Chemistry

Course Description:

This chemistry course is for the student who has completed algebra and biology. The student will develop a biblical worldview in different areas of chemistry through study and observation of matter and the changes it undergoes. This will cover a thorough foundation in chemistry and demonstrating scientific skills essential for everyday life and for students pursing in related careers. Successful completion of the course requires strong math skills, good study habits, detailed laboratory work, and willingness to work hard.

Course Objectives:

• Make metric measurements and manipulate measurement and units in laboratory exercises and application problems

• Develop logic skills and methods of problem solving for application problems using math

• Explain the importance of measurement and units in science

• Learn and apply safe practices in the laboratory

• Make observations during experiments and record them

• Draw conclusions from experimental observations and relate to scientific laws and theories

• Describe the properties of matter: elements, compounds mixtures, atoms, molecules, metals, semi-metals, and nonmetals

• Describe and calculate the properties and transfer of energy in chemical systems, especially electricity, heat, and light

• Describe the structure of atoms including electron configurations

• Describe the structure of molecules and molecular geometry

• Describe the structure of the periodic table and use it to determine the properties of elements

• Calculate, using moles, to determine the amounts of reactant or product in a chemical reaction

• Describe the different types of chemical reactions and predict their products

• Write formulas for and name chemical compounds

• Identify chemical and physical changes in matter

• Use the Kinetic Molecular Theory of matter to describe properties of solids, liquids, and gases

• Describe the properties of acids and bases and study their reactions

• Describe the factors that affect the speed of a reaction and use rate laws to calculate speeds of reactions

• Define and explain chemical equilibrium

• Describe how reduction-oxidation reactions take place and their usefulness

Material:
The student will use the text Exploring Creation With Chemistry: 2nd Edition by Apologia. Parents will need the Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation: With Chemistry: 2nd Edition.

Additional assignments and laboratory assignments provided by teacher

• Scientific Calculator

• Scientific Journal Folder: a thin to ½ inch folder to place loose leaf paper inside. (This aids in evaluation by the teacher while performing labs in class and for future portfolio.)

• For more details, see the Lab Journal document

How the course will be taught from a Christian Worldview:
Students will learn that science is the study of how God structured creation and the laws and forces He uses to uphold His creation. As a class we will examine the logic and order of creation, with a focus on the physical world including atomic and subatomic structure, physical and chemical change, chemical reactions, and energy transfer within chemical systems. Students will also relate their knowledge to everyday applications of chemistry concepts. Overall, we will seek to understand more of God’s character as revealed in creation and our relationship to creation.

Evaluation Per Semester By Tutor: Parents will assign the final class grade.

Homework 20% Quizzes 10% Labs 25% Tests 25% Exams 20% *Research Paper/Projects (1 per semester) will count as a test grade* *Class participation/discussion will count as a quiz grade*

For more details, see the Course Expectations document

Syllabus located on the assignments page for this class.

 

Tutor: Roxanne Reid