Online Introductory Chemistry

Tentative schedule of readings, labs and quizzes.

These due dates and assignments may be changed by the instructor. Revised June 12, 2008

Dr. Volland's classes have eQuizzes due by 11:59 PM of the following Monday.

Dr. Volland's classes have content quizzes due 11:59 PM the following Thursday. The content quizzes are only available in Blackboard

All content quizzes and lab reports are completed and submitted online inside of the class Blackboard classroom The summer quarter schedule is 8 weeks. In summer some weeks include more than one chapter

Dates
Content quiz deals with work up to date
 Topics
Readings in McMurray & Castellion
* indicates key topics

Experiment

click to reach lab

Week 1

Content Quiz 1

Energy, states of matter, element symbols, types of elements, physical change, chemical change, Measurement, SI units, significant figures, Conversions
Chapter 1 all sections
 

Chapter 2 all sections

E 1 MSDS

Week 2

Content Quiz 2

Atomic structure, periodic table
Chapter 3 all sections
E 2 Measurement

Week 3

Content Quiz 3

Ionic bonding
Chapter 4 all sections
E 3 Separation of mixtures into pure substances

Week 4

Quiz 4

Covalent bonding
Chapter 5 all sections

E 4 Element Identification & Emission Spectra

Week 5

Quiz 5

Equation balancing, mole, Avogadro's number, calculations
Chapter 6 sections
1*,2*,3,4*,5*,6*,7*,8,10,12,13
E 5 Shapes of molecules-VSEPR

Week 6

Content Quiz 6

Chemical reactions, energy changes, rates, equilibrium
Chapter 7
1,2*,4*,5,6,7*,8*
E 6 Percent water in popcorn/percent composition

Week 7

Content Quiz 7

Properties of gases, liquids and solids, intermolecular forces, hydrogen bonding.
Chapter 8 sections
1*,2,3,4,8*,11*,12*,13,14
 

E 7 Percent yield of carbon dioxide from sodium bicarbonate

 

Week 8

Content Quiz 8

Properties of solutions, solubility, molarity,
Chapter 9 sections
1*,2*,3,4,5,6,7*(molarity), 8*
E 8 Radiation exposure estimate and radon risk

Week 9

 

Acids, bases, pH
Chapter 10 sections
1,2,3,4,5,7*,8,9*,10*
 

Week 10

Final Due

Radioactivity, half-life Chapter 11 sections 1,2,3*,4*, 6  

 

Revised by Dr. Walt Volland, Revised June 12, 2008