ALIGNMENT OF MOE SYLLABUS WITH KHAN ACADEMY RESOURCES FOR CHEMISTRY

SCOPE OF CONTENT OF MOE/GES CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS THE SCOPE OF THE SYLLABUS IS TO OFFER CHEMISTRY REQUIRED TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHEMICAL PROCESSES TAKING PLACE ALL AROUND US.

SHS1 MOE KHAN ACADAMY Chemistry as a discipline Introduction to Chemistry Measurement of Physical Quantities Basic Safety Laboratory Practices Particulate Nature of Matter Structure of the Atom History of atomic structure Periodicity Periodic table Interatomic Bonding Ionic, covalent and metallic bonds Intermolecular Bonding Introduction to intermolecular forces Hybridization and Shapes of Molecules Hybridization and hybrid orbitals Carbon-12 Scale The mole and Avogadro's number Solutions Mixtures and solutions Stoichiometry and Chemical Equations Chemical reactions and stoichiometry Nuclear Chemistry Solids and Liquids States of matter Gases and their properties

SHS2 ENERGY AND ENERGY CHANGES MOE syllabus Khan Academy syllabus Enthalpy changes associated with exothermic and endothermic processes and energy diagrams for exothermic and endothermic processes Heat of formation Explanation of the term system and surrounding Energy and enthalpy Enthalpy and internal energy Measuring the enthalpy change using experiment Calorimetry and enthalpy Types of enthalpy changes Standard states and standard enthalpy of reactions Hess’s law and application in Born – Haber cycles. Hess’s law and reaction enthalpy change. Hess’s law examples Enthalpy of neutralization of an acid-base reaction. Bond energy Bond enthalpy and enthalpy of reactions

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY MOE syllabus Khan Academy syllabus Physical and chemical properties of period 3 (Na → Cl) elements. Physical and chemical properties of compounds of Period 3. Thermal stability of the CO3- and NO3- of some metals. Experiment to compare the thermal stability of some trioxonitrate (IV) of some metals. Uses of silicon Physical properties of Group 17 elements Electron configurations and variable oxidation states of halogens. Reactions of halogens with water and alkalis

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY CONT. Acidic strength of hydrogen halides Ka and strength of acids Electron configuration of first row transition elements (21Sc → 30Zn). Transition metals Properties of transition metals Catalytic properties of transition elements and their compounds Bonding in complex compounds Nomenclature of complex compounds Shapes of complex compounds i.e Tetrahedral, square planar, octahedral. Similarities and differences between transition and representative (main group) metals.

CHEMICAL KINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM MOE syllabus Khan academy syllabus Meaning of Chemical Kinetics Introduction to chemical kinetics Monitoring the rate/speed of a chemical reaction. Factors that influence the rate of chemical reaction Temperature change and reaction rate Collision theory Deductions from experimental data and graphs on rate of reaction. Experimental determination of rate law Collision theory and rate of reaction Collision theory and activation energy. Transition theory and chemical reactions The rate law Rate law Finding K and it’s units Orders of reaction Rate law and reaction order Half – life of a reaction Half – life of first – order reactions Examples of first order reactions Rate constant K and half – life

Redox reactions and organic chemistry MOE syllabus Khan Academy Oxidation – reduction processes, oxidizing – reducing agents Balancing redox reaction equations Redox titration Electrochemical cells Electrolytic cells Corrosion of metals Oxidation –reduction reactions Oxidizing – reducing agents Chemistry of carbons Bonding in carbons Classification of organic compounds Identification of elements in organic compounds Separation and purification of organic compounds Found in “AP” chemistry and Organic chemistry. Spectroscopy e.g. infrared, UV/Vis spectroscopy and NMR.

SHS3 CHEMISTRY, INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENT AND BASIC BIOCHEMISTRY MOE SYLLABUS KHAN ACADEMY SYLLABUS The chemical industry Extraction of metals Extraction of crude oil and petroleum processing Environmental pollution Biotechnology Cement and its uses Fats and oils Macromolecules 1. Lipids (Biology) Proteins Macromolecules 2. Proteins (Biology) Carbohydrates Macromolecules 3. Carbohydrates (Biology) Synthetic polymers