Dynamic Chemistry Educator: Enhancing Understanding Through Interactive Methods and Tailored Lessons.

Jesna James guided a student from Antelope Valley College in Palmdale through IUPAC nomenclature rules, covering alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and functional groups like halides, alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones. They practiced naming organic compounds with multiple substituents and functional groups, emphasizing priority rules and alphabetical ordering. The learner was encouraged to practice problems daily and review the nomenclature rules to improve proficiency, with isomerism suggested as a topic for the next lesson.

Jesna and Chloe delved into reaction kinetics during their chemistry lesson, exploring first, second, and zero-order reactions. They derived integrated rate laws for zero and first-order reactions, worked through example problems, and discussed graphical representations of first-order reactions, including half-life calculations. Their next lesson is scheduled to cover collision theory and the Arrhenius equation.

Jesna and a student from Arizona State University in Phoenix discussed thermodynamics, covering spontaneity, entropy, Gibbs free energy, and their relationships. The lesson included how to calculate entropy using statistical thermodynamics and microstates, as well as the conditions for spontaneous and non-spontaneous processes. The learner was assigned practice problems related to these concepts.

Jesna provided a chemistry lesson via virtual meetings to a student from College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita Valley. The instruction covered essential topics such as naming ions and molecules, writing chemical formulas using the crisscross method, and understanding solubility. They also delved into balancing chemical equations, electrical conductivity in solutions, and the fundamental processes of solvation, dissociation, and ionization. Notation in chemical equations, like "(s)" and "(aq)", was also clarified. Jesna and the learner plan to continue their tutoring lessons.

Jesna James provided a lesson on molecular orbital theory to a student from Aurora, starting with a review of atomic orbitals and electronic configurations before diving into MO theory, sigma bonds, and the calculation of bond order. They discussed the relationship between bond order, bond strength, and bond length. The learner will send Jesna slides on thermodynamics for their next lesson, which they will schedule around Jesna's unavailability on August 23rd and 24th.

Jesna James provided a comprehensive quantum mechanics lesson to Chloe, covering fundamental principles like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and the Schrödinger equation, alongside practical aspects such as quantum numbers and the rules for filling atomic orbitals. They actively worked through examples, discussing how these concepts are applied to determine electronic configurations, a crucial skill for Chloe's upcoming chemistry and plant biology exams.