AP CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS
Fall Semester 2014
Sr. Cecilia Sehr O.P., Ed.D.
Week
Aug 18
Topic
Intro to AP Chemistry; Course Expectations; Summary
Of Chapter 1; Begin Chapter 2
Lab #1: Determination of the Empirical Formula of
Silver Oxide
Objectives: To introduce the course, explain the course
objectives, review scientific method, sig figures, and
dimensional analysis.
Aug 25
Review Chapter 2: Test on Chapters 1 and 2
(Chemical Foundations; Atoms, Molecules, and Ions)
Lab #10: Grape Juice Chromatography
Objectives: To review Dalton’s Atomic Theory, the
Periodic Table, naming compounds, and test
mastery of these concepts by an examination.
Sept.1
Begin Chapter 3: Review stoichiometry; empirical
Formulas; limiting reagents; percentage yield
Lab: S’more Stoichiometry
Lab # 3: Gravimetric Analysis of a Carbonate
Objectives:To review stoichiometry,empirical formulas
limiting reagents, and percentage yield.
Sept. 8
Problems solving in Chapter 3:
Lab# 5: Finding the Mole Ratio in a Chemical Reaction
Test on Chapter 3 (Stoichiometry): Begin Chapter 4:
Solutions, Molarity and precipitation
Objectives: To explain the stoichiometry of
precipitation reactions and test mastery of
stoichiometry
Sept. 15
Acid-base reactions; titrations; redox reactions
Redox reactions and problems
Lab: Sodium Bicarbonate Stoichiometry
Objectives: To review acid-base reactions and
titrations, to explain half-reaction method of
balancing redox reactions.
Sept. 22
Test on Chapter 4 (Chemical Reactions and
Solution Stoichiometry)
Go over test, Chapter 5: Pressure, the Gas Laws,
Gas stoichiometry, molar mass
Lab: Molecular Mass of a volatile liquid
Objectives: To test mastery of acids and bases and
redox reactions; to explain the gas laws of Boyle,
Charles, and Gay-Lussac, and the use of gas laws
to determine the molar mass of an unknown gas.
Sept.29
Dalton’s Law; Gases over water
Kinetic Molecular Theory; Real gases
Objectives: To explain partial pressure of gases, the
difference between real and ideal gases, discuss
gases in our atmosphere.
Oct. 6
Temperature, RMS velocity, effusion and diffusion;
Real gases; Problems solving from Chapter 5
Lab: Molar Mass of Butane
Objectives: To explain the chemical meaning of
temperature, the difference between effusion and
diffusion, and consider problems in Chapter 5.
Oct. 13
Test on Chapter 5 (Gases) ; Begin Chapter 6
Energy, conservation of energy, PV work
Objectives: To explain the nature of energy and
its relationship to enthalpy and calorimetry, to explain
Hess’s Law.
End of 1st Quarter
Oct. 20
Calorimetry at constant Pressure or constant volume,
Hess’ Law Lab 6: Thermochemistry and Hess’ Law
Objectives; To explain the difference between
calorimetry at constant volume and calorimetry
at constant pressure and demonstrate it with a
laboratory experiment.
Oct. 27
Test on Chapter 6 (Thermochemistry) : Begin Chapter
7: EM Radiation,
E = h υ ; Emission spectra, Bohr model; quantum
Numbers
Objectives: To discuss the range of the electroMagnetic spectrum and explain its relation to Planck’s
equation; to discuss emission spectra, the Bohr Model
and predict quantum number values for the electrons
of any given atom.
Nov. 3
Orbital shapes, polyelectric atoms; periodic table,
Aufbau principle; periodic trends;
Test on Chapter 7 (Atomic structure and Periodicity)
Objectives: To describe orbital shapes and relate
electron configurations to the shape of the Periodic
Table;to predictelectron configurations for all elements,
and to relate periodic trends to electron configurations.
Nov. 10
Bond Energy; electronegativity; polar-dipole ions
And formulas; Beer’s Law Spectroscopy Lab
Objectives: To relate bond energy to bond strength, to
explain electronegativity in terms of electron
configurations, to explain polar bonds and polar ions
in terms of electronegativity.
Nov. 17
Ionic and covalent bonds; Lewis structures;
Quiz on Chapter 8; resonance structures and Lewis
Exceptions; CBL Lab: Vapor Pressure and
Molecular Weight
Objectives; to discuss the difference between
ionic and covalent bonds; to construct Lewis dot
structures for ions; to explain the concept of
resonance structures and explain Lewis exceptions.
Analysis of Bleach Lab# 21
Thanksgiving Break
Dec 1
Review of Chapter 8 and problems
Test on Chapter 8 (Bonding) ;
Hybridization, sp3, sp2, sp orbitals.VSEPR Theory
Lab: Molecular Model,
Objectives: To explain hybridization of orbitals in
relation to molecular shape.
Dec. 8
More hybrid orbitals; Molecular Orbital Theory;
Finish Chapter 9: Chapter 10: Intermolecular
Forces; Liquid State
Types of solids: metals, hcp,ccp, alloys, and network
Solids; Molecular solids: ionic solids, unit cells,
Vapor pressure and phase Diagrams
Objectives: To compare and contrast orbital
hybridization theory with molecular orbital theory;
to explain intermolecular forces at work in liquids
and solids; to explain vapor pressure and the
construction of a phase diagram
Dec. 15
Semester Review and
Test on Chapters 1-10
Objective: To assess mastery of material in
chapters 1-10 of textbook.
End of the First Semester