Scales of Nature & Factor Label: An introduction to the scales of nature that scientists often explore. Plus, the concepts and ideas we use to understand the nanoscale. What is a fundamental particle, a molecule, a compound, an element, and an atom? How can we begin to draw nanoscale pictures? The important process of factor label is introduced as well.
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What is Motion?: An introduction to the ideas on how motion is described - carefully. How is distance defined? How is distance different than displacement? Vectors are often a useful tool to help draw and describe our ideas of motion.
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Speed & Velocity: The concepts and pitfalls of our descriptions of the “speed” of an object and/or the “velocity” of an object are explored. One quantity is just a description of an amount while the other needs to be described with directional information. Plus, some common conceptual pitfalls are shown.
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Motion Scenarios: How do we draw vector pictures when dealing with objects when they are either moving with constant velocity, speeding up, or slowing down? How can these diagrams help us answer questions about the motion of an object? Drawing careful diagrams that represent distance, velocity, and acceleration is a very good skill to have when trying to answer questions about the motion of an object.
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Free Fall: When we drop an object it will experience the acceleration due to gravity. The motion scenarios that we have been doing apply to objects in free fall. What kind of motion diagram can we create just from knowing that objects in free fall have an acceleration of 9.8m/s² ??
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Kinetic Molecular Theory: An introduction to the first concepts of KMT. What are the phases of matter? How do we describe a solid, liquid, and gas on the nanoscale? What are the particles (atoms & molecules) doing on the nanoscale that is different for the phases of matter?
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Motion and Newton’s Three Laws: Why do objects move? How do we define motion? What does it take to “start,” “stop,” or “continue” motion? Isaac Newton came up with three very elegant laws of motion that set the foundation for all discussion on motion. We talk about Forces, Friction, Acceleration, Mass, Inertia, and more conceptual ideas of motion.
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Mathematical Motion: We have developed some mathematical formulae that can help us predict the future of an object’s motion. The kinematic equations of motion can help us determine the missing motion quantities for a given situation. Here are many of the example we worked during class time.
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Work & Energy: The topic of energy is an interesting one. Energy is used by the universe as like currency to keep track of what work is being done. Conservations Laws, definitions, types of energy are discussed.
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Heat: Heat is another form of energy that can be used to either alter the temperature of a material OR change the phase of a material. We relate kinetic energy on the nanoscale to the temperature of a material, and potential energy to changing the phase of a material.
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Sound: Do you hear what I hear? I hear what we hear depends on a few common traits of waves traveling through a material. What is sound? How fast does it travel? What behaviors can sound exhibit? What traits of waves are generally true?
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An Introduction to Matter:  The study of chemistry is concerned about a nanoscale description of matter. What is matter? Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. How do we start to describe matter? The organization of the matter we find starts with discovering all the various combinations of protons, neutrons, and electrons we find in atoms. Nuclide Symbols are the first step to building the modern periodic table.
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Bohr & Electron Configs:  - The Bohr model of the atom is discussed in terms of the atom’s interaction with light. In addition, we begin to explore the real structure of the atom and the electronic configuration.
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Electron Configurations: - The configuration of atom’s electronic structure. Shells, subshells, & orbitals.
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Periodic Trends:  - There are many interesting physical trends that can be followed on the periodic chart of elements.
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Molecular Compounds:  - Ionic and Covalent Bonding. The combination of ions and non-metals are discussed. We will discuss how atoms and ions can “bond” together to form molecules. Lewis structures are also introduced.
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Lewis Structures:  - Understanding how to produce Lewis Structures is a very important ability for the rest of the semester. You must know how to do a Lewis structure to understand how to predict molecular shapes and intermolecular forces (coming next).
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Valence Shell Electron Repulsion Theory:  - The shapes of molecules. The arrangements of atoms around the central atom of a molecule are introduced along with the many names of the geometries involved.
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Intermolecular Forces:  - The forces at work between molecules.
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