Chemistry 11

Unit 1: Atoms, Bonding & the Building Blocks of Matter

The quantum mechanical model and electron configuration, molecular geometry and VSEPR theory, valence electrons and Lewis structures, chemical bonding predicted from electronegativity, and the bonds and intermolecular forces that hold matter together.

• Quantum mechanical model and electron configuration

• Molecular geometry and VSEPR theory

• Valence electrons and Lewis structures

• Chemical bonding based on electronegativity

• Molecular polarity from bond dipoles and shape

• Bonds and forces

Unit 2: Organic Chemistry & Its Applications

Naming and classifying organic compounds by their functional groups, and the real-world applications of organic chemistry in fuels, materials, pharmaceuticals, and traditional First Peoples practices.

• Organic compounds

• Applications of organic chemistry

Unit 3: The Mole & Dimensional Analysis

The mole as a counting unit and Avogadro's number, and dimensional analysis (the factor-label method) for converting between mass, moles, and molar quantities — the measurement toolkit the stoichiometry unit depends on.

• The mole and Avogadro's number

• Dimensional analysis and the factor-label method

Unit 4: Reactions & Conservation of Matter and Energy

Predicting the products and reactants of a chemical reaction, the energy changes and enthalpy that accompany reactions, the stoichiometric calculations (mass-mass, gas-volume/molar-quantity, and limiting/excess reactant problems) that make up the computational spine of the course, and the local, everyday, and green chemical processes that put these ideas into practice.

• Predicting products and reactants of reactions

• Energy changes and enthalpy in reactions

• Mass-mass stoichiometry

• Gas-volume and molar-quantity stoichiometry

• Limiting and excess reactants

• Local and other chemical processes, including First Peoples practices

• Green chemistry and sustainable processes

Unit 5: Solubility & Solution Chemistry

The solubility of molecular and ionic compounds, molarity and solution-concentration calculations, dilution and the mixing of ionic solutions, and the laboratory analysis techniques chemists use to identify and quantify substances in solution.

• Solubility of molecular and ionic compounds

• Molarity and solution concentration

• Dilution of solutions

• Concentration of ions when two solutions are mixed

• Solution analysis techniques

Unit 6: Lab Numeracy: Accuracy and Precision

Not a Big Idea — the one Curricular Competency taught directly in this course (per the vertical grain memo's uniform senior-science CC policy): significant figures and rounding rules, and measurement uncertainty and scientific notation, as separately-quizzable lab-numeracy skills applied throughout the course's stoichiometric calculations.

• Significant figures and rounding rules

• Measurement uncertainty and scientific notation