CH 101 Section 001: General Chemistry
Spring, 2010
4 Credit Hours
Primary Instructor: Joseph Thrasher
Core Designation: Natural Science
Dr. Joseph S. Thrasher, E-mail fluorine@bama.ua.edu, Phone 348-8434
Office: 3064 Shelby Hall Office Hours: Tuesday 10:45 - 11:45 AM
Prerequisite: Placement in MATH 112.
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the basic facts and principles of chemistry. Some of the topics included are: chemical formulas, reaction stoichiometry, atomic structure, chemical periodicity, molecular structure, ionic and covalent bonding theories, molecular orbitals, gas laws, and kinetic molecular theory. Prerequisite: Placement in MATH 112. More details in terms of learning goals for this course can be found at the end of the syllabus.
Learning Goals for General Chemistry (CH 101 and CH 102)
Why learn chemistry? Chemistry is the central science. No other subject has as much impact on our daily lives. Chemical reactions occur everywhere - the atmosphere, ocean, our bodies, and in reactors where matter is carefully transformed into useful products such as medicines, fertilizers, plastics, etc. A student that learns the fundamental concepts of chemistry will be able to apply their knowledge to solve problems in a number of other science and engineering disciplines and better understand the chemical world in which they live.
What should a student learn in General Chemistry courses at The University of Alabama?
1) Understand the difference between a hypothesis, theory, and scientific law (CH 101)
2) Understand the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations (CH 101 and CH 102)
3) Understand the Periodic Table (CH 101)
4) Understand atomic theory and its ability to explain macroscopic properties (CH 101)
5) Understand stoichiometry (CH 101)
6) Understand bonding theories (CH 101)
7) Understand thermochemistry and electrochemistry (CH 101 and CH 102)
8) Understand the principles of equilibrium and kinetics (CH 102)
9) Identify intermolecular interactions (CH 101 and CH 102)
10) Identify common chemical reactions, including acid/base reactions (CH 101 and CH 102)
11) Know common units of mass, volume, temperature, etc. (CH 101)
12) Understand how chemistry impacts our daily lives (CH 101 and CH 102)
SPRING 2010
CH 101-001 MWF 11:00 – 11:50 AM and M 5:00 - 6:20 PM
1004 Shelby Hall
Tentative Lecture/Exam Schedule
Week Weekday Date Chapter
1 Wednesday Jan. 6 No Class
Friday Jan. 8 No Class
2 Monday Jan. 11 1
Wednesday Jan. 13 1
Friday Jan. 15 1
3 Monday Jan. 18 No Class
Wednesday Jan. 20 2
Friday Jan. 22 2
4 Monday Jan. 25 2
Wednesday Jan. 27 2
Friday Jan. 29 2
5 Monday Feb. 1 3
Wednesday Feb. 3 3
Friday Feb. 5 3
6 Monday Feb. 8 3/Exam 1
Wednesday Feb. 10 4
Friday Feb. 12 4
7 Monday Feb. 15 4
Wednesday Feb. 17 4
Friday Feb. 19 4/5
8 Monday Feb. 22 5
Wednesday Feb. 24 5
Friday Feb. 26 5
9 Monday Mar. 1 5/Exam 2
Wednesday Mar. 3 6
Friday Mar. 5 6
Wednesday Mar. 10 7
Wednesday Mar. 17 Spring Break
12 Monday Mar. 22 7
Wednesday Mar. 24 7
Friday Apr. 2 8
Wednesday Apr. 7 9
Friday Apr. 9 No Class
15 Monday Apr. 12 9
17 Monday Apr. 26 10
Wednesday Apr. 28 10
Friday Apr. 30 10/Review
RECITATION/EXAM PERIOD (5:00 – 6:20 PM Monday, 1004 Shelby
This time will be used for exams and some quizzes, with the remaining dates being used for recitation sessions.
These sessions will be used primarily for solving end of chapter problems and general review.
