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Chem For Teachers - Unit 1 Schedule (PLAN!)
My office:   Science 159 (below ramp to 3rd Ave)     my e-mail :   foltzc@marshall.edu
  don't phone - stop in!

We will use Mastering Chemistry for Web-based Home-Works
... course ID is foltz54402 ... course name is MC121foltz21

BlackBoard "% so far" grade column now includes all grades from Unit 1.


Unit 1 Snippet Schedule Plan

week of Tuesday Thursday
Jan.18 chemistry pre-instruction assessment ("Quiz 0")
Syllabus and Next Generation Science Standards list
"treasure hunt" and category sorting
quality adjectives (shape & color) c.v. quantities (size & how much)
measurement as count of ("×") unit property ... link to metric prefixes
link to science journal set-up instructions
extensive item (object) quantities are additive: L, W, H; Volume=L×W×H; mass
adding water Volumes (=> meniscus) ... adding water masses (=> subtraction as removal)
mass as contained material c.v. weight as heaviness pull
computing wood's mass density (ratio ρmass = m/V)
intensive (material) quantities average: floating or sinking examples
intrinsic c.v. incidental (conditional) properties ... workbook pgs 1,3,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16
Jan.25 item ← materials ← 1 substance or a mixture
% by mass , % by Volume , % by count (examples)
  :
sand + air mixture (salt % ?)
  :
properties (changeable) cv. constituents (conserved)
Quiz 1 ... here's my grading key as pdf
states of matter (phases): solid, liquid, gas, plasma ... properties
... microscopic distinctions ... diffusion thru gas
burning candle example & play-doh counter-example
phase change vocabulary
°C Temperature scale   c.v. °F T scale
cold water added to hot water ... T's average ⇒ intensive (wkbk 16-20,23-26)
Feb.01 Kinetic Energy (motion) - friction transfers E
Temperature as KE per molecule (average KE) ... some details
Energy transfer from hot to cool is "Heating" (E is "conserved")
weighted average: small sample has big ΔT - large sample has small ΔT
ΔTE = m c ΔT ... c is specific heat capacity ... c table
alcohol less effective (low c); iron much less ... (wkbk p.27-30)
hot liquid melts cold solid ... rotation Energy ΔE = m Lmelt
calibrate a burner: ΔE = Power for a duration
boiling water into vapor ... separation Energy Δm Lvaporize
pressure-cooker & freeze-drier
syringe compression ... then expansion
Pressure as Potential Energy density ... P = PE / Volume
Feb.08 Quiz 2 ... here's my grading key as pdf
hi-pressure c.v. hi-Volume pump ... pressure units & P meters
atm.P by spring c.v. mercury c.v. water column
air-ball P @ room temp ... & in water ice
... & in CO2 ice ... & in boiling water
graph P ∝ T data ; find T for P=0 ⇒ Kelvin T scale (∝ E)
sCO2 "dry ice" into CO2 balloon
air into balloon ⇒ V ~ n
air-pump mass into bottle ... P ~ n and P ~ ρ
buoyant Force: PA = ρm g Volsubmerged
He balloon & air balloon into CO2 ice ... V ~ n T
CO2 snow handout ( O2 collector ?)
Feb.15

Feb.22

      :
ice storm cancelled class, then electric Power outages
      :
elevated air loses Thermal Energy (as it does Work during expansion)
atmosphere depth estimate ~ 7 km
Earth surface IR radiation warms troposphere-air
14km ≤ stratosphere ≤ 49km ; ozone warmed by Sun's UV
Volume vs Temperature examples (theory)
gas energy/molecule (at T) depends on molecule shape
(related to melting Latent heat/molecule)
      :
Quiz 3 ... here's my grading key pdf (soon)
next Tuesday : Unit 1 Exam

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