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Chemistry Lab and Chemistry Syllabus
Chemistry Lab and Chemistry Syllabus
General Chemistry
Spring, 2020
Instructors:
Dr. Ralph Zehnder
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 486-6662
Office: CAV 204B
Office Hours: M 11:00-12:30, W 11:00-12:30, F 11-1:00, or by appointment; Review
sessions W 5 pm
Mr. Kevin Boudreaux
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 486-6623
Office: CAV 207B
Office Hours: M-F 9:30-11, or by appointment; Review sessions M 5 pm
Mr. Rigel Rilling
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 486-6654
Office: CAV 201B
Office Hours: W 2:00-5:00 pm, F 11:00 am-2:00 pm, or by appointment
Dr. Janet Maxwell
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 486-6624
Office: CAV 229B
Office Hours: MWF 10:00-11:00 am, T 2:00-3:00 pm, R 9:30-10:30 am, or by
appointment
Course Description
1311/CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I (3-0). An introduction to the fundamental laws
and theories of chemistry, chemical nomenclature, stoichiometry, atomic structure,
chemical bonding, periodic table, chemical equations and reactions, and the properties
of heat flow and gases. Prerequisites: Students must have received: a score of 580 or
above on the mathematics portion of the SAT if taken before March 2016, a score of
600 or above on the mathematics portion of the SAT if taken in March 2016 or after, a
score of 26 or above on the mathematics section of the ACT, completed college algebra
with a grade of “C” or better, or completed Chemistry 1305 with a grade of “C” or better
in order to enroll in Chemistry 1311/1111. Corequisite: Chemistry 1111.
1111/CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Laboratory (0-3). Laboratory experiments that
focus on laboratory technique, data collection, and analysis. The experiments will
expand upon the concepts and topics presented in Chemistry 1311. Corequisite:
Chemistry 1311.
Technology Requirements
To successfully complete this course, students need to obtain access to SmartWork,
an online homework program which accompanies the Gilbert textbook.2 These
assignments will be averaged to give a 200-point grade. To register with SmartWork
from within Blackboard, follow the instructions at the end of this syllabus.
TopHat student and classroom engagement platform [Required]
We will be using TopHat, which is an interactive system that will allow students to
use their cell-phones, and/or tablets, and/or laptops to answer questions/quizzes
instantly in class and at home. To get started and for more information please go to
this link and create an account unless you have already a TopHat Account at ASU:
https://tophat.com
Please see the information below for your individual section:
Grading
Grading System
Course grades will be dependent upon completing course requirements and meeting
the student learning outcomes.
Exams
The exams will be given outside of regular class time on the dates listed below:
Most of the exams will be over material covered since the last exam. However, the
course builds on material delivered earlier so the concepts, calculations and techniques
from earlier exams may be required. Only non-programmable calculators may be
used on the exams (i.e., no graphic calculators are allowed).
Make up exams will be at the discretion of your individual faculty. Usually,
allowances will only be made in the case of an excused university absence.
Communication with your instructor is critical.
Final Exam
The Final Exam will be a comprehensive multiple-choice standardized exam published
by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Study guides for the ACS exam (“General
Chemistry - Official Study Guide”) are available for sale in the lab stockroom and from
the ACS web page.3 The schedule for the 1311 final exams is shown below. The
complete final exam schedule is also available on the ASU web page.4
Blackboard
Grades will be posted on Blackboard.5 Information, handouts, homework assignments,
and other course documents will either be posted on your instructor’s faculty web page,
or on Blackboard.
Attendance
You are expected to attend all class meetings. You are expected to arrive on time and
to stay until the end of the lecture. In-classroom activities such as worksheets and
quizzes cannot be made up. You will not be automatically dropped if you stop attending
class.
If you have the flu, please stay home. Do not help spread the flu to everyone
else. Keep your professor informed as to your status by email (preferred) or telephone
(if necessary). Your faculty will work with you to keep up to date in the class.
The CHEM 1111 General Chemistry laboratory class accompanies this lecture class.
The lab is designed to illustrate some of the principles involved in performing scientific
measurements, handling chemicals, and performing chemistry experiments. In some
cases, the experiments in the lab will introduce you to concepts before you cover them
in the lecture course, and in some cases, the experiments will reinforce concepts
already covered in the lecture course.
Labs will begin meeting on the first day of class. Bring your calculator!
Laboratory Attire
Beginning on the first day of lab, everyone MUST have approved goggles, long-
sleeved shirts which cover the midriff, long pants, and shoes with closed toes and
heels (no sandals, slides, etc.). (Basically, you should have as little exposed skin as
possible.) Anyone not wearing the appropriate attire will not be allowed into lab.
