Overview of Quantum Theory The objectives for this course include: • Relate wavelength, frequency, and velocity of waves. • Define electromagnetic radiation. • Describe the photoelectric effect. • Connect particle and wave properties of light and electrons. •Describe Heisenberg uncertainty principle. • Connect quantum numbers and orbitals. • Define s, p, d and f orbitals. • Create electronic configurations for elements.
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1. Overview of Quantum TheoryThe objectives for this course
include: Relate wavelength, frequency, and velocity of waves.
Define electromagnetic radiation. Describe the photoelectric
effect. Connect particle and wave properties of light and
electrons. Describe Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Connect
quantum numbers and orbitals. Define s, p, d and f orbitals. Create
electronic configurations for elements.
2. Before We Beginfamiliarize yourself with the Moodle site and
course requirements by 1. Meet Your Instructor 2. Read the Course
Syllabus 3. Review Course Schedule 4. Begin Topic 1
3. Online CommunicationSince communication in this course will
be online, please remember thefollowing Netiquette Rules.1. This
course will use Discussion Forums. These forums are open to all
class members. Therefore, private comments should not be posted
here and instead communicated to individuals via email.2. An
effective email requires thought. Please take the time to read
through your emails before sending them. If necessary, let your
email set overnight and return to it in the morning with a clear
head.3. Be considerate and appropriate with all class
communication.
4. Useful Tips for Sucess Study chemistry every day. Even
twenty (even 10) minutes every day is better than cramming at the
end of the lesson. Stay organized. Organize the material that must
be memorized. Make flash cards summarizing essential memory
bankmaterial, especially the vocabulary. Work lots of problems. You
should try to do every problem assigned (and then some). You must
take responsibility foryour own learning. Make sure you get to an
independent level of problem solving before every test. Make sure
showing yourwork is a habit Always show your work. Practice
problems the way that you are required to show them on tests.
Include units with yourwork and always consider significant
figures. For more involved problems, make a list of knowns,
unknowns and any relevantequations. Do not spend too long on any
one problem. If, after looking back at your notes or examples from
the text, you haventsolved the problem, you are probably missing
something and further effort is a waste of valuable study time. Go
on to otherproblems, and return to these difficult ones when you
have had a bit more practice. If you still cant solve it, ask for
extrahelp. Students who ask questions regularly learn more
chemistry and thus get higher grades. Ask Questions. Do not be
afraid to ask a question.waiting until later to get it on your own
will backfire on you in the longrun. Post your question in the
Questions and Answers forum as it is likely that there is at least
one other person who doesnot understand. Form study groups.
Teaching each other is an ideal way to learn chemistry. Think
molecules. That is, think about what is happening on the molecular
level. Consider the particles on a microscopiclevel and think about
the structure of the atoms involved. Chemistry is much more than
equations. You will find this coursedifficult if you ignore this
way of thinking. KNOW THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF LEARNING CHEMISTRY.
Believing in yourself and getting motivated are sometimes
thetoughest.The scientist is not a person who gives the right
answers, hes one who asks the right questions. ~Claude
Levi-Strauss, Le Cru et le cuit, 1964Adapted by L. Marsh from
Cricket McCaffrey-Clarks website
http://mail.colonial.net/~cricket/chemistry/