Year: 2016-2017

Curriculum Mapping AP Chemistry

Content
August

September

October

Skill

Assessment

Introduction to chemistry
Fundamental Definition
History of Chemistry
Scientific Model
Conversion Factors
Uncertainty

Define general chemistry terms

Convert units mathematicaly
Express results in the correct
amounts of significant figures

Components of Matter
Elements, Compounds and
Mixtures
Atomic View of Matter
Daltons atomic Theory
Nuclear Atomic Model
Atomic Theory Today

Distinguish between element,

compounds and mixtures.
Explain the history of the atomic
models.
Identify the names of chemical
compounds.

Stoichiometry
The Mole
Molecular Formula
Balancing Chemical Equations
Stoichiometry
Limiting Reactant
Solution Stoichiometry

Balance chemical equations.

Perform simple and complex
stoichiometric calculations,
including limiting reactant
problems and reactions in
solution.

12th Grade

Lab: Observing Physical

Properties
Lab: Observing Physical
and Chemical Changes

Lab: Determining the

percentage of sugar in soft
drinks.
Quiz (Atomic Models,
periodic Trends, Electron
Configuration)
Test (Ch. 1-2)

Lab: Properties of
Hydrates
Quiz (Molecular Formula)
Quiz (Limiting Reactant)
Test (Ch. 3)
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12th Grade

Curriculum Mapping AP Chemistry

Content
November

December

January

Skill

Chemical Reactions
Net and Total Ionic Equations
Precipitation Reactions
Acid-Base Reactions
Redox Reactions
Electrochemistry
Electrochemical/voltaic cells
Cell Potential (Ecell)
Effect of Concentration on Ecell
Batteries

Gas Laws
States of Matter
Gas Pressure
Gas Laws
Kinetic Molecular Model
Real Gases

Thermochemistry
Energy
Enthalpy
Calorimetry
Stoichiometry of
Thermochemical Equations
Hesss Law
Standard Enthalpies of
Reactions

Assessment

Predict the product of chemical

reactions
Assign oxidation numbers to
elements
Draw voltaic cell diagrams
Calculate the corresponding Ecell
for cells in various conditions.

Lab: Acid-Base Titrations

Test (Ch. 4)
Oral Report (Battery)
Take home test (Ch. 21)

Calculate any of the properties of

a gas using the ideal gas law.
Explain the behavior of gaseus
particles using the kinetic
molecular theory.

Lab: Determination of the

Molar Mass of an Acid.
Quiz: Gas Laws
Test: Final

Define enthalpy and derive its

mathematical formula.
Perform calorimetric calculations
to determine the corresponding
calorimetric variables for system
and/or surroundings.
Calculate the enthalpy of a
reaction using Hesss Law.

Lab: Calorimetry
Quiz: Enthalpy
Quiz: Calorimetry
Test (Ch. 6)

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12th Grade

Curriculum Mapping AP Chemistry

Content
February

March/April

Skill

Thermodynamics
Spontaneity and Entropy
Entropy Changes
Free Energy of Gibbs
Reaction Direction

Equilibrium
Equilibrium State
Equilibrium Expression
Le Chateliers Principle
Equilibrium Constant

April / May

Atomic and Molecular Structure

Electron Configuration
Quantum Numbers
Periodic Trends
Bonding
Molecular Geometry

Assessment

Define entropy in terms of

disorder and spontaneity.
Calculate entropy changes using
the corresponding formulas.
Determine the direction of
chemical reactions using
thermodynamics values.

Quiz: Entropy
Test (Ch. 20)

Define chemical equilibrium in

terms of reaction direction.
Predict the effect of changes in
conditions on chemical
equilibrium using Le Chateliers
principle.
Calculate the equilibrium
constant and use it to determine
the direction of the reaction.

Lab: Buffers and their

Properties.
Quiz: Le Chateliers
Principle.
Test (Ch. 17)

Compare and contrast elements

in terms of their periodic trends.
Assign electron configuration to
elements.
Draw Lewis Structures for
compounds.
Determine the molecular
geometry and corresponding
polarity of compounds.

Lab: A Sticky Situation.

Lab: Ten Tube Mystery.
Quiz Periodic Trends
Test (Atomic and
Molecular Structure)

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