CHEMISTRY 101: Electron configuration and orbital diagrams

Learning Objective: Write electron configurations for the elements.
Learning Objective: Practice assigning electron configurations and learn to write orbital diagrams.

Topics: electron configuration, orbital diagram, ground state, Pauli Exclusion Principle, degenerate orbitals, sublevel energy splitting, coulombs law, shielding effect, penetration effect, effective nuclear charge, Aufbau principle, Hund's rule, short-hand notation for electron configurations, orbital blocks