General Chemistry - Semester 1 With Lab [Science]

This 17-week course is designed to cover half of a typical high school level chemistry curriculum.  However, this does not mean that interested younger learners should not take this class.  Anyone interested in learning about chemistry in an engaging way at their own pace should sign up for this class.  

Each block of instruction is described below and will include hands-on lab experiments to compliment the material being learned in the class.  Each week, a new lesson will be posted for students to complete at their own pace.  Each lesson includes approximately an hour of video lecture and includes fill-in-the-blank note pages and practice problems for the students to complete.  

                                                    Block 1: Atoms and Molecules
Lesson 1: Matter and Atoms
-	States Of Matter
-	Atoms And Subatomic Particles
Lesson 2: Periodic Table of Elements
-	Periodic Table of Elements
-	Valence Electrons, Ions, And Isotopes
Lesson 3: Chemical Bonding
-	Video: Covalent Bonding
-	Video Ionic Bonding
Lesson 4: Lewis Structures
-	Drawing Lewis Structures
Lesson 5: Naming Molecules
-	Naming Ionic Compounds
-	Naming Simple Covalent Molecules
-	Naming Hydrocarbon Chains

                                                    Block 2: Moles and Chemical Equations
Lesson 6: The Mole
-	The Mole
Lesson 7: Formula Mass and Unit Conversions
-	Determine The Weight of a Chemical Compound
-	Easy Technique for Unit Conversion
Lesson 8: Balancing Chemical Formulas
-	Balancing Simple Chemical Formulas
Lesson 9: Classifying Chemical Reactions
-	Types Of Chemical Reactions
Lesson 10: Balancing Chemical Equations
-	-How To Balance Chemical Reactions

                                                    Block 3: More on Electrons
Lesson 11: Quantum Numbers and Atomic Orbitals
-	Quantum Numbers for Electrons
-	Atomic Orbitals
Lesson 12: Electron Configurations
-	Electron Configuration and Diagrams
Lesson 13: Covalent Bonding and Molecular Shapes
-	Covalent Bonding Revisited
-	Molecular Shapes

                                                    Block 4: Nuclear Chemistry
Lesson 14: Isotopes, Half-Lives, And Nuclear Decay
-	Isotopes And Half-Lives
Lesson 15: Nuclear Decay Reactions
-	Alpha, Beta, Gamma Decay, Fission, And Fusion Reactions
Lesson 16: Nuclear Power Plants: Ins and Outs
-	How Nuclear Power Plants Work
Lesson 17: Nuclear Power Disasters
-	Discussion Of Three-Mile Island, Chernobyl, And Fukushima Disasters

This is a flexible schedule course, meaning that there are no live meetings. Each week new videos, notes pages, and practice problems will be posted to the classroom. The completed practice problems will be uploaded to the classroom (either scanned or a picture taken) for feedback from the teacher.   There will be a discussion thread where students can ask for help from the class and the teacher.  Each week an experiment will be posted that follows the lesson material.   

To get the most out of this course, the teacher will provide notes pages with blanks for the students to fill in as they watch the videos.  Students are expected to complete the practice problems each week as the material builds upon itself weekly.

The teacher is always available via message (either in the classroom discussion or private message) and will typically reply within 12 hours, but never more than 24 hours unless extenuating circumstances.