Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus can be found at this link.

Course Description:

Chemistry 1 covers general chemical principles including structure of matter, chemical equations and bonding, gases, solutions, periodic law, acids and bases, and chemical equilibrium.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will have demonstrated competency or mastery of the following NGSS Standards: 

NGSS Chemistry Standards
HS-PS1-1 Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms.
HS-PS1-2 Construct and revise an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms, trends in the periodic table, and knowledge of the patterns of chemical properties.
HS-PS1-3 Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidence to compare the structure of substances at the bulk scale to infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.
HS-PS1-4 Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.
HS-PS1-5 Apply scientific principles and evidence to provide an explanation about the effects of changing the temperature or concentration of the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs.
HS-PS1-6 Refine the design of a chemical system by specifying a change in conditions that would produce increased amounts of products at equilibrium
HS-PS1-7 Use mathematical representations to support the claim that atoms, and therefore mass, are conserved during a chemical reaction
HS-PS1-8 Develop models to illustrate the changes in the composition of the nucleus of the atom and the energy released during the processes of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay

Course Units:

  • Essential Ideas in Science
  • Atoms, Molecules, & Ions
  • Stoichiometry of Chemical Reactions 
  • Electronic Structure & Periodic Properties of Elements
  • Chemical Bonding & Molecular Geometry 
  • Types of Chemical Reactions 
  • Composition of Substances & Solutions 
  • Gases
  • Liquids & Solids 
  • Chemistry in Your World

Textbook:

Your textbook for this class is available for free online!
Chemistry 2e (Atoms First) from OpenStax, ISBN 978-1-947172-64-7.

You have several options to obtain this book:

You can use whichever formats you want. Web view is recommended -- the responsive design works seamlessly on any device.

Important Notes:

  • Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will result in a failing grade on the assignment. Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. "Ideas or phrasing" includes written or spoken material, from whole papers and paragraphs to sentences, and, indeed, phrases but it also includes statistics, lab results, art work, etc.  Please see the course syllabus for policies regarding plagiarism and academic dishonesty.