Chemistry

Department(s): 
Science
Course Title:  Chemistry
2 Semesters – 10 Credits – 5 Class Periods Per Week
 

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce the student to the principles of general Chemistry interpreting matter through a Biblical world view as God designed it on day one of creation.  Additionally students are taught observational skills and tools in seeking patterns of periodicity throughout matter.    This course includes the study of these basic areas:
 
Introduction to Chemistry, Scientific Method;  Measurement including use of conversion factors, significant digits and scientific notation;  Matter, including physical and chemical changes and the Law of Conversion of Matter;  Gas Laws and Kinetic Theory;  Chemical Formulas including interpreting information conveyed by chemical formulas, deriving formulas and  determining names of compounds;  Math of Chemical Formulas;  Chemical Equations including interpreting the information in chemical equations and balancing equations; Stoichiometry;  Atomic Structure;  Atomic Bonding;  Periodic Table and periodicity; Acids and Bases including properties, preparation and uses;  Solutions; Organic Chemistry, and time permitting an introduction to Electro Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry.
 
This course is supplemented with instructor demonstrations and complete lab facilities.  The students have a variety of required laboratory experiments and reports to complete throughout the year.
 
Students are evaluated on their performance in the laboratory, quizzes, chapter tests, unit tests and semester written and laboratory cumulative exams (two per year), as well as homework assignments which include a variety of chemistry problems.  Students complete two additional special projects within the year.
 
