Temple University- Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory
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Temple University Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory
Department of Chemistry (Chemistry CO63)
Dr. James Bloxton First Summer Session 2006
Laboratory Coordinator 12152047129
Office: 240 Beury Hall Email: [email protected]
Keep this syllabus; it contains important information which you will need to know in order to succeed in
this course.
Chemistry CO63 is the first semester of Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory. This broad survey course in
chemistry is designed primarily for nonscience majors and those planning careers in allied health or
horticulture. Introduction to Chemistry is a core curriculum course; however, it is not accepted by medical
or dental schools, and cannot normally be used as a prerequisite for Chemistry 121 (Organic Chemistry). If
you expect to take Science and Technology courses in Chemistry (100 level or above), you should take the
7174 sequence (General Chemistry) rather than this course.
A student will not be permitted to enroll in Chemistry 63 unless that student also enrolls in Chemistry 61,
or has previously completed Chemistry 61 or its equivalent with a passing grade. Any student who has a
need for accommodation based upon the impact of a disability should contact his or her course instructor
privately to discuss their specific situation as soon as possible; also it is advisable for them to contact
Disability Resources and Services at 2152041280.
LABORATORY TEXTS AND BLACKBOARD: 1. Laboratory Manual for Fundamentals of General,
Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 6th Ed. by Holum and Olmsted.
2. Module 3 and other lab handouts will be available on Blackboard or supplied by your laboratory
instructor. Module 3: AcidBase Chemistry and other laboratory handouts.
3. Students should check Blackboard and their Temple email accounts each week for possible
announcements and possible supplementary materials. All of the handouts will be available under the
Course Documents Section of Blackboard. If a student misses a laboratory where laboratory materials for
the following week were passed out, the student will need to get these materials from Blackboard. This is
especially important in preparation for prelaboratory quizzes, prelaboratory questions and makeup
laboratories.
GRADING: Grades will be based on a possible 1000 points for Chemistry 63. The grade breakdowns are
given below:
CHEMISTRY 63
Midterm 200 points
Final 200 points
Lab. Reports 500 points
Lab Quizzes 100 points
Total 1000 points
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION: First class: Monday, May 15, 2006.
Last day to drop (tuition refund available): Friday, May 26, 2006.
Last day to withdraw (no refund): Tuesday, June 13, 2006. Students who have previously withdrawn from
the same course, or who have already withdrawn from 5 courses since September 2003 may not withdraw.
Drops and withdrawals are handled by the student's college office.
The first summer session ends on Tuesday, June 27, 2006.
ABSENCES: Excessive unexcused absences from any part of Chemistry 63 can result in a student
receiving an F as a final grade. It is the responsibility of the student to make sure that his/her absence is
recorded as excused if such is the case.
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LABORATORY PREPARATION: Students should expect to spend an average of 7 hours each week
outside of lab, lecture, or recitation preparing for Chem 63 laboratory. This preparation includes preparing
for or doing prelaboratory assignments, prelab quizzes, laboratory reports, midterm and final examinations.
WITHDRAWALS: Students may withdraw from the course with a grade of W at any time up to and
including Tuesday, June 13, 2006. No withdrawal is possible after that date. A student who withdraws
from Chemistry 61 may or may not withdraw from Chemistry 63. Students who have previously
withdrawn from the same course, or who have already withdrawn from 5 courses since September 2003
may not withdraw. Drops and withdrawals are handled by the student's college office. The full university
policy on withdrawals can be found at http://policies.temple.edu under section 02.10.14.
INCOMPLETES: The grade of I (Incomplete) will only be considered in cases of end of semester
emergency situations where at least 60% of the term's work has already been completed with a passing
grade, and only for reasons beyond the student’s control. To receive a grade of I, the student first must sign
a written agreement with the instructor involved and the Chemistry department, specifying the manner by
which the missed work will be completed. Notify Dr. Bloxton if you believe you have a valid reason to
obtain a grade of I in Chemistry 63. The full university policy on incompletes can be found at
http://policies.temple.edu under section 02.10.13.
ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS: Although the types of calculations employed in Chemistry 63 are
generally quite simple, you may find that a pocket calculator (properly operated) will improve your
accuracy. If you wish to invest in a calculator, it is suggested that you select a model which can deal with
logarithms and scientific notation. Be certain that if you use a calculator, it is kept in good condition,
especially for quizzes and examinations. Calculator failure will not be accepted as an excuse for a poor
quiz or examination. The sharing of calculators, use of information storage devices, cell phones, pagers
and other communication devices during quizzes or examinations is prohibited. Students may not use
programmable calculators or calculators that are in their cell phones.
OFFICE HOURS: Office hours for each instructor in Chemistry 63 will be announced at the beginning of
the second meeting of classes.
MID TERM REPORTS: The University requires, for submission to them, a mid term report for this
course for each student. These reports will be used to advise and council students on seeking appropriate
assistance in their studies.
LABORATORY SAFETY: It is expected that everyone in the lab will conduct themselves in a
professional manner. All students are required to wear departmentally approved safety glasses or safety
goggles during lab. Students that don't wear or have safety glasses or goggles will not be allowed to work
in the laboratory. It is the responsibility of the student to purchase and keep their own safety glasses.
Appropriate clothing and shoes are to be worn in the laboratory. Shorts, miniskirts, tank tops, clothing
that exposes bare midriffs, sandals or open toe shoes are not permitted. Laboratory coats or laboratory
aprons are required items and will be supplied by the Chemistry Department. Anyone who wears contact
lenses should inform their instructor; we strongly suggest you not wear them in lab. Any student who is
pregnant or may become pregnant during the course of the semester should consult a physician to decide
whether or not it is advisable to continue in the course. Any students with any medical conditions that
might require special treatment in the event of injury should inform their instructor, so that in the event of
an emergency we may respond appropriately. All students are required to purchase, read, understand and
sign the Temple University Student and Laboratory Use General Guidelines for CST (University Copy
Center 601 Conwell Hall). Students will not be permitted to continue working in the labs beginning with
laboratory meeting 3, Monday, May 22, 2006, or laboratory meeting 3, Thursday, May 25, 2006, without
this signed document. Previously signed documents from past Chem 63 labs may not be used. A new
document is required for Chem 63 lab.
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ACADEMIC HONESTY: The contents of this section are from Temple University’s 20052006
Undergraduate Bulletin in the Students Responsibilities part of Responsibilities section. The web address is
http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Responsibilities_rights/responsibilities/responsibilities.shtm#honesty.
Temple University believes strongly in academic honesty and integrity. Plagiarism and academic cheating
are, therefore, prohibited. Essential to intellectual growth is the development of independent thought and a
respect for the thoughts of others. The prohibition against plagiarism and cheating is intended to foster this
independence and respect.
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another person's labor, another person's ideas, another person's
words, another person's assistance. Normally, all work done for courses papers, examinations,
homework exercises, laboratory reports, oral presentations is expected to be the individual effort of the
student presenting the work. Any assistance must be reported to the instructor. If the work has entailed
consulting other resources journals, books, or other media , these resources must be cited in a manner
appropriate to the course. It is the instructor's responsibility to indicate the appropriate manner of citation.
Everything used from other sources suggestions for organization of ideas, ideas themselves, or actual
language must be cited. Failure to cite borrowed material constitutes plagiarism. Undocumented use of
materials from the World Wide Web is plagiarism.
Academic cheating is, generally, the thwarting or breaking of the general rules of academic work or the
specific rules of the individual courses. It includes falsifying data; submitting, without the instructor's
approval, work in one course which was done for another; helping others to plagiarize or cheat from one's
own or another's work; or actually doing the work of another person.
