Schedule, Spring 2008
rev 06/13/2008 09:45 PM

Note that this schedule will be revised and updated on a regular basis - typically several times each week.
 

WK DATE LECTURE1,3 IN-CLASS & SUGGESTED STUDY PROBLEMS1 LAB2 QUIZ/EXAM
1 Apr 7 (long-winded) intro.

1.3-1.4

ALQ: 13

significant figures: 19 NO lab this week. (no quiz this week)
Apr 9 1.5-1.6 significant figures: 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31abc, 32
unit conversions: 35abde, 39
2 Apr 14 1.6-1.8
ALQ:  1, 8, 11, 14, 16
unit conversions: 35abde, 39
temperature: 51 (to Kelvin only), 52 (to Celsius only)density: 56, 57, 58, 59
locker check-in,
safety orientation

Density Experiment
Quiz 1
(ch 1)
Apr 16 2.5-2.7
2.8
nature of the atom: 21, 22, 41, 43, 49
nomenclature: 35, 36, 37, 38, 39a
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS: 1, 7
3 Apr 21 2.8 nomenclature: 35, 36, 37, 38, 39a
nomenclature: 55acdgh, 56bcdfh, 62acd
Nomenclature Exercise Quiz 2
(ch 2)
Apr 23 2.8

3.1-3.2

nomenclature: 24, 64g, 67l, 68g
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS (ch 2): 10, 11, 12, 13
4 Apr 28

3.2-3.4

Atomic Masses: (none)
Moles & Molar Masses: 34, 39, 41, 43
REVIEW QUESTIONS: 1, 3
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS (ch 3): 13
Synthesis of an Inorganic Compound Quiz 3
(2.8, 3.1-3.4)
Apr 30 3.4-3.6 Percent Composition: 23, 59, 61
Empirical & Molecular Formulas: 22, 67, 68, 69, 73
REVIEW QUESTIONS: 6
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS: 18
5 May 5 3.7-3.8 Balancing Chemical Equations: 24, 81, 83
REVIEW QUESTIONS: (none)
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15
Synthesis of an Inorganic Compound Quiz 4
(3.4-3.8)
May 7 3.7-3.8

3.9

ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15 (continued)

Reaction Stoichiometry: 89, 90, 91

6 May 12 4.1-4.3 Electrolytes (4.2): 17abcd
Molarity (4.3): 21ab, 23ab, 29ab
(Exam 1) EXAM 1
(ch 1-3)
May 15
May 14 ch 1-3 REVIEW for exam; no prepared lecture; bring your questions!
7 May 19 4.3-4.9 (Molarity (4.3): 21ab, 23ab, 29ab)

Water Solubility Rules
Precipitation reactions (4.5): 36, 38, 40, 44, 48

Acid-Base reactions (4.8): 56, 58, 60 
Introduction to Red-Ox: Breath Alcohol Analyzer
(will be handed out in class)

"burning magnesium ribbon"

"copper in nitric acid"

Quiz 5
(4.1-4.6)
May 22
May 21 4.9-4.10 Assigning Oxidation Numbers Rules
Balancing Redox Equations

Redox reactions (4.9-4.10): 68, 72, 74 

REVIEW QUESTIONS (pp. 169-170): 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 (don't explain terms), 9, 10
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS (pp. 170-171): 2, 3, 5, 6
8 May 26 MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY - NO CLASSES TURN IN
Intro. to Red-Ox Breath Alcohol Analyzer
lab report
11am on May 28
 
May 28 ch. 4

REVIEW QUESTIONS (pp. 169-170): 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 (don't explain terms), 9, 10
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS (pp. 170-171): 2 (don't draw pictures), 3, 5, 6

9 Jun 2 5.1-5.3 Pressure (5.1): 27ab, 28ac
Gas laws; Ideal Gas Law (5.2-5.3): 34, 36, 38
No lab or quiz this week.  (Instructor is ill.)  Sorry.
Jun 4 5.4-5.5 Reaction stoichiometry (5.4): 52, 56, 62 (Exercises 56 & 62 are NOT easy!)
Partial pressure (5.5): 66, 72 (If you're looking for a challenge, try exercise #70.
REVIEW QUESTIONS (pp. 215-216): (none)
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS (pp. 217-218): 5, 8, 11,  12, 14
10 Jun 9 6.1-6.2 Energy (6.1): (none)
Heat and Work (6.1):  22, 24
Calorimetry & Heat Capacity (6.2):  42, 44, 48  (If you want an interesting challenge, try problem 46.)
Enthalpy (6.2):  34, 36
Introduction to Thermochemistry: Using a Calorimeter
(will be handed out in class)
Quiz 6 KEY
(5.1-6.2)
June 12
Jun 11 6.4

6.5-6.6
Hess' Law (6.3):  (none)
Standard Enthalpies of Formation (6.4):  68, 70, 72

Energy consumption & sources (6.5-6.6):  96, 97 (These are pretty difficult questions and won't be on exams or quizzes.  These are, however, very interesting!

REVIEW QUESTIONS (pp. 264-265):  4, 6, 10 
ACTIVE LEARNING QUESTIONS (pp. 265-266):  1, 2
Jun 12 Chemical & Geographical Alibi: When You Need to Commit that Perfect Crime
Thursday, June 12 @ ~4-5pm ● ANT 103 ● classroom A-250
All chemistry students are welcome to attend!
11 Jun 16 Exam 2
(in lecture)

Exam 2: ch. 4-6
ch. 4:  4 questions
ch. 5:  4 questions
ch. 6:  4 questions

TURN IN
Intro. to Thermochemistry
lab report; DUE AT 6pm June 19;  NO LATE LAB REPORTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Graded exam 2 will probably be returned in lab on June 19.

clean up,
locker check-out

EXAM 2
(ch 4-6)
June 16
Jun 18 ch 1-6 REVIEW for final exam; no prepared lecture; bring your questions!

Student Evaluations

Graded exam 2 will probably be returned in lab on June 19, but it may be returned in lecture on June 18.

Finals Week Mon.
Jun. 23
10am
ch 1-6

FINAL EXAM
2 "essential" (not tricky or difficult) questions from each chapter; 12 questions total
multiple choice

  Final Exam
(ch 1-6)

Notes:
1 Chemistry, 7th edition, Zumdahl & Zumdahl, (c) 2007 Houghton Mifflin Co.
2 Lab procedures, worksheets & forms will be handed out in lab; there is no lab manual for this class.
3 ALQ = "Active Learning Questions" at the end of each chapter in the textbook.  These questions will be answered in small groups in lecure.
 


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