CHM 1025 – Introductory Chemistry
Spring 2015
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FREE TUTORS:
Julie Emerson, M.S., M.S.
Office LY 216 (# 712-5450)
emerson.julie@spcollege.edu (or through MyCourses)
TBA, or see posting on office door
CHM1025 is a presentation of modern chemistry concepts,
periodicity and atomic structure, states of matter, chemical
formulas and nomenclature, chemical reactions, chemical
calculations and solutions.
CHM 1025L
A non-programmable scientific calculator (TI-30, or similar)
Zumdahl & Decoste, Basic Chemistry, 8th edition
(ISBN: 978-1-285-19903-0 hard cover)
Natural Science
Meg Delgato, Academic Chair
John Chapin, Dean
In the LSC, FA 154 (# 712-5729)
Attendance
Attendance must be reported for the first two weeks of the semester. If you are not
attending this class during this time, you will be automatically dropped from the course.
After the second week of classes, attendance will no longer be recorded. If you miss a
lecture class, it is your responsibility to obtain the notes either online from MyCourses, or
from someone in class. If you miss a quiz or exam, you will receive a zero for that quiz
or exam grade. There are no make-up exams or quizzes given. At the 60% mark of
the semester, if you have missed three or more quizzes or exams, you will not be
considered to have been actively participating in the course, and thus will receive a “WF”
for the course. The college-wide attendance policy is included in the “Addendum to the
Syllabus”, which should be read at the following web address:
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm.
Faculty members are unable to withdraw a student from their course. If a student wishes
to withdraw from this class before the final date set for withdraws, this student must
initiate a W themselves online. Failure to withdraw from a class before the set date,
3/25/15, will result in an “F” or “WF” for the course. If you withdraw from the lecture
class, you must also withdraw from the co requisite 1025 lab.
Course Goals and Objectives
CHM 1025 is intended to prepare you for CHM 2045 and will teach you how to solve
problems, describe matter, understand elements and their reactivity, perform chemical
calculations, and also understand solutions and gas laws. Class periods will consist of
demonstrations, discussions and problem solving. Please turn cellular telephones,
iPods and other electronic devices off prior to entering class! Using any electronic
device except a calculator will warrant a dismissal from class. I reserve the right to
assign seating at any time during regular class periods and/or testing periods.
Grading
Quizzes and all tests will be given in class and will be scheduled well ahead of time.
Everyone is expected to take a quiz/test when scheduled. There will be no makeup
quizzes or exams. I will drop your one lowest quiz score, and your one lowest exam
grade (except the final). Your quiz grades (totaling 150 points), two best exam grades
(each worth 100 points) and one comprehensive final (worth 150 points) will be added
and grades will be assigned using the following scale:
450 – 500 points
(90% and above)
A
400 – 449 points
(80%-89%)
B
350 – 399 points
(70%-79%)
C
300 – 349 points
(60%-69%)
D
<300 points
(Below 60%)
F
** Only if you have above a 90% on all three in-class exams AND all quizzes can you
exempt the final exam.
Academic Honesty
If you are caught cheating on an exam, it will be an automatic zero for your exam grade.
Please refer to your Supplement to the Faculty, Staff and Student Handbook, page 15 (or
online at http://www.spcollege.edu/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm) for a definition of
cheating. There is no tolerance for cheating and academic dishonesty. No cell phones,
iPods, or other electronic devices except a NON-GRAPHING calculator may be
used for any exam. Students caught looking at or using such devices during an
exam will be given a zero for their grade. Also, taking pictures of or copying
questions from any exam will also result in a zero for that exam grade.
Special Accommodations
If you wish to receive special accommodations as a student with a documented disability,
please make an appointment with the Learning Specialist on this campus. If you have a
documented hearing loss, please contact the Program for the Deaf at 791-2628 (V/TDD).
If you will need assistance during an emergency classroom evacuation, it is imperative
that you speak with you campus Learning Specialist immediately about arrangements for
your safety. Contact Barbara Thompson, the Support Specialist, at 712-5789.
