CHM 1025L Introductory Chemistry Lab – Fall 2015
Instructor:
Office:
Phone:
Email:
Dr. Mark Italia
LY 206
727-712-5459
Italia.mark@spcollege.edu MyCourses is the best way to reach me.
General:
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Co-requisite: CHM 1025. If you are not currently enrolled in CHM 1025 on the
Tarpon Springs Campus of SPC, you will need to provide proof of enrollment
elsewhere. If you withdraw or stop attending lecture, you will be withdrawn from
this lab class.
Safety and Conduct in the Lab:
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Safety: This is the number one priority in the lab. It is your responsibility to
know and follow the rules and procedures at all times.
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General Laboratory Safety Rules:
o Appropriate dress must be worn to lab or you will not be allowed to stay
for the lab work and you will receive an unexcused absence.
o Clothing must be appropriate for laboratory work. Clothing should not
have loose sleeves.
o Shoes must cover your feet; no sandals, flipflops, etc.
o All books, purses and other personal items must be stored out of the way
so that they do not interfere with the safe conductance of the lab
o Handle all chemicals, glassware, burners, and other lab equipment
appropriately and carefully.
o Food and drink may not be brought into or consumed in the lab.
o Read all chemical labels on containers THREE times: before you pick it
up, while you have it in hand (as you are dispensing) and when you put it
back down. Many mishaps can be avoided this way. Many chemical
names are formulas sound and look alike. Never assume anything!
o Each student is responsible for cleaning up any spills or broken items.
o Each student is responsible for cleaning all used items and returning them
to their appropriate place.
o All chemical waste must be disposed of in an appropriate manner as per
instructor or lab instructions
o Each student is responsible for replacing all caps and making sure that
chemicals do not become contaminated or spill.
o Each student is responsible for making sure that the sinks are free of
debris and that the work area is clean before leaving.
Attendance Policy:
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100% attendance is expected. You will be automatically withdrawn from lab
class if you miss three labs and/or fail to submit reports from three labs prior to
the withdrawal date for this semester – March 23, 2016.
No makeup labs will be given so please do not miss one.
Tardiness to lab is not acceptable. You must be in your seat prior to the beginning
of lab. If you miss the discussion at the beginning of lab, you will miss important
explanations. If you are more than 10 minutes late to the lab you will not be
allowed in and that will count as an absent.
You may leave the lab upon completion of the work.
Supplies to be furnished by each student:
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Prior to the first lab experiment, each student must obtain and bring to the lab the
items listed below.
Lab Experiment: Handed out on the first day and posted in MyCourses.
Safety goggles (Not glasses), approved for use in chemical laboratories,
according to American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z-87.1-1989.
(available at the campus Bookstore and some home improvement stores).
Shoes that cover the ENTIRE foot. Any student not wearing appropriate
shoes will not be admitted to the lab. It is suggested that you keep an
appropriate pair of shoes in your car.
TI-30Xa, TI-30XIIs or similar calculator. No engineering or graphing
calculators are permitted, nor any calculator that has advanced functions,
such as numerator/denominator display, answers that are put into correct
number of significant figures, etc. Other brands are fine also, but make
sure that they meet the guidelines.
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Cellular telephones, tablets or other web enabled devices are not allowed in the
lab. These items must be stored while in the laboratory with ringers off. Students
who have or take a cell phone out during a quiz or exam will be given a zero for
that test.
CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR
The following behavior may warrant dismissal from lab:
Regular use of profanity in lab, talking or texting on your cell phone
during lab, leaving lab repeatedly to talk or text on your cell phone,
arriving to lab more than 10 minutes late, drinking or eating in lab,
wearing shoes that do not cover your entire foot (including your heels),
and/or not following safety rules (such as wearing your goggles). Please
be safe and respectful at all times while in the lab room.
TESTING / GRADING POLICY:
1.
Each week you will turn in data, calculations and a post-lab assignment.
This will count as your weekly lab report. Again, if you miss a lab, you
will receive a zero for that lab report grade. Lab reports cannot be made
up. Your one lowest lab report grade will be dropped. The lab reports
will count for 70% of your grade
2.
The mid-term will count for 15% of your grade and the lab practical will
count for 15% of your grade
Final grades will be assigned as follows:
90% and above
80%-89.9%
70%-79.9%
60%-69.9%
Below 60%
A
B
C
D
F
CHM 1025L Schedule of Experiments, Spring 2016
Dates:
Experiment:
1/11 – 1/15
Check-in and safety rules
1/18 – 1/25*
Mass and Volume Measurements
1/25 – 1/29
Density and Miscibility
2/1 – 2/5
Physical and Chemical Properties
2/8 – 2/12
Nomenclature
2/15 – 2/19
Graphing (see Appendix 1 for a guide)
2/22 – 2/26
Double Displacement Reactions
2/29 – 3/4
MIDTERM (covers up to graphing)
3/7 – 3/11
SPRING BREAK
3/14 - 3/18
Single Displacement Reactions
3/21 – 3/25**
Mole Concept
3/28 – 4/1
Empirical Formula
4/4 – 4/8
Baking Soda
4/11 – 4/15
Generating Hydrogen
4/18 – 4/22
Titration
4/25 – 4/29
LAB PRACTICAL (covers all labs since Double
Displacement Reactions)
*Monday, 1/18, is the MLK Day Holiday. No classes will be held. Monday lab sections
will complete both the measurement and density labs on Monday, January 25th.
**Friday, 3/25, is the Spring Holiday. Lab sections that meet on Fridays will be given
the mole concept lab as a take-home assignment.