Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | Chapter 1: Matter, Measurement, and Problem Solving 1.1 Atoms and Molecules 1.2 The Scientific Approach to Knowledge 1.3 The Classification of Matter 1.4 Physical and Chemical Changes and Physical and Chemical Properties 1.5 Energy: A Fundamental Part of Physical and Chemical Change 1.6 The Units of Measurement 1.7 The Reliability of a Measurement |
A Preface to Students
1.1-1.7 |
Chapter 1 |
Tue | Unit Conversions Problem Set | Chemistry 145 Problem Set Week 1
Chemistry 145 Problem Set Solutions Week 1 |
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Wed | 1.8 Solving Chemical Problems | 1.8 | Chapter 1 |
Fri | Chapter 2: Atoms and Elements 2.1 Imaging and Moving Individual Atoms 2.2 Modern Atomic Theory and the Laws That Led to it 2.3 The Discovery of the Electron 2.4 The Structure of the Atom 2.5 Subatomic Particles: Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons in Atoms 2.6 Finding Patterns: The Periodic Law and the Periodic Table |
2.1-2.6 | Chapter 2 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | Labor Day - No Classes | ||
Tue | Problem Set | Chemistry 145 Problem Set Week 2 | |
Wed |
2.7 Atomic Mass: The Average Mass of an Element's Atoms 2.8 Molar Mass: Counting Atoms by Weighing Them |
2.7-2.8 | Chapter 2 |
Fri |
Chapter 3: Molecules, Compounds, and Chemical Equations 3.1 Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Water 3.2 Chemical Bonds 3.3 Representing Compounds: Chemical Formulas and Molecular Models 3.4 An Atomic-Level View of Elements and Compounds |
3.1-3.4 | Chapter 3 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | 3.5 Ionic Compounds: Formulas and Names | 3.5 | Chapter 3 Chemical Nomenclature Handout |
Tue | Chemical Nomenclature Problem Set | Chemistry 145 Problem Set Week 3 | |
Wed | 3.6 Molecular Compounds: Formulas and Names 3.7 Formula Mass and the Mole Concept for Compounds |
3.6-3.7 | Chapter 3 |
Fri | 3.8 Composition of Compounds 3.9 Determining a Chemical Formula from Experimental Data |
3.8-3.9 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | 3.9 Determining a Chemical Formula from Experimental Data | 3.9 | |
Tue | The Mole Problem Set |
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EXAM #1, 5:00 pm | |||
Wed | 3.10 Writing and Balancing Chemical Equations | 3.10 |
Chapter 3 |
Fri |
3.10 Writing and Balancing Chemical Equations Chapter 4: Chemical Quantities and Aqueous Reactions 4.1 Climate Change and the Combustion of Fossil Fuels 4.2 Reaction Stoichiometry: How Much Carbon Dioxide 4.3 Limiting Reactant, Theoretical Yield, and Percent Yield |
3.10 4.1-4.3 |
Chapter 4 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | 4.3 Limiting Reactant, Theoretical Yield, and Percent Yield | 4.3 | Chapter 4 |
Tue | Limiting Reagent Problem Set | Limiting
Reagent Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions |
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Wed | 4.4 Solution Concentration and Solution Stoichiometry | 4.4 | Chapter 4 |
Fri | 4.5 Types of Aqueous Solutions and Solubility 4.6 Precipitation Reactions 4.7 Representing Aqueous Reactions: Molecular, Ionic, and Complete Ionic Equations 4.8 Acid-Base and Gas-Evolution Reactions |
4.5-4.8 | Chapter 4 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon |
Chapter 5: Gases 5.1 Breathing: Putting Pressure to Work 5.2 Pressure: The Result of Molecular Collisions 5.3 The SimpleGas Laws: Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, and Avogadro's Law |
5.1-5.3 | Chapter 5 |
Tue | Week 6 Problem Set | Problem Set | |
Wed | 5.4 The Ideal Gas Law | 5.4 | Chapter 5 |
Fri | 5.5 Applications of the Ideal Gas Law: Molar Volume, Density and Molar Mass of a Gas | 5.5 | Chapter 5 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | 5.6 Mixtures of Gases and Partial Pressures 5.7 Gases in Chemical Reactions: Stoichiometry Revisited 5.8 Kinetic Molecular Theory: A Model for Gases 5.9 Mean Free Path, Diffusion , and Effusion of Gases 5.10 Real Gases: The Effects of Size and Intermolecular Forces |
5.6-5.10 | Chapter 5 |
Tue |
Week 7 Problem Set |
Problem Set | |
EXAM #2, 5:00 pm | |||
Wed | Chapter 6: Thermochemistry 6.1 Chemical Hand Warmers 6.2 The Nature of Energy: Key Definitions 6.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics: There is No Free Lunch |
6.1-6.3 | Chapter 6 |
Fri | 6.4 Quantifying Heat and Work | 6.4 | Chapter 6 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | 6.5 Measuring E for Chemical Reactions: Constant-Volume Calorimetry 6.6 Enthalpy: The Heat Evolved in a Chemical Reaction at Constant Pressure 6.7 Constant-Pressure Calorimetry: Measuring Hrxn |
6.5-6.7 | Chapter 6 |
