AP Chemistry Syllabus
Instructor: Crystal Cannon
Email address: ccannon@habersham.k12.ga.us
Telephone: 778-7161 ext. 3233
Course Overview: AP Chemistry is a two-semester course that is the equivalent of
an introductory or first year college level chemistry course that is provided to capable
students in a high school environment. Students are expected to have a strong background
in mathematics since AP Chemistry involves numerical problem solving and word
problem analysis both in the content course and the laboratory. The goal of AP Chemistry
is to provide the student a foundation of knowledge on which to rationalize, summarize
and predict the structure and properties of materials that make up chemistry. The course
is lab-oriented with special emphasis on quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis.
Students are encouraged to think independently and become an active part of the learning
process. Students work homework problems for the class; this initiates discussion,
questions, and awareness that various methods can be used for problem solving.
Throughout the course, free response questions from previous AP exams are used as
homework and class work problems.
Course Requirements: Students are expected to be on time to class with their
textbooks, notebooks, and calculators. Students are asked to purchase a laboratory
notebook to provide a copy to turn in and one to keep. Attendance is crucial; labs often
run 3-5 class periods and makeup must be done before or after school. All labs are hands
on labs. Written lab reports are due 3 days from completion; late labs have 5 points per
day penalty.
Course Policies:
 Bring required materials to class everyday: textbook, notebook,
writing utensil, etc.
 Attendance and timeliness are required. Since this class has so many
labs, it is crucial that you are here. Otherwise, lab missed must be
made up before or after school. If you have an excused absence, you
will only have 3 days to make up the work unless other arrangements
are made.
 Class participation is required. You must participate in class
discussions, labs, and course work.
 Horseplay in the lab will not be tolerated! Any behavior that may
result in your own injury or the injury of others in the lab, will
result in you being removed from the lab and receiving a zero on
the lab assignment.
 Be respectful of other students in the class. Do not disrupt others by
talking while other students or the teacher is talking.
 No cell phones or electronic devices are to be used at anytime
during this class (see handbook). If you are caught with any
electronic device (not a calculator) out during a test, it will be
considered cheating and you will receive a zero on the test.
Grading: AP courses are weighted by 7 points added to the final average:
Semester average:
Tests 55%
Labs 20%
Daily 10%
Final 15%
Tutoring: Available Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday-Friday mornings from 7:30 until
7:55.
Textbook: Zumdahl, Steven, and Zumdahl, Susan. Chemistry. 7th Ed.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. Cost $122.67
Materials needed:
2 inch 3 ring binder
lab notebook (carbon copy)
black or blue pens
pencils
paper
graphing calculator
AP Chemistry Course Sequence
#Days
Chapters and
Content
Assignments
3
1 Chemical
Foundations
3
Introductory Labs:
Use of Volumetric
Glassware and
Density
Determinations
2 Atoms, Molecules,
and Ions
Test Chapters 1 and 2
Physical Science Review Packet
Problems 23,25,27,81,36, 38,56,64-66, 69,74
Marathon Problem 89 for extra credit
Prelab questions for intro labs
Written lab reports. Students are given lab safety
instructions and report guidelines patterned after a college
format.
Chapter 2 vocabulary
4
1
1
6
1
2
7
2
2
6
1
2-3
5
Lab Resolution of
Mixtures II:
Chromatography
Choice 1
3 Stoichiometry
Test Chapter 3
Lab: Stoichiometry of
Chemical Reactions
4 Types of Chemical
Reactions and
Solution
Stoichiometry
Test Chapter 4
Lab: OxidationReduction Titrations
5 Gases
Test Chapter 5
Lab: Molar Mass of
Gas and Volatile
Liquids
6 Thermochemistry
Pg.73-74 Problems 6,15,18,22,
31,44,46,48,53,59, 61, 62, 66, 70a, 73,74.80,77
Chapter 3 vocabulary
Read Sections 3.1-3.6
Lab and write-up can be done in one class period.
Pg.122-127 Problems 11-13,
18,20,22,32,36,40,44,48,53,56,68,70,72,
80,82,90,92,94,96,99,100,106,101,78,117,129
Answer the prelab questions
Written lab report
Pg. 180-183 Problems 11,15a, 15c, 19, 29, 35a-c,
37,39,42,43,44,47a-c, 53, 57,58,61, 63c, 64c, 65c, 66c,
67,63e, 64d, 66b, 70,71a-b, 72-74,77-79,82c-d
Prelab questions
Written lab report in 3 days
Chapter 5 vocabulary
Pg. 231-235 Problems 16,24, 28,29-31, 33a, 46,
54,58,61,65,69,71,73,75,78,81,85,86,25,27,32,35,40
50,52,62,66,72,74,80,88,94
Prelab question
Written lab report in 3 days
Chapter 6 vocabulary
Pg.281-282 problems 2-4, 8,11-13, 15
Pg. 282-285 Problems 17,18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30-32, 34,
45, 54, 56, 60, 61b, 62a, 64, 68, 75, 80
2
Review Chapters 1-6
1
Test Chapters 1-6
Questions compiled
from previously
released AP exams
Lab: Enthalpy of a
Reaction and Hess’
Law
7 Atomic Structure
and Periodicity
1
6
Student groups work through 1994 multiple choice
questions together and discuss.
