AP Chemistry Announcements

1)  This is the website that accompanies your textbook.  The "Ace the Test" 
     feature offers great practice/review questions. 

http://college.cengage.com/chemistry/zumdahl/chemistry/7e/instructor_home.html

2)  Here are links to two great on-line books that may be good resources for
     you this year: 

           http://preparatorychemistry.com/Bishop_Home.htm

           http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html

3)  Check out this wiki site - it has everything you need to help you be
     successful in class and on the AP Chem Exam!

           http://apchemistrynmsi.wikispaces.com/



WEEK ONE: 

1/7  PP: Thermochemistry I
       Practice: enthalpy changes, calorimetry, Hess's law, heats 
       of formation, bond enthalpies 
 
       *****I cannot upload the all of the PP lectures because they are too 
            large.  I will upload them as we cover the topics.  The Thermo  
            PP's are available on the AP Chem Notes page.   

1/8  Practice: heat stoichiometry, calorimetry, Hess's law, heats of
               formation, bond enthalpies  

1/9  Review: heat stoichiometry, calorimetry, Hess's law, heats of
             formation, bond enthalpies 
       Topic 9: Quiz #1
       *****Print Lab - Determining the Enthalpy Change of a Reaction  

1/10  AP Lab #9: Determining the Enthalpy of a Reaction (due 1/17)

1/11  Topic 9: PP #2 - Thermodynamics
      Practice: entropy and free energy


WEEK TWO:

1/14  Review: entropy and free energy
      Discuss/practice: Born-Haber cycles, heating curves

1/15  Review thermodynamics
      Topic 9: Quiz #2
      Extra credit: Thermochemistry and thermodynamics

1/16  Topic 9: Practice Test

1/17  Turn in B&L test extra credit
      AP Exam: Topic 9 - Thermochemistry
      *****Look under AP Chem PP - there are 2 ppt for Coordination Chemistry
           if you would like to have them when we go over them in class

1/18  Turn in Lab #9
      Begin Topic 10: Coordination Chemistry
      Pep Rally


WEEK THREE:

1/21  MLK Holiday

1/22  Advisement schedule
      PP: Coordination Chemistry
      Practice: naming coordination complexes

1/23  Junior meeting (2nd period)
      Review: Coordination Chemistry
      More practice: naming coordination complexes

1/24  Review: naming and writing formulas of coordination complexes
      Topic 10: Quiz #1
      Lab #10: Synthesis and Analysis of a Coordination Complex

1/25  Finish Lab #10 - due Friday 2/1


WEEK FOUR:  

1/28  Practice: NIE reactions with coordination complexes (group competition
                for quiz points)

1/29  Practice: NIE reactions with coordination complexes (group competition
                for quiz points)

1/30  Review: coordination complexes - naming and NIE, noble gas
              configurations of ions 
      Topic 10: Quiz #2
      Introduce Topic 11: Organic Chemistry

1/31  PP: Organic Chemistry
      Practice: naming hydrocarbons

2/1   Turn in Lab #10
      Review: naming and drawing hydrocarbons
      PP: functional groups of organic compounds
      Practice: functional groups
      Monday: Topic 11: Quiz #1
              B&L extra credit due


WEEK FIVE: 

2/4  Turn in B&L extra credit
     Review and practice: organic compounds
     Extra practice website: 
  
http://www.chembio.uoguelph.ca/educmat/chm19104/organic_nomenclature_quizzes.h
tm

*****If you did not take the quiz (20 of you!), you must turn in Brown and 
Lemay extra credit tomorrow or lose 25 points off of the quiz.

2/5  Topic 11: Quiz #1
     Introduce: reactions with organic compounds

2/6  EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
     Practice: reactions with organic compounds

2/7  AP Lab #11: Synthesis and Purification of an Ester (due 2/14)

2/8  Review: organic NIE
     Topic 11: Quiz #2
     Print Topic 13 Notes and bring to class on Monday!!!

REMEMBER: The National Chemistry Olympiad Review Day is Saturday, Feb 23rd, 
from 8:30 - 12:15.  Lunch will be provided.  

