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Week Date Lecture Topics Readings

Assignments – See Blackboard for Due Dates

1 8/24 Introduction to the course. What is Chemistry?

Chapter 1: Sections 1.1 - 1.7

Start Here Module

Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 1.1-1.7

2 8/31 Matter, measurements, and problem solving

Chapter 1: Sections 1.8 - 1.14

Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 1.8-1.14

Problem Set Unit Conversion

3 9/7 Atoms and the Periodic Table Chapter 2 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 2

Problem Set Electron Configuration

4 9/14 How atoms come together? Chemical bonding

Chapter 3 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 3

Problem Set Lewis Structure, Electronic and Molecular Shape

5 9/21 Naming Chemical Compounds Chapter 4 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 4

Group Quiz – Chapters 1 and 2

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Problem Set Naming

6 9/28 Chemical Reactions - Types Chapter 5: Sections 5.3-5.6

Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 5.3-5.6

7 10/5 Balancing Reactions

Chapter 5: Section 5.1 – 5.2

Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 5.1 – 5.2

Group Quiz Chapter 3 & 4

Problem Set Writing Equations

8 10/12 Avogadro and the Mole Chapter 6.1-6.2 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 6.1-6.2

Problem Set Balancing Equations and Moles

9 10/19 Stoichiometry Chapter 6.3-6.5 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 6.3-6.5

Stoichiometry Problem Set

10 10/26 Gases, liquids, and solids Chapter 8 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 8

Group Quiz Chapter 5 & 6

Problem Set Gases Liquids

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and Solids

11 11/2 Solutions Chapter 9 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 9

12 11/9 Acids, Bases, and Buffers Chapter 10 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 10

Acid Base Problem Set

13 11/16 Nuclear Chemistry Chapter 11 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 11

Group Quiz Chapters 8, 9, and 10

14 11/23 No new material Thanksgiving Break

15 11/30 Introduction to Organic Chemistry

Chapter 12 Pre-class Reading Quiz Chapter 12

16 12/7 Final Exam No new Chapters Must be taken between December 7 and 11