There is a strong probability that some of the problems worked in the recitation section will appear on quizzes and
exams.
FINAL EXAM Monday May 3rd at 8:00-10:30 AM
CH 101 LAB SYLLABUS
Spring 2010
Lab Manual: Laboratory Manual for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach by Vincent and Livingston
Week of: Experiment:
Jan. 11 Check-in
Jan. 18 No Labs – MLK Holiday
Jan. 25 Exp. 1 – Laboratory Basics: Accuracy and Precision
Feb. 1 Exp. 2 – Components of a Mixture
Feb. 8 Exp. 3 – Cathode Ray Tubes, Millikan Oil Drop and Avogadro’s Number
Feb. 15 Exp. 4 – Conservation of Mass and Reaction Types – Copper Recovery Cycle
Feb. 22 Exp. 6 – Hydrates
March 1 Exp. 7 – Gas Laws
March 8 Exp. 8 - Styrofoam Cup Calorimetry: Atomic Weights
March 15 No Labs – Spring Break
March 22 Exp. 9 – Chemiluminescence: Glow Stick in a Beaker
March 29 Exp. 10 – Atomic Spectra and Exp. 12 – Flame Test – Flames and Smoke Bombs
April 5 No Labs – Honors Week
April 12 Exp. 11 – Reactivity of Group 1 Metals
April 19 Exp. 13 – VSEPR and Molecular Models
April 26 Check-out
General Information
Laboratory Coordinator: Erica Livingston
1433 Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)
Office: 348 - 4208
Email: elivings@gp.as.ua.edu
Reminders
ACT Card is REQUIRED at the stockroom window – bring it with you to EVERY lab
Failure to Checkout: $25 charge on student account plus the cost of any missing or broken glassware. All students, including those who withdraw from the course, must check out of lab by the last meeting of their lab section.
Review the absence and late policies handed out – these are non-negotiable
Be sure you are always dressed appropriately for lab (shoes that cover the entire foot, shirt that covers the entire torso and has a sleeve, and pants that cover to the ankle) - no exceptions for these rules.
Anyone in lab at anytime without eye protection will be removed with a grade of zero for that experiment.
Exams 1 – 4 will be given on Mondays from 5:00 - 6:20 PM in 1004 Shelby Hall on the dates shown above.
FINAL EXAM Monday May 3rd at 8:00-10:30 AM
A. Exams - You must bring your ACT card, driver's license, or other photographic identification to all exams in order to receive a grade. Students are strongly encouraged to take all regularly scheduled exams. However, should you have to miss one of these exams it will become your drop grade. If you miss a second exam and can provide written, reasonable excuses for both of the missed exams, you will be permitted to use your score (calculated as a percent) on the final exam as a makeup score for the test you missed. No make-up exams will be given. No programmable calculators, language translators, pagers, cell phones or similar electronic devices are allowed. You must use the Casio FX-260 (Virginia State model) calculator for examinations; this calculator is available at the SUPE Store for ~$10.00.
B. Quizzes - Quizzes will be given most every non-test week. Electronic quizzes will be given either in the Monday evening recitation sessions or in the lecture classes using the Turning Point response pads. The response pads may be purchase in the SUPE Store (in the Ferguson Center) for ca. fifty dollars. It is your responsibility to make sure that your response pad is working, including its batteries, and you must bring it to every class meeting and recitation session. Your lowest two to three quiz scores will be dropped, and the remainder will be used towards a maximum of 50 points; however, all quizzes will count toward your attendance points. No make-up quizzes will be given.
C. Homework - Homework assignments will be submitted on the Web using Mastering Chemistry (http://www.pearsoncustom.com/uachem/). The due dates are listed on the Web site. Mastering Chemistry comes bundled with the text books purchased at UA bookstores at a significant discount. Access can also be purchased on the Internet. On average 15 problems will be assigned per chapter for a total of 150 questions for the semester or 50 points. Please attend your first recitation session (Mon. January 11th) for extra instructions.