Assignments
It is your assignment to read through the textbook and/or supplemental modules and to
perform as many homework problems and worksheets as you feel necessary to
understand the material. I recommend that you do all of these problems at the end of
each chapter that I have assigned (see class notes for a complete list of assigned HW), as
well as any worksheets and/or practice quizzes I have posted in MyCourses. My class
notes are available to you online in MyCourses.
Class Participation and Etiquette
If you use a laptop or any other electronic device during class, I expect that you use that
device for note-taking only; and please sit in the back row to prevent distracting others
from the lecture. I reserve the right to ask you to suspend using your computer or other
electronic device during class if I feel it is distracting others around you. Also, I will
provide time in class to work out example problems, either in a group or individually.
Please stay on task. If you cannot stay on task, I reserve the right to excuse you from the
classroom.
CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY: For information on campus safety and security
policies please contact 727-791-2560. For information on sexual offenders on your
campus please contact campus security or the associate provost office or for general
information go to the State of Florida website at
http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sopu/index.asp.
COURSE CALENDAR
(Subject to change)
**A complete list of assigned homework problems can be found in the class notes
available on MyCourses.
Dates: Topic:
1/12 1
1/14
1/21
Material
Chapter(s)
Measurement and Density
2
Topics: unit conversions, density, significant figures
1/19
MLK Day Holiday
1/26
1/28
1/28
2/2
2/4
2/9
2
3
4
Matter
3
Topics: elements/compounds/mixtures, states and changes of
matter
Quiz 1 – Density and Significant Figures – 30 pts.
Atoms, elements and ions
4
Topics: atomic structure, symbols, family names, isotopes, and
ions (memorize element names and symbols posted in MyCourses)
Nomenclature
5
Topics: naming compounds and writing formulas (memorize
polyatomic ions listed in MyCourses)
2/11
Quiz 2 – Binary Compound Nomenclature – 30 pts
Review for Exam 1
2/16
Exam 1
2-5
2/18
2/23
5
Chemical Reactions
6,7
Topics: balancing chemical equations, precipitation reactions,
molecular, total and net ionic equations, acid/base reactions, redox
reactions, combustion reactions, combination reactions, and
decomposition reactions.
2/25
3/2
6
Chemical Composition (the Mole)
8
Topics: atomic mass, the mole, molar mass, Avogadro’s number,
percent composition, empirical and molecular formulas
3/4
3/4
3/16
7
Quiz 3 – Reactions 30 pts
Chemical Quantities
9
Topics: Molar ratios, stoichiometric calculations, limiting reactant,
and percent yield.
3/9 and 3/11
SPRING BREAK
3/16
Energy
10
Topics: exothermic and endothermic reactions, and heat capacity
3/18
Quiz 4 – the Mole 30 pts
Review for Exam 2
3/23
Exam 2
6-10
Last Day to Drop the class with a “W”
3/25
3/25
3/30
8
Atomic Theory
11
Topics: electron configurations and periodic trends
4/1
9
Bonding
Topics: Lewis structures
4/6
4/8
10
Gas Laws
13
Topics: Boyle’s law, Charles’ law, Avogadro’s law, ideal gas law,
Dalton’s law of partial pressures, kinetic molecular theory, and gas
stoichiometry
4/13
4/15
4/20
11
12
Quiz 5 – Atomic Theory and Bonding – 30 pts
Solutions
15, 16
Topics: solubility, mass percent, molarity, dilution, stoichiometry,
neutralization reactions, acids and bases
Quiz 6 – Gas Laws – 30 points
Review for Exam 3
4/22
Exam 3
4/27 & 4/29
Review for Final Exam
TBA
Cumulative Final Exam
11-13, 15, 16
Resources: I will be available during office hours to answer any questions you have.
Also, there are (FREE) tutors in FA 154 which can help you at times when I may not
be available. For non-academic resources, please
see: http://www.spcollege.edu/hec/hus/resources.htm