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COURSE OUTLINE
Instructor: James T. Schultz Sr.
Course Number:
CHM 109
Course Title:
Introduction to Chemistry
Course Credits:
4
Lecture hours: 6.75
Lab hours: 4.75
Pre-requisite(s):
Math 090
Co-requisite(s):
None
Semester/Session: Second Summer 2012
Other hours: 7
Course Description:
An introductory course incorporating the concepts of chemical structure, bonding, and stoichiometric
relationships. Students with weak backgrounds in Chemistry are advised to take this course before enrolling
in General Chemistry 1.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course a student will be able to:
1. Solve dimensional analysis problems and make conversions related to the metric system, temperature and
density.
2. Classify matter based on its physical properties.
3. Describe atomic structure, atomic mass and isotopes.
4. Use the periodic table as a tool.
5. Describe how atoms form ionic and covalent bonds.
6. Write the names and formulas to elements and compounds.
7. Apply mole relationships to elements and compounds
8. Write, balance and classify chemical equations.
9. Solve stoichiometry problems.
10. Calculate the concentration of solutions.
11. Calculate the pH of acidic and basic solutions
12. Exhibit proper laboratory safety procedures
13. Demonstrate basic measurement techniques
14. Demonstrate basic laboratory techniques
15. Perform chemical reactions
16. Utilize appropriate observation techniques
Topics Covered:
1. Significant figures, exponential and scientific notation
2. Metric measurements, dimensional analysis, density and temperature
3. Matter and its properties
4. Atomic structure
5. Periodic classification of elements
6. Ionic and covalent bonding
7. Chemical nomenclature
8. The mole concept
9. Writing, balancing and classification of chemical equations
10. Stoichiometric calculations
11. Acids, bases and solutions
12. Laboratory techniques
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Class Section(s) Time & Location:
Component
Lecture
Lab
Section
BC81
Days
TWH
TH
Dates
7/2/2012-8/11/2012
Time
5:00_pm – 7:15_pm
7:16_pm – 9:40_pm
Instructor:
Jim Schultz
Office Hours:
Telephone:
E-Mail Address:
Class Website
Grading Website
412-853-3766
Office Location:
jschultz@ccac.edu
http://www.quia.com/pages/jschultzsr10/page2
http://www.engrade.com/user/login.php
Building Room
SWG
S658
SWG
S607
15 minutes before & after each
session (except lab)
NA
Materials and Resources:
Required Text(s): Lecture Hein – “Foundations of College Chemistry”, Alternative 13th Edition
Required Text(s): Lab
Hein – “Foundations of College Chemistry in the Laboratory”, 13th Edition
Required Materials:
Recommended Text(s):
Audio-Visual Materials:
Directed Study:
Open Lab, Tutoring, etc.
Scientific Calculator
Learning Center – Chemistry Learning Aids
Library
Tutoring
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Teaching Methods:
Lecture, power point presentations, Online Activities – Quia (3 Practice Tests and 4 Learning Games),
Online Grade book-Engrade, Online Assignment Turn-ins – Engrade (9 Prelabs), homework, study
sessions and laboratory
Evaluation Plan:
All grades are weighted as follows: Homework is 10%, Labs are 30% and Test are 60%
Lab total points will be ~ 300 or to 30% of your final grade!
Homework will constitute approximately 10% of the final grade and consists of book homework questions
and supplemental packets.
Homework total points will be ~ 207 or to 10% of your final grade!
Quizzes and tests will constitute approximately 60% of the final grade.
3 - 25 Point Practice Tests
1 – 50 Point Chapter Test
3 – 100 Point Chapter Tests
1 – 106 Point Chapter Test
1 – 105 Point Chapter Test
1 – 90 Point Chapter Test
2 – 100 Point Ion Tests
1 – 25 Point Lab Final
Total = 951 Test Points
The grading scale is straight percentage as indicated below:
A = 100-90%
B = 89-80%
C = 79-70%
D = 69-60%
E = 59% or below
Other Policies and Procedures:
Lecture Period
1. Attendance Policy: There is no substitute for personal attendance. Attendance is mandatory and will be
taken each lecture period and lab session. If you should miss a quiz or a test you should contact the
instructor by email or in person as soon as possible to get it made up in the learning within the week.
2. Be on time and prepared. Punctuality is essential. Bring your textbook and calculator to each lecture.
Bring your lab manual and calculator to each laboratory.
3. Quizzes and tests can be true-false, multiple choice, matching, completion, essay and word problems.
They will cover lecture, labs, textbook, lab manual and homework assignments. The allotted time will be
announced.
