Chemistry A

VHS Catalog 12-13

Course Title:	Chemistry A: Connections Learning
Course Code:	CL850
MA NCES Code:
Discipline:	Science - Chemistry
Grade Level:	09, 10, 11, 12
Level:	Standard
Offering:	Connections Learning Fall/Spring (Fall: 25 Seats; Spring: 25 Seats; )
Duration:	15 weeks
Prerequisites:	None
Additional Requirements:
Accredited by:	Certified by NCAA for initial-eligibility through Connections Learning; Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Shipped to Students: No
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Purchased by Course Sponsor (see additional details below): No
Description: This course is offered through a Connections Learning / VHS partnership. This is a fee-based core course offering. VHS member schools receive a discount on this Connections Learning course enrollment (school will be invoiced). Non-members will be invoiced at standard list prices. Course pricing is listed on the enrollment form, and is based on the course selected. To enroll in this course, please complete the enrollment form: VHS Connections Academy Registration For further assistance with Connections Learning courses offered through VHS, please submit a service request at service.goVHS.org. Description: Chemistry A is the first of two comprehensive courses incorporating math support and problem-solving along side the chemistry curriculum. The first course provides a foundation in elemental chemistry; students explore the atoms and elements, concepts in chemical bonding, and how atoms and elements react to one another.

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Syllabus:

Units:

Introduction to Chemistry.
Study the different areas of chemistry.
Identify how chemistry affects various industries.
Review the steps of the scientific method.
Examine the measurement system that all scientists use.
Measure, convert, and calculate accurately to solve chemistry problems.

An Overview of Matter and Change
Examine the basic types of matter and the factors that may alter it.
Learn how to classify matter.
Review the chemical naming system of elements.
Describe the physical and chemical properties of different substances.
Analyze chemical and physical changes of matter.
You will further explore some of these concepts later in the course.

Atoms and Elements
Study the composition of atoms and elements.
Examine various historic models of the atom.
Write an electron configuration for an atom.
Compare atoms of different elements
Learn how an atom becomes an ion.
Review how elements are organized in the periodic table and analyze trends in the table.

Chemical Bonding
Learn how different types of chemical bonding occur.
Examine how atoms become charged ions.
Compare ionic, metallic, and covalent bonds.
Model how atoms combine.
Describe the properties of different types of compounds.
Evaluate the strength of bonds.

Chemical Formulas and Reactions
Apply rules for naming and writing chemical formulas
Balance equations.
Compare and interpret empirical and molecular formulas.
Predict the products of different types of reactions.
Convert one quantity of a substance, such as mass or volume, to another, such as moles or number of particles.
Calculate percent composition of a compound.

Stoichiometry
Analyze chemical equations in terms of moles, particles, mass, and volume.
Calculate the maximum amount of product that reaction can produce.

Final Review and Exam
Prepare for and take the final exam.
Organize your notes and answers to questions in your Science journal before you begin to review.

Course Sets
Chemistry (Standard, Honors)
Online Text/eBook
iText Prentice Hall Chemistry

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This catalog description was last modified on 05/30/2012