In this course, students will learn common topics seen during the first semester in high school chemistry level 1 (both regular & honors US curricula); please see the list below.  Learners at both honors and regular level chemistry are welcome to sign up.  We will cover the topics in depth so that learners can understand the materials thoroughly.  Please note that this is a semester course condensed into 22 days.  This is a suitable course for home-schooled students and for students who are currently enrolled in high school chemistry and want additional support for the listed topics.  

There will be homework in this course. Students will need to keep up with the classwork and the homework to get the full benefit from this course as later materials will build on earlier materials in chemistry.  For some of the topics, learners will have the option to work on more difficult problems.  Answers to the practice problems will be shown in class so that learners can watch the recordings to review.  Videos of lab activities will be provided to students.  A few of these lab activities (not all) can be performed at home with parental guidance by following the directions in the videos. Instructions will be provided when we get to the lab portion.

Presentations, practice problems, videos and simulations will be used to teach.  Depending on the topic, I may use online assessments to check for student understanding.  Worksheet packets that go along with the presentations and homework problems will be provided.  Students are expected to take some notes as they fill in the blanks on the handouts. This class is an interactive class; when in doubt, students are encouraged to ask questions. I will be assisting students while they work.  

The recording of each session will be available to enrolled students after attending one live session (as long as there are students present in each session).  This is meant to help learners review or catch up if they miss anything during class as the class may have diverse learners.

⚠️Please check the meeting dates around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year times as we won't have meetings on and around the holidays. Meeting dates may vary around the following time periods:
***Winter Break: Christmas to New Year's day
***Spring Break: second week of April 

⚠️Later topics will build on earlier topics in chemistry. Students are welcome to join for just one week, a few weeks or the whole course as the class is an ongoing class. However, students must be comfortable with the earlier topics either from school or from self learning to understand later topics. If you feel that you are not familiar with the prerequisites, please reach out to me to set up a private tutoring session to help you cover the prerequisites mentioned for each UNIT. 

🍄➡️SECTION 1 Began: Week of Oct. 8th (2023)
🌲➡️SECTION 2 Begins: 
🍇➡️SECTION 3 Begins:

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 1
 📝 UNIT1- Scientific Method (meeting 1)
=>Steps of scientific method
=>Types of data and graphs
=>Accuracy, precision & percent error
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz

 📝 UNIT2- Properties of Matter (meeting 2)
=>Introduction to chemistry & matter
=>Properties of matter
=>Changes in matter  
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz
=>Homework
=>Optional lab activities (videos links will be provided)

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 2 
 📝 UNIT 2- Classification of Matter (3)
=>review homework if any
=>elements, compounds & mixture
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz
=>Homework

 📝 UNIT 3- Atomic Structure 1 (4)
=>review homework if any
=>Determining the numbers of protons, neutrons & electrons in neutral atoms
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz
=>Homework

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 3
 📝 UNIT 3- Atomic Structure 2 (5)
=>review homework if any
=>Average atomic mass, isotopes and ions
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz
=>Homework
Prerequisite: Atomic structure

 📝 UNIT 3- Atomic Structure 3 (6)
Nuclear Reactions
=>review homework if any
=>Introduction to Nuclear reactions
=>nuclear fission & fusion
=>Practice problems
=>Homework
Prerequisite: Atomic structure, Isotopes

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 4
📚📚📚Prerequisite UNIT4: Atomic Structure📚📚📚

 📝 UNIT 4- Electronic structure of atoms 1 (7)
=>review homework if any
=>Electromagnetic Spectrum
=>Wave nature of light & particle nature of light
=>Introduction to valence electrons, Lewis dot structure & energy levels
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz
=>Homework
Prerequisite: Atomic structure

 📝 UNIT 4- Electronic structure of atoms 2 (8)
=>review homework if any
=>Atomic emission spectra & Spectral lines of hydrogen
=>Drawing Bohr diagrams using the periodic table 
=>Practice problems
=>Homework
Prerequisite: Atomic structure

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 5
 📝 UNIT 4- Electronic structure of atoms 3 (9)
=>review homework if any
=>Introduction to the quantum mechanical model of the atom
=>Electron configuration part 1
=>Practice problems
=>Homework
Prerequisite: Atomic structure and electronic structure 1 and 2

 📝 UNIT 4- Electronic structure of atoms 4 (10)
=>review homework if any
=>Electron configuration part 2
=>Orbital notations
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz
Prerequisite: Atomic structure and electronic structure 1, 2 & 3

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 6
📚📚📚Prerequisite for UNIT 5: everything before this📚📚📚

 📝 UNIT 5- Organization of the periodic table (11)
=>review homework if any
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz

 📝 UNIT 6- Periodic Trends 1 (12)
=>Coulombic attraction

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 7 
 📝 UNIT 6- Periodic Trends 2 (13)
=>Introduction to Periodic trends (atomic radii, ionization energy, electronegativity)
=>Reactivities of metals and nonmetals
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz

📚📚📚Prerequisite for UNIT 7: Atomic Structure, Electronic Structure, Periodic Trends📚📚📚
 📝 UNIT 7- Chemical bonds, chemical formula and chemical naming 1 (14)
=>Electronegativity and chemical bonding 
=>Types of chemical bonds
=>Properties of ionic compounds, covalent molecules and metals/alloys
=>Representing compounds using Lewis dot structure
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 8
 📝 UNIT 7- Chemical bonds, chemical formula and chemical naming 2 (15)
=>review homework if any
=>Binary ionic compounds: naming and formula writing
=>Binary ionic compounds: names with roman numerals 1
=>Practice problems

 📝 UNIT 7- Chemical bonds, chemical formula and chemical naming 3 (16)
=>review homework if any
=>Binary ionic compounds: Names with roman numerals 2
=>Ionic compounds with polyatomic ions
=>Practice problems

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 9
 📝 UNIT 7- Chemical bonds, chemical formula and chemical naming 4 (17)
=>review homework if any
=>Overall review of ionic compound naming & formula writing
=>Practice problems
=>Online Review quiz: Ionic compounds

 📝 UNIT 7- Chemical bonds, chemical formula and chemical naming 5 (18)
=>review homework if any
=>Covalent compounds: naming and formula writing
=>Acids: naming and formula writing
=>Practice problems
=>Online Review quiz: ionic compounds, covalent compounds & acids

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 10
📚📚📚Prerequisite UNIT 8: Atomic Structure, Electronic Structure, Periodic Trends📚📚📚
 📝 UNIT 8- Molecular Geometry 1 (19)
=>Introduction to VSEPR model
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz

 📝 UNIT 8- Molecular Geometry 2 (20)
=>VSEPR model
=>polarity of molecules
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz

🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼Week 11
 📝 UNIT 8- Intermolecular Forces (IMFs) (21)
=>Practice problems
=>Online quiz

 📝 UNIT 8- UNIT 8 Review (22)
Review Day
=>review homework if any
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NOTE:
=>Topics from one session may run into the subsequent session depending on the progress of the overall class 
=>class may run over the allotted time (by 5 to 10 minutes or so) at times depending on the class constitution and student needs
=>I will leave the zoom session if nobody shows up within the first 5 minutes of each session.

Refund Policy:
All classes running week after week have a standard refund policy: "Cancel anytime. No refunds for past payments. Most recent payment can be refunded within 24 hours of purchase and prior to the first meeting of the payment period."