Course Title

AP Chemistry

Course Description

Chemistry is the study of the properties of materials and the changes that materials undergo. A student will see how chemical principles operate in all aspects of our lives, from everyday activities to far-reaching matters like the development of drugs to cure cancer. Students will learn through laboratory and lecture methods using group and individual activities, cooperative learning, presentations, and technology to enhance the learning environment. Students will learn how to design and conduct experiments using a variety of laboratory techniques and technology to investigate a chemical concept. They will apply stoichiometric concepts to chemical reactions and analyze how atomic structure relates to periodicity. The student will analyze how atomic structures relate to chemical bonding and apply chemical concepts to reactions in aqueous solutions. They will learn about gas laws as well as study electrochemistry.

Contact

Robin Schott
405-743-5554
rscho@okcareertech.org
or
Tina Fugate
405-743-5139
tfuga@okcareertech.org

Knowledge and Skills

•  Solutions
•  Chemical Kinetics
•  Equilibrium
•  Acids and Bases
•  Entropy and Free Energy

Suggested Labs

•  Mole Ratio of Reactants
• Thin-Layer Chromatography
• Activity Series
• Determination of Water Hardness
• Qualitative Analysis
• Stoichiometry in the Synthesis of an Ionic Compound
• Beer-Lambert Law
• Freezing Point Depression to Determine Molecular Mass
• Determination of the Molecular Mass of a Liquid
• Vapor pressure
• Thermochemistry and Hess’s Law
• Thermochromism
• Equilibrium constant of an ionic compound
• Reaction kinetics
• Dissociation constants of weak acids
• Electrochemical cells
• LeChatelier’s Principle
• Acids and bases
• Ester formation
• oxidation-reduction reactions
• Synthesis of aspirin
• Grignard synthesis of benzoic Acid
• Synthesis, purification, and analysis of an organic compound

Accountability Measures, Assessments, or Evaluation Procedures

Referenced Standards

National Science Standards (5^th ed). (1998). National Research Council, Washington, D.C., National Academy of Sciences

Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (2003). Oklahoma State Department of Education-PASS-{ www.sde.state.ok.us}

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Industry Alignments

Curriculum Resources

Suggested Texts

Kotz, John C., Treichel, Paul M., Weaver, Gabriela C. (2006). Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (6^th ed.) Belmont, CA:  Brooks/Cole Publishing.

 Zumdahl, Steven S., (2003). Chemistry (6^th ed.). Boston:  Houghton Mifflin.

 Brown, Theodore L., LeMay, Eugene H. Jr., & Bursten, Bruce E. (2006). Chemistry: The Central Science (10^th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:  Pearson Prentice Hall.

 Slowinski, Emil, Wolsey, Wayne C., Masterton, William L. (2005). Chemical Principles in the Laboratory (8^th ed.). Belmont, CA:  Brooks/Cole Publishing.

 Ehrenkranz, David, Mauch, John J. (1993). Chemistry in Microscale (2^nd ed.). Dubuque, IA:  Kendall Hunt Publishing.

 Chang, Raymond (2007). Chemistry (9^th ed.). New York, NY:  McGraw-Hill Publishing.

 Hall, James F. (2004). Introductory Chemistry in the Laboratory (5^th ed.). Boston:  Houghton Mifflin Publishing.

 Supplemental Materials

 Ball, David W., (2006). Essential Algebra for Chemistry Students, (2^nd ed.). Belmont, CA:  Brooks/Cole Publishing.

 Atwood, Charles H. (2005). Survival Guide for General Chemistry with Math Review,  (1^st ed.). Belmont, CA:  Brooks/Cole Publishing.

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