In this class, students will learn the full AP chemistry curriculum as described on the weekly list below. The class will meet three times a week for 9 weeks. 

The following Topics will be covered weekly;

Week 1: Atomic Structure and Properties
Moles and molar mass
Mass spectroscopy of elements
Elemental composition of pure substances
Composition of mixtures
Atomic structure and electron configuration
Photoelectron spectroscopy
Periodic trends
Valence electrons and ionic compounds
 

Week 2: Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure 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 and bond hybridization
 

Week 3: Intermolecular Forces and Properties
Intermolecular forces
Properties of solids
Solids, liquids, and gases
Ideal gas law
Kinetic molecular theory
Deviation from ideal gas law
Solutions and mixtures
Representations of solutions
Separation of solutions and mixtures chromatography
Solubility
Spectroscopy and the electromagnetic spectrum
Photoelectric effect
Beer-Lambert Law
 

Week 4: Chemical Reactions
Introduction for reactions
Net ionic equations
Representations of reactions
Physical and chemical changes
Stoichiometry
Introduction to titration
Types of chemical reactions
Introduction to acid-base reactions
Oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions
 

Week 5: Kinetics
Reaction rates
Introduction to rate law
Concentration changes over time
Elementary reactions
Collision model
Reaction energy profile
Introduction to reaction mechanisms
Reaction mechanism and rate law
Steady-state approximation
Multistep reaction energy profile
Catalysis
 

Week 6: Thermodynamics
Endothermic and exothermic processes
Energy diagrams
Heat transfer and thermal equilibrium
Heat capacity and calorimetry
Energy of phase changes
Introduction of enthalpy of reaction
Bond enthalpies
Enthalpy of formation
Hess's Law
 

Week 7: Equilibrium
Introduction to equilibrium
Direction of reversible reactions
Reaction quotient and equilibrium constant
Calculating the equilibrium constant
Magnitude of the equilibrium constant
Properties of the equilibrium constant
Calculating the equilibrium concentrations
Representations of equilibrium
Introduction to Le Chatelier's Principle
Reaction quotient and Le Chatelier's Principle
Introduction to solubility equilibria
Common-ion effect
pH and solubility
Free energy of dissolution
 

Week 8: Acids and Bases
Introduction to acids and bases
pH and pOH of strong acids and bases
Weak acid and base equilibria
Acid-base reactions and buffers
Acid-base titrations
Molecular structures of acids and bases
pH and pKa
Properties of buffers
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
Buffer capacity
 

Week : Applications of Thermodynamics
Introduction to entropy
Absolute entropy and entropy change
Gibbs Free Energy and thermodynamic favorability
Thermodynamic and kinetic control
Free energy and equilibrium
Coupled reactions
Galvanic (Voltaic) and electrolytic cells
Cell potential and free energy
Cell potential under nonstandard conditions
Electrolysis and Faraday's Law