Week
Date Of Lecture Lab
1 1/13 Chapter 1: Matter and Energy Lab Safety Lecture
— Composition of Matter, Significant figure lecture and
States of Matter, worksheet
Measurements, SI Units,
Mandatory Lab Safety Training and
Significant Figures, Unit
Quiz — instructions given in Lab
Conversions
Safety Training section (must be
completed by Jan. 26)
2 1/20 Monday, Jan. 20 MLK-day Labs Do Not Meet
Chapter 2: Atoms, Ions, and Take Home Assignment: “Scientific
Molecules — Nuclear Model, Measurement and Presentation of
Atomic Mass, Periodic Table, Data” must be completed before
Molecular and Ionic start of lab next week
Compounds, Naming
Compounds and Writing
Formulas
3 1/27 Chapter 2, cont. Measuring Mass and Volume
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to maintain complete honesty and integrity in all work. Any
student found guilty of any form of dishonesty in academic work is subject of disciplinary
action and possible expulsion from ASU.
Dallas Swafford
Director of Student Disability Services
Office of Student Affairs
325-942-2047
[email protected]
Houston Harte University Center, Room 112
E-mails
For conducting official ASU business please use your official ASU e-mail account.
Please make sure that you check your ASU.EDU account on a regular basis. The
instructor may send important announcements regarding this course, homework, and/or
exams to your ASU e-mail
account. You will not be able to use the excuse of not checking your e-mail with regard
to assignments, tasks, or exams you missed.
Any submitted e-mails are expected to be written in a professional format and
impeccable English. For more information how to communicate by e-mail please see:
https://www.wikihow.com/Email-a-Professor
The instructor will refuse to read and/or respond to any messages that do not comply
with such requirements.
The instructor will respond to legitimate e-mails within 24 - 48 hours during the week
and may not respond until after weekends or holidays if messages are received on any
of such days.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious topic covered in ASU’s Academic Integrity policy11 in the Student
Handbook. Plagiarism is the action or practice of taking someone else’s work, idea, etc.,
and passing it off as one’s own. Plagiarism is literary theft.
In your discussions and/or your papers, it is unacceptable to copy word-for-word
without quotation marks and the source of the quotation. It is expected that you will
summarize or paraphrase ideas giving appropriate credit to the source both in the body
of your paper and the reference list.
Papers are subject to be evaluated for originality. Resources to help you
understand this policy better are available at the ASU Writing Center.12
If you are wishing to speak to someone about an incident in confidence you may contact
the University Health Clinic and Counseling Center at 325-942-2173 or the ASU Crisis
Helpline at 325-486-6345.
For more information about Title IX in general you may visit www.angelo.edu/title-ix.
Student Learning Outcomes
• Learning Goal 1: Students will be able to analyze complex chemical problems and
draw logical conclusions.
o Students will be able to use an understanding of atomic structure at the basic
and atomic levels to analyze the structure and reactivity of substances and
chemical species.
o Students will be able to use an understanding of how energy interacts with
matter to predict stable chemical species, and perform thermodynamic
calculations describing chemical reactions.
• Learning Goal 2a: Students will be able to understand and apply scientific
reasoning in the chemical sciences.
o Students will be able to use an understanding of ions and molecules at the
atomic level to predict the behavior of reactions in aqueous solutions.
o Students will be able to use the basic ideas of quantum mechanics to
describe how molecular bonds form and to predict molecular shape and
polarity. Molecular structure and polarity will be used to predict the forces
between molecules and relate those forces to the states of matter and phase
changes.
• Learning Goal 2b: Students will be able to employ mathematics in the analysis of
chemical problems.
o The mole concept, chemical formulas and balanced chemical equations will
be used to do chemical calculations that relate macroscopic measurements to
numbers of atoms, ions or molecules.
o Students will be able to do calculations involving solution concentration and
know how to prepare solutions of given concentrations.
o Students will be able to quantitatively predict gas properties using gas law
calculations.
• Learning Goal 3: Students will be able to demonstrate technical and analytical skills
in chemistry.
o Students will be able to use the periodic table to determine basic atomic
information and to predict trends in atomic properties.
o Students will be able to interconvert between chemical names and
formulas to the extent that they can work problems given only one of those
pieces of information.
o Students will be able to classify common types of chemical reactions and
predict the outcomes of reactions.
1
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/index.aspx
2
www.wwnorton.com/smartwork
3
http://uwm.edu/acs-exams/students/student-study-materials/
4
http://www.angelo.edu/services/registrars_office/final.html
5
http://blackboard.angelo.edu (or access Blackboard from RamPort)
6
https://www.angelo.edu/student-handbook/
7
https://www.angelo.edu/catalogs/
8
https://www.angelo.edu/student-handbook/community-policies/academic-integrity.php
9
https://www.angelo.edu/services/disability-services/
10
https://www.angelo.edu/content/files/14197-op-1011-grading-procedures
11
https://www.angelo.edu/student-handbook/community-policies/academic-integrity.php
12
https://www.angelo.edu/dept/writing_center/academic_honesty.php
13
https://www.angelo.edu/content/files/14206-op-1019-student-absence-for-
observance-of
To enroll in the SmartWork online homework please go to “content” in BlackBoard and
click on the link SmartWork5, which looks like the one shown in the picture below.