Dr. Christopher J. Nichols PHSC 308 Ph 898-5541 e-mail: cjnichols@csuchico.edu Internet: http://www.csuchico.edu/~cjnichols Office Hours M 4-5; Th 12-2; F 11-1 CHEMISTRY 111 SPRING 2014 General Chemistry Prerequisites High school algebra II and high school chemistry are required, and it is recommended that you have had one additional year of high school math past algebra II and one year of high school physics as well. Note however, that there is no way for the instructor to verify these prerequisites: it is completely up to you to choose only classes for which you meet the prerequisites. It is very strongly recommended that if you have not completed the ELM requirement (that is, you are currently in a remedial math class, either MATH 011, 012, 031, 032, or 051), that you not take CHEM 111 until you have completed your required remedial math courses. Is this the right class for you? CHEM 111 is a required course for students in science and engineering majors (CHEM, BIOC, BIOL, GEOS, ENSC, PHYS, C E, CMPE, E E, M E, and MECA). It s also typically required by students planning to go to medical, dental, chiropractic, or veterinary school. It is approved as an advanced course substitution for GE Physical Sciences (Area B1). CHEM 107 is for students in Agriculture, Exercise Physiology, Pre-Nursing, Nutrition, Manufacturing Technology and Construction Management. CHEM 107 goes into much less detail in general chemistry than do CHEM 111 and CHEM 112, and is usually considered easier. It is also approved as an advanced course substitution for GE Physical Sciences (Area B1). CHEM 110 (Butte College) is a preparatory course in chemistry. It is meant for students who are seeking degrees that require CHEM 111 but haven t taken any high school chemistry (or took it a long time ago). Completing CHEM 110 will help you succeed in CHEM 111, since they both cover many of the same topics (in greater depth in CHEM 111). There is no equivalent course at Chico State. You may check the Butte College website at http://www.butte.edu. Waitlist All lab sections of CHEM 111 are full, and many have waitlists. If you are enrolled, you must be present at the first meeting of your lab section or you may be dropped from the class. If you do not show up within the first 15 minutes of your first lab class, and someone on the waitlist is there and wants your space, you will be dropped immediately. Curriculum Chem 111 is the first of a 2-semester sequence (Chem 112 is the second part) of general chemistry for students in science and engineering disciplines. Chem 111 covers topics included in Chapters 1-11 of the McMurry/Fay textbook. The topics are listed on the lecture calendar page. By the end of the semester you will have learned about concepts and calculations involving atoms, molecules, ions, chemical reactions, bonding, chemical energy, gases, liquids, solids, and solutions. Important Note: CHEM 112 now has a prerequisite of completion of CHEM 111 with a C-minus or better. If you earn a grade of D in CHEM 111 you will not be permitted to progress to CHEM 112. Textbooks and Other Materials: all available at the bookstore Required: "Chemistry" by McMurry and Fay (6th customized ed. for CSUC, 2012). ISBN: 9781256160878. Required: Laboratory Experiments: Chemistry, The Central Science by Nelson and Kemp (12 h ed., 2012). ISBN: 9780321705020. Required: Chemistry 111 Section Material by Nichols (1 st ed., 2012). ISBN: 9781465206824. Required: i>clicker 2, available new or used at the AS Bookstore. Materials for Lab (both required) Safety glasses/goggles (SAACS will come around to lab and sell you a pair for approx. $7) Combination lock or padlock (SAACS will also sell you one for approx. $7) - 1 -
Homework Small (2-4 problem) homework assignments will be given almost every day, and will be due the following class. Homework is due in the correct homework bin in class: if it is not turned in during the class it will be considered late and not accepted (no exceptions). To help with grading the homework, please write in BIG letters on the top of the page the number of the assignment (i.e. HOMEWORK #6 ) and your name. Each HW assignment is worth 2 points (up to a maximum of 64 points for the semester). Blackboard The Blackboard site will be used for a calendar of assignments and to post answers to the homework, quizzes, and exams. Practice Exams will also be made available. Clickers You are required to purchase an i>clicker 2 (the standard one used by our campus) for CHEM 111. Every class day (except for exams and the first 3 classes) I will use them multiple times to get feedback from you to determine whether or not most students