Course Outline

Week 1, August 31
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Fri Chapter 1

Chemistry and Its Methods
Classifying Matter
Elements & Atoms
Compounds & Molecules
Physical Properties
Physical and Chemical Change

A Preface to Students

1.1-1.6

Chapter 1

Week 2, September 7
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Labor Day - No Classes
Tue Unit Conversions Problem Set Unit Conversions Problem Set
Unit Conversions Problem Set Solutions
Wed Chapter 2 

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

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

Week 3, September 14
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 1 Homework Due

Molecules, Compounds, and Formulas

2.6 Chapter 2
Tue

Ionic Compounds: Formulas, Names and Properties
Molecular Compounds: Formulas and Names

2.7-2.8 Chapter 2

Chemical Nomenclature Handout

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

Chemical Nomenclature Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions

Fri Atoms, Molecules and the Mole 2.9 Chapter 2

Week 4, September 21
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Describing Compound Formulas
Hydrated Compounds
2.10-2.11

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 

Introductgion to Chemical Equations 
Balancing Chemical Equations

3.1-3.2
Chapter 3
Fri Chemical Reactions in Aqueous Solution
Ions and Molecules in Aqueous Solution
Precipitation Reactions
3.4-3.6 Chapter 3

Week 5, September 28
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Acids and Bases 3.7 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 5
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 Fall Break, No Class

Week 7, October 12
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Fall Break, No Class
Tue Chapter 4 Homework Due

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  11.3 Chapter 11

Week 8, October 19
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon
Gas Laws & Chemical Reactions
Gas Mixtures and Partial Pressures
11.4-11.5 Chapter 11
Tue Gas Law Problem Set Problem Set
Solutions

Wed Nonideal Behavior: Real Gases 11.9 Chapter 11
Fri TBA

Week 9, October 26
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, November 2
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Product- or Reactant-Favored Reactions and Thermochemistry  5.8 Chapter 5
Tue Enthalpy and Thermochemistry Problem Set Enthalpy and Thermochemistry Problem Set
Problem Set Solutions
Wed Chapter 5 Homework Due
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 9
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Thermochemistry Review Chapter 5
Tue Chapter 6 Homework Due
Exam #3
Wed Chapter 7

The Pauli Exclusion Principle 
Atomic Subshell Energies and Electron Assignments 

7.1-7.2 Chapter 7
Fri Electron Configurations of Atoms
Electron Configurations of Ions
Atomic Properties and Periodic Trends
Periodic Trends and Chemical Properties
7.3-7.6 Chapter 7

Week 12,November 16
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 23
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Moleclar Shape 8.6 Chapter 8
Tue Molecular Structure Problem Set #2 Molecular Structure Problem Set #2
Problem Set Solutions
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 30
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Mon Chapter 8 Homework Due Chapter 8
Tue Molecular Structure Problem Set #2 
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 7
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 14
Day Topic Reading Materials available
Sun Final Exams
Mon Final Exams
Tue Final Exams
Wed Final Exams
Thu Final Exams