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