Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
September 2, 2014
Dear Students and Parents:
I am sure you are as excited as I am for the start of the 2014-2015 school year to begin!
The best way to reach me is via email, my email address is amanda.j.smith@lcps.org. Feel free
to call your child’s counselor in the guidance office at (571) 434-4507 if you would like to schedule
an individual conference with me and the counselor. I am happy to help your son or daughter in
any possible way. My goal is to have all students feel that they are successful as well as
challenged in my classroom. If we work together, this is an easily attainable goal. I will provide a
positive classroom environment, where questions are welcomed and individuals are recognized.
Course Overview
The AP Chemistry course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry
course usually taken during the first college year. For some students, this course enables them
to undertake, as freshmen, second-year work in a typical chemistry sequence at their institution
or to register courses in related fields where chemistry is a prerequisite. For other students, the
AP Chemistry course fulfills the laboratory science requirement and frees time for other courses.
It is the expectation that all students enrolled in the course will take the Advanced
Placement examination in May.
AP Chemistry will meet the objectives of a good general Chemistry course. Students in
such a course will attain a depth of understanding of fundamentals and a reasonable competence
in dealing with chemical problems.
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formulate strategies for the development and testing of hypothesis
Use basic statistical concepts to draw both inferences and conclusions from data.
Identify implications and consequences of drawn conclusions from data.
Use manipulative and technological tools including the TI-84 Plus graphing
calculator and LabPro units.
Measure, compare, order, scale, locate, and code accurately.
Do scientific research and report and display the results of this research.
This course will also contribute to the development of the students’ ability to think critically and
clearly and express their ideas orally, and in writing, with clarity and logic.
Required Materials
 Text: Zumdahl (Ninth Edition 2014).Chemistry; Boston, New York; Houghton, Mifflin Company.
 2 3-Ring binders to hold handouts from class. (one large, one small)
 cloth bound “marbleized” composition notebook with each page as graph paper (for lab work)
 A scientific calculator with the exponent button (EE or EXP).
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Class Expectations:
The three-ring binder will contain a reference and a chapter section. All class handouts,
assignments, homework, and worksheets will be included in the binder. This syllabus should be
the first page. This binder will be checked at least once each nine weeks.
 Students will come prepared with textbooks, paper, pencil, and class notebooks to class each
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and every day.
Daily assignments will be taken up periodically – keep all assignments in the class notebook
ready to turn in.
Quizzes will be given from time to time and may be announced or unannounced. In order to
be ready for quizzes, all reading and outside assignments should be completed as assigned.
Attendance is vital to success – BE HERE! If you miss class for any reason you are
responsible for all work missed. Check with me before or after class to ensure that you have
all the required documents that you need.
Assignments are due on the date specified. The only exceptions are if the student is ill, unable
to attend school, or prior approval has been given by the instructor. To emphasize
responsibility, late work will not receive full credit.
Students absent due to planned activities (sports, club meetings, extra-curricular trips, etc.)
are responsible for turning in their assignments on the required date.
All tests will be announced several days in advance. Every effort should be made to be
present on test days as well as every other day. For planned absences, take tests in advance
to avoid the makeup tests. Please schedule with teacher in writing. Makeup tests will not be
the same test given during the regular test period.
Copying tests, homework, or laboratory reports will result in zeroes for both the person
copying and the one who allows it – do your own work!
All students will be required to take a comprehensive standardized semester and final
examination.
Students are to dress properly for the lab any follow all safety procedures.
Students are expected to adhere to all school policies (see handbook)
Grading
Grading will occur on a variety of assignments (homework, class work, class participation, lab
performance, lab write-ups, projects, quizzes, and exams) and will be based on point collection.
This translates into more success for students. (Points you earn ÷ Total points possible x 100). If
you have a question or concern about your grade, you must make an appointment with after
class. DO NOT ASK ME ABOUT YOUR GRADE DURING CLASS TIME.
I have set high expectations for the 2014-2015 school year. I encourage you to seek me out with
questions about class policies or the class and lab work.
