Chemistry of the Environment.

Catalog description

This course is unique in that it uses topics of concern/interest to facilitate the learning and understanding of the scientific concepts behind them. The course will use current environmental topics, such as our atmosphere, global warming, energy, the ozone layer, and water quality, to bring forward important chemical concepts as naming, bonding, stoichiometry, energetics, pH, and chemical reactions. The course will also bring an interdisciplinary flavor to the material, discussing such topics as the carbon cycle and biological contributions, how earth processes may affect the quality of our drinking water, and the effect of acid rain on the earth (both in terms of the geology and the ecosystem).