Chem 108: Introductory Chemistry 
Fall 2020 Course Topics & Assignment Due Dates                  
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Week 1
Monday Zoom
Weds. Zoom




Class: Welcome (print);
Introduction.I
STE(A)M (print)

Introductory Survey DUE Wed. 26-Aug

Topics: Science, Chemistry, Units,
Numbers, & Metacogition
Powers of Ten (GQ) 1.1 DUE Fri. 28-Aug
Introduction 1.1 Discussion Questions DUE Mon. 31-Aug
  8/24 Mandatory Class   Webassign 1.1W DUE 18-Sep
  8/24 Mandatory Lab Lab: Introduction: Lab
Health & Safety
Health & Safety 1.1 Lab DUE Mon. 31-Aug
Aug          
 

31

Mon. Zoom
Weds. Zoom
Grades

Week 2
Class: Introduction.II STE(A)M
(print) & Measurement I (print)
Topics: Units, Measurement,
Conversions

Introduction 1.2 Discussion Questions 1.2 DUE Weds. 9-Sep
Measurement 1.3 Discussion Questions DUE Fri. 11-Sep
Inspark: Dimensional Analysis DUE 18-Sep

    Lab: Techniques &
Measurements
(print)

Techniques & Measurement 2.1 Lab DUE Weds.9-Sep

QUIZ: Lab Techniques, Units & Measurement DUE 18-Sep

 

Sep 

7

Weds. Zoom

Week 3

Class:

Measurement II (print),
Precision & Accuracy (print)


Topics: Density, Calculations,
Data, Statistics

Measurement II: 1.4 Discussion Questions DUE Mon. 14-Sep


9/7 Labor Day Lab: Density, Data, Statistics

Density 3.1 Lab DUE 27-Sep 11:00PM
Density & Bouyancy (GQ) DUE 30-Sep
11:59 PM
QUIZ:
Density + Precision & Accuracy DUE 27-Sep

14

Mon, Zoom
Weds. Zoom

Week 4

Class: Organization & Properties
of Matter: I (print); II (print);
III (print)
Topics: Matter, Atoms &
the Periodic Table

1.5 Discussion Questions DUE 23-Sep
1.6 Discussion Questions DUE 25-Sep
1.7 Discussion Questions DUE 30-Sep
Webassign 1.2W DUE 27-Sep

 

Lab: Build an Atom; Atomic Structure;
Problem Set; Physical Properties

Build an Atom DUE 27-Sep No Extensions
Inspark Atomic Structure DUE 28-Sep 11:00AM No Extensions
Inspark Problem Set DUE 28-Sep 11:00AM No Extensions
Physical Properties: Classification & Separation DUE 27-Sep No Extensions

21

Mon. Zoom
Weds. Zoom
Grades

Week 5

 

Class: Organization & Properties
of Matter: I (print); II (print);
III (print)
Mathematics Help Session

Topics: Molecules, Bonds
& the Periodic Table

See Week 4.

  Lab: Build an Atom; Atomic Structure;
Problem Set; Physical Properties
 

28

Weds. Zoom
Grades

Week 6
MONDAY 9/28
Mandatory Login

Class: Mandatory Mon. 9/28,
Exam 1

(Weds.): Quantum Chemistry /
Electron Configurations
(print)

Topics: The Electron

Exam 1 Practice Questions

1.8 Discussion Questions DUE 7-Oct
Webassign 1.3W DUE 7-Oct

Webassign 1.4W DUE 9-Oct

9/28 Exam 1: 11:10AM Lab: Ionic-Covalent Bonds (print)
Nomenclature (print)
Inspark: Ionic-Covalent Bonds DUE 9-Oct 11:00PM
Inspark Nomenclature DUE 11-Oct 11:00PM
Oct  5
Mon.Zoom
Weds. Zoom

Week 7


Class: Lewis Structures &
Molecular Shapes
(print);
Isomers (print)

