College Prep Chemistry

Chemistry is the study of the properties of matter and energy.  The CP Chemistry course at Temecula Preparatory School is a laboratory-based, college preparatory science course.  It utilizes a combination of laboratories, activities, discussions, technology, lectures, demonstrations and other visual aids to give students a solid background in a broad representation of chemistry topics.  The topics covered in this course are consistent with the California State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards and include:   Atoms, Isotopes, Ions, Chemical Bonding, Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry, Gases, Thermodynamics, Solutions, Acids and Bases, Reaction Kinetics, Nuclear Chemistry, and Atmospheric Chemistry.   The course fulfills the physical science requirement for high school graduation and is an A through G course recommended for admission to the University of California.

Prerequisites:  Algebra I with a grade of C+ or better.

Review the agenda for the week of 5/20/24.

Assignment List

Assignment       Assigned   Due

Optional:  Use Cornell Notes Template 08/14/23 --

Review Syllabus; Contract due Monday 08/14/23 08/21/23

Sign Safety Contract 08/16-17 08/22/23

Prepare for Safety Test 08/16-17 08/18/23

Read pages 4 through 9 08/22/23 08/23-24

Read pages 23 through 30 and complete the first three of four sections on Worksheet 1-1 08/23-24 08/25/23

Finish Worksheet 1-1; read pages 16 through 18 08/25/23 08/28/23

Finish front of Worksheet 1-2 08/28/23 08/29/23

Review Worksheet 1-1 Key and Worksheet 1-2, front Key to prepare for quiz 08/29/23 09/01/23

Read pages 18 through 22 and finish Worksheet 1-2 08/29/23 08/30-31

Finish Sig. Figs. and Rounding Worksheet; read pages 44 through 48 08/30-31 09/01/23

Review Worksheet 1-2 Key and finish Worksheet 1-3 09/05/23 09/06-07

Finish Unit 1 Pretest 09/06-07 09/08/23

Review Worksheet 1-3 Key; prepare for quiz on Worksheet 1-3 and the back of Worksheet 1-2 09/07/23 09/08/23

Finish Fundamentals of Chemistry Word Search, review Unit 1 Pretest Key, and prepare for test 09/08/23 09/11/23

Read pages 87 through 93 and 96 through 99 09/11/23 09/12/23

Finish the reading packet on Atomic Models and Worksheet 2-1 09/13-14 09/15/23

Finish the analysis and complete the lab writeup for the Density Lab 09/13-14 09/20-21

Review Periodic Table, front and back; prepare for quiz on elements 1-10 and atomic models 09/15/23 09/18/23

Prepare for quiz on elements 1-20 and reading the Periodic Table 09/18/23 09/20-21

Finish front side of Worksheet 2-2 09/19/23 09/20-21

Read pages 301-307 and finish Worksheet 2-2; prepare for quiz on elements 1-36 and the Bohr Model 09/20-21 09/22/23

Prepare for quiz on elements 1-36 plus Ag, Au, Pb, Sn, I, Xe, Ba, Pt, Hg, Sr, and the Schrodinger Model 09/22/23 09/27-28

Optional:  Review Aufbau Diagram 09/22/23 --

Read pages 307 through 317 09/25/23 09/26/23

Finish Worksheet 2-3 09/26/23 09/27-28

Read pages 296 through 301 09/27-28 09/29/23

Review Worksheet 2-2 Key and 2-3 Key; read pages 103 through 106 and 317 through 322 09/29/23 10/02/23

Finish Worksheet 2-4 10/02/23 10/03/23

Review Worksheet 2-4 Key and finish Unit 2 Pretest 10/04-05 10/06/23

Write up Atomic Energy Levels Lab 10/04-05 10/13/23

Review Unit 2 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 2 Test 10/06/23 10/09/23

Finish The Atom word search 10/06/23 10/10/23

Read pages 99 through 103 and 110 through 114 10/10/23 10/12/23

Finish problems 1 through 7 on Worksheet 3-1 10/13/23 10/17/23

Finish Worksheet 3-1 10/17/23 10/18-19

Finish Worksheet 3-2 10/18-19 10/20/23

Read pages 127 through 136 (ignoring I, II, and III) and pages 141 through 144 10/20/23 10/23/23

