This is a proposed course outline for 1 period Advanced Chemistry and 2 period GTC Chemistry. All of these topics cannot be covered in the Advanced Chemistry class. The 2 period GTC Chemistry has more opportunity for lab work and covering more topics. The number of days indicated for each topic are very rough estimates.

1. Introductory Concepts (7 days )

A. Units of measurement

B. Accuracy and Precision

C. Significant Digits

D. Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

2. Physical Changes and Physical States ( 11 days )

A. Kinetic Molecular Description of Liquids and Solids

B. Phase diagrams and phase changes

C. Kinetic Molecular Description of Gases

D. Pressure - Temperature - Volume relationships

E. DaltonÕs Law of Partial Pressure

F. Grahams Law of Diffusion

3. Chemical Formulas ( 7 days )

A. Writing formulas and naming ionic compounds

B. Writing formulas and naming acids

C. Writing formulas and naming molecular compounds

4. Chemical Equations ( 10 days )

A. Synthesis

B. Decomposition

C. Single Displacement

1. Active metal + water

2. Oxidation of metals by acids

3. Activity Series

D. Double Displacement

1. Acid - Base Neutralization Reactions

2. Precipitation Reactions

E. Combustion Reactions

F. Reaction of Metallic and Nonmetallic Oxides

5. Mole Theory ( 10 days )

A. Atomic Weight , Molecular Weight, and % Composition

B. Mole Calculations

C. Empirical Formulas

D. Molecular Formulas

E. Ideal Gas Law

F. Molar Volume of a Gas

G. Molarity

6. Stoichiometry , Limiting Reactants, and % Yield ( 8 days )

A. Mass - Mass Problems

B. Mass - Volume Problems

C. Volume - Mass Problems

D. Volume - Volume Problems

E. Solution Stoichiometry

7. Thermodynamics ( 5 days )

A. Kinetic and Potential Energy

B. First Law of Thermodynamics

C. Enthalpy

D. Enthalpies of Reaction

E. HessÕs Law

F. Heats of Formation

G. Calorimetry

8. Atomic Structure ( 18 days )

A. Historical aspects of Atomic Theory

B. Discovery of Atomic Structure

C. Isotopes, Atomic Number and Mass Number

D. Periodic Table E. Radiant Energy

F. Quantum Theory

G. BohrÕs Model of Hydrogen

H. Quantum mechanical model of the atom

I. electron configurations

J. atomic size

K. ionization energy

L. electron affinity

M. electronegativity

9. Chemical Bonding ( 7 days )

A. Ionic Bonding

B. Covalent Bonding

C. Lewis Structures

D. Resonance

E. Molecular Geometry

F. Hybridization

G. Polar Molecules

10. Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ( 15 days ) These topics are not covered in Advanced Chemistry.

A. Hydrocarbons

B. Reaction of Hydrocarbons

C. Hydrocarbon Derivatives

D. Polymers

E. Proteins

F. Carbohydrates

G. Nucleic Acids

H. Fats and Oils

I. Fuel Values

11. Solutions ( 9 days )

A. Solution Process

B. Solubility

C. Electrolyte solutions

D. Solution Concentration

1. molarity

2. molality

3. weight percent

4. density

E. Colligative Properties

F. Colloids

12. Reactions in Aqueous Solution ( 9 days )

A. Net Ionic Equations and Driving forces

B. Acids and Bases in Water

C. Oxidation - Reduction Reactions

13. Kinetics ( 5 days )

A. Reaction Rate

B. Experimental determination of rate law

C. Activation energy

D. Catalysis

14. Equilibrium ( 6 days )

A. Law of Mass Action and the Equilibrium Constant Expression

B. Experimentally determining the Equilibrium Constant

C. Calculating Equilibrium concentrations

D. Direction of Reaction

E. Le ChatelierÕs Principle

15. Aqueous Equilibria ( 12 days )

A. Dissociation of Water and pH Scale

B. Strong Acids and Strong Bases

C. Weak Acids and Weak Bases

D. Relationship between Ka and Kb

E. Acid - Base Properties of Salt Solutions

F. Lewis Theory of Acids and Bases

G. Common Ion Effect

H. Buffer Solutions

I. Titrations

J. Solubility Equilibria

16. Electrochemistry ( 10 days ) These topics are not covered in Advanced Chemistry

A. Spontaneous Electrochemistry (Voltaic Cells)

B. Nonspontaneous Electrochemistry ( Electrolytic Cells )

C. Important industrial and agricultural examples

D. Quantitative Electrochemistry

17. Chemical Thermodynamics ( 5 days )

A. Spontaneous Processes

B. Entropy

C. Free Energy

D. Free Energy and the Equlibrium constant

18. Nuclear Chemistry ( 5 days ) These topics are not covered in Advanced Chemistry.

A. Nuclear Reactions

B. Radioactivity

1. Radioactive Decay

2. Nuclear Fission

3. Nuclear Fusion

4. Transmutation

5. Half - Life

6. Biological Effects of Radiation