Below the content in the Gas Law Unit of instruction has been organized by your instructor. Before coming to class you are expected to do the Before Class activities. Click on an activity and follow instructions.

Properties of Gases

Lecture Date

Learning Objective

Before Class

During Class

After Class

#1

6.1. Describe measuring gas pressures using barometers and manometers. Relate pressure units.

Pre-Lecture Exploration

View the following video Demonstrations
1. Collapsing Can
2. Barometers

Discuss Collapsing Can

View Cartesian Diver video and respond to questions in groups, discuss barometers and manometers

Web Text (LO 6.1)

Problem Tutorial and practice problems

#2

6.2. Apply the ideal gas law to relate and calculate values for pressure, volume, temperature, and amount of a gas.

Pre-Lecture Exploration

View the following laboratory Simulations
1. Boyle's Law
2. Charles' Law
3. Avogadro's Law

Use student data to invent the Ideal Gas Law, group problem solving using the ideal gas law.

Web Text (LO 6.2), Ideal Gas Law Tutorial and practice problems

#3

6.2. Apply the ideal gas law to relate and calculate values for pressure, volume, temperature, and amount of a gas.

Pre-Lecture Exploration

View video Demonstrations

Burning candle

Gas density

Gas stoichiometry

Group activity application of the Ideal Gas Law to the burning candle experiment, gas density and gas stoichiometry

Web Text (LO 6.2)

Problem Tutorial and practice problems

#4

6.3. Apply Dalton’s Law of partial pressure to calculate the pressure of combined gases and to calculate the partial pressures of gases in mixtures.

Pre-Lecture Exploration

View video Demonstration

Dalton's Law

Continue gas stoichiometry and Dalton's Law

Web Text (LO 6.3)

Problem Tutorial and practice problems

#5

6.4. Describe gases in terms of KMT.

Pre-Lecture Exploration

Do this activity

Gas Law MoLE

 

Group activity to analyze data collected from MoLE activity, plan an open-ended activity

Web Text (LO 6.4)

Problem Tutorial and practice problems

#6

6.5. Relate MW and speeds of molecules using Graham’s law.

6.6. Distinguish between ideal and real gases.

Pre-Lecture Exploration

Graham's Law

Real Gases

Group activity to analyze data collected from Grahma's Law and discuss Real Gases

Web Text (LO 6.5)

Web Text (LO 6.6)

Problem Tutorial and practice problems

 

 

Laboratory Date

Learning Objective

Before Lab

During Lab

After Lab

#1

6.2. Apply the ideal gas law to relate and calculate values for pressure, volume, temperature, and amount of a gas.

 

Your Lab Instructor will assign you one of the activities from your lab manual (E.1.A, B, C: Gas Relationships)

 

 

#2

6.4. Describe gases in terms of KMT.

 

Print out the laboratory experiment: Guided-inquiry activity (Do pages 1 - 8) using Gas Law MoLE

 

 

#3

6.2. - 6.5.

 

Pick one of the systems from the open-inquiry experiments from E. Gas Systems

Pick one of the systems from page 9 of Guided-inquiry activity using Gas Law MoLE