The Chemistry 113 course can only be taken as a Freshman.
See 20007 project on 'Chemistry, Life and Ideas'.

Welcome !

We are pleased to welcome you to Chemistry 113. This class has been designed to create an optimal learning environment by fostering the active participation of students in the classroom and beyond. Chemistry 113 implements a number of innovations for college science education, including state-of-the-art computer simulations, movies, laboratory demonstrations and a powerful online assessment system for the efficient distribution and collection of homework assignments over the Internet. The application of these new technological advances aim at offering educational technology at its best! This technology helps and encourages student-teacher and student-student communication and improves the efficiency of traditional grading procedures, leaving us with as much time as possible to meet personally with all of you and address your individual and specific needs with science education. We hope you will enjoy this class as much as we will enjoy teaching it !

Class Webpage: http://classes.yale.edu/

Lecture Times: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

Lecture Location: SPL 57

Date	Subject	Lecture Slides	Lecture Demos
Week of Sept 3	Matter and Measurement	Chapter 01	Explosions Reactions and Fireworks
Week of Sept 10	Atoms, Elements, Molecules	Chapter 02	Mg flame
Week of Sept 17	Molecules, Ions and Compounds	Chapter 03
Week of Sept 24	Stoichiometry and Chemical Equations	Chapter 04
Friday Sept 28	Exam I -  Chapters 1-3	Practice Exam I
Week of Oct 1	Reactions in Aqueous Solutions	Chapter 05	Electrolytes and Non-Electrolytes
Week of Oct 8	Energy and Thermochemistry	Chapter 06	Thermite Reaction
Week of Oct 15	Atomic Structure and Periodicity	Chapter 07-08	Colors in Flames
Week of Oct 22	Chemical Bonds and Molecular Structure	Chapter 09
Friday Oct 26	Exam II - Chapters 4-7	Practice Exam II
Week of Oct 29	Chemical Bonds and Molecular Structure	Chapter 09-10	Molecular Polarity
Week of Nov 5	Molecular Structure	Chapter 10
Week of Nov 12	Molecular Structure and Carbon Chemistry	Chapter 11
Week of Nov 19			Fall  Recess
Week of Nov 26	States of Matter: Gases	Chapter 12
Week of Dec 4	States of Matter: Liquids, Solids and Solutions	Chapter 13	Osmotic Pressure
Friday Dec 7	Exam III - Chapters 7-11	Practice Exam III Answer Key III	Last Day of Classes
Dec 19 2:00pm	Final Exam: Comprehensive Place to Be Announced

Discussion Sections

(1) Chemistry Discussion Section (CDS)
(2) Problem Solving Section (PDS)
Each discussion section meets for 1 hour per week. Attendance at both the CDS and PDS is mandatory. Your discussion section will be posted on the bulletin board as you enter the lobby of SCL and near SCL 111.

Attendance
Mandatory  for Discussion Sections
Expected and Randomly taken at Lecture times


Textbook and WebAssign access card 
Kotz and Treichel, 6th Edition. The content for this textbook is part of the Enhanced WebAssign series from Brooks/Cole. An Enhanced WebAssign access card is required for this book. This special access card can be packaged with a new textbook, so WebAssign is available to the students at no additional cost. The access card can also be purchased online or at the bookstore by students who do not purchase a new textbook. The stand-alone cost is $25 per semester.

QUESTIONS REGARDING WEBASSIGN SHOULD BE DIRECTLY ADDRESSED TO CUSTOMER CARE SUPPORT:

Must be turned in as requested via www.webassign.net  After purchasing a student access code at the bookstore you can log in as indicated in  http://www.webassign.net/info/guide/login.html
Assignments marked must be turn in as hard copies during Discussion Sections together with hard copies of the homework graded online.  Due dates are listed below. Dr. Black will notify you of any changes.

Note: Most problems are personalized with quantitative values and answers that will be different from those of your classmates. Your homework will be immediately graded upon submission. You will be able to submit each problem set up to three (3) times in order to make up for typos or computational errors. The following table describes a tentative list of homework problems that will be assigned during Lectures.

Chapter	Assignment	Date Due
Chapter 01	14,16,19,26,39,43,80,94,104,109	Sept 17
Chapter 02	9,12,14,16,20,21,31,41,53,77	Sept 21
Chapter 03	8,13,19,22,27,32,36,39,41,58	Sept 24
Chapter 04	6,10,14,26,31,36,44,45,50,68	Oct 1
Chapter 05	3,11,13,14,20,28,29,35,39,42	Oct   08
Chapter 06	18,20,28,32,37,39,41,46,54,107	Oct   15
Chapter 07	5,6,12,13,17,19,25,28,35,54	Oct  22
Chapter 08	1,3,6,7,26,31,47,50,52,58	Oct  29
Chapter 09	7,12,20,24,28,30,33,37,39,48	Nov  05
Chapter 10	4,5,6,17,18,20,30,34,44,47	Nov  12
Chapter 11	2,8,14,26,32,34,38,40,42,95	Nov 26
Chapter 12	6,8,12,13,16,24,30,32,34,40,50,63,70,102	Dec 03

Grading: There will be a total of 600 points possible. The breakdown is as follows: three (3) exams, the worst will be dropped, for a total of 200 points; assigned homework problems for a total of  150 points, assistance to lectures recorded on random dates for a total of 100 points, and a final comprehensive exam for a total of 150 points. The final grade is determined from an overall curve distribution of grades.

Make-Up Policy: Any missed exam requires a valid Dean's excuse. Students are allowed to drop one exam. With a valid Dean's excuse, if you miss two exams the first will be considered the worst score and dropped, and the material from the second exam will be evaluated on the final. You will be given 50 minutes to complete the section of the exam that corresponds to the material that you missed. Dean's excuses must be given to Dr. Black within 3 days of the missing exam.

Extra Credit: Written paper in the form of a case study for a total of 10 points on a new and possibly controversial finding presented in Lectures. The paper will highlight the dynamic nature of ongoing research and the fact that the interpretation of cutting edge scientific data is rarely unambiguous. Possible topics include unresolved aspects of atmospheric chemistry and their relevance to changes in the global climate, water purification, air pollution and the ozone depletion problem.

Pedagogical Material: Additional pedagogical material can be found and exchange at www.wikidchem.org, a user-maintained website providing agency for the rapid exchange and efficient distribution of lecture, problem sets, solution, exams and  assignments  among the entire chemistry community.

Office Hours: Prof. Batista's office hours: Monday and Thursday 11:30am-12:30pm at SCL 239. Please, feel free to contact Dr. Black or Prof. Batista by phone, e-mail or stop by our offices whenever you need our assistance. Include your name, phone number and e-mail address on all correspondences. Your Teaching Assistants (TA's) will also give you their corresponding schedules for office hours and discussion sections. Additional help sessions will be scheduled by Dr. Black and your TA's for the weekend before each exam.  

Acknowledgments: This project has been partially supported by the NSF CAREER Award CHE-0345984