Welcome to a year of exploring the fundamental nature of matter and its interactions!
Weekly video and homework assignments are listed below. Students are expected to turn in homework for a given week at the beginning of lab the following week.
Syllabus: https://scimathinstitute.org/scimath/syllabi/ChemistrySyllabus2023-24.pdf
Book: http://scimathinstitute.org/texts/TextDownloads.html
NOTE: the book is a large document. The easiest way to get a copy on your computer is to right-click on the link above, then choose “save link as…” This will allow you save the file to a designated location on your computer
Send Homework to the following email: homework@scimathinstitute.org
*Important! Subject line of the email MUST match the name of the assignment!!*
Fall Semester
| Video Dates | Video and Homework Assignments | Meeting Date |
| Sept. 4-11 | Introduction | Sept. 12 |
| Mathematics review | ||
| Sept. 11-18 | Properties of mater and quantitative qualities | Sept. 19 |
| Sept. 18-25 | Basic structure of the atom | Sept. 26 |
| Sept. 25-Oct. 2 | Atomic structure, continued | Oct. 3 |
| Oct. 2-19 | Quantum numbers and electron configuration | Oct. 10 |
| Oct. 9-16 | Periodic nature: s,p,d and f blocks | Oct. 17 |
| Oct. 16-23 | Periodic nature: radius and ionization | Oct. 24 |
| Test 1 | ||
| Oct. 23-30 | Ions and ionic bonds | Oct. 31 |
| Oct. 30-Nov. 6 | Metallic and covalent bonds | Nov. 7 |
| Nov. 6-13 | Bond geometry | Nov. 14 |
| Nov. 13-20 | Chemical reactions | Nov. 21 NO LAB Thanksgiving! |
| Nov. 20-27 | Energy and matter: Gasses | Nov. 28 |
| Nov. 27-Dec. 4 | Energy and matter: liquids | Dec. 5 |
| Dec. 4-11 | Test 2 | Dec. 12 NO LAB Test 2 Due |
Spring Semester
| Jan. 22-29 | Solids and mixtures | Jan 30 |
| Jan. 29-Feb. 5 | Solutions | Feb. 6 |
| Feb. 5-12 | Chemical kinetics | Feb. 13 |
| Feb. 12-19 | Reaction energetics | Feb. 20 |
| Feb. 19-26 | Enthalpy | Feb. 27 |
| Feb. 26-Mar. 4 | Entropy and Gibbs free energy | Mar. 5 |
| Test 3 | ||
| Mar. 4-11 | Arrhenius acids | NO LAB (Mar. 12) Spring Break! |
| Mar. 11-18 | [No Videos, Spring Break (March 14-18)] | Mar. 19 |
| Mar. 18-25 | Arrhenius bases | Mar. 26 |
| Mar. 25-Apr 1 | Weak acids and bases | Apr. 2 |
| Apr. 1-8 | Chemical equilibrium | Apr. 9 |
| Apr. 8-15 | Redox reactions | Apr. 16 |
| Apr. 15-22 | Organic chemistry | Apr. 23 |
| Apr. 22-29 | Test 4 | NO LAB, Test 4 Due Apr. 30 |