Chemistry 1 Course Outline

First Semester
Second Semester
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Title of Course: Chemistry 1
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Textbook: Modern Chemistry, c. 1993, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Teacher: Joel Bacon

Broad Objectives

• To have the student view the universe as God's creation.
  
• To make the student aware of structural order in the world.
  
• To appreciate that order is evidence of the sovereignty, wisdom and power of God.
  
• To familiarize the student with basic principles of chemistry.
  
• To impress upon the student man's duty as steward to learn about the creation in order to benefit his neighbor and to bring glory to God.
  

Specific Objectives

• To develop a basic knowledge of these topics of study: metric system, significant figures, lab safety, techniques and apparatus, atomic structure, electron configuration, the periodic table and law, formula writing, balancing equations, stoichiometry, gas laws, states of matter and changes in state, solutions and ionization.
• To develop basic mathematical skills.
• To develop basic laboratory, direction-following skills.
• To develop analytical skills and problem-solving techniques.
• To stimulate interest in the study of the chemistry.
• To adequately prepare the student for college-level chemistry.

Approaches

Lecture
Discussion
Homework
Tests/Quizzes
Laboratory exercises
Models
Audio-Visuals
Demonstration
Optional projects

Perspective

FIRST SEMESTER

Introduction to Chemistry

The Atom

Atomic Structure
Atomic Mass
The Mole Concept
The Molar Mass of an element

Electron Configuration

The Periodic Law

Chemical Bonding

Ionic and Covalent bonds
Polar Covalent bonds
Molecular polarity and shape
VSEPR Theory

Chemical Formulas

Covalent compounds
Ionic Compounds
Oxidation Numbers
Percent composition
Determining empirical and molecular formula

Chemical Equations

Writing a balanced equation
Kinds of Reaction (synthesis, decomposition, single/double replacement, combustion reactions)
Predicting Products

Stoichiometry

Mass-Mass Problems
Limiting Reactant Problems

SECOND SEMESTER

The Gas State and the Kinetic Theory of Matter/Four Important Gases

Gas Laws

Boyle's Law
Charles' Law
Gay-Lussac's Law
Dalton's Law

The Molar Volume

Gay-Lussac's Law of combining gas volumes
Avogadro's Principle
Gas Stoichiometry

Solids, Liquids and Water

Phase diagrams
Heats of fusion and vaporization
Boiling
Unique properties of water

Solutions

Solubility
Concentration

% by mass
molality
molarity

Colligative properties

freezing pt. depression
boiling pt. elevation

Ionization

Electrolytes
Solution Chemistry, precipitation reactions

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