WikiPremed MCAT Course Syllabus - Module 4 - Atomic Theory- Periodic Properties- The Chemical Bond- Intermolecular Forces-

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Module 4

Main Progression - Atomic Theory, Periodic Properties, Chemical Bonding, and Intermolecular Forces.

Review & Preview - Make a second complete survey of General Chemistry.

Knowledge Mapping - The discussions this module focus on developing your ability to use classical Physics to help you better understand Atomic Theory, Chemical Bonding, and Intermolecular Force.

Verbal Reasoning and Essay - Reading program, exercises, and writing assignment.

Main Progression

Atomic Theory

Videos

Assignments

	Orient yourself to Atomic Theory before watching the videos and proceeding with the rest of your assignments. Browse the terminology and images within your ManDala Learning System Book. The Level 3 terminology is required for the MCAT. Complete the basic terms Crossword Puzzle (Solution) and perform an online drill at the Question Server.
	Not only for Atomic Theory, but also for a primer on the basics of Periodic Properties and Chemical Bonding, read Lecture 1 in Examkrackers Chemistry pp 1-21 and perform problems 1-24
	Read the conceptual chapter for Atomic Theory and perform the Problem Set. Here is the Answer Key for the problem set.
	Review the Web Resources for Atomic Theory in the Learning Center. Click specific topics to enter the topic level. The Web Resources are at the Topic Level!

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Goals

	Learn the basic apparati, mechanisms and conclusions of the most significant experiments of early modern Atomic Theory including J.J. Thomson's cathode ray experiment, Millikin's oil drop experiement, and Rutherford's experiment with gold foil and alpha rays.
	Understand the consequences of Planck's experiment with black body radiation.
	Be able to verbally reproduce the reasoning from evidence that led to Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom.
	Master the basic description of the electronic structure of the atom in modern quantum theory in terms. Picture the orbitals of an atom. Understand how to use quantum numbers to describe them, the Pauli exclusion principle, the aufbau principle and Hund's rule.

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Periodic Properties

Videos

Assignments

	Before beginning your main assignments, browse Periodic Properties in your ManDala Learning System Book then reinforce your conceptual vocabulary with the Fundamental Terms Crossword Puzzle. Click here for the Solution.

	Read the conceptual chapter for Periodic Properties and perform the Problem Set. Here is the Answer Key for the problem set.
	Finish your Main Progression work on Periodic Properties with a review tour of the Periodic Properties Web Resources in the Learning Center. Remember to click through the topics to see the Web Resources, which are at the topic level.

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Goals

	Understand the rationale behind the organization of the periodic table and how the organization of the table relates to electronic structure.
	Be able to define atomic radius and predict the relative sizes of atoms from their position on the periodic table.
	Model the events described by electron affinity as well as ionization energy in your imagination. Understand the patterns of change in the energy involved for these events moving from left-to-right and up-and-down across the periodic table.
	Clearly comprehend the context and meaning of electronegativity and how it changes across the periodic table.
	Be sure to have memorized the values of the electronegativities of the important elements of organic chemistry including carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and the halogens (and some of the alkali metals and sulfur and phosphorus too).

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Chemical Bonding

Videos

Intermolecular Force

Videos

Assignments

	Although there is not a great deal of content within this chapter, orient with your ManDala Learning System Book and do the simple Crossword Puzzle from this topic. Here is the Solution.
	Read pp 16 Examkrackers Organic
	Take a review tour of the Intermolecular Forces resources in the Learning Center to make sure you have this important topic down.

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Goals

	Be sure you can comfortably characterize the three kinds of intermolecular force.
	Develop the skill to predict the type of intermolecular force which will predominate within a substance if presented with the structural form of a molecule.
	Understand the role played by intermolecular force in determining the physical properties of a substance and its solubility in various solvents.

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Review & Preview

Assignments

Browse your Examkrackers General Chemistry book from beginning to end. Study the table of contents. Read the bold headings and the formulas. Look at the figures. Get a bird's eye view on General Chemistry. (You can do this assignment just as well using other learning materials, such as those from Berkeley, Kaplan or TPR). By the end of this course you will have a strong imprint of what every page looks like in this book. You want to get as many cycles through it as you can.

Like the third module of the course, spend some time practicing with the WikiPremed Outline of Chemistry. Work until you can reproduce it in full on a blank sheet of paper.

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Goals

	Be able to fluently reproduce the outline of General Chemistry at the main topic level.
	Understand the phenomena described within each main topic of General Chemistry in terms of the model systems and fundamental concepts discussed.

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Knowledge Mapping

Assignments

Read the Coaching Discussions for Atomic Theory, Periodic Properties, Chemical Bonding, and Intermolecular Forces slowly and carefully. They start a bit slow in Atomic Theory with a few dedicated to items of historical interest, but things pick up in Periodic Properties. A half dozen of the discussions this module are absolutely crucial for this stage of the spiraling curriculum, so don't zone out. Start HERE to begin the Interdisciplinary Discussions of Atomic Theory and then Click 'Next Discussion' until you reach the end of Intermolecular Forces. Keep your ManDala Concept Map nearby to visualize the maps associated with each discussion.

