Summer 2021
High School chemistry offers students an introduction to inorganic chemistry with a glimpse of organic chemistry. Students become familiar with the Period Table, balancing equations, types of bond, titration, molar calculations, pH, and properties of matter.
The 2021 summer program began June 6. Two separate 2-week sessions took place with about 50 total students each session – or, 100 total students, combined. Students were approximately evenly divided between the three science subjects offered. In addition to science, students participated in other core high school subjects (math and English language arts).
Science courses included this one (Chemistry) as well as Biology 1 and Biology 2. Given the highly abbreviated schedule for this chemistry introduction, students were presented with primarily a high-level introduction to most Chem I topics – without sufficient time to deeply explore any individual topics.
In lieu of instructor material, this session provided a selected set of student material available in full elsewhere on this site.
Syllabus
01 Basic Matter & Elements
a Matter
b Elements
c Periodic Table
d Naming Elements
01.c How to Read the Periodic Table (WikiHow)
02 Basic Mass & Reactions
a Mass and Moles
b Atomic Mass
c Solubility
d Reaction Types
e Ionic Compounds
02.a Convert Grams to Moles (WikiHow)
02.b How to Calculate Atomic Mass (WikiHow)
02.d How to Recognize a Reaction Type (WikiHow)
03 Reactions & Equations
a Balancing Equations
b Limiting Reactants
c Temperature vs Heat
03.b Four ways to make a chemical solution (WikiHow)
03.b How to Perform a Titration (WikiHow)
04 Orbitals and Bonds
a Energy Levels & Orbitals
b Orbitals s, p, d, f
c Orbitals
d Bonds and Bond Type
e Lewis Structures
04.e How to Draw Lewis Structures (WikiHow)
05 States of Matter & Redox
a Gas & Plasma
b Ideal Gas Law
c Boiling Point
d Solids
e Other States of Matter
f Redox
g Alkanes (hydrocarbons)
h Hydrocarbon Naming
05.f How to Balance a Redox Equation (WikiHow)
05.h How to Name Hydrocarbons (WikiHow)
06 Lab Safety and Equipment
a PPE
b Bunsun Burner
c Hood
06.b How to Light a Bunsen Burner
Lab 33 Endothermic reaction
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Student Material
01 Basic Matter & Elements
02 Basic Mass & Reactions
03 Reactions & Equations
04 Orbitals and Bonds
05 States of Matter & Redox
06 Lab Safety and Equipment