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