Winthrop Department of Chemistry

 

General Chemistry I

CHEM 105

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Week   Date Lecture Topic Sections Covered ALEKS Objective Due (start of class) In Class
1 T 26-Aug Introduction and Dimensional Analysis Chapter 1      
W 27-Aug Units, Sig figs and Dimensional Analysis Chapter 1      
R 28-Aug Compounds/Mixtures/ Atomic Structure 2.1-2.6, 2.8-2.12      
2 M 1-Sep Labor Day - no class Units and Measurements  
T 2-Sep Periodicity 3.3-3.7 PS1 Quiz 1
W 3-Sep Waves and Energy 1.5 and 4.1-4.6  
R 4-Sep The Quantization of Energy 4.7-5.1 Atoms, Molecules and Periodicity  
3 M 8-Sep Shells, Subshells, and Quantum Numbers 5.2-5.6   PS2 Quiz 2
T 9-Sep Electron Configurations 5.7-.11 Quantum Theory    
W 10-Sep Periodic Trends 4.1-4.2, 5.12, 6.6-6.7      
R 11-Sep Work Day Electron Configurations    
4 M 15-Sep Exam 1 - Through Periodic Trends Periodic Trends PS3  
T 16-Sep Ionic Compounds and Bond 6.1-6.7, 10.2  
W 17-Sep Chemical Nomenclature 2.7, 6.2, 6.4, 10.2, 10.5  
R 18-Sep Introduction to Lewis Structures 7.1-7.6 Ionic Bonding  
5 M 22-Sep Advanced Lewis Structure Topics 7.7-7.11 Chemical Nomenclature PS4 Quiz 3
T 23-Sep Work Day      
W 24-Sep Molecular Geometries 8.1-8.10      
R 25-Sep Hybridization and Bonding 15.4      
F 26-Sep     Lewis Structures    
6 M 29-Sep Intermolecular Forces 15.4 PS5 Quiz 4
T 30-Sep Chemical Reactions and Calculations 3.1-3.2, 11.1-11.6 Molecular Geometries and Hybridization  
W 1-Oct  
R 2-Oct Exam 2 - Through Hybridization and Bonding Intermolecular Forces  
7 M 6-Oct Chemical Calculations and Limiting Reagents 11.7-11.11   PS6 Quiz 5
T 7-Oct Reactions in Solution 12.1-12.7 Moles    
W 8-Oct Work Day      
R 9-Oct Gas Laws 13.1-13.6      
F 10-Oct     Chemical Calculations    
8 M 13-Oct Application of Gas Laws 13.7-13.8 PS7 Quiz 6
T  14-Oct Intro to Thermo - Enthalpy 14.1-14.4 Solutions  
W 15-Oct Enthalpy 14.5-14.10  
R 16-Oct Phase Changes 15.1-15.6, 15.8  
  F 17-Oct Gas Laws  
9 M 20-Oct   Fall Break - no class      
T 21-Oct Chemical Equilibrium 19.1-19.5   PS8 Quiz 7
W 22-Oct Work Day Intro to Thermo    
R 23-Oct Exam 3 - Through Phase Changes      
10 M 27-Oct Equilibrium Calculations and LeChatlier 19.4-19.9 Chemical Equilibrium PS9  
T 28-Oct Second Law 23.1-23.5  
W 29-Oct Gibbs Free Energy 23.6, 23.8  
R 30-Oct Work Day Equilibrium Calculations  
11 M 3-Nov Kinetics and Rate Laws 17.1-17.5, 17.8-17.9 Second Law PS10 Quiz 8
T 4-Nov   Election Day - no class      
W 5-Nov Kinetics and reaction diagrams 18.1-18.3, 18.6 Gibbs Free Energy    
R 6-Nov Work Day      
12 M 10-Nov Exam 4 - Through Kinetics Kinetics PS10  
T 11-Nov Solubility 10.9, 22.1-22.2  
W 12-Nov Intro to Acids and Bases 10.3, 20.1-20.5  
R 13-Nov Acidity 20.5-20.10 Solubility  
13 M 17-Nov Work Day Intro to Acids and Bases PS11 Quiz 9
T 18-Nov Buffers 21.1-21.5      
W 19-Nov Titrations 21.5-21.8      
R 20-Nov Work Day      
F 21-Nov     Solution Acidity    
14 M 24-Nov Oxidation States and Half Reactions 24.1-24.3 PS12 Quiz 10
T 25-Nov Balancing Redox Reactions 24.4-24.6 Titrations  
26-Nov Thanksgiving Break  
27-Nov  
15 M 1-Dec Balancing Redox Reactions        
T 2-Dec Electrochemical Cells 25.1-25.3      
W 3-Dec Nernst Equations 25.3-25.8      
R 4-Dec Work Day Electrochemistry    
16 M 8-Dec Exam 5 - Through Electrochemistry PS13  
   
  F 12-Dec Cumulative Final Exam 3:00