UNIT ONE - One Week

Measuring
What is the Scientific Method?
Accuracy versus Precision
Significant Figures
The S.I. System
Handling Numbers in Science
Using the Calculator
Percent Error
Derived Units
Density Calculations

Laboratory Exercises
The Penny Lab. 2.5 days

Quizzes
Significant Digits
The S.I. System

Tests
Unit One

 

UNIT TWO - One Week

Matter
Homogeneous versus Heterogeneous Materials
Solutions
Solute versus Solvent
Substances
Elements
Compounds
Mixtures
Introduction to the Periodic Chart
Physical versus Chemical Properties
Physical versus Chemical Changes
Calorimetry

Laboratory Exercises
Candy Chromatography
Comparing Physical and Chemical Properties

Quizzes
Physical and Chemical Properties
Calorimetry and Specific Heat Capacity

Test
Unit Two

 

UNIT THREE - Two Weeks

Atomic Theory
The Three Fundamental laws
Dalton's Hypothesis
The Work of J.J. Thomson

The Work Of Earnest Rutherford
The Rutherford - Bohr Model of the Atom
Spectroscopy
Average Atomic Mass
Electron Clouds and Probability
The Schrodinger Model of the Atom
Quantum Numbers
Shapes of Orbitals
Electron configurations

Laboratory Exercises
The Men and Women of the Atom Project 1 week

Quizzes
Early Research on the Atom
Electron Configurations
Calculating Average Atomic Mass from Mass Spectrometry

Tests
Atomic Structure
Quantum Numbers and Electron Configurations

 

UNIT FOUR - One Week

Periodic Properties
The Works of Dobereiner and Newlands
Mendeleev's periodic Table
The Modern Periodic Law
Families versus Periods
Valance Electron Configurations
Metals and Nonmetals
Predicting Oxidation Numbers
Periodicity
Relative Atomic Size
Relative Ionization Energies
Relative Electronegativities
Relative Reactivity

Laboratory Exercises
The Alien Periodic Chart
Periodicity and Chemical Reactivity

Quizzes
Predicting Oxidation Numbers
periodic Trends

Tests
Unit Four

END OF FIRST SIX WEEK MARKING PERIOD