Class Activity Schedule

date
format topic
Chapter
January
   
Week 1 - Jan. 22
lecture Introduction to Chemistry 104
Jan. 24
lecture What's a reaction, how do you know it happened and what do you want to know about it? Analysis of reactions: what can we measure and how?
6

Jan. 26 (a) first hour

Jan. 26 (b) second hour

group work 1 Nickel complexation reactions
6
Week 2 - Jan. 29
lecture

On Arrows and Grayness, because it’s not all Black and White: Acids and bases and their strength of character

6
Jan. 31
lecture  Formal Charge vs Formal Oxidation States: how do you know which to use? Revisiting Lewis Structures
6
Feb. 2 (a) & (b)
group work 2 Electrophiles and nucleophiles do reactions that smell good
6
February
   
Week 3 - Feb. 5
lecture  Using Formal Charge to Understand How a Reaction Happens
6
Feb. 7
lecture Balancing Redox reactions
6
Feb. 9 (a)

group work 3

Metal Transformations: intro to Redox reactions
6
Feb. 9 (b)
 
Week 4 - Feb. 12
  Examlette 1 on Chapter 6
Feb. 14
lecture

Intro to Enthalpy and Energy Exchanges adn Angel Chimes

7
Feb. 16 (a)
lecture SNOW DAY!!
7
Feb. 16 (b)

lecture

group work4

Measuring Enthalpy: Calorimetry & Standard Enthalpies ;

Analyzing Changes in S'mores

7
Week 5 - Feb. 19
lecture

Bond Enthalpies

What's so special about Ideal Gases?

7
Feb. 21
lecture Coupled Reactions Control Energy in Life
7
Feb. 23 (a)
group work 5 A Cool Barium Reaction
8
Feb. 23 (b)
   
8
Week 6 - Feb. 26
lecture Chaos is Natural:The Second Law
8
Feb. 28
lecture What Chemists Really use to Predict Reactions
8
March
   
8
Mar. 2 (a)
group work 6 What's Keeping you Alive?
8
Mar. 2 (b)
   
8
Week 7 - Mar. 5
lecture Applications
8
Mar. 7
   
8
- Mar. 9 a & b
 

Exam 2 : on Chapters 7 & 8

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Week 8 - Mar. 12
Spring Break  
Week 9 - Mar. 19
group work 7 Molecular Push-Me Pull-You
9
Mar. 21
  Quantifying Equilibria
9
Mar. 23 (a)
group work 8 The most Important Equilibrium on the Planet
9
Mar. 23 (b)
   
9
Week 10 - Mar. 26
  Using Equilibria Expressions. Part B.
9
Mar. 28
  Revisiting Acids-Base Strengths
9
Mar. 30 (a)
group work 9 Olympic Training and Buffers
9
Mar. 30 (b)
   
9
April
     
Week 11 - Apr. 2
  Solubility and Keq
9
Apr. 4
  Thermodynamics and Keq
9
Apr. 6 (a)
group work 10 Green Eggs and Ham
9
Apr. 6 (b)
   
Week 12 Apr. 9
  Electrochemistry: how to get work out of moving electrons
10
Apr. 11
  Electrochemical Cells
10
Apr. 13 (a)
group work 11 The Great Cycle of Energy
10
Apr. 13 (b)
   
10
Week 13 - Apr. 16
group work 12 The Rape of the Earth
10
Apr. 18
  Kinetics1
11
Apr. 20 (a)
  EXAM 3 Chapters 9 & 10
Apr. 20 (b)
   
Week 14 - Apr. 23
  Kinetics2
11
Apr. 25
   
11
Apr. 27 (a)
   
11
Apr. 27 (b)
   
11
Week 15 - Apr. 30
   
11
May 2
  Examlette 4 on Chapter 11  
May 4 (a)
  LAST DAY OF CLASSES