301N S22


Our daily schedule if things go according to plan. There might be slight adjustments but the ordering of material (reading) is set. We go through each chapter in the order shown on the gchem website.

The reading assignment for each day is shown in orange and is the chapter.section or sections in ChemBook.

Mon1/17

no class

Wed 1/19 course introduction, canvas, course website, grading, being prepared, InstaPolls, stuff you already know.

chembook 0

Mon 1/24 classification of matter, significant figures, brief intro to molar mass

chembook 1.1-1.4

Wed 1/26 molecules, using the periodic table, doing conversions, making solutions, calculating moles, composition stoichiometry

chembook 1.2-1.10

Mon 1/31 more stoichiometry, limiting reactant, chemical formulas, nomenclature

chembook 1.10-1.14

Wed 2/02 air composition, the gas phase, our atmosphere, measuring and understanding pressure

chembook 2.1-2.4

Mon 2/07 the gas laws, partial pressures, rxn stoichiometry with gases. air pressure and elevation, common air pollutants and how to curb them, common alkanes, what is STP and SATP?

chembook 2.5-2.7, 2.8-2.13

Wed 2/09

Exam 1

Mon 2/14 intro to atomic theory, electromagnetic radiation, wavelengths and frequencies, the energy of a photon

chembook 3.1-3.3

Wed 2/16 more on EM rad, interactions with EM, intro to atomic theory, orbitals, quantum numbers

chembook 3.2-3.6

Mon 2/21 more on quantum numbers and the layout of the periodic table, e- configs

chembook 3.6-3.7

Wed 2/23 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

Mon 2/28 intro to periodic table trends, intro to covalent bonding, polar vs non-polar bonds

chembook 3.10-3.11

Wed 3/02

chembook

Mon 3/07 chapter overview, wrap-up

chembook 3.1-3.11

Wed 3/09

Exam 2

Mon3/14

Spring Break

Wed3/16

Spring Break

Mon 3/21 line/dot formulas, formal charge and how to correctly draw line/dot formulas

chembook 4.1-4.3

Wed 3/23 bond lengths and strengths + the concept and how we depict resonance

chembook 4.4-4.5

Mon 3/28 VSEPR theory, molecular shapes, bond angles, and tweaks

chembook 4.6

Wed 3/30 IMFs and intro to gases of our atmosphere

chembook 4.7-4.8

Mon 4/04 greenhouse gases and ozone layer / global warming / climate change

chembook 4.8-4.9

Wed 4/06

Exam 3

Mon 4/11 TBD

chembook 5

Wed 4/13 TBD

chembook 5

Mon 4/18 TBD

chembook 5

Wed 4/20 TBD

chembook 5

Mon 4/25 TBD

chembook 5

Wed 4/27 TBD

chembook 5

Mon 5/02 TBD

chembook 5

Wed 5/04

Exam 4

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Fri 5/13

Final Exam

9am - 12noon in TBA






CH301N · 49619 Chemistry In Our World I


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