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Chemistry Course Description

Course Credits: 5

Course Curriculum

High School Level Chemistry
Video Lectures Taught by Frank Cardulla
Retired, Niles North High School, Chicago, Illinois
M.S., University of Illinois

 

 

Course Description

 

Professor Cardulla refuses to have students learn mathematical "gimmicks" that allow them to obtain correct answers to simple problems without any real understanding, only to have them fall apart later when problems are encountered that demand understanding.

 

Instead, he establishes a firm foundation-a foundation based on a real and deep understanding of basic concepts and how one can apply the kind of simple, natural quantitative reasoning we all use every day to what are truly simple chemistry problems once this basic understanding is established. It is this basis of true understanding that makes chemistry "the easiest class in school."

 

He justifies this statement by showing how "chemical" reasoning is nothing more than an extension of the kind of quantitative reasoning that most of us use every day. Once this base is firmly established, this simple, natural reasoning is then applied to most of the important problem-solving situations that face high school chemistry students, from density, to the mole, to molarity, stoichiometry, and equilibrium.

 

Hands on lab work and a workbook supplement the lecture series.

 

 

Course Lecture Titles

Introduction and Philosophy

 

Quantitative Reasoning in Life and Chemistry (Part I)

 

Quantitative Reasoning in Life and Chemistry (Part II)4.Density

 

The SI (Metric) System of Measurement

 

Converting between Systems of Measurement

 

The Mole Concept: Preliminary Ideas

 

The Mole

 

Solving Mole Problems

 

Avogadro's Hypothesis and Molar Volume

 

Percent Composition and Empirical Formulas

 

Solving Empirical Formula Problems

 

Writing and Balancing Chemical Equations

 

An Introduction to Stoichiometry

 

Stoichiometry Problems

 

Advanced Stoichiometry

 

An Introduction to Molarity

 

Solving Molarity Problems

 

Additional Molarity Problems

 

Basic Concepts of Chemical Equilibrium (Part I)

 

Basic Concepts of Chemical Equilibrium (Part II)

 

Interpreting an Equilibrium Constant

 

Le Chatelier's Principle (Part I)

 

Le Chatelier's Principle (Part II)

 

An Introduction to Equilibrium Problems

 

The Self-Ionization of Water

 

Strong Acids and Bases (Part I)

 

Strong Acids and Bases (Part II)

 

Weak Acids and Bases

 

Solubility Equilibria