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Chemistry Class Policies
​Flinn Scientific's Student Safety Contract
Safety Information (SDS)
​LEARN THE IONS PLEASE!
Periodic Table
Elements Whose Symbols Don't Match Their Names
SSHS Peer Tutoring
Important Textbook Translations : “Instructional Segment” = Unit ; “Investigation” = Chapter.
​SEMESTER ONE:
Unit 0-Fundamentals
​​The Scientific Method
​Rules for: Scientific Notation​, Significant Figures, Dimensional Analysis, & the Metric System
Unit I-Combustion, Heat, and Energy
Chapter 1: Combustion—Matter, Energy, and Change
Chapter 2: Energy Transfer and Conservation
Chapter 3: Earth’s Interior​
Matter
Unit II-Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
Chapter 4: Atomic Structure
Chapter 5: The Periodic Table
Chapter 6: Chemical Bonding
Orbital Diagram Reference Sheet
s, p, d, & f  Blocks
Periodic Trends Graphing Assignment
​The Ions
Naming Acids
Unit-III-Understanding Chemical Reactions
Chapter 7: Physical Properties of Materials
Chapter 8: Chemical Quantities
Chapter 9: Chemical Reactions
Chapter 10: Stoichiometry
Chapter 11: Thermochemistry​
Classes of Chemical Reactions
Solubility Guidelines
Rules For Doing Stoichiometry
​Heating-Curve Problems

​SEMESTER TWO:
Unit-IV-Chemistry of Climate Change
Chapter 12: Weather and Climate
Chapter 13: Global Climate Change​
Geologic Time Scale
Geologic Time Diagram
Unit-V-Dynamics of Chemical Reactions and Ocean Acidification
Chapter 14: Reaction Rates and Equilibrium
Chapter 15: Acid-Base Equilibria
Chapter 16: Ocean Acidification​
​Naming Acids
Titrations 
Unit VI-Organic Molecules
 Esterification

Look up and write down safety information (SDS) for the following:
common names (IUPAC names): methyl alcohol (methanol),
ethyl alcohol (ethanol), amyl alcohol (pentanol), and octyl alcohol (octanol); 
plus glacial acetic acid (conc. ethanoic acid), butyric acid (butanoic acid), salicylic acid,
​and concentrated sulfuric acid.  This is DUE at the beginning of the period on lab day.

Textbook:
Moore, C., Wysession, M., and Bryn, L. (2021). Experience Chemistry in the Earth System. Boston, MA: Pearson.

​Laboratory Manual:
LeMay, H.E., Beall, H., Robblee, K.M., and Brower, D.C. (2000, 1996). Chemistry: Connections to Our Changing World, Laboratory Manual. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.