Introductory Chemistry, CHEM Spring 2012

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1 Introductory Chemistry, CHEM Spring 2012 Class meets: M & W 7:45 9:00 am in H207; 9:10 10:25 am in S218 Instructor: Ms. Lorraine Lindsay Office: H252 Office Hours: M & W 10:30 11:15 am or by appointment Phone: (979) lorraine.lindsay@blinn.edu Course Description: CHEM 1404 is an introduction to the fundamentals and principles of chemistry as related to man s culture and environment. This course Is designed for liberal arts and non-science majors. CHEM 1405 cannot be substituted for CHRM Course Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course. Core Curriculum Course: This is a course in the 42-hour Core of Blinn College. As such, the student will develop proficiency in the appropriate intellectual competencies, exemplary educational objectives, and general perspectives. More can be found at Student Learning Outcomes: Students who complete this course should gain an understanding of the topics listed in the course description and should be able to analyze, evaluate and solve problems related to those topics. At the completion of the course, the student will be able to: 1. Recognize the symbols of the elements and distinguish between isotopes. 2. Differentiate between nuclear fusion and fission reactions and write balanced nuclear equations. 3. Solve problems based on the concept of half-life. 4. Predict trends that occur within a group or across successive periods on the periodic table. 5. Identify the shapes of molecules and distinguish whether molecules are polar or non-polar. 6. Differentiate between intermolecular forces by strength and identify the intermolecular forces present in a collection of molecules. 7. Write balanced chemical reaction equations and perform calculations based on those equations. 8. Differentiate between strong and weak acids and bases and calculate the ph of strong acid or base solutions. 9. Identify which reactants are being oxidized or reduced. 10. Differentiate between classes of organic compounds by functional group and name. 11. Describe the solution process and specify solution concentration numerically. 12. Describe relationships between the pressure, volume, temperature and number of moles of a gas and calculate changes in quantity when the pressure, volume or temperature of a gas is varied. Required Materials: Text: Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation, 7 th ed, Zumdahl & DeCoste, 2010 Homework: OWL (Online Web Learning) Cengage; Lab Manual: TBA in class Lab Notebook: 8 ½ x 11 carbonless copy perforated pages Calculator: simple scientific calculator (standard, without graph and memory features) Safety Equipment: safety eyewear (required), aprons (optional) einstruction CPS RF clickers (bring them to class every day starting Thursday, January 19 th ) CHEM