Course Objectives:
Biblical Big Ideas: (3)
#1: All matter was created by God on day one and fashioned on days 1-6.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to
  • Communicate that God is the creator and sustainer of all things.
  • Explain with verse reference that God calls us to be faithful stewards of His creation.   
  • Relate and understand the creation story as it pertains to matter. 
  • Memorize 100 elements’ names and symbols with 80% accuracy.
  • Classify matter into pure substances and mixtures.
  • Separate mixtures using four different techniques
  • Distinguish between chemical and physical properties and changes.
  • Evaluate correct safety procedures in the lab
  • Identify lab equipment and learn to light Bunsen burners.
#2 All energy comes from God and was created by Him.  Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to:
  • Articulate the basic theories behind the nuclear atom including
  • law of conservation of mass
  • Dalton’s postulates
  • isotopes calculations
(SS1.e and h)
  • Describe the basic structure and organization of the modern periodic table and clearly identify the main components of the chart.
  • Predict scientific data without using visual clues
  • Calculate the average atomic mass of an isotope.
  • Draw atoms and isotopes
  • Distinguish between atoms and isotopes.
#3 God cares that we are accurate and orderly in weights, measures and Truth.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to
  • Accurately measure scientifically mass, volume, length, temperature and density in English and metric units using appropriate equipment correctly and safely.
  • Accurately convert between metric units and English to metrics using Dimensional Analysis process.
  • Prepare written lab reports reflecting accurate data with appropriate units and sources of error.
  • List the steps of the scientific method and apply them to lab discoveries.
  • Evaluate and write numbers in scientific notation and significant digits.
Biblical Big Ideas: (2)
#1:  God established consistent laws to govern all aspects of His creation.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to
  • List 10 examples of God’s consistency in creation as revealed in chemical reactions or relationships.
  • Predict and use correctly the IUPAC standard nomenclature for ionic and molecular compounds.
  • Write and decipher chemical formulas
  • Articulate the value of one mole = 6.02 x 1023 of anything.
  • Convert to and from moles, mass, molecules and liters.
  • Calculate the masses of reactants and products in a chem. reaction using stiochiometry and percent and theoretical yields.
  • Utilize mathematical procedures to determine the empirical and molecular formulas from data.
  • Balance and type or classify chemical reactions.
  • Practice good safety practices in the lab while observing chemical reactions.
#2:  God has provided an orderly world.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to
  • Correctly interpret a chemical reaction using basic stoichiometry.
  • Determine the amount of material produced and needed using basic mass – mass and other calculations.
  • Articulate and relate the law of conservation of mass as used in chemical reactions.
  • Calculate % yield based on experimental data.
Biblical Objective
God calls us to be consistent discoverers of His eternal truths which are revealed through His creation, His word and His Son. 
Biblical Objective
God, through Jesus Christ, is the creator and sustainer of all things for His glory and purpose.
Biblical Big Ideas
#1.  God uses His creation to teach people eternal truth.  God designed all matter to react in a certain way.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to
  • Give examples of the creation and sustaining power of God’s creation especially at the atomic and bonding level
  •  Articulate the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy.
  • Correctly identify standard temperature and pressure and various units in which to measure these and convert.
  • Conceptualize heat flow and theromodynamic quantities.
  • Calculate specific heat and heat capacity.
  • Predict state of matter of substances.
  • Comprehend how matter changes phase based on the KM theory.
  • Identify 4 periodic trends on the periodic table.
  • Predict elemental properties based on periodic trends.
#2.  God desires us to continue seeking Him and understand His character through the study of His work and His creation.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to
  • Investigate and articulate the statutes of global warming.
  • Analyze the properties of hard water.
#3.  God created light.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to:
  • Identify segments of the electromagnetic spectrum.  (SS 1.j)
  • Calculate wavelength and frequency of light and calculate each. (SS 1.i and j)
  • Draw and identify electron configurations
  • Summarize the development of the atomic theory
  • Explain the significance of quantized energies of electrons as they relate to the quantum mechanical model of atoms (SS 1.g and i)
  • Draw orbitals
  • Apply Aufbau, hunds and Pauli to configurations
#4  God holds all things together.  God is consistent in His character and throughout creation.
Instructional Objectives: Students will be able to
  • Calculate and apply the 6 gas laws.
  • Describe the formation of cations and anions from metals and nonmetals.
  • List the characteristics of ionic and covalent bonds
  • Differentiate between two methods of elemental bonding, ionic and molecular, and apply the VESPR theory and relate shapes of molecules to their properties.
  • Use electronegativity and ionization energy relate to bond formation.
  • Use EDS and polarity to predict bonding types
  • Differentiate between alloys
  • Calculate % elemental abundance in alloys
Biblical Big Ideas
#1.  God has provided an orderly world and we should strive to keep it as such.
Instructional objectives: Students will be able to
  • Explain how chemical interactions affect creation and how we are called to be stewards of all creation, especially in energy uses
  • Explain why God calls us to be faithful stewards of His mysteries.
  • Discuss and demonstrate  examples of LeChatelier’s principle and entropy in the real world and relate it to God’s perfect design.
  • Explain how the rate chemical reaction is influenced by the conditions.
  • Predict changes in equilibrium due to changes in pressure, temperature and concentrations.
  • Articulate the concept of equilibrium and state when it is established when forward and reverse reactions are equal.
  • Write and calculate an equilibruim constant expression.
#2.  God cares that we are accurate and orderly in our measurements.
Instructional objectives: Students will be able to
  • Identify the factors that determine rate of solubility
  • Calculate and classify the properties of solutions, including colligative properties. (SS6.a-f)
  • Measure and prepare various molarities of solutions. (SS6.d)
  • Calculate molality and mole fraction of solutions
  • Describe how to prepare dilute solutions from concentrated ones
#3  God calls us into accountability with His creation.
Instructional objectives:  Students will be able to
  • List the properties of acids and bases and pH.
  • Calculate pH, pOH and concentrations of acids and bases.
  • Calculate logs and antilogs of various numbers
  • Analyze a pH graph
  • Predict strength of acids and pH
  • Identify acidity based on lab data
  • Use various equipment to analyze acids including pH papers, other indicators, and burets.
  • Explain equivalents and titrations
  • Articulate the function of buffers
  • Evaluate the affect of acids on the environment.
  • Articulate acid and base theories.
#4  Man’s daily living depends upon God.
Instructional objectives: Students will be able to
  • Describe bonding in hydrocarbons and learn organic nomenclature.
  • Explain the difference between unsaturated and saturated hydrocarbons
  • Analyze and draw isomers
  • Explain resonance and identify common cyclic ring structures
  • Distinguish between straight chain and branched chain hydrocarbons
  • Distinguish functional groups and review nutritional values of foods. (
  • Articulate and analyze current research in to hydrocarbon fuels and pollution.
  • Utilize lab techniques to solve mysteries and crimes
 
 
Textbooks:
Bible
Chemistry   Prentice Hall 2002  ;    ISBN 0-13-054384-5
 
 
Materials Required:
  • Textbook Chemistry; Addison Wesley; ISBN 0-13-054384-5
  • three ring notebook used exclusively for chemistry (2-3” inches wide)
  • 5 tabbed dividers
  • lined notebook paper or spiral notebook for notes
  • blue or black in pens
  • calculator
  • lab reporting book
  • thin lined dry erase markers (one or more colors)
  • closed toe shoes for lab
  • hair ties for girls with shoulder length hair or longer
 
Prerequisites:
  • Concurrent enrollment in Algebra II OR
  • Completion of Algebra II or higher with a C or better