Prelab questions
Written lab report in 3 days
Page 339 1, 3-5, 9, 11-14
2
Lab: Synthesis of
Alum
Pg. 341-343 Problems 37, 39, 43, 45, 49a, 50a, 54,
61b, 61d, 62a, 65, 67, 68a, 69, 71, 77, 80, 83, 85, 88, 90, 95,
114, 100, 116, 117, 120, 122
Written lab report in 3 days
Chapter 8 vocab
10
8 through 10
Bonding, Covalent
Bonding, Liquids and
Solids
Pg. 406-410 Problems 19a-b, 20b, 21a-b, 23, 27, 31a-b, 34,
38, 41, 42,44, 47, 50, 65, 66, 81, 82, 73, 86, 97, 99, 111
Review handout on organic functional groups
Pg.444 Problems 14,23,39
2
Lab: Analysis of Alum Written lab report
Review for the semester exam
Semester Exam over
chapters 1-10
11 Solutions
Pg. 552-553 vocabulary, Problems 10, 12, 14, 15, 24, 25,
28, 30a, 32, 40, 42,45, 53, 62
Study guide review questions and problems
Test Chapters 10-11
Chapter 12 vocabulary
Pre lab questions
Lab: Molar Mass by
Written lab report due 3 days
Freezing Point
Depression
12 Chemical Kinetics Guided notes
Pg. 602-607 21, 23-27, 28-30, 33, 37, 38, 40, 44, 27, 42, 45,
47, 55
Test Chapter 12
Pre lab questions
Chapter 13 vocabulary, Pg. 650 Problems 17-20
Lab: Kinetics of a
Written lab report due 3 days
Chemical Reaction
1
3
1
2-3
6
1
2-3
6-8
4-5
13-14 Chemical
Pg. 650 Problems 19a-c, 21c-d, 25, 27, 29, 34, 37a,
Equilibrium; Acids 39a-b, 43 49, 52a, 61,63, 69
and Bases
Pg. 711-715 Problems 16-20, 27, 28, 44, 37a, 38a,
44a-b, 47, 49a, 51, 52, 55, 59, 63-65, 69, 75, 79,
84, 89, 115, 117
Labs: Equilibrium Written lab reports
5
3
1.5
5
and Le Chatelier’s
Principle, Ka of
Weak Acids
15 Applications of Pg. 782-84 Problems 22, 40, 43, 44, 51a-b, 45 b,
Aqueous Equilibria 46, 55-58 (graphing required), 69, 77, 79, 81a, 82a,
89a, 93, 108
Lab: pH Properties Written lab report
of Buffered
Review Chapters 13-14
Solutions
Test Chapters 13Chapter 16 vocabulary
15
Prepared Notes on chapter
16 Spontaneity,
Pg. 828-831 Problems 9, 17, 18, 21-24, 27a, 30,
Entropy, and Free 33-35, 37a, 45b, 55-57, 50, 64, 32
Energy
5
17 Electrochemistry
1-2
Lab: Electrochemical
cells
Test Chapters 16-17
Organic chemistry,
Nuclear chemistry
1
3-5
1
All
available
days
5-6
1
1
Test on Organic
compounds, Nuclear
chemistry
Review
AP Chemistry Exam
Lab: Separation and
Qualitative Analysis
of Anions and Cations
Visit a college lab and
be introduced to
instrumental analysis
procedures and
equipment.
Visit to a local
industry lab
Review of Redox reactions
Pg. 879-881 Problems 14, 17, 18, 22, 333, 51, 55, 57, 63
Written lab reports
Teacher prepared notes
Practice drawing isomers, predicting properties of organic
compounds
Pg. 1101-1103 Problems 19, 20, 31, 34, 37, 38, 41-45
Old AP exams are worked through and discussed and
problems analyzed.
Lab reports from the semester are reviewed.
Written lab report due within 3 days.
Written lab prepared by host professor.
Written summary of visit.
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Dear Parent and Student:
I am very excited to have the opportunity to work with you through out this
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Please feel free to contact me at anytime. Email seems to be the easiest and
most effective way. My email address and phone number are listed on the
front of the syllabus.
Sincerely,
Crystal Cannon
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