2 Important Dates: 01/20/12 Last Day to change classes 04/13/12 Last day to drop with a Q 05/08/12 Final Exam Tentative Schedule Important Notes: You are expected to read and be familiar with the syllabus and tentative schedule. You must wear proper lab attire (long pants, long sleeves, closed toe shoes) and goggles for all wet experiments. Prelab questions must be completed; procedures and in-lab guidelines must be written out in lab notebook to participate in lab. In-lab Guidelilnes must be initialed and dated by instructor upon completion of experiment. The copy must be left with the instructor on the day of the experiment. Postlabs consist of Post lab report and Post lab Questions Week/ Date Reading Lecture/Activity Lab Activity Due on line Due in lab 1 Jan. 18 CH 1 Introduction /CH 1:Intro to Chemistry Lab Notebook Setup / Math Review 2 Jan. 23 CH 2 CH 2: Measurements & Calc (registered clickers) Lab Safety Video Safety Quiz & Math Review Jan. 25 CH 3 CH 3: Matter Lecture/workshop Introduction on ecampus 3 Jan. 30 CH CH 4: Elements, Atoms & Ions Lab #1: Mass and Volume Prelab: #1 Jan OWL HW due 11:55 pm Feb.1 Exam 1 (CH 1-3) Lab Quiz 1 4 Feb. 6 CH CH 4: Elements, Atoms & Ions Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #1 Feb. 8 CH CH 5: Nomenclature Lab #2: Properties of Materials Prelab: #2 5 Feb. 13 CH CH 5: Nomenclature Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #2 Feb. 15 CH CH 6 & 7 Chemical Reactions Lab #3: Trends Prelab: #3 6 Feb. 20 CH CH 7: Reactions in Aqueous Solutions Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #3 Feb OWL HW due 11:55 pm Feb. 22 Exam 2 (CH 4-6) Lab Quiz 2 7 Feb. 27 CH CH 8: Chemical Composition Lab #4: Conductivity Prelab: #4 Feb. 29 CH CH 8: Chemical Composition Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #4 8 Mar. 5 CH CH 9: Chemical Quantities Lab #7: Investigating CO 2 Prelab: #7 Mar. 7 CH CH 9: Chemical Quantities Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #7 Mar Spring Break Holiday 9 Mar. 19 CH CH 11: Modern Atomic Theory Lab #8: Observations to Eq Prelab: #8 Mar OWL HW due 11:55 pm Mar. 21 CH Exam 3 (CH 7-9) Lab Quiz 3 10 Mar. 26 CH CH 11: Modern Atomic Theory Lab #9: Nature of Reactions Prelab: #9 & Post Lab: #8 Mar. 28 CH CH 12: Chemical Bonding Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #9 11 April 2 CH CH 12: Chemical Bonding Lab #6: Models Prelab: #6 April 4 CH CH 13: Gases Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #6 12 April 9 CH CH 13: Gases Lab #10: Nature of Substances Prelab: #10 April 11 CH 14 CH 14: Liquids & Solids Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #10 April Last Day to drop with a Q 13 April OWL HW due 11:55 pm April 16 Exam 4 (CH 11 13) Lab Quiz 4 April 18 CH 15 CH 15: Solutions Lab #11: Reactions of Metals Prelab: #11 and Compounds 14 April 23 CH 19 CH 19: Radioactivity & Nuclear Energy Lecture/workshop Post Lab: #11 April OWL HW due 11:55 pm April 25 Exam 5 (CH 14-15) Lab Quiz 5 15 April 30 CH &.10 CH 20: Organic Chemistry Lecture/workshop May 2 Final Review Final Review May OWL Bonus due 11:55 pm May 8 Final Exam 7:45 9:45 am H207 CHEM

3 Course Outline: Chemistry 1405 covers chapters 1 9, 11 15, 19 and 20 of the text. Completion of both the lecture and the lab is required to receive a single grade for 4 credit hours of work. Civility Statement: Members of the Blinn College community, which includes faculty, staff and students, are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all aspects of campus life. Blinn College holds all members accountable for their actions and words. Therefore, all members should commit themselves to behave in a manner that recognizes personal respect and demonstrates concern for the personal dignity, rights, and freedoms of every member of the College community, including respect for College property and the physical and intellectual property of others. Civility Notification Statement: If a student is asked to leave the classroom because of uncivil behavior, the student may not return to that class until he or she arranges a conference with the instructor: It is the student s responsibility to arrange for this conference. Course Requirements: Lecture: During the time devoted to lecture, the most difficult sections of a reading assignment will be emphasized. There will be assigned material that will not be covered in lecture, but that does not mean that the material is not to be covered on exams. Lecture outlines are available on ecampus under the Lessons tab. Print these off as: handouts, 4 slides /page, grayscale, no frames, landscape orientation. Questions relevant to the material under discussion will be accepted at any time during the lecture period. A short amount of time will be allocated at the beginning of each period to answering student questions. Please turn all cell phone, music players and computers off during lecture. Students may not use electronic devices, other than clickers, during lecture. Reading Assignments: The syllabus lists the appropriate reading assignment that should be completed prior to lecture. Prior reading of the material familiarizes students with the pertinent vocabulary and concepts allowing the students to gain a better understanding through lecture and practice. Quizzes: Short clicker quizzes will be given daily over reading assignments or lecture material. Each student s best 10 quiz grades will be kept. Exams: The 5 lecture exams will be composed of a combination of multiple-choice and free response questions. Responses to the multiple choice portion will be made via the einstruction CPS RF Clickers. Only the simple scientific calculators (nonprogrammable) will be allowed. The instructor will not loan calculators to students without the appropriate calculator. All mobile phones and electronic devices must be turned off and stowed during the exam. Students may not leave the exam to go to the restroom. The final exam will be comprehensive and all multiple-choice worth 200 points. Exams missed without timely notification of the instructor will be given a grade of zero. This means you must or phone the instructor the day of the exam. Make-up exams will be available to those who appropriately notified the instructor of a missed exam. Homework: The 5 online homework assignments will coincide with the 5 regularly scheduled exams and be due 11:55 pm the night before the exam. Homework will be graded based on completion of assignment (questions required for the mastery of the material). Homework collection and grading will be handled by the Online Web Learning (OWL) online tutorial and homework, a companion to you textbook. To access the homework you must have an access code which should come packaged with any new textbook and any used textbook from the Blinn Those acquiring used books from somewhere other than the Blinn Bookstore will need to purchase the access code online at the above URL. Lab Work: The lab work consists of the best ten of eleven selected experiments which are integrated with the CHEM