understand a particular chemical concept. I expect everyone to bring their clicker to class each day and answer questions when prompted. Participation is worth one point per day. Please REGISTER your clicker through Blackboard before Friday, August 31. In order to register you will need the 8-digit Remote ID located on the back of your clicker. On January 27, we will have a 15-minute tutorial on how to use the clicker. Starting the following class (Jan. 29), students will accumulate points based on their participation with the clickers. Everyone will be expected to have purchased their clicker by January 27. Exams: MIDTERM I Monday, February 10 MIDTERM II Friday, March 7 MIDTERM III Friday, April 4 MIDTERM IV Wednesday, April 23 FINAL EXAM Wednesday, May 14, 10:00 11:50 am Please show up on time for each exam. You do not get extra time if you arrive late. Notes and textbooks are not permitted on exams. Students who need special accommodations for exams must have proper authorization from Accessibility Resource Center (ARC). Contact the ARC office at 898-5959 for more information. Exams from previous years will be posted on the Blackboard site for you to download. The answers to those exams will also be posted in the days preceding each exam. There will be no opportunity for a make-up exam once the class has taken the exam. If you do miss an exam please contact Dr. Nichols immediately. Only basic non-programmable scientific calculators will be permitted for use on exams. Examples of acceptable calculators include the TI-30X and TI-36X. Graphing calculators like the TI-83+ and TI-89 are not permitted. If you have any questions please ask your instructor. Devices including smartphones and PDA s (iphones, Blackberries, and Droids) are also not permitted. Early exam-taking will only be permitted under rare circumstances. If you will be unable to take an exam as scheduled please contact Dr. Nichols as soon as possible. All reasons for early exam-taking must be verified in writing. Acceptable reasons include road trips for intercollegiate athletics. Unacceptable reasons include doctor s appointments and having multiple exams on the same day. Evaluation: Homework/Clickers (64 pts/36 pts) Midterms (4 @100 pts each) Laboratory FINAL EXAM TOTAL 100 points 400 points 250 points 250 points 1000 points Grading 85-100% A 60-64% C+ 80-84% A- 55-59% C 75-79% B+ 50-54% C- 70-74% B 40-49% D 65-69% B- 0-39% F - 2 -
Lab Schedule Spring 2014 Week Dates Experiment(s) Pre-Lab Q Post-Lab Q 1 Jan 21-24 Introduction & Safety Check-in Expt. 1, Parts D & E Basic Laboratory Techniques none 6, 7, 8 2 Jan 27-31 Expt. 2 Identification of Substances by Physical 2, 10, 12 3, 4, 5, 6 Properties 3 Feb 3-7 Expt. 3 Separation of the Components of a Mixture 4, 7, 8 1 4 Feb 10-14 Expt. 4 Chemical Reactions 7, 8, 9 1, 3 5 Feb 17-21 Expt. 5 Chemical Formulas 2, 10, 13 2, 4, 6 6 Feb 24-28 Expt. 6 Chemical Reactions of Copper and Percent 8, 10, 12 2, 5, 6 Yield 7 Mar 3-7 Expt. 15 Activity Series 7 3, 5, 6 8 Mar 10-14 Expt. 8 Gravimetric Analysis of a Chloride Salt 3, 5, 8 1, 2, 3, 5 9 Mar 24-28 Lab Quiz Download from Blackboard: EDTA Titration of Ca 2+ in water 10 Apr 1-4 Expt. 11 Molecular Geometries of Covalent Molecules: VSEPR 2, 4, 6 n/a 11 Apr 7-11 Expt. 28 Heat of Neutralization 5, 8, 10 1, 3, 4 12 Apr 14-18 Expt. 13 Behavior of : Molar Mass of a Vapor none all 1, 3, 4 + GLP-5 6, 10, 11 13 Apr 21-28 Expt. 14 Determination of R, the Gas-Law Constant 9, 11, 12 1, 2, 6, 8 14 Apr 28-May 2 Expt. 19 Colligative Properties 4, 5, 10 1, 5, 8 15 May 5-9 Lab Exam Check-out All labs except for week 9 are from the lab book Laboratory Experiments: Chemistry, The Central Science by Nelson and Kemp (12 th ed., 2012). The week 9 lab is to be downloaded, printed, and brought to the lab that day. Attendance at the once-a-week labs is mandatory. Since the sections are very full, there will be little opportunity to make up a missed lab and no labs can be made up once the last section of the week (Thursday) has completed the lab. If you must miss your lab, and you want to sit in on another section, you must get permission from both your normal lab instructor and the instructor of the section you wish to visit. Please don t make a habit of switching sections: you won t be allowed to do so more than twice. Answers to the pre-lab questions (listed in the table) are due right at the start of the lab period. Please hand the answers to the instructor before the lab period starts. Missing three (3) lab periods for any reason means automatic failure in CHEM 111. The policies for the due date of lab reports and acceptability of late work is set by the individual lab instructor. You must pass BOTH the lecture part of the class and the lab portion of the class to pass overall. Lab scores will be calculated as such: o Labs: 14 @ 10 points each 140 pts o Pre-labs: 12 @ 3 points each 36 pts o Quiz 1 (week 9): 24 pts o Lab Exam (week 15): 50 pts o TOTAL 250 pts Lab grades will be standardized to accommodate for different grading styles among the different lab instructors. - 3 -
