Tentative Class Schedule

 

 

Week of

 

Lecture topic

 

Reading assignment

Jan 3 – 7

     0

(no class 1/3)

 

Elements & Compounds

    Introduction; elements and compounds

    Atomic numbers and the periodic table

Chapter 1

  1.1 – 1.2

  1.3

 

 

Jan 10 – 14

     1

 

 

Elements & Compounds -  continued

    Physical properties and states

Molecular substances & Lewis structures

    Molecular compounds & ions

    Naming molecular compounds

    Lewis structures & atom connectivity

    Homework – due Wed 1/19

 

1.4 – 1.5

Chapter 2

2.1

2.1

2.2 – 2.3

Quiz & HmWk

Jan 17 – 21 

     2

(no class 1/17)

 

Ionic Compounds

    Binary ionic compounds

    Polyatomic ions /  Naming compounds

 Oxidation numbers & formulas

 

Chapter 3

3.1

3.2

3.3

Quiz

 

Exam # 1 – Friday, January 28 – Chapters 1 – 3

 

Jan 24 – 28 

     3

 

    Oxidation numbers, contd

The Mole & Chemical Equations

   Measuring by Counting

   Counting: Chemical Formulas & the Mole

   Counting in Chemical Reactions  

3.3

Chapter 4

4.1

4.2

4.3

Jan 31 – Feb 4

     4

 

    Counting in Chemical Reactions  -- contd

Chemical Reactions

    Chemical properties and changes

    Predicting products: synthesis & decomposition

    Redox Reactions: Single Displacement

    Double Displacement

 

4.3 – contd

Chapter 5

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

Quiz

Feb 7  - 11 

     5

 

    Oxidation-reduction reactions

Quantitative Properties of Matter

    Measurement, temperature & phase change

    Density: formulas and variables

    Proportions & Proportional Reasoning

 

5.4 contd

Chapter 6

6.1

6.2

6.3 – 6.4

Quiz

Feb 14 – 18 

     6

 

    Proportions & Proportional Reasoning

Counting and Measurement in Experiments

Accuracy, Precision & Uncertainty

Significant Figures

Exponents & Scientific notation

6.3 – 6.4

Chapter 7

7.1

 

   7.2

 

Exam # 2 – Wednesday, February 23 – Chapters 4 – 6

 

Feb 21 – 25 

     7

 

Counting & Measurement -- Contd

Metric system

Metric conversions, Calculations

Avogadro’s Number

Chapter 7 --

7.2

7.3

7.3

  HmWk

Feb 28 – Mar 4 

     8

Measurement of Chemical Substances

Molar mass

Percent composition

Empirical formulas

Chapter 8

8.1 -- 8.2

8.3

8.4

Quiz & HmWk

March 7 – 11 

Spring Break

 

Mar 14 - 18

      9

 

   Empirical formula / molecular formula

Chemical Stoichiometry

Mol amount

Mass amount

 

  8.3 & 8.4

Chapter 9

9.1

9.2

Quiz

Mar 21 – 25  

     10

Stoichiometry

Limiting reactant

   Yield

 

Chapter 9

9.3

9.4

Quiz

Mar 28 – April 1

     11

 

Solutions, Molarity & Stoichiometry

     Properties of Solutions

 

Chapter 14

14.1

Quiz

 

Exam # 3 – Wednesday, March 30  -- Chapters 7 – 9

 

April 4 – 8

     12

 

 

 

Solutions, Molarity & Stoichiometry

     Molarity

    Stoichiometry in Aqueous Solutions

Chapter 14

14.1

14.2

Quiz

April 11 - 15

     13

SPACE 4/13

Discovering Gas Laws – contd

Graphical data

Boyle’s Law

Charles’s Law

Ideal gas law

 

Chapter 10

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

Quiz

April 18 – 22 

     14

Discovering Gas Laws – contd

Ideal gas law

Gas stoichiometry

Chap 10 –

10.4

10.4

April 22

REVIEW

 

FINAL EXAM: Monday, April 25, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM E&S 200