Academics

Chemistry I Course Outline

Unit 1

  • Chemical and Physical Properties of Matter
  • Isotopes
  • Atomic Mass
  • Mixtures

Unit 2

  • Ionic Compounds
  • Covalent Compounds
  • Chemical Formulas and Naming Compound
  • Unit Conversion
  • Scientific Notation
  • Significant Figures
  • Classifying Chemical Reactions
  • Balancing Chemical Reactions

Unit 3

  • Molar Mass
  • Stoichiometry
  • Percent Yield
  • Limiting Reactants

Unit 4

  • Classification of Elements
  • Rows and Families
  • Periodic Trends
  • Atomic Radii
  • Electron Affinities
  • Ionization Energies
  • Electronegativity

Unit 5

  • Rutherford, Millikan, and Thomson’s experiments
  • History of Atomic Structure
  • Waves and Light
  • Bohr’s Model of the Atom
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Orbital Diagrams
  • Electron Configurations
  • Lewis Structures

Unit 6

  • Ionic, Covalent (polar and nonpolar), and Metallic bonds
  • Lewis Structures, Resonance, and Formal Charges
  • Molecular Geometry
  • VSEPR Structures
  • Intermolecular forces
  • Molecule Polarity

Unit 7

  • Molarity
  • Dilutions
  • Solubility
  • Kinetic Molecular Theory
  • Ideal Gases
  • Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
  • Boyle’s, Charles’, Gay-Lussac’s, Combined, and Ideal Gas Laws
  • Graham’s Law of Diffusion

Unit 8

  • Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, and Lewis Acids and Bases
  • Calculating pH, pOH, [H+], and [OH]
  • Titration
  • Dissociation Reactions
  • Equilibrium Expressions
  • LeChatelier’s Principle

Unit 9

  • Thermodynamics
  • Enthalpy
  • Entropy
  • Activation Energy
  • Specific Heat Capacity
  • Calorimetry
  • Hess’s Law