Class Activity Schedule

date format topic Chapter
Week 1 - Jan. 20 lecture Introduction to Chemistry 104  
- Jan. 22 lecture The Equilibrium Constant 15
- Jan. 24 first hour (a) group work GW1: writing expressions, Kc and calculations  
- Jan. 24 second hour (b) lecture Predicting reaction changes  
Week 2 - Jan. 27 lecture Factors affecting Equilibrium  
- Jan. 29 group work GW2:practicing prediction; develop intuition  
Jan. 31 (a) lecture Example Applications to Reactions: Decomposition, Solubility, Acid/Base, Complexation  
Jan. 31 (b) group work GW3:Application to Geochemistry: Rock Weathering  
- February Week 3 - Feb.3 lecture Spontaneity and Entropy 18
- Feb. 5 group work GW4:Discover how Spontaneity relates to S  
- Feb. 7 (a) lecture SNOW!!  
(b) group work SNOW!!  
Week 4 - Feb. 10 lecture Introduction to "the Force": Free energy and "the system".  
- Feb. 12 group work GW5:free energy calcs for intuition building  
- Feb. 14 (a) lecture Kc and delta G  
(b) lecture Acid/Base definitions 16
Week 5 - Feb. 17 group work GW6:more carbonate chemistry  
- Feb. 19 lecture Weak Acid/Base Equilibria  
Feb. 20, evening EXAM 1 ( on material from weeks 1-4)  
- Feb. 21 (a)   Weak Acid/Bases and their Salts; Titrations  
(b)      
Week 6 - Feb. 24 group work GW7:Calculating a titration curve 17
- Feb. 26 lecture weak acids and bases  
Feb. 28 (a) lecture Acid/base strengths based on structure  
(b) group work GW8:Acid/Base chemistry of blood  
-MarchWeek 7 - Mar.3 lecture Interpreting different titration curves  
- Mar. 5 lecture buffers, polyprotic acids  
- Mar. 7 (a) --------------------- no class  
Week 8 - Mar. 10 Spring Break    
Week 9 - Mar. 17 lecture Solubility Applications 17
- Mar.19 group work GW9:Real World Solubility Problems  
- Mar. 21 (a) lecture Transition Metals 20
(b) group work GW10:metal relatives  
Week 10 - Mar. 24 lecture Magnetism and color  
- Mar. 26 group work GW11:geometry and electronic structure  
- Mar. 28 (a & b)

Exam 2

(material from weeks 5-9; Chapters 16, 17)

 
Week 11 Mar. 31 lecture Redox Reactions , Electrochemical Cells 19
-April - Apr.2 group work GW12:What's happening in Dr. B.'s fountain?  
- Apr. 4 (a) lecture Nernst equation;  
(b) group work GW13:Gold Extraction  
Week 12 - Apr. 7

 

 

 
- Apr. 9 group work GW14:ion selective elctrodes  
- Apr. 11 (a) lecture    
(b) group work GW15:Real World Example- Biochemical Pump  
Week 13 - Apr. 14 lecture Kinetics: reaction rates 14
- Apr. 16   and more kinetics: concentration and time  
- Apr. 18 (a) group work GW16: no candy for breakfast?  
(b) lecture kinetics: rate laws  
Week 14 - Apr. 21 lecture kinetics: activation energy  
- Apr. 23 group work GW17:TBA  
- Apr. 25 (a) lecture reaction mechanisms  
(b) group work GW18:practice determining mechanisms  
Week 15 - Apr. 28 Exam 3 (material from weeks 10-14, Chapters 19, 20) )  
- Apr. 30   Nuclear chemistry 21
- May 2   LAST DAY OF CLASSES