Chemistry 1 focuses on investigating the world of matter and energy through critical inquiry, problem solving, and research. Due to its enabling roles in fields from the life sciences and agriculture to engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology, chemistry is often regarded as the central science. This unique centrality is emphasized through class dialogue, activities, and laboratory experiments in which students observe and analyze chemical systems in order to bolster conceptual understanding. As fundamentals are developed, students continue to deepen their grasp of the molecular basis of macroscopic properties and phenomena and examine principles and questions of increasing complexity.
Fundamentals, properties of matter, law of conservation of mass, laws of definite and multiple proportions
Atomic Structure, Nuclear Chemistry, Periodic trends, Empirical and molecular formulas
Naming of compounds, Chemical reactions, Balancing of equations, Types of Chemical reactions
Mole and Stoichiometry. Solutions : Concentration types, Polarity, Inter/intra molecular forces
Solutions : Roult's & Henry's laws, Colligative properties, Calculation of BP, FP, VP and OP, Phase Diagrams
Liquids and properties, Colloids, Tyndall effect, Various types of Solids, Unit Cells, Bragg's equation, Lattice Energy
Gases : Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases, Gas Laws, Ideal Gas equation, Real gas equation, Combined gas law
Chemical Bonding : Covalent bonding, Lewis dot structures, Hybridization, VSPER theory, Geometry/Shape
ThermoChemistry: Specific Heats, Calorimetry, Calculations, Hess's Law, and Thermodynamics
Chemical Kinetics: Reaction Rates, types of rate laws, reaction mechanisms, homogeneous/heterogenous catalysis
Chemical Equilibrium, problems, Le Chatlier’s Principle, factors affecting equilibrium and Aqueous Equilibrium
Acids and Bases : Definitions, PH calculations for strong/weak acid/bases, salt solutions, Oxy Acids/strengths
Aqueous Equilibria : Buffers, indicators and Acid-Base titrations, Solubility Equilibria
Electro Chemistry : Redox equations, balancing, Cell potential/EMF, types of Cells, electrolysis and electroplating
Organic Chemistry : Naming of the compounds, types of reactions, functional groups, Grignard, Fisher reactions
Reserved for covering any outstanding topics as needed
