| Dean Waldow | ||
| E-mail: waldowda@plu.edu (try it!) | Home: | 7702 60th St.
E. |
| Phone: (535)-7533 | Puyallup, WA
98371 | |
| Office: Rieke 245 | ||
| Office hours: MWF: 9:15-10:15 am T 2-3pm or appt. | ||
Class Schedule:
* Lecture: 8:00 AM to 9:05 AM, M W F, Rieke Science Center: Leraas Lecture Hall
* My Open Lab Hours: T 3-6pm, F 3-5pm
Required Materials:
* Petrucci and Harwood (PH), GENERAL CHEMISTRY, 6th Edition, MacMillian Publishing Co., NY, 1993.
* Laboratory Packet: available in the PLU bookstore this afternoon.
* Laboratory Notebook: available in the PLU bookstore. [You can use your chem115 notebook]
* Safety Goggles: These are available at the stockroom window for $5.00.
* A scientific calculator (most calculators will be fine that at least have log(x) and 10x functions).
Optional Material:
* K. Wismer, Solutions Manual for GENERAL CHEMISTRY, 6th Edition, MacMillian Publishing Co., NY, 1993.
Prerequisites:
* Prerequisites: Chemistry 115
Special Consideration:
If you need any course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need other special arrangements, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. If you have questions concerning the services available for special needs at PLU, please call Wanda Wentworth at x8786 or Alene Klein at x7602.
Problem Sets:
Problems are suggested below for the first few chapters. I may modify this list of problems as we go, so, watch for changes posted in lecture or in the chem116 homepage (http://rainier.chem.plu.edu/chemdept/chem116.html) as well as the suggested problems for the upcoming chapters. If your answer(s) don't agree with the provided answers in the back of the book, first recheck the calculations and then rethink your approach. If then you still are having a challenging time with the problem, then consult a solutions manual.
You might try working together on the problem sets (actually I encourage it). Your ability to work the problems is a good representation of your ability to understand the material and will definitely help your performance on exams. Collaborative learning [working in groups on problems sets or studying] is a useful practice for many people, however, if you find yourself only copying from your colleagues or the solutions manual that is a waste of your time since very little learning will take place.
Chapter Some suggested problems for the first few chapters
15 5,7,9,10,14,27,33,40,44,50,53,55,57,61
16 4,8,10,11,17,19,21,31,37,40,46,58,60,64
17 9,11,13,16,22,32,34,36,39,40,47,55,59,60
18 8,10,11,15,23,29,34,36,41,42,43,46,55,61
19 4,6,7,22,24,26,28,32,42,46,58,63,78
Quizzes:There will be short quizzes ( about 10 minutes ) during roughly two-thirds of the lectures. The intention of the quizzes are to motivate you to keep up with the material, review the lecture you just participated in, and get a head start on the exams. Two points: 1) There will not be any make-up quizzes if you should happen to miss any. 2) The best 20 quizzes will be used in the determination of your grade. These dropped quizzes include ones missed for illness/ athletics/ or other reasons. If the situation should arise where you need to miss more than a few quizzes for athletics or illness, please see the instructor to work out other arrangements.
Exams:
There are four exams scheduled during the semester each covering two to three chapters. The lowest exam will be dropped. All of the hour exams will be given during class and it will be possible, not necessary, to start as early as 7:30 a.m. and end as late as 9:10. However, the exams will be written to accommodate a standard 65 minute class period length. Also, you should bring your own calculator to the exam.
The exams are to be taken when scheduled! Unexcused absences from an exam will result in a zero for that exam. You should talk with the instructor if you know that you must miss an exam for a valid reason or if this is not possible get in touch with the instructor within 24 hours to make arrangements. In order to get full credit for a make-up exam, a valid excuse is NEEDED (illnesses must be verifiable).
Point Distribution :
The final grade will reflect the following distribution of course contributions.
4 Hour Exams (1 dropped) 3 100 35% 300 pts Quick Quizzes (highest 20 count) 20 5 12% 100 pts Lab 1 250 29% 250 pts Final Exam 1 200 24% 200 pts Total 100% 850 ptsFinal:
Monday, May 13th at 8:00 - 9:50 AM. Attendance is mandatory. |
1. Utilize your TEXTBOOK! There are many aids to your learning chemistry which the text provides. First of all, read the book in pace with the lecture. Try the sample and practice exercises. For a review, read the summary section, review the key terms, study the summarizing example(s), and work through the review questions and problems. These are provided at the end every chapter. To review the math that you will need to do the problems in this class, look over Appendix A in the textbook.