Tue | 6.8 Relationships involving Hrxn 6.9 Enthalpies of Reaction from Standard Heats of Formation |
6.8-6.9 | Chapter 6 |
Wed | 6.8 Relationships involving Hrxn 6.9 Enthalpies of Reaction from Standard Heats of Formation |
6.8-6.9 | Chapter 6 |
Fri |
Week 9 Problem Set |
Problem Set Problem Set Solutions |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | Fall Break, No Class | ||
Tue | Fall Break, No Class | ||
Wed | Chapter 7: The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom 7.1 Schrodinger's Cat 7.2 The Nature of Light 7.3 Atomic Spectroscopy and the Bohr Model 7.4 The Wave Nature of Matter: the de Broglie Wavelength, the Uncertainty Principle, and Indeterminancy 7.5 Quantum Mechanics and the Atom |
7.1-7.5 | Chapter 7
Some Humor |
Fri | 7.6 The Shapes of Atomic Orbitals | 7.6 | Chapter 7 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon |
Quiz Errors Review Laboratory Discussions |
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Tue |
pHET Simulation on photoelectric effect Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 Charcoal grill Problem Review Exam 3 challenge question |
pHET Simulation Nobel Prize 2016 Charcoal grill Problem |
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EXAM #3, 5:00 pm | |||
Wed |
Chapter 8: Periodic Properties of the Elements 8.1 Nerve Signal Transmission 8.2 The Development of the Periodic Table 8.3 Electron Configurations: How Electrons Occupy Orbitals 8.4 Electron Configurations, Valence Electrons, and the Periodic Table |
8.1-8.4 | Chapter 8 |
Fri | 8.5 The Explanatory Power of the Quantum-Mechanical Model 8.6 Periodic Trends in the Size of Atoms and Effective nuclear Charge 8.7 Ions: Electron Configurations, Magnetic Properties, Ionic Radii, and Ionization Energy 8.8 Electron Affinities and Metallic Character |
8.5-8.8 | Chapter 8 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | Chapter 9: Chemical Bonding I: The Lewis Model 9.1 Bonding Models and AIDS Drugs 9.2 Types of Chemical Bonds 9.3 Representing Valence Electrons with Dots 9.4 Ionic Bonding: Lewis Structures and Lattice Energies |
9.1-9.4 | Chapter 9 |
Tue |
9.5 Covalent Bonding: Lewis Structures |
9.5 | Chapter 9 |
Wed |
9.5 Covalent Bonding: Lewis Structures |
9.5 | Chapter 9 |
Fri | 9.6 Electronegativity and Bond Polarity 9.7 Lewis Structures of Molecular Compounds and Polyatomic Ions |
9.6-9.7 | Chapter 9 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | NMR and Molecular Structure | Chapter 9 | |
Tue | Molecular Structure Problem Set #1 | Problem Set Week 12 | |
Wed | 9.8 Resonance and Formal Charge 9.9 Exceptions to the Octet Rule: Odd-Electron Species, Incomplete Octets, and Expanded Octets 9.10 Bond Energies and Bond Lengths 9.11 Bonding in Metals: The Electron Sea Model |
9.8-9.11 | Chapter 9 |
Fri | Chapter 10: Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Shapes, Valence Bond Theory, and Molecular Orbital Theory 10.1 Artificial Sweeteners: Fooled by Molecular Shape 10.2 VSEPR Theory: The Five Basic Shapes 10.3 VSEPR Theory: The Effect of Lone Pairs |
10.1-10.3 | Chapter 10 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon |
10.4 VSEPR Theory: Predicting Molecular Geometries 10.5 Molecular Shape and Polarity |
10.4-10.5 | Chapter 10 |
Tue | Elemental Analysis and Molecular Structure Problem Set | Problem Set | |
Wed |
10.6 Valence Bond Theory: Orbital Overlap as a Chemical 10.7 Valence Bond Theory: Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals |
10.6-10.7 | Chapter 10 |
Thursday
Fri |
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Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | 10.7 Valence Bond Theory: Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals | 10.7 | Chapter 10 |
Tue | 10.7 Valence Bond Theory: Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals | 10.7 | Chapter 10 |
Exam #4 | |||
Wed | Molecular Structure Problem Set #2 | ||
Fri | 10.8 Molecular Orbital Theory: Electron Delocalization | 10.8 | Chapter 10 |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Mon | 11.1 Climbing Geckos and Intermolecular Forces 11.2 Solids, Liquids, and Gases: A Molecular Comparison 11.3 Intermolecular Forces: The Forces That Hold Condensed States Together 11.4 Intermolecular Forces in Action: Surface Tension, Viscosity, and Capillary Action |
11.1-11.4 | Chapter 11 |
Tue | First Semester Review Problem Set b | Problem Set | |
Wed | 11.5 Vaporization and Vapor Pressure 11.6 Sublimation and Fusion 11.7 Heating Curve for Water 11.8 Phase Diagrams 11.9 Water: An Extraordinary Substance |
11.5-11.9 | Chapter 11 |
Fri | Seminar |
Day | Topic | Reading | Materials available |
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Fri | Final Exam 8:00am to 10:00am | ||