Sincerely,
Ms Amanda Smith
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
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Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
1st Nine Weeks:
Chapter One:
Chemical Foundations
Chapter Two:
Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
Chapter Three: Stoichiometry
** The first three chapters will be reviewed and tested during the first week of
school. The questions are to be completed as part of the summer
reading assignment! The laboratories corresponding to these chapters
will be conducted during the first two weeks of school.
Chapter Four:
Chapter Five:
Chapter Six:
Chapter Seven:
Solution Stoichiometry and Chemcial Analysis
Gases
Thermochemistry
Atomic Structure and Periodicity
2nd Nine Weeks:
Chapter Eight:
Chapter Nine:
Chapter Ten:
Chapter Eleven:
Chapter Twelve:
Bonding – General Concepts
Covalent Bonding (Orbitals)
Liquids and Solids
Properties of Solutions
Chemical Kinetics
3rd Nine Weeks:
Chapter Thirteen:
Chapter Fourteen:
Chapter Fifteen:
Chapter Sixteen:
Chapter Seventeen:
Chemical Equilibrium
Acids and Bases
Applications of Aqueous Equilibria
Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy
Electrochemistry
4th Nine Weeks:
Chapter Eighteen:
Chapter Nineteen:
Chapter Twenty:
Chapter Twenty-Two:
EXAM REVIEW
The Nucleus – A Chemist’s View of The Representative
Elements.
The Representative Elements: Groups IA – 4A
The Representative Elements: Groups 5A – 8A
Organic
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Chapter Details:
Chapter One (Chemical Foundations) Reading and Assignments:
Read:
Chapter One (Pages 1 – 30)
Assignments:
17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32 e-g, 33, 39, 41, 45, 49, 51, 55, 59, 61,
63, 65, 69, and 75.
Labs:
Safety / Lab Skills / Lab Write-ups
Circular Chromatography (similar to Vonderbrink Lab # 21)
Chapter Two (Atoms, Molecules, and Ions) Reading and Assignments:
Read:
Chapter Two (Pages 39 – 72)
Assignments:
15, 17, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 59, 61,
63, 69, 71, 73, 77, 81
Labs:
Analysis of a Silver Alloy (Vonderbrink Lab #1)
Chapter Three (Stoichiometry) Reading and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Three (Pages 79-121)
Assignments: 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 37, 39, 49., 51, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
81, 83, 89, 93, 97 (a, d, g, i), 103, 105
Labs:
Finding the Ratio of Moles of Reactants in a Chemical Reaction
(Vonderbrink Lab #2)
Synthesis of Alum (Vonderbrink Lab #3)
Analysis of Alum (Vonderbrink Lab #4)
Chapter Four (Types of Chemical Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry) Reading and
Assignments
Read:
Chapter Four (Pages 131-179)
Assignments:
9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 43, 47, 51, 55, 57, 61, 63,
65, 67, 79, 81
Labs:
An Activity Series (Vonderbrink #5)
Molecular Mass of a Volatile Liquid (Vonderbrink Lab #7)
Molecular Mass by Freezing Point Depression (Vonderbrink Lab #8)
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Chapter Five (Gases) Reading and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Five (Pages 187-230)
Assignments:
19, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 41, 43, 45, 51, 57, 59, 61, 65, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79,
81, 85, 87, 97, 99
Labs:
Vapor Pressure and Enthalpy of Vaporization of Water
(Vonderbrink Lab #9)
Chapter Six (Thermochemistry) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Six (Pages 241-281)
Assignments:
9, 11, 19, 21, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 45, 49, 51, 55, 57, 61, 63, 67, 79,
81
Labs:
Thermochemistry and Hess’s Law (Vonderbrink Lab #6)
Chapter Seven (Atomic Structure and Periodicity) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Seven (Pages 291-339)
Assignments:
17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 67, 69, 73,
77, 81, 83, 85, 95, 103, 111
Labs:
Graphing trends of the periodic table exercise
Determination of the Copper (II) Ion Lab
Chapter Eight (Bonding: General Concepts) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Eight (Pages 349-405)
Assignments:
13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 27, 31, 35, 37, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 63, 65, 67, 69, 73,
79, 85, 89, 95, 103
Labs:
Building Structures of Compounds activity
Chapter Nine (Covalent Bonding: Orbitals) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Nine (Pages 415-443)
Assignments:
7, 9, 13, 15, 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 49, 51, 55
Labs:
Determination of the Formula of a Hydrate
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Chapter Ten (Liquids and Solids) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Ten (Pages 451-502)
Assignments:
15, 19, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51, 53, 59, 61, 63, 71, 79,
81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91
Determination of the Hardness of Water (Vonderbrink Lab # 11)
Labs:
Chapter Eleven (Properties of Solutions) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Eleven (Pages 513-552)
Assignments:
11, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 59, 63, 69,
73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 85
Labs:
Ice Cream activity to express freezing point depression.
