Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
Chemistry for Allied Health
CH104
Fall 2015
Course Information
5 credits
Link to Printable Syllabus & Schedule
Instructor:
Dr. Jan Cammack
Office: Yamhill 1-312D
503-399-6516
Email = jan.cammack@Chemeketa.edu
web site = http://faculty.chemeketa.edu/jcammack/
Times and Places: Yamhill Valley
Lecture: (CRN 38278)
TuTh 8:00-9:20 am;
YVC Room 1-301
Recitation: (CRN 38281) :
Thur 9:30-10:20 am; Room 1-301
Lab: (CRN 38282) :
Thur 10:30-12:20 pm; Room 1-300
Course Description:
This course is the first term of a three-term sequence dealing with the molecular basis for life. It is intended for Nursing,
Dental Hygiene, EMT, and other students who plan to pursue careers in the health science professions.
The first term is largely general chemistry with emphasis on the applications of chemical principles to the life
sciences. Some of the topics are: Measurements, Atoms & Elements, Compounds & Their Bonds, Chemical Reactions &
Quantities, Energy & Matter, Gases, and Solutions.
Prerequisite(s): Algebra equivalent to MTH 095 or higher.
Required Text(s) and supplies:
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*Timberlake, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life,5th Edition, Pearson, 2015.
*Mastering Chemistry online homework to accompany Timberlake, Karen C., , General, Organic, and Biological
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Chemistry: Structures of Life,5th Edition,
Cammack: Editor, Laboratory Experiments for CH104 Chemistry for Allied Health,,
Calculator containing log functions.
Web access to the quizzes, and internet homework and resources.
Laboratory Safety goggles. (Regular safety glasses are not acceptable.)
Available but not Required:
7.
Timberlake, Study Guide and Solutions Manual for General, Organic, and Bio. Chemistry 5th Ed, Pearson, 2015.
8. Molecular Models
Options for Text and Mastering Chemistry:
*Below we have outlined your purchasing options for your textbook and MasteringChemistry. Choose which option you prefer
then scroll down for instructions on how to register online or purchase the desired subscription.
Option A: For students who have purchased the text bundle from the bookstore which includes:
1. a hard copy of the text and
2. the online access code for a 2 year subscription to Mastering chemistry and
3. an etext.
Option B: For students that did not purchase the text bundle but want to purchase MasteringChemistry with etext at
www.masteringchemistry.com which includes:
1. the online access code for a 2 year subscription to Mastering chemistry and
2. an etext. (This option does not include a hard bound copy of the text)
Option C: For students who have purchased a hard copy text elsewhere without the Mastering chemistry code so want
to purchase MasteringChemistry without etext at www.masteringchemistry.com which will give:
1. the online access code for a 2 year subscription to Mastering chemistry without an etext.
Option D: For students that are unsure if they will take more than one term of the year long course so want to
purchase MasteringChemistry with etext at http://www.pearsoncustom.com/or/chemeketa_chemistry/ which will give:
1. Only one academic quarter subscription (4 month) online access code and
2. an etext (This option does not include a hard bound copy of the text and a new online access code must be
purchased for CH105 and for CH106)
NOTE: Please be cautious if you decide to purchase from Amazon or Chegg for their prices change daily and the publisher cannot be responsible if you receive a defective access code or
book.
How to Register for or Purchase Mastering Chemistry once you’ve chosen which option is best for you:
Option A
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Go to http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringchemistry/ .
Under the large Register section on the right side of the page, and click the Student button.
Read the onscreen instructions and click In US or Canada for your location.
Next, click “Yes I have a course ID.” And enter your course ID CH104CAMMACKF15 and click Go.
Click Next. Then choose that you want to redeem an access code by clicking “Yes, I have an access code” and
click Next.
6. Read and agree to the License Agreement and Privacy Policy
7. Either log in with a Pearson Account OR Create a new Pearson Account and enter your Access code.
8. You are now registered! Now, it’s time to sign in. Go to www.masteringchemistry.com in order to Sign In
using your username and password. You should now be in your class.
Option B
1. Go to http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringchemistry/ .
2. Under the large Register section on the right side of the page, and click the Student button.
3. Read the onscreen instructions and click In US or Canada for your location.
4. Next, click “Yes I have a course ID.” And enter your course ID CH104CAMMACKF15 and click Go.
5. Click Next. Then choose that you want to purchase access by clicking “No, I need to buy access” and click Next.
(Option B – Continued)
6. Read and agree to the License Agreement and Privacy Policy
7. Either log in with a Pearson Account OR Create a new Pearson Account and enter your Access code.
8. Select your Textbook General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life 5e (see image above) and click
Next.
