Chem 160 Agenda for Day 1
Instructor: Ken Marr
1. Before sitting down, pick up from the front table:
 Chem 160 course syllabus
 Lab 1 Handout
2. Introduction to Course and Chem 160 Website
3. Form Groups
• Groups will work together daily for the entire quarter
4. Intro to Lab 1.
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Independent Group Research Project: Iodine Clock Reaction—
an Introduction to Reaction Kinetics
Topics covered in Chem 160
Chapters 15-21 in Chemistry by Silberberg
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Much of the material will draw on concepts learned in
Chemistry 140 and 150.
Basic organic chemistry (Ch15)
Chemical kinetics (Ch 16)
Chemical equilibrium (Ch 17)
Acid-base Equilibria (Ch 18)
Ionic and Solubility Equilibria (Ch 19)
Thermodynamics (Ch 20)
Electrochemistry (Ch 21)
From data collected at the
National Training Laboratories (NTL)
Bethel, Maine, USA
Why will Collaborative and Active Learning rather
than lecture be the primary means of instruction in
Chem 160?
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“You don’t really understand something until you can
explain it to your grandmother” (Albert Einstein)
“Much as we would like think that we as teachers can tell
students what we have learned… the evidence shows that
we cannot transfer our knowledge ready-made into students’
minds. Students have to do the actual work of learning by
actively making connections and organizing learning into
meaningful concepts. When students are interacting with
other students to clarify, explain, and understand, they are
actively building their own minds.” (from Collaborative
Learning 101 by Patricia Cross)
This class is structured such that you as students can teach
and learn from others.
Groups will work
together daily for
the entire quarter
Group 1
DO HAU D
1
CAMPBELL NICOLE J
1
TRAN NGAN NGOC KIM
1
KENT KRAIG A
Group 2
LE KHOA NGUYEN
2
LESTARI GABRIELLA A
2
NGUYEN ELIZABETH A
2
PHAN PEACE
Group 3
PATTERSON TIFFANY L
3
HUNSBERGER MATTHEW D
5
GONCE RYAN T
3
CROPP DARCY G
Group 4
REED ROBERT B
4
DOW MICHAELA KA
4
LEIGH PORTIA R
4
SLATER MARTIN ERIK
Group 5
TAHIR SAMAN A
5
GINARTO ARIES
5
CAO LONG KIM HOANG
Group 6
WATKINS ROBERT L
6
NGUYEN HIEU TRUNG
6
ZIETZKE DANIEL J
Lab 1
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Intro to lab 1
Group Activity
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Say hello and introduce yourselves.
Discuss Lab 1 strategies