Here is the link to the KSU campus map: 
http://www.kennesaw.edu/admissions/pdfs/ksu_2d_map.pdf

The review schedule is: 
    
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Equilibrium and Reaction Rates
9:45 AM - 11 AM Organic Chemistry, Isomers and Biomolecules
11 AM - 12:15 PM Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry


WEEK SIX:

2/11  Turn in Topic 13 Notes
      PP: Equilibrium I
      Practice: equilibrium exressions, equilibrium constant, calculating Keq,
                Kc, and Kp
      Finish Equilibrium I problems #6-12 - due tomorrow

2/12  Turn in Equilibrium I problems #6-12 
      Review: equilibrium exressions, equilibrium constant, calculating Keq,
              Kc, and Kp
      PP: Equilbrium II
      Practice: manpulating Keq, calculating the reaction quotient Q,
                predicting Le Chatelier's shifts

2/13  Review: equilibrium exressions, equilibrium constant, calculating Keq,
              Kc, and Kp, manpulating Keq, calculating the reaction quotient
              Q, predicting Le Chatelier's shifts
      Club Picture Day

2/14  Turn in Lab #11
      Topic 13: Quiz #1
      PP: Equilbrium III
      Practice: equilibrium and Gibbs free energy

2/15  Review: equilibrium and Gibbs free energy   
      PP: equilibrium and solubility
      Practice: calculating Ksp


2/18 - 2/22  WINTER BREAK


WEEK SEVEN:

2/25  Review all of Equilibrium I and II

2/26  PP: Equilibrium III
      Practice: equilibrium and Gibbs free energy, calculating Ksp

2/27  Practice: equilibrium and solubility product constant

2/28  Topic 13: Quiz #2
      Practice Test: Topic 13

3/1  AP Lab #13: Determination of an Equilibrium Constant


WEEK EIGHT:

3/4  Review all Equilibrium concepts  
     Finish Practice Test: Topic 13

3/5  AP Exam: Topic 13 - Equilibrium
     Topic 14 notes due Thursday
     *****There will be test corrections during the first 20 minutes of 
             class on Thursday, 3/7*****

3/6  SUB today - Ms. Day will review lab with you
     AP Lab #13: Determination of an Equilibrium Constant (Due Monday, 3/11)

3/7  Topic 13 TEST CORRECTIONS
     Turn in Topic 14 Notes
     Introduce Acids and Bases
     PP: Acid/Base I
     Practice: conjugate acid/base pairs, strengths of acids and bases,    
               ionization of water

3/8  Review: acid/base definitions, conjugate acid/base pairs, strengths of 
             acids and bases, auti-ionization of water
     PP: Acids and Bases II
     Practice: Ka and Kb, pH and pOH, polyprotic acids
     Quiz Monday: Acids/bases I and II


WEEK NINE:

3/11  Review: acid/base definitions, conjugate acid/base pairs, strengths of
      acids and bases, auti-ionization of water
      PP: Acids and Bases II
      Practice: Ka and Kb, pH and pOH, polyprotic acids
      Quiz tomorrow: Acids/bases I and II

3/12  Quiz : Acids/bases I and II
      PP: Acids and bases III
      Practice: acid-base reactions (Question 4 - AP EXAM), pH and soluble
                  salts

3/13  Review: acid-base reactions (Question 4 - AP EXAM), pH and soluble salts
      PP: Acids and Bases IV
      Practice: common ion effect, buffered solutions, solubility and pH, 
                  complex ion formation

3/14  Review and practice: common ion effect, buffered solutions, solubility
        and pH, complex ion formation

3/15  TEACHER WORKDAY - STUDENT HOLIDAY


WEEK TEN: EARLY RELEASE at 2:30 every day this week

3/18  Review and practice: common ion effect, buffered solutions, 
      solubility and pH, complex ion formation

3/19  PP: Acids/Bases V
      Practice: Acid-Base titrations, strong/weak acids and bases,
      equilibrium, buffers, titration curves, polyprotic acids, indicators

3/20  PP: Acids/Bases V
      Practice: Acid-Base titrations, strong/weak acids and bases,
      equilibrium, buffers, titration curves, polyprotic acids, indicators
      *****NChO Exam after school (2:30-4:30)*****

3/21  Review/additional practice: Acid-Base titrations, strong/weak acids
      and bases,equilibrium, buffers, titration curves, polyprotic acids,
      indicators

3/22  AP Lab #14: Determining Concentration by Acid/Base Titration - 
      Analysis of Vinegar (due Friday, 3/29)


