AP Chemistry/College Chemistry (Advanced Placement Chemistry)
What's included
10 live meetings
8 hrs 20 mins in-class hoursAssignments
1-2 hours per week. Multiple-choice and free-response questions will be given to confirm the proper comprehension of the material. I will check their answers in the following class.Assessment
Student knowledge will be assessed through problem set assignments, tests, and exams. Exams are modeled that include multiple-choice and free-response questions.Class Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Advanced Level
The AP Chemistry course offers topics that are mainly found in first-year college chemistry courses in North American Universities. This course advances students' understanding of concepts that are covered in North American high school chemistry. Many educators are faced with the challenge of balancing the extent of content coverage with depth of understanding. The current AP Chemistry course tries to address these challenges and promotes the content that supports them. This way students spend more time learning essential concepts, and it helps them develop the skills necessary to engage in science practices. The major topics that will be discussed in this course include chemical nomenclature, atomic structure, and the periodic table, chemical reactions, bonding basics, structure and properties, stoichiometry, acids and bases, aqueous equilibria, thermochemistry, equilibrium, kinetics, electrochemistry, and spectrometry. ** Students attending this course should have successfully completed some high school courses in chemistry. I expect to see more senior high learners in this class.** Also, learners enrolled in this course will receive a free electronic copy of Hebden Chemistry E-book and other electronic sources, which includes practice tests with detailed answer explanations; practice with the timed test option and scoring; comprehensive review and practice for all topics of the exam; and expert which you need to know. The format of classes would be as follow: Session One: Atomic Structure and Properties - This class discusses the materials related to Moles and Molar Mass, Atomic Structure and Electron Configuration, Mass Spectroscopy, Valence Electrons, and Ionic Compounds. Session Two: Molecular and Ionic Structures and Properties - Types of Chemical Bonds, Intramolecular Force and Potential Energy, Structure of Ionic Solids, Structure of Metals and Alloys, Lewis Diagrams, Resonance, and Formal Charge, VSEPR. Session Three: Intermolecular Forces and Properties - Intermolecular Forces, Ideal Gas Law, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Solutions and Mixtures, Separation of Solutions and Mixtures, Solubility. Session Four: Chemical Reactions - Net Ionic Equations, Physical and Chemical Changes, Stoichiometry, Types of Chemical Reactions, Introduction to Acid-Base Reaction, Oxidation-reduction reactions. Session Five: Kinetics - Reaction Rates, Introduction to Reaction Mechanism and Rate Law, Concentration Changes Over Time, Collision Model, Reaction Energy Profile, Catalysis. Session Six: Thermodynamics - Endothermic and Exothermic Processes, Heat Transfer and Thermal Equilibrium, Introduction to Enthalpy of Reaction, Enthalpy of Formation, Hess’s Law. Session Seven: Equilibrium - Introduction to Equilibrium, Direction of Reversible Reactions, Calculating the Equilibrium Constant, Magnitude and Properties of the Equilibrium Constant, Calculating Equilibrium Concentrations, Le Châtelier’s Principle, Solubility Equilibria, and Solubility. Session Eight: Acids and Bases - Introduction to Acids and Bases, pH and pOH of Strong Acids and Bases, Weak Acid and Base Equilibria, Properties of Buffers, Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation. Session Nine: Organic Chemistry - Define organic chemistry, and identify organic molecules as alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, or carboxylic acids; isomers, different organic reactions, and analytical methods to characterize them. Session Ten: Redox Reactions and Electrochemical Cells, Voltaic Cells, Using Spontaneous Reactions to Generate Electrical Energy, Cell Potential, Free Energy, and Electrical Work, Electrochemical Processes in Batteries,
Learning Goals
. Learners will be able to express the law of conservation of mass quantitatively and qualitatively. They will be able to predict and/or justify trends in atomic properties based on location on the periodic table and/or the shell model. They will connect the number of particles, moles, mass, and volume of substances to one another, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
. They will predict the properties of substances based on their chemical formulas, and provide explanations of their properties based on particle views. They can predict the type of bonding present between two atoms in a binary compound based on position in the periodic table and the electronegativity of the elements. The learner can explain the properties of molecular compounds in terms of the strengths and types of intermolecular forces.
. They will translate an observed chemical change into a balanced chemical equation and justify the choice of equation type in terms of utility for the given circumstances. They should be able to identify redox reactions and justify the identification in terms of electron transfer. That will interpret observations regarding macroscopic energy changes associated with a reaction or process to generate a relevant symbolic and/or graphical representation of the energy changes.
. The learner will use representations of the energy profile for an elementary reaction to make qualitative predictions regarding the relative temperature dependence of the reaction rate. The student will be able to determine the rate law for a zeroth-, first-, or second-order reaction. The student is able to explain the difference between collisions that convert reactants to products and those that do not in terms of energy distributions and molecular orientation.
. They would be able to predict whether or not a physical or chemical process is thermodynamically favored by determination of (either quantitatively or qualitatively) the signs of both ΔH° and ΔS°, and calculation or estimation of ΔG° when needed. They will be able to use LeChatelier’s principle to make qualitative predictions for systems in which coupled reactions that share a common intermediate drive formation of a product. They will be able to interpret the results of an experiment in which calorimetry is used to determine the change in enthalpy of a chemical process.
. The student will understand a system at equilibrium and will be able to calculate the equilibrium constant, K. The student can connect kinetics to equilibrium by using reasoning about equilibrium, such as LeChatelier’s principle, to infer the relative rates of the forward and reverse reactions. can identify a solution as being a buffer solution and explain the buffer mechanism in
terms of the reactions that would occur on the addition of acid or base.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows College Board Advanced Placement CurriculumStandards
Aligned with Advanced Placement (AP) Standards10 Lessons
over 5 WeeksLesson 1:
Atomic Structure and Properties
This class discusses the materials related to Moles and Molar Mass, Atomic Structure and Electron Configuration, Mass Spectroscopy, Valence Electrons, and Ionic Compounds.
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Molecular and Ionic Structures and Properties
Types of Chemical Bonds, Intramolecular Force and Potential Energy, Structure of Ionic Solids, Structure of Metals and Alloys, Lewis Diagrams, Resonance, and Formal Charge, VSEPR.
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Intermolecular Forces and Properties
Intermolecular Forces, Ideal Gas Law, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Solutions and Mixtures, Separation of Solutions and Mixtures, Solubility.
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Chemical Reactions
Net Ionic Equations, Physical and Chemical Changes, Stoichiometry, Types of Chemical Reactions, Introduction to Acid-Base Reaction, Oxidation-reduction reactions.
50 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Pre-Requisites
Students attending this course should have successfully completed some high school courses in chemistry. I expect to see more senior high learners in this class.
Supply List
Learners will not need to use any applications, models, or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools. I will provide PPTs or PFDs of the material in the class.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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Live Group Course
$300
for 10 classes2x per week, 5 weeks
50 min
Completed by 135 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
2-7 learners per class