Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary School 2013-2014 Chemistry Secondary Form 4 Curriculum Map Textbooks: New 21st Century Chemistry Books 1C; 2A - 2C (Jing Kung Educational Press) Teacher name: Week 24-27 What is acids and alkalis? Acids and Alkalis Acids in our daily lives Act 14.1 Acids in the laboratory Characteristics of dilute acids The role of water for acid Basicity of an acid Bases and alkalis alkalis in the home Alkalis in the laboratory Act 14.3 An introduction to analytical chemistry Concentrated acids Corrosive nature of concentrated acids and alkalis Hygroscsopic and deliquescent substances
Week 28 How to compare the strength of acids? Molarity, ph scale and strengths of acids and alkalis Concentration of a solution The ph scale Act 15.2 Week 29-30 What is acid-base reaction? Determining ph values of solutions Strong and weak acids Comparing the strength of acids ph and the extent of dissociation of acids Strong and weak alkalis Comparing the strength of alkalis Strength versus concentration Salts and neitralization animation Acid-base reactions Heat change during neutralization Formation of salts Act 16.3 Naming of salts
Week 30-31 Week 32,34 What is the principle of volumetric analysis? soluble and insoluble salts Uses of neutralization Second Uniform Test Concentration of solutions and volumetric analysis Concentration of a solution Act 17.1 Dilution Volumetric analysis Preparing a standard solution of an acid / alkali Act 17.2 Acid-alkali titration Week 35-37 What is the environmental impact of using chemical cells? What is simple chemical cells? What is the principles of Redox reaction? ph change during a titration Using an indicator in an acid-alkali titration Act 17.3 Equivalence point detection by temperature change Act 17.4 Applications of acid-alkali titrations Back titration Chemical cells in daily life Different types of chemical cells Choosing a chemical cell for a particular use Environmental impact of using chemical cells Simple chemical cells Reactions in simple chemical cells Act 19.2 Electrochemical series of metals Salt bridge in simple chemical cell The Daniell cell Oxidation and reductions Definition of oxidation and reduction Act 20.1
pp y Common oxidizing and reducing agents Oxidizing and reducing power of various species Oxidation number Act 20.4 Oxidation and reduction in chemical cells Redox reactions in various chemical cells Redox reaction in everyday life Electrolysis Factors affecting the order of discharge of ions during the electrolysis of aqueous solutions Act 22.1
Industrial uses of electrolysis Act 22.5 Week 38-39 Environmental impact of the electroplating Shapes of molecules Covalent molecules with non-octet structures Shapes of molecules The VSEPR theory
How to predict the shape of molecules? What is the relationship between bond polarity and intermolecular forces? Molecular crystals of buckminsterfullerence (C60) Carbon nanotubes Bond polarity and intermolecular forces Electronegativity and bond polarity Act 24.1 Van der Waals' forces Factors affecting the strength of van der waals forces hydrogen bonding Surface tension and viscosity of liquid Week 40 Week 40-42 Revision Final examination