9. Select “OK” to choose the etext and click Next.
9. Select “I would like to buy it without the eText” and click Next. if you would like to purchase your Mastering
Chemistry with the eText or purchase your Mastering Chemistry without the eText.
10. Read and agree to the License Agreement and Privacy Policy
11. Either log in with a Pearson Account OR Create a new Pearson Account and click Next.
12. Follow the instructions for payment using either a credit card or Paypal.
13. You are now registered! Now, it’s time to sign in. Go to www.masteringchemistry.com in order to Sign In
using your username and password. You should now be in your class.
Option C
1. Go to http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringchemistry/ .
2. Under the large Register section on the right side of the page, and click the Student button.
3. Read the onscreen instructions and click In US or Canada for your location.
4. Next, click “Yes I have a course ID.” And enter your course ID CH104CAMMACKF15 and click Go.
5. Click Next. Then choose that you want to purchase access by clicking “No, I need to buy access” and click Next.
6. Read and agree to the License Agreement and Privacy Policy
7. Either log in with a Pearson Account OR Create a new Pearson Account and enter your Access code.
8. Select your Textbook General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life 5e (see image above) and click
Next.
9. Select “I would like to buy it without the eText” and click Next. if you would like to purchase your Mastering
Chemistry with the eText or purchase your Mastering Chemistry without the eText.
10. Read and agree to the License Agreement and Privacy Policy
11. Either log in with a Pearson Account OR Create a new Pearson Account and click Next.
12. Follow the instructions for payment using either a credit card or Paypal.
13. You are now registered! Now, it’s time to sign in. Go to www.masteringchemistry.com in order to Sign In
using your username and password. You should now be in your class.
Option D
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Go to http://www.pearsoncustom.com/or/chemeketa_chemistry/.
On the right hand side click “Purchase Access”.
Read and agree to the License Agreement and Privacy Policy
Either log in with a Pearson Account OR Create a new Pearson Account and click Next.
Follow the instructions for payment using either a credit card or Paypal.
Towards the end of the registration flow you will be asked for the course ID you want to enroll yourself into, use
this course ID CH104CAMMACKF15.
You are now registered! Now, it’s time to sign in. Go to www.masteringchemistry.com in order to Sign In
using your username and password. You should now be in your class.
Expectations and Requirements:
Attendance:
Class attendance is expected. Just as you would think it foolish to dress up for an evening out, order an
expensive dinner, pay for it, and then walk out without eating, it is foolish to come to college, pay tuition, and
then not attend class. If you must miss lecture you alone are responsible to get the course notes,
announcements, and any missed information from a classmate. There is no need to formally penalize for poor
attendance, as it will be apparent on quizzes and exams.
Laboratories are held each week. Lab attendance is required. Missed laboratories may not be made up. The
lowest lab score for the term will be dropped. As this is a laboratory course students not completing at least
70% of the labs will not pass the course regardless of scores.
Homework and Assignments:
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Online homework problems will be assigned from each chapter of the text to be completed via the Mastering
Chemistry access. By doing the problems online immediate feedback is possible enabling you to practice your
chemistry and be corrected in a timely manner.
Once you have purchased the Mastering chemistry access code (see above) either with the text book or directly from
the publisher the course you need to enter is called
CH104 Chemistry for Allied Health F2015
And our course identification is
CH104CAMMACKF15
Mastering chemistry homework problems parallel the problems found in your textbook. Answers to the odd
numbered problems in your text are at the end of each chapter, or solved in the Study guide and Solutions Manual
that is available for purchase or viewing in the YVC library.
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A page of written homework may also be assigned for particular chapters to give practice showing calculations,
writing equations, and drawing structures in a non-digital format.
Quizzes:
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Weekly quizzes will be given over lecture material and homework problems.
o Quizzes are found under the “Online Quizzes” link on the blackboard 9.1 home page.
o Quizzes are to be taken after the homework for that chapter is completed.
o Quizzes questions are randomly generated from a question bank.
o Quizzes may be taken open book but not with the help of any living person.
(other than the instructor or God of course)
o You will have 1 hour to complete each quiz. (1 hour is plenty of time to complete the 10 to 20 questions.)
o Chapter quizzes may be taken 2 times each and the highest score of the 2 trials taken will be counted.
o A multi-chapter review quiz will be given at the end of the term to help prepare you for the comprehensive
final exam.
