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8-2 Physical Science - Chemistry

Course Outline

please note that this outline may change throughout the year

Quarter I

Unit 1 – Chapter 1, 16

Question:  How do scientists do thier jobs? Unit 1.1 Lecture Notes

  • The scientific method
  • Theories vs. laws, science vs. technology prior reading – pg 12
  • Masurement: SI units and prefixes Prior reading pgs. 14 – 15, 16, 21
  • Converting between SI units prior reading pg 1
  • Significant figures
  • Graphing 

Question:  What makes matter "tick"? Unit 1.2 Lecture Notes

 

  • How to write a formal lab report
  • Kinetic theory and states of matter notes Prior reading: pgs.488-492
  • Heating curves
  • Thermal expansion
  • Properties of fluids Prior reading – pg 497-498
  • Archimedes, Pascal’s and Bernoulli’s principal
  • Gas laws (Boyle’s and Charles’ Law)

 

Unit 2 – Chapter 17

Question:  In what forms do matter exist? Unit 2 Lecture Notes

 

  • Pure substances and mixtures prior reading: 518-522
  • Physical properties and changes, lab techniques for separating mixtures prior reading: pg. 526 - 529
  • Separating mixtures
  • Chemical properties and changes, conservation of matter, weathering prior reading 526 – 533

 

Quarter II

Unit 3 – Chapter 18, 20

Question: What is an atom anyway? Unit 3 Lecture Notes

 

  • Masses of atoms, finding protons, neutrons and electrons prior reading pg. 550 – 551
  • Isotopes and where the average atomic mass comes from prior reading pg. 552-553
  • Properties of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids Prior reading: 554-555; 561
  • Groups and families
  • Bohr’s theory of the atom prior reading:558-559

 

Unit 4 – Chapter 19, 24

Question: How does matter combine and change to make all the different things we

                  see and interact with every day? Unit 4 Lecture Notes

 

  • Combining elements, understanding formulas, How bonding happens prior reading: 574-578
  • Ionic bonds, naming binary ionic compounds, criss-cross shortcut prior reading 587-590
  • Covalent bonds, naming binary molecular compounds prior reading bottom 592 – 593
  • Law of conservation of mass, chemical changes, Chemical equations (reactants / products) prior reading pgs. 738-740
  • Balancing chemical equations prior reading pg. 743 – 745
  • Types of chemical reactions prior reading pg. 746 – 749
  • Chemical reactions and energy (luminescent, exothermic, endothermic) prior reading: 750 – 754
  • Catalysts and inhibitors

 Unit 5   – Chapter 23, 25

Question:  What kind of chemistry are we around almost every day?

Unit 5 Lecture Notes

 

  • Properties of acids, bases, and indicators prior reading pg. 766 – 769
  • pH and buffers prior reading 774-775
  • Strong vs. weak acids

                                                           

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