Syllabus
General Chemistry I - Lab

General Chemistry I - Lab

CHEM-1111

Credit Summer 2020
06/01/2020 - 08/09/2020

Course Information

Section 010
Distance Learning
ONL DIL
Jeffrey Allison

Office Hours

  • M T W Th
    10:00 - 11:30am
    Via Email jalliso2@austincc.edu

Course Requirements

REQUIRED TEXTS/MATERIALS

1)  Green Lab Manual, ACC Custom 2013 Edition, Online through Blackboard.

2)  Scientific Calculator 

3)  ANSI-approved safety glasses or goggles stamped with Z87

Readings

Preparation before lab: 

  1. Bring ANSI-approved safety glasses or goggles stamped with Z87.  ACC does not provide safety glasses or goggles for the lab. 
  2. Print off, read and understand the experiment being preformed that week. 

Students that do not have a printed copy of the lab will be asked to leave.

  1. Complete Pre-Lab Assignments.  

        4. Prepare for weekly quiz given at the beginning of lab

Course Subjects

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is the laboratory to accompany CHEM 1311 lecture. Emphasis is placed on techniques, properties and reactions, and reinforcing principles offered in the lecture portion of the course.

Prerequisites: One year of high school chemistry or CHEM 1305 and CHEM 1105 and MATH1314. 

Corequisite: CHEM 1311.

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Students will be able to perform the following skills: 

Read NFPA, HMIS labels and understand the hazard of chemicals used 

Transfer sample to balance for weighing and tare the balance 

Measure temperature with a thermometer 

Correctly read a meniscus and accurately measure a liquid volume 

Light and adjust Bunsen burners 

Correctly use a hot plate 

Observe and interpret chemical reactions: color change, temperature change, precipitate formation, and gas evolution 

Use capillary tubes to transfer liquid samples used in paper chromatography 

Use a buret to perform a standard titration and observe color change to define the end point of the titration 

Use centrifuge and decanting techniques to separate solids from liquids

 

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course schedule/calendar

Chem 1111 Chemistry 1 Lab Schedule • HYS • 16 week Spring 2020

 

 

Wk

Week of ...

Exp. #

Experiment

1

Jan 20

 

Syllabus

2

Jan 27

 

Orientation and Lab Safety

3

Feb 3

1

Measurements

4

Feb 10

2

The Densities of Liquids and Solids

5

Feb 17

3

How Much Sugar is in a Can of Soda?

6

Feb 24

4

Which Alkali Metal Carbonate?

7

Mar 2

5

Identification of a Compound

8

Mar 9

6

Limiting Reactants

 

Mar 16

 

SPRING BREAK

9

Mar 23

7

Determination of an Unknown Concentration of Acid by Titration

10

Mar 30

8

Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide

11

Apr 6

9

Determination of the Specific Heat of a Metal

12

Apr 13

10

Concentration of an Unknown Using Beer’s Law

13

Apr 20

11

Flame Tests and Atomic Emission Spectra

14

Apr 27

Lib

Research Assignment

15

May 4

12

Lewis Dot Structures and Molecular Bonding Theories

16

May 11

 

Finals

 

 

 

 

Purchase safety eyewear; clean all utilized glassware
and equipment; organize your work area before leaving lab

 

 

 

course evaluation/grading

COURSE EVALUATION/GRADING SCHEME

            Pre-lab:  5 points each

            Weekly Quiz: 10 points each

            Data, Calculations and Post-Lab: 15 points each

            Total points for each lab:  30 points 

 

Total Points for course (13 Labs - 1 dropped lab) x 30 points = 360 points Total

 

Grade Distribution:

            A:   (360 – 324 points)

            B:   (323 – 288 points)

            C:   (287 – 252 points)

            D:   (251 – 216 points)

            F:   (215 points and below)