At the instructors discretion a non-open book written in-class quiz may be substituted for online quizzes.
The lowest quiz score for the term will be dropped in the final grading.
Exams:
There will be three exams for the course.
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Exams 1and 2 will be taken in class however there may be circumstances where exams may be given outside of
class time by appointment in one of Chemeketa’s testing centers :
o Appointments for the Yamhill testing center need to be made in advance either
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In person in YVC room 1-203,
by phone at 503-316-3240 or 503-316-3284,
or by email at lrollest@chemeketa.edu.
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YVC testing center is open for exams
o Mondays & Wednesdays: 10:00 am -4 pm
o Tuesdays & Thursdays: 2:00 – 8:00 pm
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Appointments for the Salem testing center need to be made in advance either
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In person in Salem’s building 2,
by phone 503-399-6556,
or by email at testing@chemeketa.edu .
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The Salem testing center is open for exams
o Mondays 11 am – 4 pm;
o Wednesdays 9 am – 7 pm;
o Thursdays 10:30 am – 7:30 pm;
o Fridays 9 am – 4 pm
When making an appointment, please have the following information ready…:
Your name _______
Your instructor’s name _Cammack__
The course number is CH104
The test number is _______ (ie. midterm Exam 1)
Your phone number _______
Be sure and bring Photo ID to the Testing center Exam
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Exam 3 will be given during final exam week in the regular lecture classroom. It will cover previously untested
material and part of the exam will be a comprehensive final. (The American Chemical Society standardized
comprehensive final exam will be given in portions at strategic points during the three-term sequence.)
Laboratory:
There will be weekly two-hour lab sessions in which we will observe, practice, and experience chemical reactions and
procedures. As this is a laboratory course at least 70% of the labs must be completed to pass even if the total course
score indicates a passing grade.
The advanced study (Prelab) questions included with the laboratory exercise should be answered before you come to lab and
handed in before lab begins. (The instructor reserves the right to give prelab quizzes over the prelab.) Each experiment
has a series of related exercises following the report sheets. These problems, along with the experimental data and questions,
are to be stapled and turned in with the lab at the end of each lab period or at least by the following class day. The lowest
laboratory score for the term will be dropped.
Grading:
% Weight for each category
Homework
10 %
A
88 %
Quizzes
10 %
B
78 %
Exams
55 %
C
65 %
Lab
25 %
D
55 %
100%
Your personal grades can be updated for viewing online. Your instructor will give you a password and directions on how to access your page.
Extra Credit Policy:
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The answer is most often “no” and here are the reasons why:
o Your grade needs to be a reflection of the mastery of the subject.
When a future employer looks at your college transcripts it should reflect
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how well you mastered the subject and
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not how many extra tasks you performed or hoops you jumped through.
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With occasional exceptions most students are fairly consistent in the quality of work they hand in. It is my
opinion that a student who is consistently doing “C” quality work should not be given a “B” for simply
doing more “C” work.
You will learn more (and so answer more exam questions correctly and therefore get a better grade) by spending a
few extra hours studying than you would if you had spent those extra hours doing an extra credit project.
There may occasionally be a few extra points on an exam.
If there are 102 points possible on an exam I still usually round the total to 100 so theoretically you could earn a score of 102% when that happens.
Ground rules for Course Conduct:
Integrity:
The presentation of another individual’s work as one’s own or the act of seeking unfair academic advantage through
cheating, plagiarism or other dishonest means are violations of the college’s “Student Rights and Responsibilities.”
It is expected that students in this course will act with honesty and integrity.
 Violations of trust will result in automatic grade penalties.
 Continued violations will result in action steps leading to
o dismissal from the course or
o dismissal from the college
as indicated in the Chemeketa handbook of rights and responsibilities. See
http://www.chemeketa.edu/aboutchemeketa/collegelife/honesty/policy.html for the following and further details.
Violations of academic honesty include but are not limited to the following:
 Plagiarism: Presenting someone else's words, ideas, artistry, product or data as one's own
 Collusion/Inappropriate Assistance: Helping another commit an act of academic dishonesty such as knowingly
or negligently allowing work to be used by others.
 Cheating : An act of deceit, fraud, distortion of truth or improper use of another person's effort to obtain an
educational advantage
 Fabrication/Falsification/Alteration : Intentional misrepresentation, invention, exaggeration or alteration of
information or data, whether written, verbalized or demonstrated
 Unauthorized Multiple Submission : Using any work previously submitted for credit without prior permission
of instructor
 Sabotage and Tampering : Intentional altering or interfering with documents or other student's work so
depriving others of academic resources
Practicing Academic Honesty:
You are expected to do your own work in this class. Collaborating on assignments is acceptable to a point. You might
wonder how much collaboration is acceptable on homework and labs. In fact there is often confusion between where
collaboration ends and cheating begins. I recommend the following procedure to eliminate this confusion.
