Test- Energy and matter
10/6
Atomic structure/
Nuclear chemistry
(Ch 5 and Ch 18)
Spectral lines and flame test
Atomic spectra
Average atomic weight (activity)Beanium
Half-life (activity
Protons, neutrons and atomic mass
(activity)
Electron probability (activity)
11/2
Test - Atomic Structure/ Nuclear Chemistry
11/3
Periodicity (Ch 6)
Pull a chair and construct a PT
Mendeleev for a day
11/23 Test- PT
11/24 Language of Chemistry (Ch 7)
Formula mania (activity)
Forming and naming ionic
compounds
12/3-4 Quiz -Nomenclature
12/7
Chemical Bonding (Ch 12)
12/22-23
1/4
Qualitative analysis of Group Ications
Models of molecular compounds
Test- Chemical bonding
Chemical Reactions (Ch 8)
Qualitative analysis of anions
Precipitate-DRR
Metal reactivity-SRR
END of Semester 1
Midterm Exam
Lecture topics 2009-2010 (Semester 2)
1/25
Chemical composition (Ch 9)
Empirical formula of compound
Determining % composition
Percent water in popcorns
Percent sugar in bubble gum
2/8
Test- Chemical composition
2/9
Stoichiometry (Ch 10)
3/1
Test Stoichiometry
3/2
Gases, Solids & Liquids
(Ch 11 and 13)
Intermolecular forces
3/29
Test- Gases, Solids & Liquids
3/30
Solutions (Ch 14)
4/15-16
Weight of salt from soda
Determining % yield
Preparation and properties of
hydrogen
Charles’s Law
Determining the value of gas
constant
Determining % water in a compound
Don’t flip your Lid- intermolecular
forces
Preparing a cooling curve
Heat of fusion
Preparing solutions
Iodine clock reaction
Boiling point determination
Solubility of a salt – KNO3
Lowering freezing point- ice cream
Test -Solutions
4/26
Chemical Equilibrium (Ch 16)
Thermochemistry -Energy
Profile, Enthalpy, Hess Law
5/17
Test- Equilibrium
5/18
Acids and Bases (Ch 15)
6/7
Test Acids and Bases
Establishing equilibrium
Determining the Keq for Ca(OH)2
Calorimetric investigation
Preparing and standardization of
base (NaOH)
Titration of a week acid- Ka
Developing pH curve
Hydrolysis of salts
Career Search- Project
Good luck and have a wonderful year.