Lecture

Materials

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Lab Handouts Lab Information Lab Briefing Slides Lecture Slides Math Review

This is a collection of materials organized by Unit.

Each unit contains student outcomes, lecture notes (synched to lecture slides), and optional practice quizzes (and answers).

Some units have additional optional material such as charts, music videos and essays on related topics.

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Unit 0 First Day Unit 01 Matter Unit 02 Exponents Unit 03 Rounding Unit 04 Atoms

Unit 05 Formula Nomenclature Unit 06 Empirical Formula Unit 07 Stoichiometry

Unit 08 Gases Unit 09 Solutions Unit 10 Acids Unit 11 Atomic Theory

Unit 0: First Day Administrative Stuff and Material Needed to Memorize

First Day Lecture Notes

Boost Grades Lecture Notes

Common Conversions (Memorize by Unit 1 Exam)

Common Elements (Memorize by Unit 4 Exam)

PolyAtomics (Memorize by Unit 5 Exam)

CoverPages Cover pages and Table of Contents for Those Printing Lecture Material

A Day Without Chemistry American Chemical Society Promo on the Wonderfulness of Chemistry (1:50)

Diet Coke Mentos Fun video on creating Diet Coke Fountains with Methos tablets (2:57)

Unit 01: Matter and Energy / Measurements

Outcomes Required knowledge for Unit Test 1

Nature of Science Lecture Notes

Matter and Energy Lecture Notes

Matter Classification Scheme Image from lecture: flow chart for classifying matter

Measurements Lecture Notes

Extra Practice Problems For those wanting extra practice

Answers For Extra Practice

Unit 02: Exponents and Scientific Notation / Using Scientific Calculators

Outcomes Required knowledge for Unit Test 2

Exponents Lecture Notes

Calculators Lecture Notes

Extra Practice Problems For those wanting extra practice

Answers For Extra Practice

Number Symbols Comment on the origin of our modern 1-9 symbols for counting numbers

Fantastic Trip A PowerPoint presentation : trip thru the universe with distances changing by powers of ten (~ 10:30)

Unit 03: Significant Figures and Rounding / Density

Outcomes Required knowledge for Unit Test 3

Sig Figs and Rounding Lecture Notes

Density Lecture Notes

Additional Practice on determining the number of significant figures (answers provided)

Add and Subtract Rules

Multiply and Divide Rules

Determining Number Of Sig Figs

Where The Heck To Round Music Video on Significant Figures and Rounding (2:53)

SigFig Gig Music Video on Significant Figures (2:26)

Extra Practice Problems For those wanting extra practice

Answers For Extra Practice

Unit 04: Atoms and The Periodic Table

Outcomes Required knowledge for Unit Test 4

Atoms Lecture Notes

Periodic Table Lecture Notes

CEM 101 Periodic Table This is the Periodic Table furnished to you at the testing center

PeriodicTableColor This is a simple color chart of all 118 elements

Blank Periodic Table Empty Periodic Table for those wishing an empty copy for practice

Elements_(by Name) List of the elements listed in alphabetical order

A Boy and His Atom Video visualizing manipulation of atoms (1:33)

Elemental Funkiness Music Video on the Periodic Table (3:66)

All The Elements Video based on the Photographic Periodic Table (8:00)

Periodic Table Crossword Optional: Crossword on the elements (From WCC Nature of Science Class)

Extra Practice Problems For those wanting extra practice

Answers For Extra Practice

Chemistry Is A Pun Optional: Fill in the blank with an element name and form a pun

Windows Periodic Table This is an installer for the periodic table software used in class (not tested above Windows 7)

Tom Lehrer was a Harvard professor who was well known for his abundant political satire songs and musical parodies during the 1950’s. One of his most famous songs was nothing more than reciting the elements of the periodic table. Here are files (you are not required to sing in this class) related to his famous song.

Elements Song Audio file (mp3) of Tom Lehrer singing his Element Song

Elements Song Lyrics

Elements Song Animation (1:33)

A Different Periodic Table Song (2:44)

Unit 05: Formula Nomenclature

Outcomes Required knowledge for Unit Test 5

Formula Nomenclature Lecture Notes

Naming Flow Chart Image from lecture: flow chart for naming substances in chemistry 101

Formula Calculations Lecture Notes

Formula Review Lecture Notes

Happy Mole Day To You Music video celebrating Mole Day (2:16)

Extra Practice Problems For those wanting extra practice