CHEMISTRY 1515 – GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 SYLLABUS

Overview:An introduction to the fundamental principles of chemistry, includingmeasurement and calculation; chemical stoichiometry;the properties of gases; atomic and molecularstructure; bonding; thermochemistry; and periodicproperties. Intended for majors in the natural sciencesand engineering. 4 SH

Course Prerequisites: Students are required to have had a year-long course in General Chemistry and have a teachers recommendation to enroll in CCP Chemistry.

Text: Chemistry: Julia Burdge, 4th edition

Laboratory Manual:

Vonderbrink, S.A. Laboratory Experiments for Advanced Placement Chemistry, 2001. Flinn Scientific, Inc.

Students are required to submit a complete report for each lab experiment, including the appropriate steps of the scientific method illustrated. Students will be required to keep a lab notebook that will be submitted periodically for review by the instructor. Students must also apply appropriate statistically analysis to their results.

Goals:

Students in this course will be introduced to advanced topics in chemistry. Our goal is to help students to achieve a passing score on the AP exam in May. The structure of the course will also strengthen others skill including:

a. ability to apply critical thinking skills to a variety of situations

b. use of the scientific method on a wide array of problems

c. manipulation of advanced scientific equipment and application of appropriate data

collection, analysis and reporting techniques to communicate results.

Supplies needed:

1. Writing utensils

2. Student Agenda

3. Lab Coat

Grading Scale:

A+97 – 100C+ 77 – 79.9 F 0 – 59.9

A 93 – 96.9C 73 – 76.9

A-90 – 92.9C-70 – 72.9

B+ 87 – 89.9D+ 67 – 69.9

B 83 – 86.9D63 – 66.9

B-80 – 82.9D-60 – 62.9

Grading Procedures:

  • All assignments are due at the beginning of the period. If you have a planned absence or a field trip, turn your work in early.
  • When absent, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed. You will be given as many days as you were absent to complete these assignments if the absence is excused. If the absence is unexcused, work may not be made up.
  • If a lab experiment is missed due to absence, it will be made up during extra help or an alternative assignment will be given.
  • Homework will be checked for completion and all work must be shown to receive credit. Homework preparation is critical for success in this class!

Due to the nature of this class, frequent readings from the textbook will be given and will be expected to be done prior to coming to class.

  • Agendas must be brought to class every day. The agenda acts as your hall pass. Any student without an agenda will not be permitted to leave the room.
  • Students are required to keep a notebook for this course. These will be collected periodically and evaluated. Failure to keep a complete and organized notebook will result in point deductions.
  • Labs are worth a large number of points in this course and sufficient time is given to complete them. Failure to complete the labs will drastically affect your grade. Use your time efficiently!
  • Any student failing two consecutive nine weeks or the 2nd and 4th nine

weeks will fail the course for the year.

Credit: Those students participating in this program at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center are enrolled as YSU students and will receive a final grade from MCCTC and YSU using the grading system described above.

NOTE: Enrollment in CCP Chemistry is for two separate semesters. This course is not a single class for one year, but a separate semester class followed by Chemistry 1516.

Laboratory rules: The nature of science labs requires a special set of rules to keep students safe. These rules are in addition to the previous classroom rules. Violation of the laboratory rules will result in immediate removal from the classroom and office referral.

1. Follow lab instructions carefully. Any unauthorized activity that puts yourself or others in danger of injury will not be tolerated.

2. Do not distract other students while working in lab. No

3. Do not misuse equipment. Students who break equipment due to purposeful misuse will be required to pay for replacement of this equipment. Do not purposefully deface or destroy equipment or facilities.

4. Students will use the RAMP acronym to assess risk in the lab. Recognizing hazards, Assessing risks of hazards, Minimizing hazards, Preparing for emergencies from uncontrolled hazards

5. Students that do not have appropriate lab shoes and clothes will get a zero for that lab. Safety cannot be compromised.

Course Outline:

Intro: Matter (Classification/Properties); Measurement
Signifcant Figs.;Dimensional Analysis; Problem Solving
Problem Solving; Subatomic Particles, Atomic Structure
Periodic Table, Molecular/Ionic Compounds(Nature of)
Molecular/Ionic Compounds (Nomenclature)
FW; %Composition; Balancing Equations
Molar Mass; Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry; Limiting Reactants; %Yield
Molarity; Chemical Analysis
Gases(Properties/Laws)
Gases(Ideal Gas Law, Density, Partial Pressure)
Gases(KMT, Effusion/Diffusion; Real)
Thermochemistry (Intro)
Thermochemistry (Enthalpy, Calorimetry)
Thermochemistry (Hess’ Law; Hf)Exam Review
Atomic Structure (Nature of Light; Quantum; Spec Lines)
Atomic Structure (Quantum #’s; Orbitals; Electron Config.)
Periodic Table (History,Properties,Trends)
Periodic Table (Properties,Trends, cont.)
Chemical Bonding (Types, Electroneg/Polarity)
Chemical Bonding (Octet Rule, Lewis Structures, Resonance)
Molecular Geometry (Electron Domain/Molecular;Polarity
Molecular Geometry (VSPER, Hybridization)
Molecular Obital Theory; Chap 9 Review
Electrolytes; Precipitation Reactions;
Acid-Bases Reactions ;Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
FINAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE

Note: The potential of risk is present in some lecture demonstrations and lab experiments. Accidents are rare, but have happened. Faculty and staff members exercise great care to minimize and when possible, eliminate all potential hazards. Additionally, minimization of risks requires that students come well prepared for each assigned exercise and are attentive in class.

*Chemical Calculations

The following list summarizes types of problems that students should have a strong understanding of. Attention should be given to significant figures, precision ofmeasured values, and the use of logarithmic and exponential relationships. Criticalanalysis of the reasonableness of results is to be encouraged.

1. Percentage composition

2. Empirical and molecular formulas from experimental data

3. Molar masses from gas density, freezing-point, and boiling-point measurements

4. Gas laws, including the ideal gas law, Dalton’s law, and Graham’s law

5. Stoichiometric relations using the concept of the mole; titration calculations

6. Mole fractions; molar and molal solutions

7. Faraday’s laws of electrolysis

8. Equilibrium constants and their applications, including their use for simultaneous

equilibria

9. Standard electrode potentials and their use; Nernst equation

10. Thermodynamic and thermochemical calculations

11. Kinetics calculations

Academic Honesty:

In accordance with University policy and professional standards, the highest levels of academic integrity are expected in this lecture and lab. Academic dishonesty will result in reduction in grades and or expulsion from this class and/or the University