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| Introduction to the Study of Chemistry - Atoms, Elements, Compounds, Chemical Properties, Physical Properties |
Hydrocarbon Compounds - Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Cyclic, Aromatic Polymers - Addition, condensation, rubber, silcones. |
Demonstrations - Directions |
| Density - Liquids, Gases, Ice, Gold bar, Diet vs. Regular Coke | Organic Names - Summary and Major Functional Groups | Environmental
Issues: Global Warming Acid Rain Ozone Depletion |
| Compounds
and Bonding - Ionic / Covalent
and Bonding, Pi Bond Comparison |
Fossil Fuels - Natural Gas, Oil refining, Gasoline, Combustion | Water
Resources - hydrologic cycle Ground Water - "mining", salt water intrustion Wastewater Treatment - Elmhurst Sewage Treatment Plant - Virtual Tour |
| Intermolecular Forces - Ionic, Polar, Non-polar, Hydrogen Bonding | Vision - Application of alkene cis/trans isomers | Natural Biochemical Cycles - carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles |
| Molecular Polarity - Electrostatic Potential, Simple Inorganics, Organic Functional Groups | Carbonyls - Aldehydes and Ketones Carbohydrates I - Monosaccharides; Carbohydrates II - Di-, Polysaccharides Carbohydrate MiniTopics- Glucose test, Iodine Test, Tooth Decay, High Fructose Corn Syrup Sweeteners -Sweet receptor site, Aspartame, Saccharin, etc. |
Solar Energy - earth balance |
| Solutions
and Solubility - Salt dissolving, polar and non-polar solubility, temperture and pressure effects |
Lipids I
-Fatty Acids, Triglycerides, Phosphoglyceriedes, wax, soap, lipid
bilayer Lipids II - Steroids, Prostagalndins, Sphingolipids Lipid MiniTopics - Hydrogenation, Olestra, Micelles, Detergents, Anabolic Steroids, Birth Control |
Petrochemicals - raw, primary, intermediate Iron Blast Furnace - |
| Gases and Pressure - under construction | Amino Acids - Structures and Properties Proteins - Structure, Silk, Collagen, Myoglobin, Hemoglobin; Protein MiniTopics - Immunoglobin, Hair |
Risk Assesment - Toxicology |
| Molecular Geometry - molecular geometry types, organic molecular geometry | Enzymes - Lock and Key, Cofactors, Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Carboxypeptidase, Chymotrypsin, Inhibitors, Regulators | |
| Acids and Bases
- Neutralization, Strength, pH Scale, Indicators Blood Buffers - Acid Base Balance, Acidosis, Alkalosis |
DNA/RNA -Nucleotides, DNA double helix, DNA replication, RNA transcription, Protein Synthesis | |
| Fluid and Electrolyte Balance - Application of osmosis, diffusion | Metabolism Overview
- Bioenergetics, ATP, Coenzymes, Electron Transport Chain Carbohydrate Metabolism - Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, Lipid Metabolism, Protein Metabolism Review Metabolism |
Drug Chemistry -
Antibiotics, Anticancer Drug Receptors - Neurotransmitters, Adrenergic, Cholinergic Central Nervous System Drugs - Stimulants, Antidepressants, Sedative, Hallucinogens, Narcotics, Local Anesthetics |
