This experiments-oriented course is for learners that have, or are about to, complete Immersive Chemistry First Semester. Please contact Dr Scott at info@learnwithdrscott.com if you are not sure if you are ready for this course, so that we can make sure everybody is in the right class;)
Dates and Times for Live Classes:
Spring 2021: Jan 19 – May 13, 2021
Tuesday-Thursday 9 AM PST / Noon EST schedule
(one lesson/two classes per week)
Spring 2021 Immersive Chemistry Second Semester will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from January 19 to May 13, 2021 from 9-9:50 AM PST (Pacific time) or 12-12:50 PM EST. There is a break for Spring Break.
These chemistry classes will cover one lesson per week, and meet twice per week. Learners may attend both, one, or choose the pre-recorded video option for any lesson.
| week | Tuesdays 9-9:50 AM PST 12-12:50 PM EST | Thursdays 9-9:50 AM PST 12-12:50 PM EST |
| 1 | Jan 19 Lesson 1: pH and 1-into-10 Dilutions | Jan 21 Lesson 1: pH and 1-into-10 Dilutions |
| 2 | Jan 26 Lesson 2: Dilution Factors, ICE Tables and % Acid Dissociation | Jan 28 Lesson 2: Dilution Factors, ICE Tables and % Acid Dissociation |
| 3 | Feb 2 Lesson 3: Strong acids, weak acids and pKa | Feb 4 Lesson 3: Strong acids, weak acids and pKa |
| 4 | Feb 9 Lesson 4: Strong bases, proton acceptors, neutral salts | Feb 11 Lesson 4: Strong bases, proton acceptors, neutral salts |
| 5 | Feb 16 Lesson 5: Conjugate acid-base pairs, pKb and pOH | Feb 18 Lesson 5: Conjugate acid-base pairs, pKb and pOH |
| 6 | Feb 23 Lesson 6: Neutralization Reactions & Titration Curves | Feb 25 Lesson 6: Neutralization Reactions & Titration Curves |
| 7 | Mar 2 Lesson 7: Buffers and Shifting Equilibria | Mar 4 Lesson 7: Buffers and Shifting Equilibria |
| 8 | Mar 9 Lesson 8: Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium | Mar 11 Lesson 8: Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium |
| 9 | Mar 16 Lesson 9: Measuring Pressure | Mar 18 Lesson 9: Measuring Pressure |
| 10 | Mar 23 SPRING BREAK NO CLASS | Mar 25 SPRING BREAK NO CLASS |
| 11 | Mar 30 Lesson 10: Experiment to Measure the Gas Constant R | Apr 1 Lesson 10: Experiment to Measure the Gas Constant R |
| 12 | Apr 6 Lesson 11: Analyzing Gasses | Apr 8 Lesson 11: Analyzing Gasses |
| 13 | Apr 13 Lesson 12: Filtration and Thermal Degradation | Apr 15 Lesson 12: Filtration and Thermal Degradation |
| 14 | Apr 20 Lesson 13: Kinetics & The Iodine Clock Reaction | Apr 22 Lesson 13: Kinetics & The Iodine Clock Reaction |
| 15 | Apr 27 Lesson 14: Kinetics and Equilibrium | Apr 29 Lesson 14: Kinetics and Equilibrium |
| 16 | May 4 Lesson 15: Electrochemistry | May 6 Lesson 15: Electrochemistry |
| 17 | May 11 Experiments | May 13 Experiments |
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Prerequisite: You are ready for this course if you have completed Immersive Chemistry – First Semester or a similar course covering polyatomic ions, IMFs, balancing reactions, limiting reactants, titration, and designing experiments.
Description: You’ll continue to learn more about science by using analogies that relate to concepts you already know well. Plus, you’ll see and perform a variety of laboratory activities to reinforce the concepts hands-on. Most of the advanced math, technical jargon, complicated chemicals and fancy lab equipment have been removed from the topics so you can truly master the chemistry concepts. In additional to covering all those important, traditional, second semester chemistry topics that would be found in a textbook, you’ll learn practical stuff and deeper insights into real world chemical systems. We’ll spend about half the course understanding acid-base-water chemistry conceptually, in addition to making pH predictions. You’ll learn how the whole world is in equilibrium, why matter flows, the conditions under which chemical reactions occur (or not), how to generate electricity, and the relation of all these concepts to this invisible stuff called energy.
There’s a written assignment, with solutions, for each lesson so that the ideas sink in. You’ll get up to speed with chemistry fast and develop the skills needed to have fun applying what you know about chemistry and science to understand how the world works.
The big ideas you’ll be learning:
- Understanding what happens in and over water, the world’s most common perhaps most complex substance
- Explaining the world using equilibrium
- Understanding the difference between equilibrium vs a changing system
- Analyzing and (optionally) building heterogeneous, flowing experimental rigs
- Using logarithms, equations, and tables of scientific data to make predictions
- Generating electricity