2. Problems are at the heart of chemistry and the evaluation process. They need to be practiced. An assortment of problems will be suggested for each chapter, but don't limit yourself to the assigned problems. The green numbered problems have answers in the back of the text.
3. Please make use of the instructor's office hours and email for questions!
4. Make use of the academic assistance center group study sessions: Ramstad, Room 112, x7518!
5. Please make use of the email list for conversions with the class!
6. And, explore chemistry information in our library and on the Internet!
Email List for Chemistry 116: chem116@rainier.chem.plu.edu
I am trying a new method for facilitating class conversation this semester using an email server. The chem116 Email List is an electronic mail discussion group where you can send email to the list and the server will forward your message to all members of the list. Only members of this class, academic assistance tutors, and chemistry faculty will be allowed on the list. You will need an account on the PLU computer pepper to use this feature of the class (if you have a connection to an off-campus internet provider, you can still be part of the email list). This service is by no means a requirement for the class but I hope you find it useful and even enjoyable. I will go over subscribing to the list and sending email to the list in class as well as getting an account on pepper.
Examples of chem116 email could include:
* Announcements, e.g. "Remember to .... this week in lab."
* Questions of problems or concepts
* Chemistry news... from newspapers/CNN etc...
Local and Internet World-Wide Web Resources:
In addition to the email list above, I am also making a World-Wide Web page available for this class. It will have a number features which I hope will facilitate interest, productivity, and learning for this class. The pages will contain this syllabus, interesting chemistry links on internet, information about the email list, and a background form for you to fill out. You can access this page from `pepper' using the program lynx or in the UC computer room using Netscape. The address [Universal Resource Locator (URL)] for this is:
http://rainier.chem.plu.edu/chemdept/chem116.html
For practice, try filling out the student background form in chem116 homepage. You can also fill this out by hand. The information in the form will remain confidential and is only for me to get a better picture of your background.
Lecture Outline:
Date(s) Topic Lecture Coverage
1/31 - 2/7 Kinetics Chapter 15
2/7-2/14 Equilibrium Chapter 16
Feb. 21 Exam I
2/16-2/26 Acids and Bases Chapter 17
2/28-3/1 Acid Base Equilibrium Chapter 18
3/4-3/8 Solubility / Complex-Ion Eq. Chapter 19
March 11 Exam II
3/13-3/25 Entropy and Free Energy Chapter 20
3/27-4/1 Electrochemistry Chapter 21
April 3 Exam III
4/10-4/24 Descriptive Chemistry Parts of Chaps 22-24
April 26 Exam IV
4/29-5/3 Complex Ions or Alternate Chapter 25 or Alternative
5/6-5/10 Nuclear Chemistry Chapter 26
Monday, May 13 Final Exam 8:00-9:50 am
Laboratory:* Do all laboratory work.
* Be sure to have stockroom workers check the bar code on both your ID cards.
* Clean up your work area before leaving the open laboratory.
* Late reports and summaries will have points taken off.
* If you turn in a late report, it MUST be turned in before the specific report or summary is turned back to the class to receive credit.
* Summaries may be type or written by hand. The only report that needs to be typed (word processed) is the formal report on the Solubility/Ksp of an Oxalate.
Lab Outline:
Dates Lab Hand In Points Due
2/5-2/9 Oxalate Synthesis Oxalate Product 10 Feb. 12
& Summary Sheet
2/12-2/16 Chemistry of Copper Lab Sheet 10 Feb. 20
2/20-2/23 Reaction Order for Summary Sheet 5 Feb. 26
the Hydrolysis of
TDBC
2/26-3/1 Rate Constants & Summary Sheet 10 March 4
Activation Energy
for the Hydrolysis
of TDBC
3/4-3/8 Ksp and Solubility Summary Sheet 5 March 11
of an Oxalate
3/11-3/15 Write Formal Report Formal Report 80 March 15
on the Ksp &
Solubility of
Oxalate
3/18-3/22 SPRING BREAK NO LAB J
3/25-3/29 Categorization of Lab Sheet 10 April 1 (no
Cations fooling)
4/1-4/4 Identification of 2 Summary Sheet 30 April 9
Cations in a Binary (Your own
Mixture version)
4/9-4/19 Identification of 3 Summary Sheet 40 April 22
Cations and 1 Anion (Your own
in a Binary Mixture version)
4/22-5/3 Identification of
Cations and Anions
in a 3-6 Component
Mixture
5/6-5/9 Finish and Write Summary Sheet 50 May 10
Summary for Final (Your own
Inorganic Analysis version)