CHM 2045L 7-LAB (569) General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis Laboratory I

Summer 2017

Meeting Information: Face to Face

Course Location: TS-DE438

Meeting Days: Tue. and Thurs.

Class Times: 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Chris Lue, Ph.D.

Cell # 404-668-1757

Contact: lue.chris@spcollege.edu

Office Hours: Mon. and Wed. 3:30 – 4:30 p.m

Tues and Thurs. 9:30 -10:15 a.m.

Office hours are held in the Learning Support Center TS-FA 154

Pre-requisites/ Course Description:

This chemistry lab course includes experiments involving density, separation of mixtures, stoichiometry, titration, precipitation, calorimetry, atomic and molecular structure and gas laws.

Corequisite: CHM 2045 LEC

Criteria Performance Standard:

Upon the completion of this course the student will, with a minimum 70 percent accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

Student/Classroom Expectations:

Students are expected to read the lab manual and complete the online quiz prior to coming to lab, Because this class is a laboratory course, students should not miss class except for dire emergencies.

Required: • A non-programmable scientific calculator (TI-30x II, or similar)

• Safety goggles (NOT glasses), approved for use in chemical laboratories (American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z-87.1-1989)

• Lab coat (cotton preferred)

• One laboratory notebook (glued or sewn binding)

• Latex/nitrile gloves (optional)

Text: Custom CHM 2045L Lab Manual (Cengage) ISBN#: 9781337032674

COLLEGE CALENDAR: http://www.spcollege.edu/webcentral/admit/dates.htm.

Important Dates:

May 15 Classes begin

May 19 Last day to withdraw with refund

May 29 Memorial Day – COLLEGE CLOSED

June 15 Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W”

July 4 Independence Day – COLLEGE CLOSED

July 19-20 Final Exams

Note to students: The syllabus addendum is an important part of your syllabus and can be easily accessed by using the link below.  Do take the time to read this very important information— http://www.spcollege.edu/addendum/

Academic Integrity: The college has an official policy on academic honesty and proper classroom behavior. It is the student’s responsibility to review the online Academic Honesty Policy or "Academic Honesty and Student Behavior: Expectations of Students at SPC" brochure. It is important to remember that everyone’s goal should be to learn. Behavior that impedes the learning process of others will not be tolerated. Disruptive behavior includes talking at inappropriate times, text-messaging or talking on the phone during class or repeatedly coming to class late. Students are expected to be actively engaged in the learning process, and should ask the instructor questions as needed.

If you are caught cheating on a laboratory report or the practical, I will recommend you receive a “WF” for the course. Cheating and plagiarizing does not benefit you or your classmates. Please refer to your Supplement to the Faculty, Staff and Student Handbook, page 15 (or online at http://www.spcollege.edu/academichonesty/) for a definition of cheating and plagiarism. There is no tolerance for cheating and academic dishonesty.

No cell phones, iPods, or other electronic devices except a NON-GRAPHING calculator may be used for the practical. Students caught looking at or using such devices during the practical will be considered cheating. Also, taking pictures of or copying questions from any exam will also be consider cheating. Exam and quiz questions along with periodic tables must be turned in with answer sheets.

Attendance: Out of respect for the instructor and fellow students, please be on time to class. If you miss the prelab lecture, you will be asked to leave the lab. Attendance will be verbally recorded for the first two weeks of the semester. If you are not attending this class during this time, you will be automatically dropped from the course, per SPC regulations. For the benefit of other students, please refrain from coming to class ill. Missed labs cannot be made up, but the lowest grade for one laboratory report will be dropped.

At the 60% mark of the semester, if you have missed three labs, you will not be considered to have been actively participating in the course, and thus will receive a “WF” for the course. The college-wide attendance policy is included in the “Addendum to the Syllabus”, which should be read at the following web address: http://www.spcollege.edu/addendum/.

