CHEMISTRY II BSP
CHEM 502
Equilibrium and Thermochemistry
Syllabus for Summer 2007
Instructors: Robert Huie, Cara Karra, Jason Evans
TA: Pamela Bandini and Swathi Shivukula
E-mail: jason.evans@umb.edu
Telephone: 617-287-6149
Office hours: before or after class
Office: RM Science 1-084
Dates: July 23-Aug 3
Class time: M-F 8:00-3:00 in Science 1-089
Objective:
This course is a part of the core group of courses supporting the Boston
Science Partnership initiative. This course focuses on energetics of chemical reactions
and it is designed to support the professional development of high school teachers in the
Boston community. The course provides graduate-level content while modeling sound
pedagogy. Using current and future curriculum materials, as well as State and National
standards for the teaching of chemistry at the high school level, this course offers an indepth exploration of fundamental principles of equilibrium, solubility, acid-base reaction,
electrochemistry, and thermodynamics.
Textbook: Chemistry, The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change, 4th Ed. by Silberberg
Supplementary Works:
Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 6th Ed. Harris
Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, 7th Ed. Skoog, West, Holler
Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 6th Ed. Skoog, Holler, Crouch
Chemical Principles The Quest for Insight 4th Ed. Atkins and Jones
Science Curriculum Topics Study Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice,
Keeley
How People Learn, Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, National Research Concil
Living by Chemistry; Alchemy, Smells, Weather, Fire, Toxins, Angela Stacy
Grading:
Pretest
Taken on first day, 0 pts
Lab Work
Six Laboratory Exercises, 5 pts each
Homework
Six Homework Assignments, 5 pts each
Presentation:
10 pts
Final Exam
Absolute score, 25 pts
Improvement over pre-test, 5 pts
Grading Scale:
You must accumulate 80 points to earn a B and 90 points to earn an A.
Attendance: You are expected to attend the ten days of class in their entirety. This is a
2-week course. As a result, no opportunity to make-up any course work will be provided.
If you miss substantial segments (over 1 hr) on more than one day without prior approval,
you will be given a failing grade for the course.
Academic dishonesty: If there is any question in your mind about whether or not the
action you are about to undertake constitutes cheating, IT DOES, and DO NOT
PROCEED!! If you do proceed you will likely be caught and you will FAIL the course
and be DISMISSED from the university!
Homework:
You will be given nightly problem sets out of the book that will be collected and graded
the next day of class.
Lecture Schedule:
An example of a typical day
Morning:
Go over homework problems
Introduction of daily topic
Classroom demo
Lecture
Problem solving session
Classroom demo
Introduction to daily laboratory exercise
Lunch:
Afternoon:
Laboratory exercise
Data Analysis
Completing Laboratory report
Problem solving sessions
day Notes and Suggested Problems
Chapter
1
Pre-test
1
Material: Course overview, Classification of reactions,
Stoichiometry, Energetics of Reactions, Calorimetry
1
Lab Work, Experiment 1: Investigating Reaction Stoichiometry via
Calorimetry
1
Assign Problem set 1, ch 3:15, 38, 54, 78, 82; ch 6:36, 64, 78; ch
4:32, 46, 92
2
Go over problem set 1,
2
Equilibrium, equilibrium constant, Le Chatelier’s principle Lab
work;
2
Assign Problem set 2, ch 17: 28, 36, 50, 64, 72, 66
3
Go over problem set 2,
3
Solubility, Solubility product constants, Qsp and Ksp, Common Ion
Effect, Complex Ion, Solving Problems involving Complex
19.4-19.12
Equilibra , Ionic Strength
3
Experiment 2: Solubility of CaSO4
3
Assign problem set 3, ch 19:71, 81, 87, 97, 99
4
Go over problem set 3
4
acid-base chemistry, pH, weak acid/base equilibrium, buffers
4
Assign problem set 4, ch 18: 16, 28, 26, 66, 70, 95, 122
5
Go over problem set 4,
5
Mid-point review
5
Lab work; Experiment 3: Spectrometric Determination of the Acid
Dissociation Constant of an Acid-base Indicator
6
Titrations, polyprotic systems
6
Lab work; Experiment 4: Titration of a mystery weak acid or base
6
Assign problem set 5, ch 19; 16, 28, 57, 59 + supplemental problems
7
Go over problem set 5
3, 6, 4
17
18
19:1-19:3
7
Redox reactions, half-reactions, Nernst Equation Electrocemical
cells, reference electrodes
21
Lab work; Experiment 5: Determining Relative Standard Reduction
8
Potentials of Various Metals
8
indictor electrodes, ion-sensitive electrodes, Redox titarations
8
Assign Problem set 6, ch 21; 11, 15, 28, 47, 67, 71
9
Go over problem set 6
9
Thermochemistry, G, H, S, G0, Hess’s Law, Laws of
thermodynamics, Free Energy, Equilibrium and predicting the
direction of a reaction; Review and Reflect on the course material
9
Assign problem set 7; ch 20; 27, 34, 57, 71, 88
Work in small groups on various problem sets, lab data, or advanced
materials in preparation for the exam
9
Lab Exercise 6; Does entropy or enthalpy drive the reaction?
9
Go over Problem set 7
9
Review for exam
10
Review for exam
10
Exam
10
15 minute presentations
10
Course Evaluation
21
20
3, 4, 6, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21
Presentations: You will present have 15 minutes to present a lesson that you feel works
really well for you in class. It can be on any science topic. Choose a topic that is
challenging, but yet one that you have developed a unique approach to that works well in
your classroom. The goal is to share your approach towards teaching a generally difficult
topic with you classmates and instructors.