VII. General Objectives _________________________________________ 7
VIII. Specific Learning Objective(s) _________________________________ 7
IX. Teaching and Learning Activities ______________________________ 10
X. Learning Activities _________________________________________ 17
XI. Glossary of Key Concepts __________________________________ 110
XII. List of Compulsory Readings _______________________________ 112
XIII. Compiled List of (Optional) Multimedia Resources _______________ 114
XIV. Synthesis of the Module ___________________________________ 124
XV. Summative Evaluation _____________________________________ 125
XVI. References _____________________________________________ 130
XVII. Student Examination Records _______________________________ 131
XVIII. Main Author of the Module ________________________________ 131
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I. Inorganic Chemistry 1
by Chrispin Kowenje
II. Prerequisite Courses or Knowledge
Introduction to Chemistry 1: Matter and measurements, Structure and periodicity of
the atom, Molecules and compounds, and Chemical reactions.
- Computer literacy (microsoft word processor and excel).
III. Time
120 hours
Unit 1. Periodic Table of elements (14 hours)
Unit 2. Atomic Structures and trends in s and p Block elements (30 hours)
Unit 3. General Properties of s and p Block elements (40 hours)
Unit 4. Occurrence, abundance and Extraction of the s and p block elements
(16 hours)
Unit 5. Economic uses of s and p Block Elements (20 hours)
IV. Material
In general, the learner needs to have;
- Course recommended text books
- Computer with interenet connection
- CD-ROMs
- Access to e-Library
- Scientific calculator
V. Module Rationale
Introductory Chemistry 1 undepinned the concepts of matter, measurements, structure
and periodicity of the atom, Molecules and compounds, and their chemical reactions.
This study builds on the aforementioned concepts by being the foundation stone for
better undestanding of chemicals and the various ways of classifying the elements in
Chemistry. With the ever expanding chemistry knowledge, here we show how best
to predict and understand the simple applications of both chemical principles and
chemical compounds and the use of the elements of the periodic table.
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VI. Content