Thu 8/26 course introduction, canvas, course website, grading, being prepared, InstaPolls, stuff you already know.

chembook 0

Tue 8/31 classification of matter, significant figures, brief intro to molar mass

chembook 1.1-1.4

Thu 9/2 molecules, using the periodic table, doing conversions, making solutions, calculating moles, composition stoichiometry

chembook 1.2-1.10

Tue 9/7 more stoichiometry, limiting reactant, chemical formulas, nomenclature

chembook 1.10-1.14

Thu 9/9 air composition, the gas phase, our atmosphere, measuring and understanding pressure

chembook 2.1-2.4

Tue 9/14 the gas laws, partial pressures, rxn stoichiometry with gases

chembook 2.5-2.7

Thu 9/16 air pressure and elevation, common air pollutants and how to curb them, common alkanes, what is STP and SATP?

chembook 2.8-2.13

Thu 9/23 intro to atomic theory, electromagnetic radiation, wavelengths and frequencies, the energy of a photon

chembook 3.1-3.3

Tue 9/28 more on EM rad, interactions with EM, intro to atomic theory, orbitals, quantum numbers

chembook 3.2-3.6

Thu 9/30 more on quantum numbers and the layout of the periodic table, e- configs

chembook 3.6-3.7

Tue 10/5 more details on atomic ortitals and their quantum numbers, e- configurations for neutral atoms and monatomic ions, intro to ionic bonding and ionic compounds

chembook 3.8-3.9

Thu 10/7 intro to periodic table trends, intro to covalent bonding, polar vs non-polar bonds

chembook 3.10-3.11

Tue 10/12 chapter overview, wrap-up

chembook 3.1-3.11

Tue 10/19 line/dot formulas, formal charge and how to correctly draw line/dot formulas

chembook 4.1-4.3

Thu 10/21 bond lengths and strengths + the concept and how we depict resonance

chembook 4.4-4.5

Tue 10/26 VSEPR theory, molecular shapes, bond angles, and tweaks

chembook 4.6

Thu 10/28 IMFs and intro to gases of our atmosphere

chembook 4.7-4.8

Tue 11/2 greenhouse gases and ozone layer / global warming / climate change

chembook 4.8-4.9

Tue 11/9

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Thu 11/11

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Tue 11/16

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Thu 11/18

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Tue 11/23

(no class)

Thu 11/25

THANKSGIVING BREAK
(no class)

Tue 11/30

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