SPC Withdrawal Policy: Faculty members are unable to withdraw a student from their course. If a student wishes to withdraw from this class before the final date set for withdrawals, this student must initiate a W online. Failure to withdraw from a class before the set date, June 15, 2017 will result in an “F” or “WF” for the course. If a student withdraws from the lecture class, the student must also withdraw from the co-requisite 1025 lab. Please see me before withdrawing from the class.

Class Participation and Etiquette: Please turn off cellular telephones, iPods and other electronic devices prior to entering class! All notes should be taken in your laboratory notebook. Please stay on task. If you cannot stay on task, I reserve the right to excuse you from the laboratory.

Course Goals and Objectives

CHM 2045L includes laboratory experiments, which are quantitative in nature and designed to give practice in acceptable laboratory techniques. The class is designed for students who have a good understanding of the concepts presented in CHM 1025L. The sequence of CHM 2045L and CHM 2046L is designed to meet first-year college chemistry requirements for science majors and engineering students.

Safety

1. Lab Dress Code:

• Shoes, not sandals or open shoes, are required in the lab at all times.

• Due to the probable spillage of water and the floor becoming slippery, rubber

soled shoes, such as tennis shoes, are best.

• Shorts or skirts will not be worn. They will not keep solutions from splattering

on your legs. Blue jeans may be the best type of lab wear.

• Belly-button policy: Shirts that expose your midriff are not permitted in lab. The

bench top is near your waist level, so spills there will be common. A buttoned lab coat covering the midriff is acceptable.

• Safety goggles are required at all times in the lab.

• If you are wearing contact lenses in the lab, you must notify the instructor in case of an accident.

• Prescription glasses are acceptable with safety goggles.

Penalties:

• First violation - you will be sent to change your clothes to come under compliance.

• Second violation – you will receive a zero for that lab.

• Safety glasses – students not wearing safety glasses while inside the laboratory will be asked to leave the lab and will receive a zero for the current experiment.

2. Broken glass must be disposed of in the appropriate container; notify instructor in the event of broken glassware.

Before Laboratory Class

1. The experiment must be read prior to coming to lab. Pay particular attention to the safety precautions.

2. Write a detailed procedure for the experiment in your laboratory notebook. The procedure should be detailed enough so that you can perform the experiment without consulting the lab manual. (See laboratory notebook guidelines).

3. Complete the Advance Study Assignment (ASA) in the laboratory manual.

4. There is an online pre-lab reading quiz to make sure you have an understanding of the general lab concepts before coming to lab. The quiz will close 3 hrs. before lab. Each quiz is worth 10 points.

5. The previous week’s lab experiment report (including ASA) must be turned in at the beginning of the lab period. Late lab reports will be accepted up to 1 week late with a 10 point penalty.

During Laboratory Class

You must strictly adhere to the dress code.

Electronic Communications Devices: Cell phones must be turned off or in vibrate mode and put away during lab.

1. Have the procedure and ASA acknowledged with a stamp before beginning the lab.

2. A short lab lecture will be given to explain various experimental considerations. It is your responsibility to ask questions about any procedures that you do not understand.

3. Safety goggles must be worn at all times while in the laboratory. Even if you are finished the lab, other students may still be working with dangerous chemicals. Prescriptions glasses or sunglasses are not considered safety goggles.

4. All data are collected in your laboratory notebook. You must record experimental data directly in your laboratory notebook as well as on the report sheet from the laboratory manual. All data must be recorded using pens and NOT pencils. If a correction needs to be made, simply draw a single line through it and write the corrected information above or below it. Under no circumstances, should white out be used.

5. Most experiments will be worked with a partner. Please work with the person sitting NEXT to you. No more than two people are to work together at one time unless I approve it. All calculations, conclusions, and other report answers are to be done independently of your partner or anyone else. Students MAY NOT SHARE answers, conclusions, or results. Sharing and copying work is considered cheating. (See SPC Student Handbook for information on this subject.)