D. Attendance and Participation - Attendance is mandatory and will be taken in all class periods with the use of Turning Point Technology. Your number of attendances along with class participation will count towards a minimum of 50 points and a maximum of 70 points. Since some consideration will be given for an excused absence or two, documentation for excused absences will only be necessary in the case of extended absences. The policy is explained in more detail below.
E. Laboratory - During every full week of the semester, you will carry out a laboratory experiment in your particular laboratory section meeting. The laboratories are coordinated with the lecture topics and are meant to reinforce and compliment what you learn in lecture.
COURSE GRADES
Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 Exam 4 QZ HW Attend Lab Final TOTAL
100 100 100 100 (30-50) 50 (70-50) 150 150 750 points
(Drop lowest exam score)
Grading Scale
A = 90 – 100 B = 80 - 89 C = 70 - 79 D = 60 - 69 F < 60
+/-'s will be given at the instructor’s discretion.
No make-up exams will be given.
Students are strongly encouraged to take all regularly scheduled exams. However, should you have to miss one of these exams it will become your drop grade. If you miss a second exam and can provide written, reasonable excuses for both of the missed exams, you will be permitted to use your score (calculated as a percent) on the final exam as a makeup score for the test you missed.
No make-up quizzes will be given.
Your lowest two to three quiz scores will be dropped.
Attendance and Participation
Attendance is mandatory and will be taken in all class periods with the use of Turning Point Technology. Your number of attendances along with class participation will count towards a minimum of 50 points and a maximum of 70 points. Since some consideration will be given for an excused absence or two, documentation for excused absences will only be necessary in the case of extended absences. The policy is explained in more detail below.
Using a Turning Point response pad for someone else registered in the course is an act of academic misconduct and will be treated according to University policies.
LABORATORY ATTENDANCE - Laboratory sections will start meeting the first full week of the semester or the week of January 12th. More than two (2) absences in laboratory will result in failure of the entire course (grade F).
Review the absence and late policies handed out – these are non-negotiable
Be sure you are always dressed appropriately for lab (shoes that cover the entire foot, shirt that covers the entire torso and has a sleeve, and pants that cover to the ankle) - no exceptions for these rules.
Anyone in lab at anytime without eye protection will be removed with a grade of zero for that experiment.
ALLELE - ALLELE (Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution) is a series of public lectures on evolution. Its purpose is to improve the understanding of evolution for citizens of Alabama. Multiple departments, disciplines, colleges, and programs sponsor well-known speakers on the science, limits, implications, and unifying power of evolution as an explanation of the origin of species and diversity of life.
APSACC - APSACC (Alabama Perspectives on Sustainability and Climate Change) is a two year-long program of lectures, exhibits, forums and discussions that will bring to campus and the Tuscaloosa community national experts to address the science, politics, economics and ethics of energy sustainability, climate change and its related social impacts.
Please let your instructor know if you come across any other talks for a general science audience across campus.
TEXT
The text is “Chemistry: A Molecular Approach” by Nivaldo J. Tro, 1st edition. The book has been customized for The University of Alabama by removing chapters not to be covered and putting on a soft cover thereby reducing cost and weight. It is recommended that each student have access to the student solutions manual, which provides solutions to new problems at the end of each chapter. The solutions manual is available in the Science and Engineering Library or it can be ordered through the bookstores.
LABORATORY MANUAL
The lab manual is “Laboratory Manual for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach” by Vincent and Livingston. Chemistry is a “hands-on” science. The experiments have been designed to assist the student in learning fundamental chemical principles. The experiments will serve as an introduction to the basic laboratory operations and skills needed in the practice of chemistry. Each student must purchase a lab manual and enroll in a lab section. Other safety rules will be explained during your first laboratory.
Mastering Chemistry - Internet based homework and pre-lab exercises.
