Principles of Chemical Science (2014)

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An introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules with emphasis on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis.

Prof. Catherine Drennan


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    Diversity Training: Addressing Stereotype Threat in the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 92:46


    The Drennan Lab originally developed this training on stereotype threat and unconscious bias for 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science and other Chemistry Department teaching assistants (TAs).

    Diversity Training: Introduction Video

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 3:38


    Prof. Drennan introduction on the TA Training program.

    Building a Team of Teaching Assistants

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 3:05


    In this video, Catherine Drennan discusses the central role of Teaching Assistants in the course, and how she developed an application and training program to foster enthusiasm among incoming graduate students for teaching introductory chemistry.

    Pizza Forums: Connecting with Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 2:25


    In this video, Catherine Drennan explains how Pizza Forums create opportunities in this large lecture course to get to know students on a personal level and to learn what's working and what's not working well in the course.

    Using Humor to Engage Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 3:59


    In this video, Catherine Drennan explains how she uses humor to engage students and to help them remember curricular content.

    Promoting Active Participation During Lectures

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 3:50


    In this video, Catherine Drennan explains how she uses clicker questions and demonstrations to promote active participation during lectures.

    Clicker Competitions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 3:59


    In this video, Catherine Drennan describes how introducing clicker competitions increased student effort and engagement in the course; it also seemed to foster a sense of community among students in this large lecture class.

    Preparing for Lectures

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 1:55


    In this video, Catherine Drennan shares how she prepares for lectures. She reviews note-taking handouts, plans the sequence of activities, develops demonstrations, and coordinates her t-shirts with lecture content to infuse the course with a sense of fun.

    Spotlighting Contemporary Chemists

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 2:50


    In this video, Catherine Drennan discusses how she spotlights contemporary chemists in the course as a way to communicate to students that chemistry is a modern subject that can be used to make the world a better place.

    5.111: A Space to Discover Your Passion for Chemistry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 4:16


    In this video, Catherine Drennan notes that 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science is a class in which students can discover their passion for chemistry, or plant the seeds for later understanding chemistry's central role in many fields.

    Lecture 35: Applying Chemical Principles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 33:04


    Topics: Review of Course Material

    Lecture 34: Kinetics: Catalysts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 41:14


    Topics: Introduction to Catalysis; Types of Catalysts; Catalysts of Life and Enzyme Catalysis

    Lecture 33: Kinetics and Temperature

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 51:38


    Topics: Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rates; The Reaction Coordinate and the Activation Complex

    Lecture 32: Kinetics: Reaction Mechanisms

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 46:28


    Topics: Investigating Reaction Mechanisms

    Lecture 31: Nuclear Chemistry and Chemical Kinetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 34:41


    Topics: Nuclear Chemistry: Radioactive Decay; Chemical Kinetics: Second Order Integrated Rate Laws, Relationship Between k and K, Elementary Steps and Molecularity

    Lecture 30: Kinetics: Rate Laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 45:26


    Topics: Introduction to Kinetics: Rates of Chemical Reactions, Rate Expressions and Rate Laws

    Lecture 29: Transition Metals: Crystal Field Theory Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 35:05


    Topics: Spectrochemical Series: Geometry Makes a Difference; Crystal Field Theory: Tetrahedral Case; Crystal Field Theory: Square Planar Case; Other Geometries and Applications

    Lecture 28: Transition Metals: Crystal Field Theory Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 53:35


    Topics: Introduction to Crystal Field Theory; Crystal Field Theory: Octahedral Case; Spectrochemical Series: the Ligand to the Metal Matters

    Lecture 27: Introduction to Transition Metals

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 43:31


    Topics: d-Block Metals or Transition Metals; Coordination Complexes (Chelate Effect, Shapes, Isomers); d-Orbital Counting and d-Orbitals

    Lecture 26: Chemical and Biological Oxidations

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 43:50


    Topics: Relationship between Cell Potential and Gibbs Free Energy; Meaning of Standard Reduction Potentials; Nernst Equation

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    Lecture 24: Acid-Base Titrations Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 20:53


    Topics: Acid-Base Titrations: Titration of Weak Acid with Strong Base (cont.)

    Lecture 25: Oxidation-Reduction and Electrochemical Cells

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 53:08


    Topics: Introduction to Oxidation-Reduction (Redox) Reactions; Balancing Redox Reactions; Electrochemical Cells

    Lecture 23: Acid-Base Titrations Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 45:21


    Topics: Acid-Base Titrations: Titration of Strong Acids and Strong Bases, Titration of Weak Acids / Strong Bases & Strong Acids / Weak Bases

    Lecture 22: Acid-Base Equilibrium: Salt Solutions and Buffers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 50:29


    A buffer helps to maintain a constantTopics: pH of Salt Solutions; Buffers!