4. Homework is due on the assigned date and at the beginning of lecture/lab unless otherwise instructed. If
you are in class/lab it is due, if you are absent it is due as soon as you return class. Homework is for your
benefit, it will not be accepted late.
5. Homework will be graded for completeness, neatness, showing work, equations used and finally
correctness. Your grade will be based on your performance on group of randomly selected questions from
the total assignment. The number and items selected will be told to you after collection. Time has been
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allotted to go over some of the problems, not all.
Lab Session
6. Each lab is scheduled to take approximately 2 hours; you must be done, cleaned up and checked out by
the end of the session. After 10_minutes, you will not be allowed to enter the lab. There are no lab
makeups.
7. You must be prepared for lab. It is key to getting a lab done safely and completely. A pre lab is
required for each lab done in a session. It will be collected at the start of the lab, if it is not done, you
loose the opportunity to do that session’s labs. You must read each lab before its session. You will
write in you own words, the laboratory procedure you will follow plus it must contain drawings of any
equipment set ups and description & reagent used. It should be sequentially lettered/numbered correlated
to the lab manual. It does not have to be complete sentences, it must be in ink and neat. You should be
prepared to use your prelab as the laboratory procedure. Count on it. It is part of your lab grade.
8. Housekeeping and safety go hand in hand in any laboratory. You will be assigned a lab drawer, it is your
responsibility to kept in stocked, organized and clean. You drawer and area must be checked out by the
instructor at the end of each lab session. Everything must be clean, dry, free of trash and in its proper
place. There will be periodic, random checks of your lab drawers. Your lab reports will initialed to
indicate you have checked out. Failure to do so will have a negative impact on your grade.
9. During lab sessions, each student will be working in groups of two unless instructed otherwise. Do not
leave lab until you have taken all the data, applied, recorded and calculated in the “Report Sheet” and
“Question and Problem Sheet” at the end of each experiment. All lab reports are due at the beginning of
the next lab session.
10. Safety is Job #1! Come dressed for lab or you will be asked to leave and you will get a “0” for
that lab? Follow the safety rules, these are listed in your Lab Manual. All coats must be hung up on the
provided hooks. Keep books, personal articles, etc. out of the way of the experimental area. Chemistry
students with prelab done are the only people allowed in the lab.
Final Thoughts
11. The class/lab is no place for cell phones, mp3 players, headphones, radios or CD players. These are
distractions and will not be tolerated. Put them on vibrate and away.
12. Chemistry is extremely cumulative, if you miss a class you have missed a lot. Get help early, do not
wait until the day of the test.
LATE ANYTHING = 0 POINTS
Parts of this may change! You will be notified ASAP.
IE: Campus Closures, Delays, etc
Students with Disabilities:
The Community College of Allegheny County makes every effort to provide reasonable accommodations for
students with disabilities. Questions about services and procedures for students with disabilities should be
directed to the Office of Supportive Services at your campus.
Course Outline Corrections:
During the semester/session, reasonable changes to the course outline may be academically appropriate.
Students will be notified of these adjustments by the instructor in a timely manner.
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Course Plan:
Day1 C1 Introduction of Chemistry – Where are we Going?
C1 Rev?s 1-16 & Pr Ex?s 1-7 Due Day 2
1.1
Why study chemistry
1.2
The nature of chemistry
1.3
Thinking like a chemist
1.4
A scientific approach to problem solving
1.5
The scientific method
1.6
The particulate nature of matter
1.7
Physical states of matter
1.8
Classifying Matter
Day 2 C2 Standards for Measurement
C2 Dimensional Analysis Packet Due on Test Day!
