Online General Chemistry (Chem 140)
Welcome to an online version of General Chemistry. Under special curcumstances, in this case the outbreak of the coronavirus, an online version of General Chemistry is being developed. It is our hope that we can go back to meeting in person, although this is yet to be known.
- - Instructor: Bradley E. Sturgeon, PhD
- - Office: Center for Science and Business (CSB) 358
- - Email: besturgeon@monmouthcollege.edu
- - Office Phone: 309-457-2368
- - Office Hours: M-F 11-12pm (or by arrangement)
- - TEXTBOOK: Chemistry by Chang/Goldsby 12th ed. (2016) McGraw/Hill (previous editions of Chang are suitable)
- - WebAssign Account
Process
Please stay tuned to this section to clarify any expectations related to teaching this course online.
Remider: Academic honesty is required of all members of our community. Grades (and eventually diplomas) are awarded on the basis of faculty evaluation of individual student learning and performance. Trust must exist between faculty and student. The integrity of your Monmouth College diploma is at stake.
Statement of Great Importance
- It is critical that you document all work done associated with this online class and that this material can be presented to the instructor upon request.
Lecture notes
You will be provided lecture notes (see links below in the schedule table). Here is an example of partial instructors notes -->
I suggest that you have a notebook, just like in class, and treat this as an in-class activity. If i were to ask you to email me a photo of lecture notes XYZ, then you can just snap a picture of these notes and email. If you prefer to do electronic annotation, then a screen-shot will do.
Worksheets
I will provide worksheets that can be completed via rewriting (preferred), printed and completed, or electronically annotated. For example, here is a worksheet we have already completed --> chemical reactions worksheet (don't do this)
Homework
I will let you know by email or posted on the schedule below when a Webassignment (WA) is up.
Lab Activities
It is my hope that i will provide you with some materials/data from labs. This may include processing data (Excel), calculations, and/or a WebAssignment. As above, this work must be documented, so you can write (preferred), print and completed, or electronically annotate. If you do not have access to Excel, then you can make plots by hand. Of course WA work is easily documented.
Quizzes and Exams
WA has been used up to this point as a homework and lab system, but will now also be used for timed quizzes (maybe) and exams. I can setup a WA to allow you a specific time (ie. 55 mins) to complete an assignment. I will tell you a day, but not a time when you take the exam, once you start you will have the specified time. Remember, graded work is your own work',' i can see when you submit answers...it is unlikely that any two people will start at the exact same time.
Final Grades
Lecture Materials
COMPLETED SCHEDULE
| Day | Date | Topic | Lab |
| F | 1/17/20 | Welcome | |
| Chapter 1: Units and Numbers | |||
| M | 1/20/20 | Chapter 1: Lecture 1 | No Lab - MLK Jr. Day |
| W | 1/22/20 | Chapter 1: Lecture 2 | |
| F | 1/24/20 | Chapter 1: Lecture 3 | |
| Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules and Ions | |||
| M | 1/27/20 | Chapter 2: Lecture 1 | Check-in and Lab 1: Dimensional Analysis |
| W | 1/29/20 | Chapter 2: Lecture 1 | |
| F | 1/31/20 | Chapter 2: Lecture 2 | |
| M | 2/3/20 | Chapter 2: Lecture 3 | Lab 2: Graphing Exercise |
| Chapter 3: Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions | |||
| W | 2/5/20 | Chapter 3: lecture 1 | |
| F | 2/7/20 | Chapter 3: lecture 2 | |
| M | 2/10/20 | Chapter 3: lecture 3 | Lab 3: Stoichiometry |
| W | 2/12/20 | Chapter 3: lecture 4 | |
| F | 2/14/20 | Chapter 3: lecture 5 | |
| M | 2/17/20 | Chapter 3: lecture 6 | Lab 4: Aspirin Synthesis |
| W | 2/19/20 | Exam 1 (Ch 1, 2, 3) | |
| Chapter 4: Reactions in Aqueous Solutions | |||
| F | 2/21/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 1 | |
| M | 2/24/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 2 | Lab 5: Aspirin Analysis |
| W | 2/26/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 3 | |
| F | 2/28/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 4 | |
| M | 3/2/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 5 | Lab 6: Copper Cycle |
| W | 3/4/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 6 | |
| F | 3/6/20 | Spring Break | |
| M | 3/9/20 | Spring Break | |
| W | 3/11/20 | Spring Break | |
| F | 3/13/20 | Spring Break |
MODIFIED SCHEDULE
| M | 3/16/20 | Coronavirus Break - no classes | |
| W | 3/18/20 | Coronavirus Break - no classes | |
| F | 3/20/20 | Coronavirus Break - no classes | |
| Chapter 4 (cont): Review/Molarity, Crash Course Video | |||
| M | 3/23/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 7 | Lab 7: Molarity |
| W | 3/25/20 | Chapter 4: Lecture 8 | |
| Chapter 5: Gas Laws | |||
| F | 3/27/20 | Chapter 5: Lecture 1 | |
| M | 3/30/20 | Chapter 5: Lecture 2 | Lab 8: Gas Law Demos (lab/worksheets/data) |
| W | 4/1/20 | Exam 2 (Ch 4, 5) | |
| Chapter 6: Thermochemistry | |||
| F | 4/3/20 | Chap 6: Lecture 1 | |
| M | 4/6/20 | Chap 6: Lecture 2 | Lab 9: Calorimetry |
| W | 4/8/20 | Chap 6: Lecture 3 | |
| F | 4/10/20 | Easter Break | |
| M | 4/13/20 | Easter Break | |
| W | 4/15/20 | Chap 6: Lecture 4 | |
| Chapter 7: Electronic Structure | |||
| F | 4/17/20 | Chapter 7: Lecture 1 | |
| M | 4/20/20 | Chapter 7: Lecture 2 | Lab 10: Light Lab |
| W | 4/22/20 | Chapter 7: Lecture 3 | |
| F | 4/24/20 | Chapter 7: Lecture 4 | |
| M | 4/27/20 | Chapter 7: Lecture 5 | Lab 11: TBA |
| W | 4/29/20 | Exam 3 (Ch 6, 7) | |
| Chapter 8: Periodic Relationships | |||
| F | 5/1/20 | Chap 8: Lecture 1 | |
| Chapter 9: Chemical Bonding and Lewis Structures | |||
| M | 5/4/20 | Chapter 9: Lecture 1 | Lab 12: Molecular Modeling |
| Chapter 10: Chemical Bonding and Geometry | |||
| W | 5/6/20 | Chapter 10: Lecture 1 | |
| W | 5/13/20 | Final Exam |