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Course Syllabus (Timing of Topics and Readings is Approximate)
Week Day Lecture Suggested Reading Quiz/Exams
Aug 15 Flex Day: No Class 1 Aug 17 Introduction Aug 22 Atoms; the Periodic Table 2.3, 2.5 2 Aug 24 Ionic and Molecular Compounds; Nomenclature 2.4, 2.6, 2.7 Aug 29 The Mole; Chemical and Empirical Formulas; Chemical Reactions 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2 3 Aug 31 Chemical Reactions (cont.); Reaction Stoichiometry 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Quiz 1 Sept 5 Labor Day: No Class 4 Sept 7 Reaction Stoichiometry (cont) 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 Sept 12 Reaction Stoichiometry (cont); Solutions 3.3, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 5 Sept 14 Midterm 1 Midterm 1 Sept 19 Light; the Photoelectric Effect 6.1 6 Sept 21 The Bohr Model; the Wave-particle Duality 6.2 Sept 26 Atomic Orbitals; Electron Configurations 6.3, 6.4 7 Sept 28 Electron Configurations (cont.); Periodic Trends 6.4, 6.5 Oct 3 Periodic Trends (cont.); Chemical Bonding 6.4, 7.1, 7.2 8 Oct 5 Chemical Bonding (cont.); Lewis Dot Structures 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Quiz 2 Oct 10 Lewis Dot Structures (cont.), Resonance 7.3, 7.4 9 Oct 12 Flex Day: No class Oct 17 Molecular Shapes 7.6 10 Oct 19 Midterm 2 Midterm 2 Oct 24 Valence Bond Theory; Molecular Orbital Theory 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 11 Oct 26 Molecular Orbital Theory (cont.) 8.4 Oct 31 Thermochemistry; Calorimetry 5.1, 5.2 12 Nov 2 Calorimetry (cont.), Enthalpy, Hess’s Law 5.2, 5.3 Nov 7 Intermolecular Forces and Physical Properties 7.6, 10.6 13 Nov 9 Intermolecular Forces and Physical Properties (cont.) 7.6, 10.6 Quiz 3 Nov 14 The Ideal Gas Law; Gas Stoichiometry 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 14 Nov 16 Gas Stoichiometry (cont.); Effusion and Diffusion 9.3, 9.4 Nov 21 Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases; Non-ideal Gases 9.5, 9.6 15 Nov 23 Midterm 3 Midterm 3 Nov 28 Phase Transitions, Phase Diagrams 10.3, 10.4 16 Nov 30 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4 Dec 5 Catchup 17 Dec 7 Review Quiz 4 Final Dec 16 Final Exam (11:10 AM-1:40 PM) Final Lab Schedule (Subject to Change)
Week Day Experiment/Activity
Aug 15 Flex Day: No Class 1 Aug 17 Check-in Aug 22 Chemical Safety 2 Aug 24 Measurement and Significant Figures Aug 29 Accuracy of a Graduated Beaker 3 Aug 31 Equation Balancing Sept 5 Labor Day: No Class 4 Sept 7 Density of Glass Beads Sept 12 Midterm 1 Review 5 Sept 14 Midterm 1 Sept 19 Molar Mass Acid Titration 6 Sept 21 Molar Mass Acid Titration (cont.) Sept 26 Atoms and Light 7 Sept 28 Problem Solving Oct 3 Phosphate in Detergent 8 Oct 5 Phosphate in Detergent (cont.) Oct 10 No lab 9 Oct 12 Flex Day: No class Oct 17 Midterm 2 Review 10 Oct 19 Midterm 2 Oct 24 Lewis Structures and Molecules A 11 Oct 26 Lewis Structures and Molecules B Oct 31 Problem Solving 12 Nov 2 Calorimeter Constant Nov 7 Specific Heat of an Unknown Metal 13 Nov 9 Hess’s Law Nov 14 Hess’s Law (cont.) 14 Nov 16 Gas Laws Nov 21 Midterm 3 Review 15 Nov 23 Midterm 3 Nov 28 Check-out 16 Nov 30 Dec 5 17 Dec 7