Molecular Bonding, Structure, Shape & Modeling Quiz Due 14-Oct
  Lab: Molecular Modeling Inspark Lewis Structures DUE 12-Oct 11:00PM
inspark Molecular Geometry DUE 12-Oct 11:00PM
12
Mon.Zoom
Weds. Zoom
Week 8

Class: The Mole (print),
General Reactions/
Balancing Equations
(print)

Lab: Molar Mass, Formulas,
% Composition:
Hydrates & Formulas

Webassign 2.1W DUE 21-Oct

  What's My Formula? DUE 19-Oct
Balancing Equations DUE 16-Oct
Inspark Types of Reactions
DUE 21-Oct 11:00PM
inspark Problem Set
DUE 21-Oct 11:00PM
19
Mon.Zoom
Weds. Zoom
Week 9

Class: Stoichiometry (print),
Limiting Reactants (print),
Net Ionic Equations (print)

Lab: Chemical Reactions
Balancing Equations,
Net Ionic Equations
(NIE)

Webassign 2.2W DUE 28-Oct

Chemical Reactions Lab DUE 26-Oct
Inspark Limiting Reagent
DUE 26-Oct 11:00PM
Solutions & Concentrations DUE 2-Nov 11:00AM
Inspark Concentrations DUE 4-Nov 11:00PM

26
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Weds. Zoom

Week 10

Class: Solutions (print),
Electrolytes (print)

Lab: 7-Solutions, Net Ionic
Equations


Discussion Questions 1.10 DUE 2-Nov
 
7-Solutions Lab DUE 6-Nov
Inspark Problem Set DUE 6-Nov 11:00PM
Nov  2
Weds. Zoom
Grades
Week 11
Mandatory Mon. 11/2,
Exam 2

Acids & Bases; Buffers (print)

Discusussion Questions 1.9.2 DUE 6-Nov

Exam 2 Practice Questions
Webassign 2.3W DUE 15-Nov

11/2 Exam 2: 11:10AM
Acid-Base GQ DUE 10-Nov
Discussion Questions 1.10.1 DUE 13-Nov
Acid-Base/ pH Lab
DUE 18-Nov
Acid-Base/Contact Tracing BONUS
9
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Week 12
Thermochemistry (print)
Physical Changes/Distillation
Calories GQ DUE 16-Nov
Discussion Questions 1.11 DUE 18-Nov
Webassign 3.1W DUE 22-Nov
11/9 Veterans Day Fermentation-Distillation DUE 20-Nov
Inspark Thermochemistry DUE 22-Nov 11:00PM
Calorimetry BONUS
16
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Weds. Zoom
Week 13

Equilibrium (print);
Kinetics (print)
Lab: Titration (print)
Discussion Questions 1.13 DUE 23-Nov
Kinetics GQ DUE 23-Nov
Webassign 3.3 DUE 6-Dec
  Equiliibrium-Collisions DUE 25-Nov
Lab: DVC Titration DUE 30-Nov
Lab: Acid-Base Titration RSC DUE 30-Nov
OSU-Inspark Titration BONUS
23

Mon.Zoom-1
Mon Zoom-2
Weds. Zoom
Week 14
Thanksgiving


Gases (print)
Real Gases & Global Warming
Lab: DVC Gas Stoichiometry (print)

Discussion Questions 1.12 DUE 3-Dec
Gas Behavior GQ
DUE 4-Dec
Gas Properties GQ DUE 4-Dec
Webassign 3.2 DUE 8-Dec
DVC Gas Stoichiometry DUE 6-Dec
OSU-Inspark Unknown BONUS
30
Mon.Zoom
Weds. Zoom


Week 15

Organic Chemistry/Chemical Biology
Lab: Aspirin Synthesis

Organic Functions DUE 10-Dec
 

DVC Aspirin Synthesis DUE 10-Dec
Aspirin Synthesis RSC BONUS
OSU DNA Hydrolysis BONUS

Dec 7
Mon. Zoom
Week 16
Polymers

Mandatory Weds. 12/9, Exam 3
 
Pre-Exam 3 Grades
12/9 Exam 3 (Weds)
Final Grades
Bonuses
Global Warming BONUS