Course Description
This is a bridge course overlapping both Honor Chemistry and a more rigorous AP Chemistry curriculum. The aim of this course is to help students build a strong foundation for basic concepts, make up the missing parts in previous learning, and selectively preview the main topics that will be covered by AP Chemistry. This course is mainly designed for students who have completed Honor Chemistry at school. However, it is also suitable for student who does not have any chemistry background, but is willing to challenge him/herself.
| Session | Topics |
| 1 | Elements; isotopes, elemental composition of pure substance; oxidation numbers; chemical formula |
| 2 | Stoichiometry, limiting and excess reagent, yield, |
| 3 | Chemical reactions, general rules of precipitation formation, net ionic equation |
| 4 | Lab basics, gravimetric analysis |
| 5 | Lewis structure, VSEPR, molecular geometry |
| 6 | Atomic structure and electron configuration |
| 7 | Mid-term review; Problem solving session |
| 8 | Thermochemistry and Hess Law |
| 9 | Gas, ideal gas law, kinetic molecular theory |
| 10 | Intermolecular forces, Phase diagram, Types of crystalline solid |
| 11 | Solutions, concentration of solutions, colligative property of solution |
| 12 | Kinetics, rate law, first order and second order reaction |
| 13 | Equilibrium, Le Chatelier’s Principle, Solubility equilibria (Ksp) |
| 14 | Weak acid and weak base |
| 15 | Titration (Acid-base titration and Redox titration) |
Textbook: Brown, T.; LeMay, H.E.; Bursten, B.E.; Murphy, C.; Woodward, P. M.; Stoltzfus, M., Chemistry The Central Science, 13th Ed.
Reference Book: Jespersen, et.al; Barron’s AP Chemistry, 8th ed