CH 118 Section 001: Honors General Chemistry
Spring, 2010
4 Credit Hours
Primary Instructor: Martin Bakker
Core Designation: University Honors, Natural Science
This course introduces students to the basic facts and principles of chemistry. Some of the topics included: intermolecular forces, colligative properties, kinetics, acid-base chemistry, equilibrium, chemical thermodynamics, and nuclear chemistry.
With respect to the lab, students will make observations, analyze data, and use the scientific method to allow for complete integration of the laboratory topics with the lecture ones. This approach will help foster greater understanding of the covered topics in CH 118.
At the conclusion of this course students will be able to solve numerical, and conceptual problems in thermodynamics, kinetics, equilbria, electrochemistry and nuclear chemistry, and apply their understanding to explain various phenomena in the world around them.
Exams 1 – 3 will be given on Tuesday February 9th, March 2th and April 6th from 2:00 - 3:20 PM 1092 Shelby Hall
Final Exam: Tuesday. May 4, 2010 11:30AM—2:00PM Shelby 1092
Quizzes will be given those Tuesdays that there is not an exam. Online homework will be assigned on a regular basis, using Mastering Chemistry and will generally come due midnight Tuesday evenings.
CH 118 LAB SYLLABUS
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
Jan. 25 Exp 16 - Sublimation
Feb. 1 Exp. 17 - Colligative Properties: Freezing Point Depression
Feb. 8 Exp. 18B - Kinetics: Test for Semen – Acid Phosphatase
Feb. 15 Exp. 19 – Chemical Equilibrium and LeChatlier’s Principle – CoCl2
Feb. 22 Exp. 21 – Acid Base Titration
March 1 Exp. 22 - Determining the Buffer Capacity of Antacids
March 8 Exp. 23 – The Chelate Effect
March 15 No Labs – Spring Break
March 22 Exp. 24 - Redox Reactions: Detecting Traces of Blood
March 29 Exp. 25 – Radioactivity
April 5 No Labs – Honors Week
April 12 Exp. 26A – Group I Cations (Assigned reading Exp. 26 - Qualitative Analysis)
April 19 Exp. 26B – Group II Cations: “I Love the Smell of Hydrogen Sulfide – It Smells Like Victory”
April 26 Check Out
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.
Laboratory sections will start meeting the first full week of the semester or the week of January 11th. More than two (2) absences in laboratory will result in failure of the entire course (grade F).
Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 HW Quizzes In Class Lab Final TOTAL
100 100 100 100 50 50 150 150 700 points
(Drop lowest score)
Grading Scale
A = 90 – 100 B = 80 - 89 C = 70 - 79 D = 60 - 69 F < 60
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 a written, reasonable excuse, 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.
B. Quizzes
Quizzes will be given most every non-test week. Electronic quizzes will be given either in the Thursday afternoon recitation sessions or in the lecture classes using the Turning Point response units (“Clicker”). The response units may be purchased in the SUPE Store (in the Ferguson Center) for ca. fifteen dollars. It is your responsibility to make sure that your response unit is working, including its batteries, and you must bring it to every class meeting and recitation session. Your lowest two or 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. (www.masteringchemistry.com the course is Honors Chemistry CH 118 2010, Course ID MCBAKKER81106) The due dates are listed on the Web site. On average 15 problems will be assigned per chapter for a total of approximately 150 questions for the semester. Each assignment will carry equal weight. Please check your textbook package for extra instructions. There will also be a collaborative assignment on the application of thermodynamics. This will count as one assignment. More details on this assignment will be given later in the semester.
D. Attendance
Attendance is mandatory and will be taken in all class periods with the use of the Turning Point Response Unit. Your number of attendances will count towards a maximum of 50 points in the class. There will be 5 drops given for absences, and so documentation for excused absences will only be necessary in the case of extended absences. You will need to go to eInstruction to enter your clicker ID number.
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 a written, reasonable excuse, 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.
Attendance is mandatory and will be taken in all class periods with the use of the Turning Point Response Unit. Your number of attendances will count towards a maximum of 50 points in the class. There will be 5 drops given for absences, and so documentation for excused absences will only be necessary in the case of extended absences.
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