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.
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. You will be provided instructor notes for each lecture; these notes will be intentionally incomplete and will require you to complete them. You may choose to print out the notes and complete, annotate them electronically or just rewrite them...I suggest that you do the latter, rewrite the notes in a completed form.
For example: 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. If you prefer to do electronic annotation, then a screen-shot will do.
Additionally, 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.
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 |