Freezing Point Depression Lab Using Benzoic and Lauric Acid
Chapter Twelve (Chemical Kinetics) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Twelve (Pages 559-601)
Assignments:
11, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 59,
63, 65, 67
Labs:
Study of Kinetics of a Reaction (Vonderbrink Lab #12)
Chapter Thirteen (Chemical Equilibrium) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Thirteen (Pages 611-648)
Assignments:
13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 47, 53, 57, 63, 67,
75
Labs:
Equilibrium and LeChatelier’s Principle (Vonderbrink Lab # 17)
Determination of the Solubility Product of an Ionic Compound
(Vonderbrink Lab #13)
Determination of the Equilibrium Constant for the Formation of FeSCN2+
(Vonderbrink Lab # 14)
Chapter Fourteen (Acids and Bases) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Fourteen (Pages 657-710)
Assignments:
17, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 51, 59, 63, 65, 69, 71, 75, 77, 83,
87, 99, 101, 103, 113, 115, 117, 121, 123
Labs:
Determination of the Dissociation Constants of Weak Acids
(Vonderbrink Lab # 15)
Determination of the Equivalent Mass and pKa of an Unknown Acid
(Vonderbrink Lab #16)
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Chapter Fifteen (Applications of Aqueous Equilibria) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Fifteen (Pages 719-781)
Assignments:
21, 23, 25, 31, 39, 43, 45, 47, 51, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 69, 71, 79, 85, 91,
93, 97, 99, 103, 107, 111
Labs:
“One Pot” Lab
Chapter Sixteen (Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Sixteen (Pages 791-828)
Assignments:
Labs:
17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 43, 45, 47, 49, 53, 57, 59, 61,
71
Percent Calcium in Calcium Supplements Lab
Chapter Seventeen (Electrochemistry) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Seventeen (Pages837-879)
Assignments:
17, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 49, 55, 57, 59, 63, 71, 75, 79, 83, 85, 89,
91, 111
Labs:
Electrochemical Cells (Vonderbrink Lab # 18)
Chapter Eighteen (The Representative Elements: Groups IA – 4A) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Eighteen (Pages 889-912)
Assignments:
Labs:
1, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51,
53, 55, 57, 63
Qualitative Analysis of Cations (Vonderbrink Lab # 19)
Chapter Nineteen (The Representative Elements: Groups 5A – 8A) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Nineteen (Pages 917-957)
Assignments: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 45
Labs: Qualitative Analysis of Anions (Vonderbrink Lab #20)
Chapter Twenty (The Transitional Metals and Coordination Chemistry)
* This chapter will be covered ONLY if time permits
Chapter Twenty-one (The Nucleus: A Chemist’s View) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Twenty (Pages 1021-1052)
Assignments:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 49
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Amanda Smith
Park View High School
400 W Laurel Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
Chapter Twenty-Two (Organic Chemistry) Readings and Assignments
Read:
Chapter Twenty-Two (Pages 1057-1100)
Assignments:
1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 37, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 55,
57, 59, 73, 83
Labs:
Preparation of Esters (Vonderbrink Lab # 22)