Chemistry

Avon Lake City Schools 

Curriculum Framework

Chemistry

Course Overview:

A conceptual course of science involving coursework and laboratory work designed to present chemistry in the light of modern theory. Chemistry includes the study of the composition of matter and its changes, the organization of the elements, and chemical calculations. The student is responsible for having a class notebook, composition notebook with graph paper and a scientific calculator. Prerequisites: Algebra I and Biology, with at least an earned grade of “B” recommended. This class meets seven periods per week for ½ unit of credit each semester.

Textbook (Title and Publishing Company): 

World of Chemistry Zumdahl 

Online/Supplemental Materials:

https://login.cengage.com/cb/ access codes provided at the start of the course

Assessments: 

First Quarter Assessment (cumulative & lab practical) - Midterm (cumulative) - Third Quarter Assessment (cumulative & lab practical)- Final (cumulative)

Content/Topics/Learning Goals

Subject to Pacing and Schedules

1st Quarter- 

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:

  • Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations

  • Design and conduct scientific investigations

  • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications

  • Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence (critical thinking)

  • Recognize and analyze explanations and models

  • Communicate and support a scientific argument.

STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER

  • Representing compounds

    • Formula writing

  • Quantifying matter

  • Phases of matter

  • Intermolecular chemical bonding

    • Types and strengths

    • Implications for properties of substances

      • Melting and boiling point

      • Solubility

INTERACTIONS OF MATTER

  • Chemical reactions

    • Energy

    • kinetics

2nd Quarter- 

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:

  • Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations

  • Design and conduct scientific investigations

  • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications

  • Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence (critical thinking)

  • Recognize and analyze explanations and models

  • Communicate and support a scientific argument.

INTERACTIONS OF MATTER

  • Gas laws

    • Pressure, volume and temperature

    • Ideal gas law

  • Stoichiometry

    • Molar calculations

  • Nuclear Reactions

    • Radioisotopes

    • Nuclear energy

STRUCTURE & PROPERTIES OF MATTER

  • Atomic structure

    • Evolution of atomic models/theory

    • Electrons

    • Electron configurations

  • Representing compounds

  • Quantifying matter

3rd Quarter- 

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:

  • Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations

  • Design and conduct scientific investigations

  • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications

  • Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence (critical thinking)

  • Recognize and analyze explanations and models

  • Communicate and support a scientific argument.

STRUCTURE & PROPERTIES OF MATTER

  • Periodic table

    • Properties

    • Trends

  • Intramolecular chemical bonding

    • Ionic

    • Polar/covalent

  • Representing compounds

    • Formula writing

    • Nomenclature

    • Models and shapes (Lewis structures, ball and stick, molecular geometries)

  • Quantifying matter

  • Intermolecular chemical bonding

    • Types and strengths

    • Implications for properties of substances

      • Melting and boiling point

      • Solubility

INTERACTIONS OF MATTER

  • Stoichiometry

    • Molar calculations

    • Solutions

4th Quarter -  

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:

  • Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations

  • Design and conduct scientific investigations

  • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications

  • Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence (critical thinking)

  • Recognize and analyze explanations and models

  • Communicate and support a scientific argument

INTERACTIONS OF MATTER

  • Chemical reactions

    • Types of reactions

    • Kinetics

    • Energy

    • Equilibrium

    • Acids/bases

  • Stoichiometry

    • Molar calculations

    • Solutions

    • Limiting reagents

Last Updated:

September, 2023