Create your own concept maps relating Newton's Laws, Work & Energy, Electricity, and Chemical Bonding and one sheet relating Work & Energy, Electricity, Intermolecular Forces, and States of Matter.

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Goals

	Use classical physics to build your intuition of chemistry (even in the light of quantum mechanics).
	Model changes at the level of single atoms, bonded atoms, and molecules interacting through intermolecular force in terms of Work & Energy and Electricity. Understand the concept of binding energy in the context of each of these levels of the structure of matter.
	Through an understanding of changes in energy during covalent bond formation, begin to understand why the graph of the Electronegativities of the elements agrees with their Reduction Potentials.

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Verbal Reasoning

Assignments

Two or three times this module, sit down for one half hour and read from the following works in the category of BIOGRAPHY. Practice concentrating. Listen to the voice of the writing. Sustain your attention, and don't zone out. This will get easier and easier, as you develop your abilities for mindful reading through practice. Of course, you may want to set aside reading some of the works in their entirety that are quite long.

accessible	Adopting an Abandoned Farm - Kate Sanborn
moderate	Boswell's Life of Johnson - James Boswell
difficult	Hawthorne - Henry James

Again this module, let's practice being an MCAT test writer. Write a 'correct' and an 'incorrect' answer corresponding to questions following a typical verbal reasoning passage. Pretend you are part of a committee making the test, and your job is to write a 'best answer' and a 'second best' (tricky but wrong) answer. Print and complete this exercise. Click Here.

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Goals

	Make yourself a stronger reader and grow in your understanding of the thinking processes of the people who write MCAT verbal reasoning questions.
Verbal Reasoning Tip of the Week As you read a Verbal Reasoning passage, pay extra attention when you run into contrast words such as 'although', 'however', 'despite' or 'nevertheless' because there will almost always be a question coming from that. Take special stock of the content of the author's change of direction or the relationship between any counter-premise and the main idea.

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Essay

Assignments

Arrange an undisturbed half hour for yourself to write an essay. Click Here and the computer will present a PDF file containing your essay topic for module four. Don't advance to page 2 until you are ready to begin writing.

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Goals

Develop in your preparation for the essay component through good technique and practice. In module 2 we discussed how to structure a unified critical MCAT essay. Here is a LINK to that discussion for a quick review.

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MECHANICS AND WAVES		Course Modules
	Kinematics Newton's Laws Work, Energy, and Power Momentum and Impulse

	Rotation Harmonic Motion Elastic Properties of Solids Fluid Mechanics Waves

FUNDAMENTAL FORCES
*** * ***	Gravitation Electricity

THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER
	Atomic Theory Periodic Properties The Chemical Bond Intermolecular Forces

	Functional Groups in Organic Chemistry Stereochemistry

THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS
	Temperature and Heat Flow The Ideal Gas and Kinetic Theory The First Law of Thermodynamics Stoichiometry Thermochemistry

	The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines Chemical Thermodynamics and the Equilibrium State The States of Matter The Physical Properties of Organic Compounds Chemical Kinetics

SOLUTIONS AND AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
	Water Solutions Acids and Bases Organic Acids and Bases

ORGANIC REACTION CHEMISTRY
	Nucleophiles and Electrophiles Intramolecular Cationic Rearrangements Reactions with Radical Intermediates Conjugated π Systems and Aromaticity Reactions of Alkanes Reactions of Alkenes Reactions of Alkynes Reactions of Alkyl Halides Reactions of Allylic and Benzylic Conjugation Reactions of Aromatic Compounds Reactions of Alcohols and Ethers Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives Reactions of Amines Reactions of Organic Phosphorus Compounds Reactions of Organic Sulfur Compounds

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BIOMOLECULES
	Proteins Carbohydrates Nucleic Acids Lipids

THE CELL
	Biological Membranes The Prokaryotic Cell The Eukaryotic Cell

BIOENERGETICS AND BIOSYNTHESIS
	Coordination Chemistry Oxidation/Reduction Oxidation/Reduction in Organic Chemistry Electrochemistry Bioenergetics and Cellular Respiration Photosynthesis optional for MCAT Integration of Metabolism


GENETICS & REPRODUCTION
	Gene Expression Cellular Reproduction Mendelian Genetics Recombination and Mutation The Molecular Biology Laboratory Human Genetics

DIVERSITY OF LIFE
	Viruses Monera Protista taxonomy optional for MCAT Fungi Plants optional for MCAT Animals taxonomy optional for MCAT Animal Development and Embryology

	Mammalian Tissues and Histology

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
	The Nervous System Sensory Systems The Endocrine System The Musculoskeletal System The Cardiovascular System Blood The Respiratory System The Lymphatic System and Immunity The Urinary System The Digestive System and Nutrition The Reproductive System

POPULATION BIOLOGY
	Evolution Ecology

ELECTROMAGNETISM, LIGHT, AND MODERN PHYSICS

	Electricity DC Current Magnetism Electomagnetic Induction AC Current

	The Properties of Light Geometric Optics Wave Optics

	Modern Physics relativity optional for MCAT Molecular Spectroscopy
	Molecular Spectroscopy Nuclear Physics

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