4 material being presented in the lecture portion of class. Each lab activity is worth 15 points: 3 points for the Prelab Exercises, 2 points for a copy of the Data from lab notebook, 10 points for the Analysis and Concept Questions of the Laboratory Report Form. Prelab Exercises, Analysis and Concept Questions are expected to be the students own work. To successfully perform a lab a student must: Prior to entering the lab o Read the introductory and conceptual information pertinent to the experiment and complete the Prelab Exercises in the Lab Manual and turn in to instructor o Prepare the lab notebook: Check the Lab Hints appropriate for the experiment. These will be found on ecampus under the Lessons tab in the Lab Hints folder. Make any instructor recommended modifications to experiment procedure and lab notebook format. Copy the experimental procedure onto a fresh carbonless lab notebook page, in numbered list format; include the Clean Up and Safety sections. Do NOT include raw data collection blanks (Data) in this portion. Copy the Data format onto a fresh carbonless lab notebook page to use as your Data Sheet. After completion of the experiment o Have the instructor initial and date both copies of your Data sheet and turn in one copy of the before leaving the lab. o Complete the Analysis and Concept Questions of Laboratory Report Form in the Lab Manual and turn these in at the next lab meeting. All calculations must organized and include equations, units and significant figures. Answers to questions should include an explanation. Makeup labs are not available. Partial credit for Pre-lab and Post-lab questions will be given for missed labs if the student promptly s the instructor and requests data. The lowest lab activity grade becomes bonus points. Deadlines: All assigned work is expected to be turned in on time. Late work may be turned in at the next class meeting for a maximum of half points earned. Lab Quizzes will include questions on chemistry concepts and calculations involved in the experiments as well as laboratory safety and techniques. Make-up lab quizzes are available if students notify instructor in a timely manor. Assessment Calendar: Date OWL Homework Date Exam and Lab Quiz 01/31/12 Exam Prep 1 02/01/12 Exam 1 02/21/12 Exam Prep 2 02/22/12 Exam 2 03/20/12 Exam Prep 3 03/21/12 Exam 3 04/15/12 Exam Prep 4 04/16/12 Exam 4 04/24/12 Exam Prep 5 04/25/12 Exam 5 05/07/12 Final Bonus 05/08/12 Final Exam Grading Letter Grade (typical): 5 Major Exams (5 * 80) = 400 points A = Quizzes/workshops = 50 points B = Homework (4* 20) = 100 points C = Laboratory reports = 150 points D = Laboratory Quizzes (4*20) = 100 points F = 599 Lecture Final Exam = 200 points Total = 1000 points CHEM

