This course is designed to help students understand basic chemical principles and master problem-solving skills. Students will develop an understanding of how those concepts and skills are relevant to other courses and their daily lives. Chemical topics covered in the course include basic science concepts, measurements, atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, states of matter, solutions, acids and bases, and nuclear chemistry.
Concurrent enrollment in CHM 130L is required.
Prerequisites
Reading proficiency as established by District Policy.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Classify examples of matter according to their composition.
- Calculate answers to unit conversion problems using the method of dimensional analysis.
- Determine the correct number of significant figures in a numerical answer.
- Classify elements according to their position on the periodic table.
- Write examples of how matter and energy are conserved in ordinary physical and chemical changes.
- Explain how Dalton's atomic theory is supported by the known observations of his time.
- Determine the number of each subatomic particle in a given atom or ion.
- Determine the electronic structure of an atom by using the standard order of filling sub-levels.
- Sketch simple diagrams of orbitals when given the shell and subshell.
- Classify the basic types of natural radioactivity.
- Complete nuclear equations.
- Solve half-life problems.
- Describe the uses of nuclear chemistry.
- Describe how atoms form bonds.
- Classify a chemical bond according to position of bonded atoms on the periodic table.
- Sketch the structure of covalent compounds.
- Name compounds when given the formula and vice-versa.
- Perform calculations pertaining to the chemical formula of a compound.
- Write balanced chemical equations.
- Make reasonable predictions about which chemical reactions will occur.
- Solve stoichiometry problems.
- Describe gases according to the kinetic molecular theory.
- Solve gas law problems.
- Describe the attractions that hold molecules together in liquids and solids.
- Describe the process of solution formation.
- Perform calculations involving solution concentrations.
- Describe qualitatively acids and bases.
- Perform calculations relating to acids and bases.
- Describe dynamic equilibrium.
- Identify the factors that determine the rate of a chemical reaction.