Chemistry Scope & Sequence
Unit 1
TEKS:
1AB
2EFGH
4ABCD
8AB
11D
Unit 2
TEKS:
2G
6AD
12ABC
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
Unit 3
TEKS:
5ABC
6ABCE
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
Why should
students use safe
laboratory
procedures in the
lab?
Why does matter,
matter?
How are things
radioactive?
What does
radioactivity do to
me?
What the heck is
light?
How is the periodic
table arranged?
Lab safety, matter, phys./chem. Changes and properties, sig. figs, dimensional analysis (moles/grams), sci. notation,
density, extensive and intensive, phase change/states of matter (Q=mc∆T), elements/compounds/mixtures, percent error
*Warm up each day…looking up polyatomic ion/element symbols naming/formulas on chart
Targets:
1. Symbols and Safety
2. Significant Figures and Scientific Notation
3. Physical/Chemical Properties and Changes
4. Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
5. Phase Changes
6. Q=mc∆T
7. Percent error and Density
8. Dimensional Analysis (including moles to grams)
Atomic structure: isotopes (calc. avg. atomic mass), atomic theory (historical notes), alpha, beta, gamma, balancing
nuclear equations, fission & fusion, differentiate between chemical and nuclear reactions (no calculations for loss of mass
in nuclear reactions)
*Warm up each day…looking up polyatomic ion/element symbols naming/formulas on chart, and/or dimensional analysis
(moles/grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties
Targets:
1. Atomic Theory
2. Average Atomic Mass
3. Half-life
4. Balancing Nuclear Equations
5. Memorizing Element Symbols
Electrons & Periodic Table Trends: Wave/energy calculations, electron config., periodic table trends (ion formation,
oxidation and reduction terms while teaching ion formation, electronegativity, ionization energy, ) Mendeleev
contributions, Dalton, Rutherford…etc.
*Warm up each day…looking up polyatomic ion/element symbols naming/formulas on chart, and/or dimensional analysis
(moles/grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear equations
Targets:
1. Wavelength, frequency, and energy of light
2. Electromagnetic spectrum
3. Electron configuration and Lewis dot structures
4. Periodic table families
5. Ion formation
6. Periodic table trends
Unit 4
TEKS:
7AB
8C
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
*5BC
Unit 5
TEKS:
7CDE
*7AB
*8C
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
*5BC
Unit 6
TEKS:
10ACEFH
8D
*7ABC
*8C
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
*5BC
How do we name
compounds?
Why do chemical
names matter to
me?
How does bonding
affect a chemical’s
properties?
What are alloys?
What will happen if
I mix these
substances
together?
Will it blow up?
Chemical Naming: nomenclature rules, formula writing (cont. molar mass, mole concepts), percent composition,
empirical formula, molecular formula
*Warm up each day… dimensional analysis (moles /grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear
equations, periodic table trends, electron configuration
Chemical Bonding: characteristics of ionic/covalent/metallic bonding, electron dot structures, VSEPR theory (continue
naming and formula writing)
Targets:
1. Naming compounds from formulas
2. Writing formulas from names
3. Percent Composition
4. Empirical Formula
5. Molecular Formula
Chemical Bonding: characteristics of ionic/covalent/metallic bonding, electron dot structures, VSEPR theory (continue
naming and formula writing)
*Warm up each day… dimensional analysis (moles /grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear
equations, periodic table trends, electron configuration, formula writing, empirical/molecular formula
Targets:
1. Name and Write formulas for compounds
2. Properties of ionic versus covalent compounds
3. Properties of metals
4. Electron dot structures
5. VSEPR theory
Chemical Reactions & Solubility: unique role of water, molarity (unsaturated, saturated, supersaturated solutions, graph,
factors that influence solubility), Law of conservation of mass, balancing, identifying reaction types (single, double,
synthesis, decomposition, combustion, acid/base, precipitate, redox reactions…number line), endo/exothermic, START
having them write grams and liters below the equation and converting to moles.