5 Lab Safety Protection Policy: Students are required to wear long pants and long sleeves. Closed toe shoes and appropriate safety eye wear must be worn at all times during lab procedures. Failure to do so will result in expulsion from that laboratory experience. Students are responsible for purchasing appropriate eye protection and wearing eye protection during lab. Appropriate eye protection will be: 1. ANSI Z87 chemical vapor resistant safety goggles (required for contact lenses) 2. ANSI Z87 approved safety glasses with side shields 3. Full face safety shields No loaners are available. Blinn College Policies Attendance: The College District believes that class attendance is essential for student success; therefore, students are required to promptly and regularly attend all their classes. Each class meeting builds the foundation for subsequent class meetings. Without full participation and regular class attendance, students shall find themselves at a severe disadvantage for achieving success in college. It is the responsibility of each faculty member, in consultation with the division chair, to determine how participation is achieved in his or her class. Faculty will require students to regularly attend class and will keep a record of attendance from the first day of class and/or the first day the student s name appears on the roster through final examinations. If a student has one week s worth of absences during the semester, he/she will be sent an by the College, via their Blinn account requiring the student to contact his/her instructor and schedule a conference immediately to discuss his/her attendance issues. Should the student subsequently accumulate two weeks worth (4 classes) of unexcused absences, he/she will be administratively withdrawn from class. There are tfour forms of excused absence officially designated by Blinn College: (1) observance of religious holy days: The student should notify his/her instructor(s) not later than the 15 th day of the semester concerning the specific date(s) that the student will be absent for any religious holy day(s); (2) representing Blinn College at an official institutional function; (3) official involvement in a high school activity for dual credit students; and (4) military service. With documentation, other excuses will be considered and may be considered excusable at the instructor s discretion. Missing lecture or lab or both will count as one absence. Students are expected to be present the entire class. Dropping the Course: If a student chooses to drop the course, it is that student s responsibility to complete a drop order at the Office of Enrollment Services. Failure to do so could result in a grade of F in the course. The last day to withdraw with a Q is Friday, April 13 th 2012 Academic Dishonesty: Blinn College does not tolerate cheating, plagiarism or other acts of dishonesty. Definitions of these acts and procedures for dealing with them are described in Scholastic Dishonesty in the Blinn College Student Handbook, copies of which are available at the information desk in the administration building. Problem Resolution: If you have a complaint about your class, you should first request a conference with your instructor to try and resolve the problems or issues. If the problems or issues cannot be resolved at the instructor level, you should contact the Chemistry Department Coordinator, Mr. Thom Jose at thomas.jose@blinn.edu. If the problems or issues cannot be resolved at the Coordinator level, you should contact the Assistant Division Chair for Chemistry, Dr. Lee Don Bienski at lbienski@blinn.edu. If the problems or issues cannot be resolved at the Assistant Division Chair level, you should request a conference with the Division Chair, Mr. Dwight Bohlmeyer, Science 241, dbohlmeyer@blinn.edu. Electronic Device Policy: All the functions of all personal electronic devices designed for communication and/or entertainment (cell phones, pagers, beepers, ipods, and similar devices) must be turned off and kept out of sight in all Blinn College classrooms and associated laboratories. Any noncompliance with this policy will be addressed in accordance with the Blinn College civility policy (Administrative Policy). CHEM

6 Eating and drinking are not allowed in classrooms or laboratories. ADA Statement: Blinn College is dedicated to providing the least restrictive learning environment for all students. Support services for students with documented disabilities are provided on an individual basis, upon request. Requests for services should be made directly to the Office of Disability Services serving the campus of your choice. For the Bryan campus, the Office of Disability Services (Administration Building) can be reached at (979) The Brenham, Sealy and Schulenburg campuses are served by the Office of Disability Services on the Brenham campus (New Administration Building Room 104) and can be reached at (979) Additional information can be found at If you need individual accommodations to meet course objectives because of a documented disability, please make an appointment with me to discuss your needs as soon as possible so that we can ensure your full participation in class and fair assessment of your work. Blinn Handbook: The above requirements and policies are discussed more fully in the Blinn College Student Handbook which, by reference, is incorporated into this information. Blinn College Student Handbook is available online at Please obtain and read. CHEM

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