2.1
Scientific notation
2.2
Measurement and uncertainty
2.3
Significant figures
2.4
Significant figures in calculations
2.5
The metric system
2.6
Dimensional Analysis
2.7
Measuring mass and volume
2.8
Measurement of temperature
2.9
Density
Online Quia Chapter 1 Test Must be done before Day 4
Day 3 C3 Elements and Compounds
Rev?s 2,4,6,8,10,12,14 Pr Ex?s 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34 Due Day 4
3.1
Elements
3.2
Distribution of elements
3.3
Names of elements
3.4
Symbols of elements
3.5
Introduction to the periodic table
3.6
Elements in their natural state
3.7
Elements that exist as diatomic molecular compounds
3.8
Compounds
3.9
Chemical formulas
Quia Cation Practice TEST Must be done before Day 5
Day 5 Cation TEST
Day 4 C4 Properties of Matter
Rev?s 2,4,6,8 Pr Ex?s 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,38 Due Day 5
4.1
Properties of substances
4.2
Physical changes
4.3
Chemical changes
4.4
Conservation of mass
4.5
Learn to Solve Problems
4.6
Energy
4.7
Heat: quantitative measurement
4.8
Energy in chemical changes
4.9
Conservation of energy
4.10
Energy in the real world
Day 4 Chapter 2 Test
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Day 5 C5 Early atomic theory and structure
Rev?s 1,5 Pr Ex?s 2,4,6,8,10,12,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,29,31,33,40 Due Day 6
5.1
Early thoughts
5.2
Dalton’s Model of the atom
5.3
Composition of compounds
5.4
The nature of electric charge
5.5
Discovery of ions
5.6
Subatomic parts of atoms
5.7
The nuclear atom
5.8
Isotopes of the elements
5.9
Atomic mass
Quia ANION Practice TEST Must be done before Day 7
Day 7 ANION TEST
Day 6 C6 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds – Formula Writing
C6 Packet Pages 2-3 Collected Day 10
Day 7 C6 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds – Naming – Acids, Ionic Compounds and Molecules
C6 Packet Pages 4-11 Collected Day 10
6.1
Common and systemic names
6.2
Elements and ions
6.3
Writing formulas from names of ionic compounds
6.4
Naming binary compounds
6.5
Naming compounds containing polyatomic ions
6.6
Acids
Day 8 Chapters 3, 4 & 5 Test
Day 8 C7 Quantitative Composition of Compounds
C7 The Mole Packet Due Day 14
7.1
The mole
7.2
Molar mass of compounds
7.3
Percent composition of compounds
7.4
Empirical formula vs molecular formula
Day 9 C8 Chemical Equations – Balancing Chemical Equations
C8 Packet Pages 1-2 Collected Day 13
Quia Nomenclature Practice Test Must be done by Day 10
Day 10 Chapter 6 Test
Day 10 C8 Chemical Equations – Combination, Decomposition, Single and Double Replacement Reactions
C8 Packet Pages 3-9 Collected Day 13
8.1
The chemical equation
8.2
Writing and balancing chemical equations
8.3
Information in a chemical equation
8.4
Types of chemical equations
8.5
Heat in chemical reactions
Day 11 C9 Calculations from Chemical Equations
C9 Packet Collected Day 14
9.1
A short review
9.2
Introduction to stoichiometry
9.3
Mole-mole calculations
9.4
Mole-mass calculations
9.5
Mass-mass calculations
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9.6
Limiting Reactant and Yield Calculations
Day 13 C13 Properties of Liquids
Rev?s 3,4,8 Due Day 14
13.1
What is a liquid
13.2
Evaporation
13.3
Vapor pressure
Day 13 Chapter 8 Test
Day 14 C14 Solutions Due Day 15
Rev?s 28 Pr Ex?s 4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22
14.1
General properties of solutions
14.2
Solubility
14.3
Factors related to solubility
14.4
Rate of Dissolving Solids
14.5
Solutions: A Reaction Medium
14.6
Concentration of solutions
Day 14 Chapter 7 & 9 Test
Day 15 C15 Acids, Bases and Salts
Rev?s 2,4,6, 20 Pr Ex?s 14,30,32,35,44 Due Day 15
15.1
Acids and Bases
15.2
Reactions of acids
15.3
Reactions of bases
15.4
Salts
15.5
Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes
15.6
Dissociation and Ionization of Electrolytes
15.7
Strong and Weak Electrolytes
15.8
Ionization of water
15.9
Introduction to pH
Day 16 Lab Final & C13.14.15 Test Review
Day 17 Final Test C13.14.15
All Lab Reports are due at the start of the following week’s lab
All Prelabs Must be Submitted to Engrade Prior to the Start of that Lab!
Mon & Wed
Experiment Number – Title
Day 1
Assignment of Drawers and Equipment: Safety Information
Day 2
Exp#1 - Laboratory Techniques – Parts C&D – (omit A&B)
Day 3
Exp#2 - Measurements
Day 5
Exp#4 - Preparation of Hydrogen
Day 6
Exp#7 - Water in Hydrates
Day 8
Exp#9 - Properties of Solutions
Day 9
Exp#10 - Composition of potassium Chlorate
Day11
Exp#11 - Double Displacement Reactions
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Day14
Exp#12 - Single Displacement Reactions
Day15
Exp#22 - Neutralization – Titration I
Day16
Lab Final
Day17
No Lab
*During the semester/session, reasonable changes to the course outline may be academically
appropriate, however students will be notified of these adjustments in a timely manner.