Review Worksheet 3-1 Key and Worksheet 3-2 Key 10/23/23 --

Read pages 114 through 118 and finish Worksheet 3-3 10/23/23 10/24/23

Finish Unit 3 Pretest 10/24/23 10/25-26

Review Worksheet 3-3 Key; finish the Isotopes and Ions Crossword 10/24/23 10/27/23

Refer to Laboratory Report Format and Laboratory Grading Rubric to write up Periodic Law Lab 10/25-26 11/06/23

Review Unit 3 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 3 Test 10/26/23 10/27/23

Read pages 136 through 141, 107 through 110, and 146 through 147 10/30/23 10/31/23

Read pages 434 through 435 and finish Worksheet 4-1 10/31/23 11/01-02

Read pages 331 through 334 and 343 through 348 11/01-02 11/03/23

Review Worksheet 4-1 Key and prepare for quiz on Worksheet 4-1 11/02/23 11/03/23

Read pages 348 through 351 (stopping at "exceptions") and finish Worksheet 4-2 11/06/23 11/07/23

Review Worksheet 4-2 Key and prepare for quiz; read pages 352 through 362 11/07/23 11/08-09

Read pages 334 through 337 and finish Worksheet 4-3 11/08-09 11/13/23

Read pages 424 through 426 11/13/23 11/14/23

Read pages 429 through 433 11/14/23 11/15-16

Finish Unit 4 Pretest 11/15-16 11/17/23

Absentees:  Watch "Origins:  Earth is Born" and complete the worksheet 11/17/23 12/01/23

Finish Bonding word search; review Worksheet 4-3 Key and Pretest 4 Key; prepare for Unit 4 Test 11/27/23 11/29-30

Read pages 159 through 172 12/01/23 12/04/23

Read pages 179 through 190 12/04/23 12/05/23

Finish Worksheet 5-1 12/05/23 12/06-07

Review Worksheet 5-1 Key; prepare for quiz 12/07/23 12/08/23

Finish Worksheet 5-2 12/08/23 12/11/23

Finish Unit 5 Pretest 12/11/23 12/12/23

Review Worksheet 5-2 Key and Pretest 5 Key, finish Crossword, and prepare for Unit 5 Test 12/12/23 12/13-14

Finish 1st Semester Final Exam Study Guide 12/15/23 12/18-19

Review 1st Semester Final Exam Study Guide Key 12/16/23 12/18-19

View 1st Semester Grades Histogram 12/26/23 --

Read pages 30 through 40 01/09/24 01/10-11

Finish Worksheet 6-1; read pages 222 through 235 01/10-11 01/12/24

Finish front and back of Worksheet 6-2 01/12/24 01/16/24

Review Worksheet 6-1 Key; memorize Molar Highway and prepare for Molar Highway quiz 01/16/24 01/17-18

Finish Worksheet 6-3; read pages 259 through 272 01/17-18 01/19/24

Review Worksheet 6-2 Key; finish Worksheet 6-4 01/19/24 01/22/24

Review Worksheet 6-3 Key and 6-4 Key and prepare for quiz; finish Worksheet 6-5 01/22/24 01/23/24

Review Worksheet 6-5 Key; finish Worksheet 6-6 and Unit 6 Pretest 01/24-25 01/26/24

Finish Quantitative Chemistry Word Search 01/24-25 01/30/24

Review Worksheet 6-6 Key and Unit 6 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 6 Test 01/26/24 01/29/24

Use Gases Reading Packet to finish Worksheet 7-1 01/29/24 01/30/24

Read pages 400 through 402 and pages 389 through 391 01/31/24 02/02/24

Finish Worksheet 7-2 02/05/24 02/06/24

Write up Stoichiometry Lab; a full lab report is required 02/05/24 02/20/24

Read pages 378 through 389 02/06/24 02/07-08

Finish Worksheet 7-3; read pages 391 through 394 02/07-08 02/09/24

Review Worksheet 7-2 Key and 7-3 Key; read pages 395 through 399 02/09/24 02/12/24