Some Friendly Advice for Chemistry 111 Keep up! Falling behind early will lead to real trouble, particularly since the final exam is comprehensive. Attend all lectures. Even though no credit is directly given for attending lectures (attendance will not be taken), studies show that attendance directly affects performance. Read the textbook and keep up with the lectures. The topics under discussion each week are laid out in the calendar so there is no excuse for not being prepared for class. Do the assignments and do them on time. The assignments are worth only a few points, but more importantly they are practice for the exams, which are worth plenty of points. Copying homework answers from the study guide or from other people may get you the 2 points the homework assignment is worth, but since you wouldn t be taking the time to learn the material, your performance on the exams will suffer. Don t get lazy and fall into the TRAP of copying homework! Plan to invest 6-8 hours per week out of class to studying for Chem 111 in order to succeed. For some of you this may seem ridiculous, particularly if you did very well in high school chemistry or A.P. chemistry. My advice for you is to not get complacent! Even if the material seems easy at the beginning, get into a good pattern of doing all the homework assignments and attending all the lectures. Later on (midway through CHEM 111, and in CHEM 112, 270, 331, etc.) the level of difficulty increases, and if you aren t used to putting in time studying you may struggle. Successful studying involves ACTIVE learning: by doing problems, asking questions, and so on. People ask me how do I best prepare for exams? all the time. Two pieces of advice that I have: o Know the vocabulary. In each chapter, the important new vocabulary is summarized in sections called Summary and Key Words. Figure out the meanings of each word and the concepts to which they refer. o Do lots and lots of problems. There is no substitute for doing problems (numerical and nonnumerical) in learning new concepts. See above under Do the assignments. Turn your cell phones and pagers OFF during class hours. I have low tolerance for such things. If there is a circumstance (emergency) that requires you to leave your phone on please inform me at the beginning of the class. Be prepared to participate in class. Remember that someone will be invited to the board routinely to do problems. If you are confused about something in class, ASK! If you are still confused after class, ask again, in office hours, in lab, by e-mail, or however, until you are satisfied. Work together! Obviously on exams you are working on your own, but studies show that studying together and doing homework together are excellent ways for everyone to earn higher grades. You and the other students are not competing with each other: the grades in the class are not on a "curve". Be honest. Copying answers during exams and other forms of academic dishonesty are serious offenses and will not be tolerated. Instances of cheating will be reported to Student Judicial Affairs, and serious academic penalties are possible. Please refer to the catalog for further information. I will take several precautions to help prevent cheating, including: o Giving out different versions of exams and quizzes, which contain different questions. o Noting who sits next to whom in an exam setting and cross-checking answers. If you studied with someone do not sit next to them in the exam: it can lead to undue suspicion. o Checking ID of students during exams. - 4 -
CHEM 111 CALENDAR SPRING 2014 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY MLK DAY Jan 22 Jan 24 NO SCHOOL Intro & Chapter 1 Jan 27 Chapter 1 Measurement Feb 3 Feb 10 MIDTERM I (Ch 1 to Ch 3.5) Feb 17 Feb 24 Mar 3 Mar 10 Syllabus Jan 29 Feb 5 Feb 12 Feb 19 Feb 26 Mar 5 Mar 12 Measurement Jan 31 Feb 7 Feb 14 Ch 3 : DROP DEADLINE Feb 21 Feb 28 Mar 7 MIDTERM II (Ch 3.6 to Ch 5) Mar 14 SPRING BREAK Mar 24 CESAR CHAVEZ DAY NO SCHOOL Apr 7 Apr 14 Apr 21 Apr 28 May 5 Mar 26 Apr 2 Apr 9 Apr 16 Apr 23 MIDTERM IV (Ch 8 and 9) Apr 30 May 7 May 14 FINAL EXAM 10:00 11:50 am Mar 28 Apr 4 MIDTERM III (Ch 6 and 7) Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 May 2 May 9 REVIEW - 5 -