DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

 

Subject:               CHEMISTRY                                                                                                                                               _____   Semester            

Grade:                11-12                                                                                                                                                                      _____   Year

 

AUGUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.   The Science of Chemistry

 

 

2.  Matter and Energy

1.       What will I learn in chemistry?

2.       What role does lab equipment play in solving problems?

3.       How do scientists approach problems?

 

1.       What is matter?

2.       How is matter classified?

3.       How are substances identified?

SEPTEMBER

 

1.   Measurement

 

 

2.   Nine weeks test.

1.       How is measurement used in chemistry?

2.       How should scientific data be reported?

OCTOBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.   Intercession.

 

2.   Atomic Structure.

 

3.   Electron Configuration.

 

 

1.       What is the basic structure of an atom?

 

1.    How do structures of atoms differ?

NOVEMBER

 

 

1.  Periodic table.

1.       What makes a family of elements?

2.       What trends are found in the Periodic Table?

3.       How are atoms counted or measured?

DECEMBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.       Periodic table continued.

 

2.       Chemical Bonding.

 

3.       Formulas and Nomenclature.

 

4.       Molar Mass and % Composition.

 

 

 

1.       Why do atoms form bonds?

 

1.    How are compounds named and represented?

 

 

1.       How are chemicals measured?

JANUARY

 

1.  Covalent compounds.

1.       Why do atoms share electrons?

2.       How can you tell the shape of a molecule?

3.       How do bonds and properties relate?

FEBRUARY

 

 

 

 

1.       Chemical equations.

 

 

2.   Stoichiometry.

1.       What is a chemical reaction?

2.       How are chemical reactions written?

 

1.       How much can a reaction produce?

2.       How much does a reaction really produce?

3.       How can stoichiometry be used in everyday life?

MARCH

 

 

1.       Gas laws.

 

2.       Intercession.

1.       What are characteristics of gases?

2.       What behaviors are described by the gas laws?

APRIL

 

 

 

 

1.  Gas Laws.

 

2.  Solutions.

1.       How do the gas laws fit together?

 

1.       What is a solution?

2.       What does concentration mean?

3.       Why do some things dissolve?

4.       How are solubility principles used?

MAY

 

 

 

1.       Acids and Bases.

 

 

 

 

2.  Qualitative Analysis.

1.       What are acids and bases?

2.       How are acids and bases compared?

3.       What is titration?

 

 

1.       What techniques are involved in separation of an unknown?

2.       What confirmation tests are used to identify an unknown?