Updated: 1/21/16
Laboratory Assignments – Spring 2016
Monday / Wednesday Labs
CHEM 1A
Assignment due dates are listed by the week of the semester. Please include your FULL NAME and
LAB DAYS/TIME on each assignment.
Week 1:
Monday 1/25/16:
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None  (the Significant Figures worksheet will be provided to you, completed in class, and
checked-off during the lab period)
Wednesday 1/27/16:
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Post-lab: Turn-in the Significant Figures worksheet at the beginning of the lab period (only
necessary if it was not completed and checked-off during the previous lab period)
Read: Experiment #1: Measurement
Week 2:
Monday 2/1/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #1: Measurement (access the Post-Lab Handouts web page from the
link on the CHEM 1A Home Page, print and complete the post lab assignment, which is due
at the beginning of the lab period)
Obtain a lab notebook in which the pages are permanently bound and permanently numbered.
You may use a composition book: use the first two pages to make a table of contents,
number the remaining pages by hand in ink. This will be graded.
Read: Experiment #2: Density of Solids and Liquids
Wednesday 2/3/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #2: Density of Solids and Liquids
Print and bring the “Nomenclature (with Rules)” Practice Problems from Chapter 1. You
will not be allowed to print the handout in lab without losing points. The worksheet will be
completed in class, and checked-off during the lab period.
Week 3:
Monday 2/8/16:
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None  (the Moles worksheet will be provided to you, completed in class, and checked-off
during the lab period)
Wednesday 2/10/16:
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Read: Experiment #3: Small Scale Techniques (through Section I)
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Week 4:
Monday 2/15/16: Presidents’ Day
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Holiday – No Lab
Wednesday 2/17/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #3: Small Scale Techniques
Read: Experiment #4: Hydrogen Emission Spectra
Read: Experiment #5: Flame Test for Metal Cations
Week 5:
Monday 2/22/16:
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Abstract: Experiment #4: Hydrogen Emission Spectra (see Abstract Guidelines: “Writing a
Scientific Abstract” and “Abstract Grading Rubric” on the Post-Lab Handouts web page)
Read: Experiment #6: VSEPR Theory
Wednesday 2/24/16:
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None  (finish day 1 portion of VSEPR Theory lab if not already completed in lab)
Week 6:
Monday 2/29/16:
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None  (finish day 2 portion of VSEPR Theory lab if not already completed in lab)
Wednesday 3/2/16:
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Read: Experiment #7: Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide
Week 7:
Monday 3/7/16:
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Abstract: Experiment #7: Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide
Read: Experiment #8: Aluminum (through Section B)
Wednesday 3/9/16:
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Read: Experiment #8: Aluminum (through Section D)
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Week 8:
Monday 3/14/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #8: Aluminum
Read: Experiment #9: Solutions and Reactions (through Section C)
Wednesday 3/16/16:
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EXAM #1 (Chapters 1 – 5 + IMFs): Bring Scantron® Form #882-E, #2 pencils, and a
calculator (not a cell phone)
Week 9:
Monday 3/21/16:
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Read: Experiment #9: Solutions and Reactions (through Section F)
Wednesday 3/23/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #9: Solutions and Reactions
Post-lab due last day of lab!
Read: Experiment #9: Solutions and Reactions (through Section G)
Spring Break: 3/28/16 – 4/2/16
Week 10:
Monday 4/4/16:
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Read: Experiment #10: Standardization of NaOH
Wednesday 4/6/16:
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Read: Experiment #10: Determine the Molarity of a HCl solution
Week 11:
Monday 4/11/16:
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Abstract: Experiment #10: Standardization of NaOH / Determine the Molarity of a HCl
solution
Read: Experiment #11: Halogens and Their Compounds (through Section C)
Wednesday 4/13/16:
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Read: Experiment #11: Halogens and Their Compounds (through Section F)
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Week 12:
Monday 4/18/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #11: Halogens and Their Compounds
Read: Experiment #12: Specific Heats of Metals
Wednesday 4/20/16:
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Abstract: Experiment #12: Specific Heats of Metals
Read: Experiment #13: Additivity of Heats of Reaction: Hess’s Law
Week 13:
Monday 4/25/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #13: Additivity of Heats of Reaction: Hess’s Law
Read: Experiment #14: Determination of Molar Volume of Gas and R
Wednesday 4/27/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #14: Determination of Molar Volume of Gas and R
Read: Experiment #15: Chemistry of Natural Waters (through Section D)
Week 14:
Monday 5/2/16:
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EXAM #2 (Chapters 6 – 8): Bring Scantron® Form #882-E, #2 pencils, and a calculator (not
a cell phone)
Wednesday 5/4/16:
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Read: Experiment #15: Chemistry of Natural Waters (through Section H)
Week 15:
Monday 5/9/16:
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Post-lab: Experiment #15: Chemistry of Natural Waters
Lab Practical Exam: Bring your lab notebook and manuals, pencils, and a calculator (not a
cell phone)
Wednesday 5/11/16:
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Extra Credit Exam: Bring Scantron® Form #882-E, #2 pencils, and a calculator (not a cell
phone)
Locker Checkout
Final Exams: 5/16/16 – 5/21/16
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