PHYSICAL SETTING - CHEMISTRY
Code: S541 Full Year (10, 11) (1 Credit) (rank weight 1.00)
Prerequisite: Average of 75 or Better in a Regents Science Course. Successful Completion of Geometry and Concurrently Enrolled In Algebra 2 and Trigonometry. Students enrolled in 2N need permission from the district coordinator.
Areas of Study Include:
• Scientific Method
• Measurements
- Using Measurement Equipment
- Metric Units
- Significant Figures
- Scientific Notation
- Percent Error
- Density
• Matter and Energy
- Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
- Substances, Compounds, Elements and Mixtures
- Temperature Scales, S.T.P. & Absolute Zero
- Charles’ Law, Boyle’s Law & Combined Gas Law
- Rates of Diffusion
- Heating / Cooling Curves - Phase Changes
- Vapor Pressure
- Forms of Energy
- Law of Conservation Of Energy
• Structure of the Atom
- Parts of the Atom
- History of Models of the Atom
- Electron Configuration
- Mass Number, Atomic Number, Isotopes
- Valence Electrons, Oxidation Numbers
- Energy Levels - Spectral Lines
- Natural Radioactivity - Types of Radiation
- Half Life
• Periodic Table
- Periodic Trends
- Periodicity
• Bonding
- Electronegativity
- Ionic, Covalent, Metallic & Network Bonds
- Molecular Polarity
- Lewis Dot Structure
- Intermolecular Forces
- Formula Writing and Reviewing Compounds
• Solutions
- Concentration Units – Molarity, Percent by Mass, Parts per Million
- Dilution
- Solubility
- Boiling Point Elevation, Freezing Point Depression
• Kinetics and Equilibrium
- Collision Theory – Reaction Rate
- Potential Energy Diagrams – Endothermic / Exothermic
- Catalysts
- Enthalpy, Entropy & Spontaneity
- LeChatelier’s Principle
• Acids & Bases
- Arrhenius & Alternate Acid-Base Theory
- Properties of Acids & Bases
- Ph
- Neutralization Reactions
- Titration – Indicators
• Oxidation – Reduction
- Electrochemical Cells
- Electrolysis
- Activity Series
- Assigning Oxidation States
- Half Reactions
- Balancing Redox Equations
- Identify Species Oxidized / Species Reduced
• Nuclear
- Types of Radioactivity
- Natural & Artificial Transmutations
- Half Life
- Benefits and Risks of Radioactivity
• Organic
- Homologous Series of Hydrocarbons
- Functional Groups
- Isomers
- Organic Reactions
• Chemical Math
- Mole Calculations
- Gram Formula Mass
- Avogadro’s Number
• Stoichiometry
- Types of Reactions
- Writing and Balancing Equations
Assessment: All Chemistry students who complete the required 1200 minutes of labs will take the Physical Setting – Chemistry Regents Exam in June.
For the complete NYS Core Curriculum for Physical Setting/Chemistry, see: http:www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciaai/mst/pub/chemist.pdf
TEXTBOOK:
Buthelezi, Thandi. New York Chemistry: Matter and Change. Columbus, OH: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2009.
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