Reading

• Week of 26 Nov.
  • Read in Whitten:

  Chapter 15, sections 15.5-15.8
  Chapter 27, section 27.19 on polymerization reactions

  • End-of-Chapter Problems:

    Chapter 15: 25-45 (odd; good for additional practice)
    Chapter 27: 95, 96, 98-102, 104, 106-108, 110

• Week of 19 Nov.
  • Read in Whitten:

  Chapter 15, sections 15.5-15.8

  • End-of-Chapter Problems:

    Chapter 15: 24-44 (even)

• Week of 12 Nov.
  • Read in Whitten:

  Chapter 13, sections 13.1-13.2
  Chapter 15, sections 15.1-15.4, 15.9

  • End-of-Chapter Problems:

    Chapter 13: 2-20 (even)
    Chapter 15: 4-22 (even), 46-66 (even)

• Week of 29 Oct
  • Read Sessions 1 (pp. 1-15, 23-24 and 31-35), 2 and 3 of Fats Module
  • Read in Whitten:

  Chapter 8, section 8.4, sections 8.5-9 (Part C: Valence Bond Theory), and sections 8.13-15 (Multiple Bonds)
  Chapter 28 (Organic Chemistry II: Shapes, Selected Reactions and Biopolymers), sections 28.1-3 and 28.8-10

  • End-of-Chapter Problems (For the Exam):

    Chapter 7: 44 (not part b), 52, 54, 82, 86, 88
    Chapter 27: 16 (no names), 20, 24, 112, 114, 132

• Week of 22 Oct
  • Read Sessions 1 (pp. 1-15, 23-24 and 31-35), 2 and 3 of Fats Module
  • Read in Whitten:

  Chapter 7, section 7-7 (Formal Charges) and section 7-9 (Resonance)
  Chapter 27 (Organic Chemistry I: Formulas, Names and Properties)

  • End-of-Chapter Problems:

    Chapter 3: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 90, 92, 94, 98, 100, 102
    

• Week of 8 Oct
  • Read Handout on Introduction to the Greenhouse Effect
  • Read in Whitten:

  Chapter 6, section 6-8 (Oxygen and the Oxides)
  Chapter 3 (Chemical Equations and Reaction Stoichiometry)

  • End-of-Chapter Problems:

    Chapter 6: 42
    Chapter 7: 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 64, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80
    Chapter 8: 2, 4, 6, 20, 22, 28, 34 (d, e, f only), 38 (b, c, d only), 42, 44

• Week of 1 Oct

• Read in Whitten: A plethora of information relating to lectures!

Chapter 2 (Chemical Formulas and Composition Stoichiometry)
Chapter 3, Sections 3-6 and 3-7 (Concentration of Solutions and Dilutions)
Chapter 4, Section 4-1 (Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids)
Chapter 5, Sections 5-8 and 5-9 (Mass Spectrometry, Isotopic Abundance, and Atomic Weights)
Chapter 6, Section 6-6 (Electronegativity)
Chapter 8 (Molecular Structure), Sections 8-1 thru 8-3 and 8-5 thru 8-9 (Parts A and B only)

• End-of-Chapter Problems:

  Chapter 2: 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 76, 78, 80, 82, 90, 102, 104
  Chapter 3: 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76
  Chapter 5: 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38

• Week of 17 Sept

• Read in Whitten: Chapter 26, Sections 26-1 thru 26-8, 26-11, and 26-12 thru 26-16
• End-of-Chapter Problems:

Chapter 6:  4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40
Chapter 26: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16a, 16e, 18 (in MeV/nucleon), 28, 30, 32, 34, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48

• Handout on The Birth of the Elements (click here to download)

• Week of 10 Sept

• Read in Whitten: Chapter 5, Sections 5-13 to 5-19 and Chapter 6, Sections 6-1 to 6-5
• End-of-Chapter Problems:

Chapter 5: 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 118, 120, 122, 124

• Star Module:

  Read Session 4, Explorations 4A thru 4E

• Recommended alternative readings (if you are looking for more info or a different take):

  In Chemical Bonding (by Mark I. Winter), read Chapter 1 on atomic structure.

  In the Principles of Chemistry text (by Michael Munowitz, copies on reserve), read Chapter 5, sections 1-5 and Chapter 6, sections 1-3.

• Week of 5 Sept

• Read in Whitten: Chapter 5, Sections 5-12 to 5-15
• End-of-Chapter Problems:

Chapter 5: 52, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64

• Star Module:

  Read Session 3, Explorations 3A, 3B, 3C for lecture on Wednesday and Friday

Read Exploration 3D before your conference this week.

Read Explorations 4A and 4B for next Monday's lecture

• Week of 27 August
  • Read in Whitten: Chapter 1; Chapter 5, Sections 5-1 to 5-7, 5-10, and 5-11
  • End-of-Chapter Problems:

Chapter 1: 12, 14, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 42, 44, 50, 54, 56, 68, 80
Chapter 5: 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 40, 42, 46, 48, 50

• Star Module: Read Introductory Info on Modules

Module reading assignments mean read "Creating the Context" and "Preparing for Inquiry" sections of the Exploration.

Read Session 1, Explorations 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D for lecture

Read Explorations 2A, 2B, and 2C before your conference this week.

 

Last updated: 9 October, 2007