The penalty for academic dishonesty can vary from receiving a reprimand and a failing grade for a
particular assignment, to a failing grade in the course, to suspension or expulsion from the University. The
penalty varies with the nature of the offense, the individual instructor, the department, and the school or
college.
Students who believe that they have been unfairly accused may appeal through the School or College's
academic grievance procedure. See Grievances under Students Rights in this section.
LABORATORY GRADING: A student's laboratory grade will be based upon the student's overall
performance in laboratory quizzes (10%), as well as on the laboratory exercises, that is, the laboratory
reports (50%), and the student's grades on a midterm examination (20%) and a final examination (20%).
These quizzes and examinations will be taken in the laboratory room.
LABORATORY QUIZZES (10%): There will be a total of nine laboratory quizzes (starting with
laboratory meeting number 2 Wednesday, 5/17/06 and Tuesday 5/23/06) that will be given at the beginning
of the laboratory period. These laboratory quizzes can cover theory, laboratory techniques, calculations,
and laboratory procedures for the experiment that students are doing in that laboratory period or material
that was previously covered to help prepare for midterm and final exams. A laboratory quiz will also be
given during the midterm and final exam review sessions. (Note: These laboratory quizzes during the
midterm and final exam review sessions are not makeup laboratory quizzes.) The lowest laboratory quiz
will be dropped. If one laboratory quiz is missed, a score of zero will be assigned for the missed laboratory
quiz and this laboratory quiz will be dropped instead of the lowest laboratory quiz. Only one laboratory
quiz is dropped. If a student misses two or more laboratory quizzes, scores of zero will be assigned for all
missed laboratory quizzes. The laboratory quiz cannot be given to a student that comes in to class after
another student has already finished and left the quiz room or after everyone in the quiz room has finished
the quiz. If a student misses a laboratory quiz, they may take the quiz in another section of Chem 63
laboratory that is taking the quiz on the same material. Otherwise makeup quizzes are not given. The
makeup quiz must be given to the instructor that gave the makeup quiz. Makeup quizzes are not given
during laboratory makeup times. Copying, talking and other forms of communication between students
during a laboratory quiz are prohibited. The sharing of calculators, use of information storage devices, cell
phones, pagers and other communication devices during quizzes is prohibited. Students may not use
programmable calculators or calculators that are in their cell phones.
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION (20%) AND FINAL EXAMINATION (20%): The laboratory midterm
examinations are scheduled for Wednesday 6/7/06 and Thursday 6/8/06. The laboratory final examinations
are scheduled for Monday 6/26/06 and Tuesday 6/27/06. If a student misses the midterm or final
examination they may take the midterm or final examination in another section of Chem 63 that is taking
the midterm or final examination. If a student has an excusable reason for missing a midterm or final
examination a makeup midterm or final examination can be given. If, however, a student misses taking a
midterm or final exam, during the exam times when it is given, then a grade of zero will be given if a
student has no excused absence for missing the midterm or final exam. For an absence to be considered
excusable, the student must provide the laboratory instructor with a written documented note, explaining
the reason for the absence; whereupon, the instructor will notify the student whether or not the absence is
considered excusable. The midterm or final examination cannot be given to a student that comes in to class
after another student has already finished and left the exam room. Copying, talking and other forms of
communication between students during a midterm or final examination are prohibited. The sharing of
calculators, use of information storage devices, cell phones, pagers and other communication devices
during a midterm or final examination is prohibited. Students may not use programmable calculators or
calculators that are in their cell phones. A student can only take the midterm or final examination once.
LABORATORY REPORTS (50%): Prelaboratory report sheets are due at the beginning of every
laboratory period. The laboratory instructor will look to see if the students attempted to answer all of the
prelaboratory questions and a score will be assigned. These same prelaboratory questions will also be
handed in with the rest of the laboratory report and will be graded. Laboratory reports are due the
laboratory period after a lab is scheduled for completion. Chem 63 laboratory instructors will initial the
data sheets for the laboratory reports at the end of the laboratory period. These original data sheets are to
be turned in as part of the student’s laboratory report. The complete laboratory report includes the
prelaboratory questions and the original laboratory report sheets. Students are to work by themselves
instead of with partners or in groups whenever possible. All students that work in pairs or in larger groups
than indicated by the laboratory instructor will lose 25% of the total value of the laboratory report.