*Warm up each day… dimensional analysis (moles/grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear
equations, periodic table trends, electron configuration, formula writing, empirical/molecular formula, bonding
characteristics, electron dots to show bonding
Targets:
1. Writing and Balancing Equations
2. Types of Reactions
3. Single Replacement Reactions
4. Double Replacement Reactions
5. Redox Reactions
6. Calculating Molarity
7. Dilution Equation
8. Solutions
Pre-AP only 9. Net Ionic Equations
Unit 7
How much product
will be made when I
mix my reactants?
TEKS:
8E
What is a limiting
*10ACEFH
reactant?
*8D
*7ABC
*8C
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
*5BC
Unit 8
TEKS:
9ABC
*8E
*10ACEFH
*8D
*7ABC
*8C
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
*5BC
How do gases
behave?
How are pressure,
volume, and
temperature
related?
Stoichiometry: mass relationships between reactants and products, limiting reactants, use molarity in stoich (solution
stoich), percent yield
*Warm up each day… dimensional analysis (moles/atoms/grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear
equations, periodic table trends, electron configuration, formula writing, empirical/molecular formula, bonding
characteristics, electron dots to show bonding, molarity, solubility, balancing, endo/exo
Targets:
1. Mole Concept
2. Stoichiometry
3. Molarity Stoichiometry
4. Limiting Reactants
5. Percent Yield
Gases: Boyles, Charles, Gay-Lussacs, Avogadro, Combined, Ideal, Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure, Gas Stoich, kinetic
molecular theory postulates
*Warm up each day… dimensional analysis (moles/atoms/grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear
equations, periodic table trends, electron configuration, formula writing, empirical/molecular formula, bonding
characteristics, electron dots to show bonding, molarity, solubility, balancing, endo/exo, stoich
Targets:
1. Kinetic molecular theory
2. Gas Stoichiometry at STP
3. Gas Law Concepts
4. Combined Gas Law
5. Ideal Gas Law
6. Gas Stoichiometry not at STP
Unit 9
What is pH and how
does it affect me?
TEKS:
10GIJ
*9ABC
*8E
*10ACEFH
*8D
*7ABC
*8C
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
*5BC
Unit 10
Acids and Bases: define acids and bases and distinguish between Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry definitions and predict
products in acid base reactions that form water, use molarity to calculate the dilutions of solutions, differentiate among
acid-base reactions, precipitation reactions, and oxidation reduction reactions, define pH and use the H/OH ion
concentrations to calculate pH, strong and weak acid dissociation (know 7 strong completely dissociate)
*Warm up each day… dimensional analysis (moles/atoms/grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear
equations, periodic table trends, electron configuration, formula writing, empirical/molecular formula, bonding
characteristics, electron dots to show bonding, molarity, solubility, balancing, endo/exo, stoich, gas laws,
Targets:
1. Define acids and bases
2. Ion product constant
3. Calculate pH
4. Differentiate between acid/base, precipitation, and redox reactions.
What is heat?
Thermochemistry: energy is conserved, forms of energy (kinetic, potential, chemical, thermal), ∆H calculations,
Q=mc∆T, calorimeter lab
*Warm up each day… dimensional analysis (moles/atoms/grams), ECM, using Q=mc∆T, chem./phys. Properties, nuclear
TEKS:
equations, periodic table trends, electron configuration, formula writing, empirical/molecular formula, bonding
11ABCDE
characteristics, electron dots to show bonding, molarity, solubility, balancing, endo/exo, stoich, gas laws, acids bases
*10GIJ
*9ABC
This unit will be spiraled in throughout the year.
*8E
Targets:
*10ACEFH
1. Law of conservation of energy
*8D
2. ∆H calculations
*7ABC
3. Q=mc∆T
*8C
*12B
*4AD
*8AB
*11D
*5BC
Total
Blocks=77
*carry over from previous knowledge based on student needs to be used for warm up each day and on each unit test.
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