Course Overview

Course Description

Many students leave high school without being prepared for the rigors of college chemistry. This course is the first in a series designed to give students the opportunity to review topics at a pace conducive to their level, whether they are encountering the material for the first time or are using the course as a refresher.

Allison Soult and Kim Woodrum bring their experience to the course covering atomic structure, periodic trends, compounds, and reactions. Instruction consists of concepts, calculations, and video demonstrations of the principles being discussed. Practice problems and end of unit assessments will help students gauge their understanding of the material.

Course Objectives

Atoms and Electronic Structure - Identify components inside the atom including electron structure and determine properties of elements.
Periodic Trends - Use the periodic table to compare elements according to atomic size and various energies. Predict chemical properties of the elements.
Compounds - Determine how atoms combine to form molecular and ionic compounds. Understand quantitative relationships for compounds including molar mass and mass percent of an element in a compound.
Reactions - Explore how compounds react with one another to form new substances. Write balanced equations to represent what is happening in a reaction.

Course Activities

To successfully complete this course, you will need to complete the following learning activities and assessments and should plan to spend an average of 4 hours each week. To report content typos, post to Content Corrections.

Week 1: The Atom and it's Electronic Structure, pt. 1

Practice Problems

Discussions

Quiz 1

Week 2: The Atom and it's Electronic Structure, pt. 2

Practice Problems

Discussions

Quiz 2

Week 3: Periodic Trends

Practice Problems

Discussions

Quiz 3