MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
Chemistry 10L
Ms Han Dang
Spring 2012
GENERAL INFORMATION
8:00 am – 12:15pm (60-3601) – Discussion and lab
Section 41300
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Email:
hdang@mtsac.edu
Laboratory Material:
Chemistry 10 Laboratory Manual
Catalyst, the Benjamin cummings custom laboratory program for chemistry
Laboratory:
 Safety goggles (mandatory)
 Matches
 Liquid Detergent
 Closed toe shoes (no sandals)
 Lab coat (optional)
 Red ink pen for peer grading of pre-laboratory assignments
 Scientific calculator (non-programmable)
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Pre-lab and post quizzes :8%
Post Lab: 12%
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LABORATORY
1.
See handout for lab schedule
2.
Students may be dropped from the class when the number of absence (lecture and lab)
exceeds 8 hours.
3.
Pre-laboratory assignment will be collected at the beginning of the lab period and peergraded. Late pre-labs will not be accepted.
4.
Your data and calculation will be checked by the instructor during the lab period. The postlaboratory report requires you to draw conclusions and apply what you have learned from the
lab. You should try to answer these questions on your own but you may ask the instructor or
other students for help if needed. However, copying is definitely NOT ALLOWED.
5.
Post-Quiz will be given at the end of each lab. These quizzes will be on the lab calculation,
theory and techniques.
6.
Each lab will be grade on the following criteria
a. Pre-lab assignment
b. Data, observation, calculations
c. Precision and accuracy
d. Post-lab report sheet
e. 100 points total
7.
You may make up the lab prior to our meeting because the new experiment starts on Monday.
You must have my permission in order to visit other lab sections to make the experiment.
Failure to do so will result in a failing grade for the missing lab. The lowest lab score will be
dropped. However you should not miss more than 3 lab meetings or you will receive a failing
grade for the lab.
8.
Bonus points: 100 bonus points will be awarded at the end to the semester. Bonus points will
be award for arriving and leaving lab on time, cleaning up your bench and common areas,
performing experiment safely, checking out your locker and no broken glasswares. Points will
be deducted (for each single time) as followed
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.
No goggles (-10pts)
Broken glasswares (-5pts)
Messy/dirty lab bench (-5pts)
Last lab meeting (-50pts)
Lab will meet during the week of final exam
Final Exam – See school catalog
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic honesty and integrity are expected of all students at all times. University procedures with respect to
probation, suspension, or expulsion will be followed in cases of cheating.
A single act of cheating may result in a letter grade of “F” for the course as well as a letter place in your
permanent file.
CONDUCT IN CLASS
This is a college level course. You are expected to conduct yourself accordingly. The following behaviors will
be observed in class
1. Listen respectfully to everyone in the class
2. No side-bar conversations
3. Come prepared to participate
4. Turn cell phones or other devices off or to silent mode
5. If you arrive late, enter quietly and avoid disrupting the class
6. If you need to excuse yourself during class, do so quietly and avoid disrupting the class
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Chemistry 10 Laboratory Schedule - Spring 2012
WEEK
STARTING DATE
EXPERIMENT PERFORMED
1
2/27
Check-in, Lab Safety and Equipment use, Safety Quiz
2
3/5
Measurement and Significant Figures
3
3/12
Density and Specific Gravity
4
3/19
Dimensional Analysis (handout)
5
3/26
Energy and Specific Heat
6
4/2
Electron Configuration and Periodic Properties
7
4/9
Compounds and Their Formulas
8
4/16
Testing for Cations & Anions
9
4/23
Chemical Reactions and Equations
10
4/30
Reactions Rates and Equilibrium
11
5/7
Gas Laws (handout)
12
5/14
Solutions, Electrolytes, and Concentration
13
5/21
Acids, Bases, pH, and Buffers
14
5/28* (Mon)
15
6/4
Analysis of Urine
16
6/11
Finals Week, Check-out & Review
Solutions, Colloids, and Suspensions
Mt. SAC holiday on Monday, May 28, 2012 — Monday lab classes perform “Solutions, Colloids and
Suspensions” experiment in Week 15
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All Laboratory Sections:
This laboratory schedule is tentative and may be altered during the semester.
Safety goggles should be brought to the 2nd lab meeting.
Each student must have his/her own Chemistry 10 Lab Manual. No xerox copies!!
All graded lab reports will be kept by your lab instructor.
There is only one make-up lab permitted during the semester. The makeup lab must be done during the
same week the student is absent (when the experiment is scheduled for all sections. No Exception). The
make-up lab must be done in a regularly scheduled Chem 10 section with prior approval by both
instructors involved.
Last day to withdraw from this class without a “W” is Friday, March 9, 2012
The last day to withdraw from the course is May 4, 2012
Mt. SAC Chemistry Dept. “No Cheating Policy” is in effect.
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