Theme-Based General Chemistry Materials

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General Chemistry Concept

Type of Document Available

Theme

Title of Document

Scientific Method

Lecture Notes

Medicine

Medical Example of the Scientific Method

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

How Dense is Soda?

 

Properties of Matter

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Intermolecular Attractions in Liquids (Corn Syrup, Spearmint Extract, and Cooking Oil)

 

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Analysis and Identification of Glass

Experiment

Environmental

Synthesis and Purification of Biodiesel

Experiment

Forensics

Glass Density

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

How Dense is Soda?

 

Measurements

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Analysis and Identification of Glass

Experiment

Forensics

Glass Density

Lecture Notes

Medicine

The "cc": Measurements of Volume

Atomic Theory

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Vanilla-Cocaine GCMS

Elements and the Periodic Table

Activity

Medicine

Elements in Medicine Student Presentations

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Got Sugar? How Much?

Molecules/Ions/Compounds

Experiment

Forensics

Case: Cyanide Poisoning

Experiment

Art

Synthesis of Inorganic Pigments by Precipitation

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Extraction and Identification of Organic Molecules from Orange Peels

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Microwave Popcorn: Should You Hold the Butter?

 

Exercise

Forensics

What's in My Vanilla?

part 1/part 2/part 3

Molecular Mass

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Vanilla-Cocaine GCMS

Experiment

Forensics

Cocaine on Money?

part 1/part 2/ part 3

Experiment

Forensics

Arson Investigation

part 1/part 2/part 3

Experiment

Environmental

Synthesis and Purification of Biodiesel

 

Exercise

Forensics

What's in My Vanilla?

part 1/ part 2/ part 3

Empirical/Molecular Formulas

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Vanilla-Cocaine GCMS

Experiment

Forensics

Cocaine on Money?

part 1/part 2/ part 3

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Detection of Ethanol

Stoichiometry/Limiting Reagents

Experiment

Forensics

Determination of Ethanol by Chromate Oxidation

 

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Can One Apple Seed a Day, Put Your Teacher Away?

Solution Chemistry/ Concentration

Experiment

Forensics

Case: Cyanide Poisoning

Experiment

Environmental

Pond Study

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Which is More Acidic: Lemon Juice or Lime Juice?

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

pH of Foods

Experiment

Forensics

Quinine Titration

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Acidic and Basic Drugs

Acid/Base Chemistry

Experiment

Medicine

Acid-Base Titration of Aspirin

Experiment

Art

Marble: Determination of Carbonate Ion in Sodium Carbonate by an Acid-Base Titration

Experiment

Environmental

Soil pH

Experiment

Environmental

Pond Study

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Food Dyes: What Wavelengths Do They Absorb?

Lecture Notes

Forensics

Detection of Ethanol

Spectroscopy

Lecture Notes

Medicine

Electromagnetic Spectrum and NMR and MRI

Experiment

Medicine

Extraction of Vitamins A and C

Experiment

Art

Visible Spectra of FD&C Dyes and Beer's Law

 

Electron Configurations,

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Atomic Spectra and the Analysis of Salt and Salt Substitutes

Orbitals & Quantum Chemistry


Lecture Notes

Environmental

Climate Change: Electromagnetic- and Blackbody-Radiation

 

 

Bonding

Experiment

Forensics

Arson Investigation

part 1/part 2/part 3

 


Lecture Notes

Medicine

Bonding in Medical Molecules from Student Presentations

Lewis Structures & Resonance

Experiment

Forensics

Arson Investigation

part 1/part 2/part 3

 

Experiment

Food & Nutrition

Intermolecular Attractions in Liquids (Corn Syrup, Spearmint Extract, and Cooking Oil)

Intermolecular Forces


Experiment

Forensics

Arson Investigation

part 1/part 2/part 3

Experiment

Medicine

Extraction of Vitamins A and C

Molecular Geometry

 

 

Electronegativity

 

 

Polarity

 

 

Reaction Kinetics

Lecture Notes

Medicine

Pharmacokinetics

Chemical Equilibrium

Experiment

Forensics

Quinine Titration

Experiment

Medicine

Cold Packs and Enthalpy of Solution

Thermochemistry

Lecture Notes

Environmental

Climate Change: What Does it Mean to "Save Energy?"

Experiment

Environmental

Combustion reactions: Food Energy

Use of Chemical

Activity

Forensics

Ethanol Literature Search

Literature

Activity

Medicine

Exploring the Chemical Literature Chemistry Article vs. JAMA

Activity

Environmental

Analyzing "Environmental Science and Technology" papers

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