Finish Worksheet 7-4 02/12/24 02/13/24

Finish Gases word search 02/12/24 02/21-22

Finish Unit 7 Pretest 02/13/24 02/14-15

Review Worksheet 7-4 Key 02/14/24 --

Absentees:  Watch "Origins: Back to the Beginning" and complete the worksheet 02/14-15 02/26/24

Review Unit 7 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 7 Test 02/20/24 02/21-22

Read pages 69 through 77 02/21-22 02/23/24

Finish Worksheet 8-1 02/23/24 02/26/24

Read pages 417 through 424 02/26/24 02/27/24

Finish Worksheet 8-2 02/27/24 02/28-29

Review Worksheet 8-1 Key; finish Worksheet 8-3 03/01/24 03/04/24

Finish Thermodynamics word search 03/01/24 03/08/24

Review Worksheet 8-2 Key; finish Unit 8 Pretest 03/04/24 03/05/24

Review Worksheet 8-3 Key and Unit 8 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 8 Test 03/05/24 03/08/24

Read pages 445 through 457 03/06-07 03/11/24

Write up Specific Heat Capacity Lab 03/06-07 03/13-14

Read pages 457 through 460 and finish Worksheet 9-1 03/11/24 03/12/24

Read pages 483 through 494 03/13-14 03/15/24

Absentees:  Watch "Origins - How Life Began" and complete the worksheet 03/14/24 03/21/24

Read pages 494 through 500 and finish the front of Worksheet 9-2 03/15/24 03/18/24

Review Worksheet 9-1 Key; finish the back of Worksheet 9-2 03/18/24 03/19/24

Finish Worksheet 9-3 and the Unit 9 Pretest 03/20-21 03/22/24

Review Worksheet 9-2 Key; prepare for quiz on Worksheets 9-1 and 9-2 03/21/24 03/22/24

Optional Extra Credit:  Complete Sweet 16 Tournament Bracket 03/22/24 04/08/24

Finish Acids, Bases, and Solutions Crossword 03/22/24 04/09/24

Review Worksheet 9-3 Key and Unit 9 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 9 Test 04/08/24 04/09/24

Read pages 511 through 515 and finish Worksheet 10-1 04/12/24 04/15/24

Read pages 516 through 525 04/15/24 04/16/24

Read pages 525 through 533 04/16/24 04/17-18

Review Worksheet 10-1 Key; finish Worksheet 10-2 and Unit 10 Pretest 04/17-18 04/19/24

Finish Reaction Kinetics crossword 04/17-18 04/22/24

Review Worksheet 10-2 Key and Unit 10 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 10 Test 04/19/24 04/22/24

Read page 298 04/24-25 04/26/24

Read page 514 04/26/24 04/29/24

Finish Unit 11 Pretest 04/29/24 04/30/24

Review Unit 11 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 11 Test 04/30/24 05/03/24

Write up Titration Lab 05/01-02 05/08-09

Read pages 600 through 602 05/03/24 05/06/24

Read pages 584 through 590 and finish front side of Worksheet 12-1 05/06/24 05/07/24

Finish back side of Worksheet 12-1 05/07/24 05/08-09

Read pages 590 through 594 05/08-09 05/10/24

Read pages 595 through 600 05/10/24 05/13/24

Review Worksheet 12-1 Key 05/13/24 --

Finish Worksheet 12-2 and the Unit 12 Pretest 05/14/24 05/15-16

Review Worksheet 12-2 Key and Unit 12 Pretest Key; prepare for Unit 12 Test 05/16/24 05/17/24

Finish Nuclear Chemistry word search 05/16/24 05/20/24

Absentees:  Watch "Modern Marvels - The Manhattan Project" and complete worksheet 05/15-16 05/23/24

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes:  an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new.  This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.

Carl Sagan (1997)