Tentative Lecture and Lab Schedule

Week #1   Getting to Know You, the Periodic Table; Lab #1 check-in, density (oil and water with food color)

Week #2 Matter, chemical/physical changes; Lab #2 elephant toothpaste

Week #3 Guest speaker from FFAC; Lab #3 climate change: ocean acidification-lab simulations

Week #4 The chemistry of fermentation, review for the exam; Lab #4 making alcohol

Week #5  Exam 1; Lab #5 calorie (dry lab) & handout to the field trip

Week #6 Field trip to the museum (Lab #6)

Week #7  Kitchen chemistry-flavor chemistry; Lab #7 making ester

Week #8   Hydrocarbons; Lab #8 making polymers

Week #9 Lewis structures, review for Exam 2; Lab #9 molecular modeling (dry lab)- the Arts and Chemistry

Week #10  Exam 2 

Week #11   Food additives, medicinal chemistry, review for exam 3; Lab #10 making Aspirin

Week #12  Exam 3