CHEM 105

 

­Course Syllabus

 

Tentative Course Schedule: Subject to change

 

Date

Day

Class Content

OpenStax Chapter

Video Quizzes

Assignments Due

Aug-22

Tue

Course Introduction and Numbers/Units

Chapter 1

Aug-23

Wed

Units, Sig figs and Dimensional Analysis

Chapter 1

ü

Aug-24

Thu

Workday - Dimensional Analysis

ü

Aug-28

Mon

Matter and Atomic Structure

Chapter 1 and 2

PS1 Bonus

Aug-29

Tue

Atoms and Energy

Chapter 2 and 3

ü

Aug-30

Wed

Energy, Waves, and Quantization of Energy

3.1-3.2

ü

PS1 Bonus

Aug-31

Thu

Workday - Understanding Energy and Atoms

PS1 Bonus

Sep-4

Mon

Labor Day - No Class

PS1 Bonus

Sep-5

Tue

Shells, Subshells, and Quantum Numbers, and Electron Configurations

3.3-3.6

ü

Sep-6

Wed

Periodic Trends

3.5

ü

Sep-7

Thu

Ions, Compounds, and Chemical Nomenclature

3.7, 4.1, 4.3

ü

PS1 Bonus (Friday)

Sep-11

Mon

Review for Exam 1

PS1 Due

Sep-12

Tue

Exam 1 - Through Periodic Trends

Sep-13

Wed

Lewis Structures

4.2, 4.4

Sep-14

Thu

Expanded Octets, Formal Charge, and Resonance

4.4

Sep-18

Mon

Workday - Lewis Structures

Sep-19

Tue

Molecular Geometries

4.6

Sep-20

Wed

Polarity and Intermolecular Forces

4.6

Sep-21

Thu

Chemical Bonding and Hybridization

Chapter 5

Sep-25

Mon

Bonding Summary and Review - IMF Activity

Sep-26

Tue

Workday - Shapes, Hybridizastion, and Bonding

Sep-27

Wed

Working with Moles

6.1-6.2

Sep-28

Thu

Chemical Reactions and Calculations

Chapter 7

Oct-2

Mon

Review for Exam 2

Oct-3

Tue

Exam 2 - Through Bonding

Oct-4

Wed

Chemical Calculations

Chapter 7

Oct-5

Thu

Work Day - Chemical Calculations

Oct-9

Mon

Introduciton to Solutions and Dilutions

6.3

Oct-10

Tue

Reactions in Solution

6.3

Oct-11

Wed

Work Day - Solutions

Oct-12

Thu

Introduction to Gas Laws

Chapter 8

Oct-16

Mon

Fall Break

Oct-17

Tue

Fall Break

Oct-18

Wed

Application of Gas Laws

Chapter 8

Oct-19

Thu

Work Day - Gas Law

Oct-23

Mon

Chemical Kinetics

17.1-17.4

Oct-24

Tue

Chemical Kinetics

17.1-17.4

Oct-25

Wed

Work Day - Kinetics

Oct-26

Thu

Introduction to Equilibrium

Chapter 13

Oct-30

Mon

Review for Exam 3

Oct-31

Tue

Exam 3 - Through Kinetics

Nov-1

Wed

Equilibrium Calculations

Chapter 13

Nov-2

Thu

Work Day - Equilibrium

Nov-6

Mon

Equilibrium and Spontaneity

Chapter 12.1 and 12.4

Nov-7

Tue

Work Day - Equilibrium and Spontaneity

Nov-8

Wed

Thermodynmics and State Functions

9.3, 12.4

Nov-9

Thu

The Origin and Practical Applications of Enthalpy

Chapter 9

Nov-13

Mon

Work Day - State Functions and Enthalpy

Nov-14

Tue

Basics of Entropy

12.2-12.3

Nov-15

Wed

Phase Changes and Heat Curves

Nov-16

Thu

Work Day - Entropy and Phase Changes

Nov-20

Mon

Review for Exam 4

Nov-21

Tue

Exam 4 - Through Phase Changes

Nov-22

Wed

Thanksgiving - No Class

Nov-23

Thu

Thanksgiving - No Class

Nov-27

Mon

Acid-Base Chemistry - Strong Acids and Bases

14.1-14.3

Nov-28

Tue

Weak Acids and Bases

14.3-14.5

Nov-29

Wed

Buffers

Chapter 15

Nov-30

Thu

Work Day - Acid Base Chemistry

Dec-4

Mon

CHEM105 Roundup - Takehome Exam due

Dec-12

Tue

Final Exam - 8:00 AM