Students that turn in a laboratory report that they didn't perform will receive a score of 0% for the entire
laboratory report.
MAKEUP LABORATORY SESSIONS AND REPORTS: Students that miss a laboratory can makeup
the missed laboratory in another section of Chem 63 that is doing the same laboratory experiment.
Students can also makeup a missed laboratory during the makeup laboratory sessions on Monday, 6/5/06,
and Tuesday, 6/6/06, and on Wednesday, 6/7/06, and Thursday, 6/8/06, after the midterm examination
review sessions and midterm examinations are completed. Students can also makeup a missed laboratory
during the makeup laboratory sessions on Wednesday, 6/21/06, and Thursday, 6/22/06, and on Monday,
6/26/06, and Tuesday, 6/27/06, after the final examination review sessions and final examinations are
completed. A laboratory makeup documentation form is required if a student does a makeup laboratory.
This laboratory makeup documentation form is to be turned in with the makeup laboratory report. Makeup
laboratory reports that are turned in without this laboratory makeup documentation form will receive a
score of zero. A student must be prepared to do a makeup laboratory. This preparation includes but is not
limited to the following: 1. Having their own safety glasses with them. 2. Knowing what experiment(s)
they need to makeup. 3. Having the necessary laboratory course materials with them before the start of
the makeup laboratory session. 4. Reading the laboratory materials before the start of the makeup
laboratory session. 5. Completing the prelaboratory questions before the start of the makeup laboratory
session. Students will receive a score of zero for the initial check of the prelaboratory questions if these
prelaboratory questions are not completed at the beginning of the laboratory makeup session. If a student
needs to do more than one makeup laboratory, the student should be prepared to attend more than one
makeup laboratory session.
TENATIVE CHEM 63 LABORATORY SCHEDULE
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MEETING DAY
1. M 5/15 & T 5/16 Check in; Safety
2. W 5/17 & T 5/23 Holum: Exp.1. SI Quantities; Exp 2. Density
Module 1: Specific Gravity Determination By Urinometer And Dipstick
NOTE: Thursday, May 18 is Graduation Day. No Classes.
3. M 5/22 & Th 5/25 WARD’S Kidney Dialysis Simulation Lab Activity
Module 1: Calculations Involving Solutions Preparation and Properties
4. W 5/24 & T 5/30 Holum: Exp. 26. Ionic Reactions
Holum: Exp. 5, 6. Chemical Change
Holum: Exp 11. Mass Relations
NOTE: Monday, May 29 is Memorial Day. No Classes.
5. W 5/31 & Th 6/1 Module 3: Determination of pKa of a Drug Product
6. M 6/5 & T 6/6 Midterm Examination Review
Makeup Laboratory
7. W 6/7 & Th 6/8 Laboratory Midterm Examination on Experiments in Meetings 2 – 4 including
part of
Module 1: Calculations Involving Solutions Preparation and Properties.
Makeup Laboratory
8. M 6/12 & T 6/13 Module 3: Buffers Parts A and B
9. W 6/14 & Th 6/15 Module 3: AcidosisAlkalosis Parts A and B
10. M 6/19 & T 6/20 Holum: Exp 41. Organic Chemistry
Holum: Exp 59. Isomerism
11. W 6/21 & Th 6/22 Final Examination Review
Makeup Laboratory
12. M 6/26 & T 6/27 Laboratory Final Examination on Experiments in Meetings 5, 8 10 and part of
Module 1: Calculations Involving Solutions Preparation and Properties.
Makeup Laboratory
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