Turning Point Technologies Clickers - Student response pad for attendance in lecture and recitation.
eLearning - The eLearning site for your course will have electronic copies of the all of the handouts for the course as well as many extra resources on how to study, the importance of coming to class, copies of the class notes, opportunities for extra help and tutoring, extra practice sheet on nomenclature, useful websites on the Periodic Table, useful websites for extra questions and study resources, opportunities for extra credit, etc.
EXTRA HELP
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) – The Learning Skills Center of CTL is located in 124 Osband Hall and is loaded with helpful materials. Please visit the center to determine if the available materials might be useful in your study of chemistry or check on the Web at http://www.ctl.ua.edu/AcadSup/browseacadsup01.asp. We will announce the times and meeting places of extra chemistry help sessions run by CTL chemistry tutors at a later date. There is also a Web site associated with the previous textbook used in this course. You can find access to this site in your eLearning site for this course.
Freshman Chemistry Help Center – The Department of Chemistry has all of its General Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Assistants (TAs) hold their office hours in a common room, so that all general chemistry students can have access to extra help in case they have another class or conflict when their specific TA has office hours. The locations and times for both General Chemistry TA office hours as well as CTL tutorial sessions will be announced separately. The Freshman Chemistry Help Center will be open most afternoons from 1:00 – 5:00 PM Monday through Friday; however, more specific hours will be announced and posted early in the semester.
Class Notes – The SUPE Store has printed out copies of the Publisher's PowerPoint Charts for the course packaged for sale, generally with three charts per page on the left side of the page and lines for note taking on the right side. The original PowerPoint charts will also be downloadable from e-Learning.
Review Sessions – Depending on demand, review sessions may be scheduled prior to exams.
Office Hours – Your course instructor has a designated regular office hour; however, this does not mean that he is unwilling to meet with you at other times to help you master the material. Please either call 348-8434 or e-mail (fluorine@bama.ua.edu) for an appointment. Please do not overlook this resource.
Suggested End–of-Chapter Problems
Chapter Title Problems
1 Matter, Measurement and Problem Solving 33, 37, 41, 43, 45 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 65, 67, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 87, 93
2 Atoms and Elements 31, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 109
3 Molecules, Compds, and Chem Equations 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 71, 73, 77, 79, 81, 85, 87, 89, 93, 95, 99
4 Chemical Quantities and Aqueous Reactions 25, 27, 29, 33, 37, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 59, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87
5 Gases 29, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, 61, 63, 67, 71, 75, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91
6 Thermochemistry 33, 35, 37, 39, 45, 47, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 107, 117
7 The Quantum-Mechn Model of the Atom 37, 39, 41, 43, 47, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 71, 93
8 Periodic Properties of the Elements 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,121
9 Chemical Bonding I: Lewis Theory 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 95
10 Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Shapes, VB and 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, MO Theory 55, 57, 59, 61, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 89, 91, 99, 101
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Each student is requested to complete and sign the following more detailed Honor Code prior to taking the first exam:
Student name: _________________________ CWID #_________________
Semester: Spring 2010 Course: CH-101-001
ACADEMIC HONOR CODE
All students in attendance at The University of Alabama are expected to be honorable and observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars. The University of Alabama expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline. Upon enrollment in the University and on tests and projects at the discretion of the professor, students will be expected to sign an Honor Pledge.
CODE OF ACADEMIC CONDUCT
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HONOR PLEDGE
I promise or affirm that I will not at any time be involved with cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, or misrepresentation while enrolled as a student at The University of Alabama. I have read the Academic Honor Code, which explains disciplinary procedures that will results from the aforementioned. I understand that violation of this code will result in penalties as severe as indefinite suspension from the University.
Student signature: ________________________ Date:_________________
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April 23 Last day for all tests, etc.
All students in attendance at the University of Alabama are expected to be honorable and to observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars. The University expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline. Academic misconduct includes all acts of dishonesty in any academically related matter and any knowing or intentional help or attempt to help, or conspiracy to help, another student.
The Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct.
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