    Lecture 21: Acid-Base Equilibrium: Is MIT Water Safe to Drink?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 60:22


    Topics: Definitions and Relationships between pKw, pH, and pOH; Strengths of Acids and Bases, Equilibrium Acid-Base Problems (Weak Acids and Weak Bases)

    Lecture 20: Solubility and Acid-Base Equilibrium

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 42:11


    Topics: Solutions and Solubility; Classification of Acids and Bases

    Lecture 19: Chemical Equilibrium: Le Châtelier’s Principle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 47:05


    Topics: Chemical Equilibrium: External Effects on K (Le Châtlier’s Principle), Temperature Dependence of K, Applications of Le Châtlier’s Principle; Significant Figure Rules for Logs

    Lecture 18: Introduction to Chemical Equilibrium

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 47:50


    Topics: Chemical Equilibrium: Nature of Chemical Equilibrium, Meaning of the Chemical Equilibrium Constant K, External Effects on K (Le Châtlier's Principle)

    Lecture 17: Thermodynamics: Now What Happens When You Heat It Up?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 32:35


    Topics: Thermodynamics: Effect of Temperature on Spontaneity, Thermodynamics in Biological Systems (Hydrogen-bonding and ATP-coupled Reactions)

    Lecture 16: Thermodynamics: Gibbs Free Energy and Entropy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 32:00


    Topics: Thermodynamics: Spontaneous Change and Free Energy, Entropy, Free Energy of Formation

    Lecture 15: Thermodynamics: Bond and Reaction Enthalpies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 38:20


    Topics: Thermodynamics: Bond Energy / Bond Enthalpy, Enthalpies of Reaction, Methods to Calculate Enthalpies of Reaction

    Lecture 14: Valence Bond Theory and Hybridization

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 56:46


    Topics: Valence Bond Theory and Hybridization: Sigma and pi Bonds, Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals (sp3 Hybridization, sp2 Hybridization, sp Hybridization)

    Lecture 13: Molecular Orbital Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 65:36


    Topics: Molecular Orbital Theory: Homonuclear Molecules with MOs Originating from s Orbitals, Homonuclear Molecules with MOs Originating from s and p Orbitals, Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules

    Lecture 12: The Shapes of Molecules: VSEPR Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 45:17


    Topics: The Shapes of Molecules: VSEPR Theory (Molecules without Lone Pairs and Molecules with Lone Pairs)

    Lecture 11: Formal Charge and Resonance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 28:45


    Topics: Breakdown of the Octet Rule: Odd Number of Valence Electrons, Octet Deficient Molecules, Valence Shell Expansion

    Lecture 10: Lewis Structures

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 43:37


    Topics: Lewis Structures; Formal Charge; Resonance Structures

    Lecture 9: Periodic Table; Ionic and Covalent Bonds

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 53:53


    Topics: Periodic Table: Electronegativity, Atomic and Ionic Radii and Isoelectronic Atoms; Bonding: Ionic Bonds, Covalent Bonding, Polar Covalent Bonds

    Lecture 8: The Periodic Table and Periodic Trends

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 41:36


    Topics: Ionization Energy and Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Electron Affinity

    Lecture 7: Multielectron Atoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 35:56


    Topics: Wavefunctions and Binding Energies for Multi-electron Atoms; Electron Configurations

    Lecture 6: Hydrogen Atom Wavefunctions (Orbitals)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 60:38


    Topics: Wavefunctions (Orbitals) for the Hydrogen Atom; Shape and Size of S and P Orbitals; Electron Spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle

    Lecture 5: Hydrogen Atom Energy Levels

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 41:39


    Topics: Binding Energies of the Electron to the Nucleus for a Hydrogen Atom; Verification of Hydrogen-Atom Energy Levels (Photon Emission and Photon Absorption)

    Lecture 4: Wave-Particle Duality of Matter; Schrödinger Equation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 46:02


    Topics: Light as a Particle (cont.); Matter as a Wave; The Schrödinger Equation

    Lecture 3: Wave-Particle Duality of Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 45:51


    Topics: Light as a Wave, Characteristics of Waves; Light as a Wave, Characteristics of Waves

    Lecture 2: Atomic Structure

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 39:00


    Topics: Discovery of the Electron and the Nucleus; The Need for Quantum Mechanics

    Lecture 1: The Importance of Chemical Principles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 21:19


    Topics: General Course Information and Policies; Course Material Overview; Introduction to the 5.111 Teaching Team

    Meet the Educator

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2016 3:21


    In this video, Cathy Drennan discusses her interest in education and shares her unique path toward teaching 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science at MIT.

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