6. After completing your experiment, your equipment should be cleaned and returned. Your lab bench must be clean.

7. Before leaving the lab, you should have your data and notebook acknowledged with a stamp. When you turn in your lab report, it will be stamped with the received date. Lab reports that do not have both the acknowledgement and received stamps will not be given credit.

Grading System

Exams: There are midterm and final lab practicals, which count for approximately 20% of your grade.

Safety Quiz: Each student is required to complete a 25-question safety quiz administered at the beginning of the second laboratory meeting. The quiz counts 100 points.

Prelabs: Each laboratory experiment has an online prelab assignment that is worth 10 points. The two lowest grades are dropped.

Lab Reports: There are a total of 11 lab reports, and each one is worth 100 points. The lowest lab report is dropped.

The following is the point distribution for this course:

Category	Points
Safety Quiz	100
Prelabs	100
Lab Reports	1,000
Laboratory Notebook	100
Midterm Practical	200
Final Practical	200

Make-up Exams and Labs: Missed lab experiments cannot be made up. Instead the lowest lab report grade is dropped. Under no circumstances can the wet portion of the practical be made-up. If you know in advance you cannot make the practical, please see me at the beginning of the semester.

Grading Scale:

1,530 – 1,700 points (90% and above) A

1,360 – 1,529 points (80%-89%) B

1,190 – 1,359 points (70%-79%) C

1,020 – 1,189 points (60%-69%) D

<1,,020 points (Below 60%) F

Student Survey of Instruction (SSI):

The student survey of instruction is administered in courses each semester. It is designed to improve the quality of instruction at St. Petersburg College. All student responses are confidential and anonymous and will be used solely for the purpose of performance improvement.

Special Accommodations

If you wish to receive special accommodations as a student with a documented disability, please make an appointment with the Learning Specialist on this campus, Amy Mullarkey, at 727-712-5789. If you have a documented hearing loss, please contact the Program for the Deaf at 727-791-2628 (V/TDD). If you will need assistance during an emergency classroom evacuation, it is imperative that you speak with Amy Mullarkey immediately about arrangements for your safety.

CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY: For information on campus safety and security policies please contact 727-791-2560. For information on sexual offenders on your campus please contact campus security or the associate provost office or for general information go to the State of Florida website at http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sopu/index.asp.

Resources: I will be available during office hours to answer any questions you have. Also, there are (FREE) tutors in FA 154, who can help you at times when I may not be available. For non-academic resources, please see: http://www.spcollege.edu/appeals.

Pay attention to the experiment numbers, which are not in the same order as the manual.

Laboratory Meeting	Laboratory Dates	Experiment Number	Experiment Description
1	5/16 *Add/Drop Week	–	Check-in and safety rules
2	5/18	2	Densities of liquids and solids Safety Quiz +
3	5/23	3	Empirical formula of Copper Chloride
4	5/25	4	Determination of Molar Mass of an Acid Part I: Standardization of NaOH
5	5/30	4	Determination of Molar Mass of an Acid Part II: Molar Mass of an Acid
6	6/1	5	Single Replacement Reactions
7	6/6	-	Midterm Review
8	6/8	–	Midterm Lab Practical (NO MAKE-UP EXAMS GIVEN!!)
9	6/13	6	Alkaline Earths and the Halogens
10	6/15 *Last Day to Withdraw	7	Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid
11	6/20	8	Heat Effects and Calorimetry
12	6/22	9	Determining the Composition of a Cobalt (II) Nitrate Sample
13	6/27	10	Paper Chromatography
14	6/29	11	VSEPR
	7/4	-	Independence Day No Lab
15	7/6	12	Heat of Vaporization of a Liquid
16	7/11	–	Final Review
17	7/13	–	Final Lab Practical (NO MAKE-UP EXAMS GIVEN!!)

+ Must have required laboratory materials in order to remain in lab on and after this date.

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After reading this syllabus, read the below signature page, sign it and hand it to your instructor.

Signature Page

I have read, understand, and agree to abide fully by the parameters set in this syllabus and Syllabus Addendum.

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