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Chemistry. Participation in the HCSD STEM Science Fair important groups of carbon-containing compounds
is required of all Honors Chemistry students. (alcohols, alkyl halides, acids, amines, amides,
aldehydes, ketones, aromatic compounds, and others)
Lab Fees: Students are expected to purchase apron, is undertaken. This study covers their structure,
nitrile gloves, goggles, laboratory manual, laboratory nomenclature, preparation, and reactions. The uses and
notebook, in addition to the $30 lab fee. biological applications of the most important organic
compounds are discussed.
AP CHEMISTRY
Lab Fees: Students are expected to purchase apron,
(Full year, 1 AP credit, Grades 11, 12) nitrile gloves, goggles and laboratory notebook.
Prerequisite Recommendation: Students should have
successfully completed Honors Chemistry. Organic – Reactions/Mechanisms
The Advanced Placement Chemistry parallels the (Semester, ½ credit, Grades 11-12)
content and activities of a first year college chemistry Prerequisite Recommendation: Students should have
course as outlined on the Educational Testing Service’s successfully completed Survey of Organic or AP
Advanced Placement Chemistry syllabus. It emphasizes Chemistry
the mathematical, theoretical and experimental basis of
modern chemistry. Emphasis is placed on the use of Organic – Reactions/Mechanisms studies the
theoretical and mathematical concepts to explain and fundamental concepts of nomenclature, formulae,
predict chemical behavior. Laboratory work stresses preparation and properties of organic compounds.
quantitative measurement and introduces students to Modern electronic and molecular orbital theories are
both traditional laboratory methods and modern introduced. Laboratory experiments illustrate
instrumental techniques. The use of graphing properties and preparation of organic compounds.
calculators is required. Students enrolled in this class Molecular structure and its determination by modern
are required to take the AP exam in May. physical methods, correlation between structure and
reactivity and the theoretical basis for these
Lab Fees: Students are expected to purchase, nitrile relationships, classification of reaction types exhibited
gloves, laboratory manual, laboratory notebook, study by organic molecules using as examples molecules of
guide, and pay a $30 fee for the required laboratories. biological importance. This course builds on students’
understanding of fundamental principles developed in
AP Exam: $93.00 AP Chemistry, including descriptions of chemical
bonding, the significance and quantitative analysis of
SURVEY OF ORGANIC chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics including
reaction rate expressions, properties of gases and
(Semester, ½ credit, Grades 11-12) solutions, descriptions of acidity and basicity, chemical
Prerequisite Recommendation: Students should have equilibria, and the chemistry of oxidation and reduction
successfully completed Chemistry, Honors Chemistry or processes.
AP Chemistry
Lab Fees: Students are expected to purchase apron,
Survey of Organic studies the fundamental concepts of nitrile gloves, goggles and laboratory notebook.
nomenclature, formulae, preparation and properties of
organic compounds. Modern electronic and molecular ANATOMY/PHYSIOLOGY
orbital theories are introduced. Laboratory experiments
illustrate properties and preparation of organic (Full year, 1 credit, Grades 11 & 12)
compounds. Survey of Organic Chemistry is taught using Prerequisite Recommendation: Successful completion
a descriptive, non-mathematical, non-mechanistic of Biology/Honors Biology and Chemistry/Honors
approach. The student entering this course should have Chemistry
a strong background in atomic structure, chemical
bonding and chemical forces, as well as in chemical
equations and stoichiometry. The study of the most
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