1. First, do as much of your homework by yourself before consulting a classmate. Come up with as many answers,
in your own words as you can.
2. Then, and only then, you may consult with a classmate. Compare your answers and see where you differ. You
may find you have similar answers, but they will unlikely be identical. In this case you are likely on the right
track and you can turn in your own original work. If however, you find yourselves with very different, or
conflicting, answers you should discuss your discrepancies and try to come to a general agreement as to the
“right” answer.
3. Then put answers in your own words before turning it in.
Institutional Policies
Diversity
We are enriched by the diversity of our students, staff, and community. We welcome diverse perspectives and
encourage the free exchange of ideas. Chemeketa Community College provides an environment that celebrates the
freedom to learn and the freedom to teach. In that celebration of teaching and learning it is appropriate that individuals
and groups be viewed with regard to their potential to contribute within the learning environment. Each has dignity
and value.
Accommodations
Students who need accommodations for a disability should contact this instructor or Disability Services (Salem
Campus Building 2, Room 174 or call 503-399-5192 (V/TTY) ) within the first week of the class.
Advising and Counseling
Recent research indicates that community college students who seek out academic advising are more likely to meet
their educational goals. Meeting with an advisor can help: 1) clarify your academic and life goals, 2) choose classes
that prepare you for a career, and 3) ensure whether your credits will transfer to another institution.
Advising is available by making an appointment with Counseling and Career Services. Instructors are also available
to discuss class, degree, and career options.
Chemistry for Allied Health
CH104
Fall 2015
Tentative Schedule & Assignments
Link to Printable Syllabus & Schedule
Instructor: Dr. Jan Cammack
Tentative Lecture Schedule
Tentative Lab Schedule
Text: Timberlake, 5th Ed
Text: Cammack et al Lab Packet
Week/Date
Lab Experiment
1A Safety, & Hazard Information
1B The Scientific Method
Chapter:
Lecture Topic:
Homework:
1 Sept 28-Oct 2 1
Chemistry in Our Lives
2
Measurements
(Conversion Handout)
Web Quiz 2 Due 10/6
2 Oct 5-9
3
Matter & Energy
2 Measurements
Web Quiz 3 Due 10/13
3
Oct 12-16
4
Movie: “The Atom”
3 Flames & Atomic Spectra
Atoms
Web Quiz 4 Due Before Exam 1 is begun
(Periodic Table) (Element Song)
4 Oct 19-23
Exam 1; Chpts 1-4
6
4 Chemical Periodicity: Part 1,2A
4 Chemical Periodicity
Ionic and Molecular Compounds
Web Quiz 6A Due 10/27
(Ion Names & Charges)
5 Oct 26-30
6
Ionic and Molecular compounds Cont.
5 Paper & TL Chromatography
Web Quiz 6B Due 11/3
6 Nov 2-6
7
Chemical Reactions & Quantities
6 Chemical Reactions
Web Quiz 7 Due Before Exam 2
Solubility Table
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Wed Nov. 11
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7 Nov 9-13
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Veteran’s Day Holiday: …you have been bought with a price…
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7
Chemical Reactions & Quantities Cont.
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1 Corinthians 6:20
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7 Mole Relationships
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Exam 2 Chpts 6-7
8 Nov 16-20
8
8 Properties of Gases
Gases
Web Quiz 8 Due 11/24
9 Nov 23-27
9
Solutions
Web Quiz 9 Due Before Final Exam
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Thur-Fri Nov 26-27
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10 Nov 30-Dec 4 9
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Thanksgiving: In everything give thanks
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Solutions Cont.
Digestion of Turkey & Mashed Potatoes:
Biosynthesis of Serotonin
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1 Thessalonians 5:18
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10 Solubility
Quiz 1-9 Review Due Before Final Exam
Check-out; Clean-up
11 Dec 7-11
Final Exam; Chpt 8,9 + Comprehensive
(Celebration of Knowledge)
Final Exam times: (choose 1)
Tuesday 12/8; 8:00-9:50 am (1-301)
Monday 12/7; 8:00-9:50 am (1-301)
Thursday 12/10; 2:00 -3:50 pm (1-106)