Course Outline

Week 1, August 27
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 1

Chemistry and Its Methods
Sustainability and Green Chemistry
Classifying Matter
Elements
Compounds
Physical Properties
Physical and Chemical Change
Energy: Some Basic Principles

A Preface to Students

1.1-1.8

Chapter 1
Tue Unit Conversions Problem Set Unit Conversions Problem Set
Unit Conversions Problem Set Solutions
Wed Chapter 2 

Atomic Structure - Protons, Electrons, and Neutrons
Atomic Number and Atomic Mass
Isotopes

 2.1-2.3 Chapter 2
Fri Atomic Weight
The Periodic Table
2.4-2.5 Chapter 2

Week 2, September 3
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Labor Day - No Classes
Tue Chapter 1 Homework Due

Unit Conversions and Significant Figures Problem Set

Unit Conversions and Significant Figures Problem Set 
Unit Conversions and Significant Figures Solutions

Wed Molecules, Compounds, and Formulas 2.6 Chapter 2
Fri Ionic Compounds: Formulas, Names and Properties 2.7 Chapter 2
Chemical Nomenclature Handout

Week 3, September 10
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Molecular Compounds: Formulas and Names 2.8 Chapter 2
Chemical Nomenclature Handout
Tue Chemical Nomenclature Problem Set Chemical Nomenclature Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Wed Atoms, Molecules and the Mole 2.9 Chapter 2
Fri Describing Compound Formulas 2.10

Chapter 2

Week 4, September 17
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Hydrated Compounds 2.11

Chapter 2

Tue Chapter 2 Homework Due

The Mole Problem Set

The Mole Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
EXAM #1,  5:00 pm
Wed Chapter 3 

Introduction to Chemical Equations 
Balancing Chemical Equations

3.1-3.2
Chapter 3
Fri Aqueous Solutions
Precipitation Reactions
3.4-3.5 Chapter 3

Week 5, September 24
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Acids and Bases 3.6 Chapter 3
Tue Chemical Reactions Problem Set   Chemical Reactions Problem Set
Solutions
Wed Chapter 3 Homework Due

Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions: Stoichiometry

4.1 Chapter 4
Fri Reactions in Which One Reactant Is Present in Limited Supply
Percent Yield
4.2-4.3 Chapter 4

Week 6, October 1
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chemical Equations and Chemical Analysis
Measuring Concentrations of Compounds in Solution
4.4-4.5 Chapter 4
Tue Limiting Reagent Problem Set

Chemical Reactions problem set/Discovering Chemical Reactions

Limiting Reagent Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions

Chemical Reactions Problem Set
Solutions

Wed Stoichiometry of Reactions in Aqueous Solutions 4.7 Chapter 4
Fri Copper Sulfide Lab Discussion

Week 7, October 8
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Stoichiometry of Reactions in Aqueous Solutions 4.7 Chapter 4
Tue

Acid Base Chemical Reactions Problem Set

Problem Set
Solutions
Exam #2
Wed Chapter 11

Gas Pressure 
Gas Laws: The Experimental Basis 

11.1-11.2 Chapter 11
Fri The Ideal Gas Law
Gas Laws & Chemical Reactions
Gas Mixtures and Partial Pressures
11.3-11.5 Chapter 11

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Week 8, October 15
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Fall Break, No Class
Tue Fall Break, No Class
Wed Gas Law Problem Set Problem Set
Solutions

Fri Nonideal Behavior: Real Gases 11.9 Chapter 11

Week 9, October 22
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 11 Homework Due

Chapter 5 

Energy: Some Basic Principles
Specific Heat Capacity and Heating and Cooling 
Energy & Changes of State

 5.1-5.3 Chapter 5
Some Humor
Tue Stoichiometry and Gas Law Problem Set Problem Set
Wed The First Law of Thermodynamics
Enthalpy Changes for Chemical Reactions
Calorimetry
Enthalpy Calculations
5.4-5.7  Chapter 5
Fri Enthalpy Calculations 5.7 Chapter 5

Week 10, October 29
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Product- or Reactant-Favored Reactions and Thermochemistry  5.8 Chapter 5
Tue Chapter 5 Homework Due Enthalpy and Thermochemistry Problem Set Enthalpy and Thermochemistry Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Exam #3
Wed
Electromagnetic Radiation
Quantization: Planck, Einstein, Energy, and Photons
Atomic Line Spectra and Niels Bohr
6.1-6.3  Chapter 6
Fri Particle-Wave Duality: Prelude to Quantum Mechanics
The Modern View of Electronic Structure: Wave or Quantum Mechanics
The Shapes of Atomic Orbitals
One More Electron Property: Electron Spin
6.4-6.7 Chapter 6

Week 11, November 5
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 7

The Pauli Exclusion Principle 
Atomic Subshell Energies and Electron Assignments 

7.1-7.2 Chapter 7
Tue Gas Laws Lab Discussion
Wed Electron Configurations of Atoms
Electron Configurations of Ions
Atomic Properties and Periodic Trends
Periodic Trends and Chemical Properties
7.3-7.6 Chapter 7
Fri Current Events Topic - TBA

Week 12,November 12
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 7 Homework Due

Chemical Bond Formation 
Covalent Bonding and Lewis Structures

8.1-8.2 Chapter 8
Tue Molecular Structure Problem Set #1 Molecular Structure Problem Set #1
Problem Set Solutions
Wed Covalent Bonding and Lewis Structures
Atom Formal Charges in Covalent Molecules and Ions
8.2-8.3 Chapter 8
Fri Resonance
Exceptions to the Octet Rule
8.4-8.5 Chapter 8

Week 13, November 19
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Molecular Shape 8.6 Chapter 8
Tue Elemental Analysis and Molecular Structure Problem Set
Wed Bond Polarity and Electronegativity
Bond and Molecular Polarity
Bond Properties: Order, Length, Energy
8.7-8.9 Chapter 8
Thursday
Fri
Thanksgiving Break

Week 14, November 26
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 8 Homework Due
NMR and Molecular Structure Lecture
Chapter 8
Tue Molecular Structure Problem Set #2  Molecular Structure Problem Set #2
Problem Set Solutions
Exam #4
Wed Chapter 9 

Orbitals and Theories of Chemical Bonding

9.1 Chapter 9
Fri Valence Bond Theory 9.2 Chapter 9

Week 15, December 3
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Valence Bond Theory 9.2 Chapter 9
Tue First Semester Review Problem Set a
Wed Molecular Orbital Theory 9.3 Chapter 9
Fri
First Semester Review Problem Set b
Seminar

Week 16, December 10
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Sun Final Exams
Mon Final Exams
Tue Final Exams
Wed Final Exams
Thu Final Exams