WEEK ELEVEN:

3/25  Review Topic 14 concepts
      Topic 14: Practice Test

3/26  AP Exam: Topic 14 - Acid/Base Equilibria
      Topic 15 Notes due tomorrow

3/27  Turn in Topic 15 Notes
      PP: Kinetics I
      Practice: reaction rates, order of reactions, rate laws, integrated
                rate laws, half-life of a reaction

3/28  Review and practice: reaction rates, order of reactions, rate laws,
                           integrated rate laws, half-life of a reaction

3/29  Topic 15: Quiz #1
      PP: Kinetics II
      Practice: factors affecting reaction rates, activation energy, 
                reaction mechanisms, catalysis

WEEK TWELVE:

4/1  Review and practice: factors affecting reaction rates, activation
                          energy, reaction mechanisms, catalysis

4/2  AP Lab #15: Determining the Rate and Order of a Decomposition Reaction
                 (due Monday, 4/15)

4/3  Review Topic 15 concepts for exam on Friday

4/4  No class - SADD presenttion in the auditorium

4/5  AP Exam: Topic 15 - Kinetics
     Topic 16 notes due Monday, 4/15

*******************HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE SPRING BREAK************************

WEEK THIRTEEN:

4/15  Introduce Electrochemistry
      PP: Electrochem I
      Practice: galvanic cells, voltage, standard reduction potentials,
                standard cell potentials

4/16  Turn in Topic 16 Notes/Outline
      Finish PP: Electrochem I
      Review: galvanic cells, voltage, standard reduction potentials,
              standard cell potentials
      PP: Electrochem II
      Practice: spontaneous redox reactions, Gibbs free energy, Nernst
                equation, concentration cells, electrolytic cells

4/17  AP Lab #16: Determination of an Electrochemical Series (due 4/24)
 
4/18  Review and practice: galvanic cells, voltage, standard reduction
                           potentials, standard cell potentials,spontaneous
                           redox reactions, Gibbs free energy, Nernst
                           equation, concentration cells, electrolytic cells

4/19  Topic 16: Practice Test


WEEK FOURTEEN:

4/22  AP Exam: Topic 16 - Electrochemistry

4/23  Introduce Topic 17 - Colligative Properties

4/24  Continue with Colligative Properties

4/25  Finish Colligative Properties

4/26  AP Chemistry Mock Exam #1: Free Response


WEEK FIFTEEN:

4/29  AP Chemistry Mock Exam #1: Multiple Choice

4/30  AP Chemistry Mock Exam #2: Free Response

5/1   AP Chemistry Mock Exam #2: Multiple Choice

5/2   AP Chemistry Mock Exam #3: Free Response

5/3   AP Chemistry Mock Exam #3: Multiple Choice


WEEK SIXTEEN

5/6  AP CHEMISTRY EXAM!!!

5/7  Break - recover from AP Chem "March of Death"

5/8  Study for AP LANG EXAM or make up missing work from AP Chem

5/9   English Lit EOCT

5/10  AP LANG EXAM


WEEK SEVENTEEN:  

5/13  Study for APUSH EXAM or make up missing work from AP Chem
      *****Sorry - Ihad to switch plans for Monday and Tuesday - I have to
      proctor the AP Bio Exam on Monday*****

5/14  AP Exam: Your choice!
      Topic 16: Electrochem   -OR-  Topic 17: Colligative Properties 
      (or you may exempt if you use one of your "drop lowest test grade")

5/15  APUSH EXAM

5/16  US History EOCT

5/17  2nd annual AP Chemistry vs AP Physics Breakfast and Kickball Tournament


WEEK EIGHTEEN:

5/20  EC: Napoleon's Button's - due
      Review for AP Chem Final Exam

5/21  Review for AP Chem Final Exam

5/22  Review for AP Chem Final Exam

5/23  No class

5/24  FINAL EXAM: AP Chemistry


CONGRATULATIONS!!!  You have completed the AP Chemistry "March of Death", as 
well as a very tough and demanding Junior year.  Regardless of your score on 
the AP Chem Exam, I am so proud of all of you.  Enjoy your summer and get 
some much needed rest.  I'll missing having each of you in class next year, 
but I know you are moving on to new challenges.  Best of luck in your SENIOR 
year!