Chemistry 209

 

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Chemistry 209 – Fall 2018 TTh

Instructor: Mario Robles  Email: mrobles@sac.edu.  Section #55026 Meetings: Lecture T, Th 8:35-10:00 AM (R-303), Lab T 10:20-1:30 pm (R-301)

Office Hours: Thursdays  after class, Tuesday 10:10 AM – 12:40 PM, Wednesday 11:10 AM – 1:10 PM in R-324

Physical Science Center: Thursday 1-2pm in R-326

 

How to reach me: before and after lecture, during lab sessions, email or by appointment.  Please be sure to have a current working email address in your Canvas profile.  Please allow 24 hours for instructor response to all emails (Monday-Friday).  Any email messages received after 2 pm on Friday will receive a response by Monday.

Policy: Attendance is mandatory. Students are responsible to sign in for every lecture and lab. Students may be dropped for excessive, unexcused absences equivalent to 10 hours in a combination of both lecture AND lab. Two unexcused tardies (more than ten minutes late) = 1 unexcused absence. Excused absences require a note/documentation providing proof of absence. There are no make-ups for missed quizzes, no exceptions. Only one make-up exam will be allowed if you are forced to miss the exam (due to illness or unforeseen emergency with a note). The missing exam must be made up by the following day of the absence. Students have up to 15 minutes from the start of class to turn in an assignment without a penalty.  After 15 minutes, and up to 30 minutes, students will receive 50% credit maximum.  After 30 minutes, there will be no credit. Communication is key!

 

Course description: Introductory Chemistry.  Basic concepts of matter: atomic structure, formulas, equation writing, nomenclature, gases and kinetic theory. Emphasizes properties of solutions, and the mole concept in quantitative chemistry. Prepares students for biology and Chemistry 219.

 

Required materials:

• Foundation of College Chemistry, Hein, 15^th

Additional required materials:

• Non-programmable scientific calculator. No cell phones allowed! Students may not share calculators!
• Safety goggles must be worn at all times while experiments are in progress in the lab.

 

Lectures:  Learning is most effective in an interactive environment where the student plays an active role and the instructor is the facilitator.  The purpose of lecture is to present new concepts; answer questions and solve problems demonstrating new chemical principles.  Due to time constraint, I will only cover key topics in each chapter and unit.  You’ll be responsible for knowing related, simpler concepts in each chapter and unit.  Please be active and participate in lecture because that’s how you learn most effectively.    

 

Homework: Homework problems are posted on Canvas. Print out and bring homework assignments to class to work on the day before they are due. On the due date, assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of lecture. These homework problems represent minimum understanding of material so being able to do them is critically important to your success.  Some quiz and exam questions will come from these problems.

 

In-class quizzes:  There will be a quiz every lecture.  Each quiz will be worth varying points and you will be given 10-15 minutes depending on the content. 

 

Lecture Exams: There are four lecture exams totaling 40% of your total grade.  Lecture exams will cover units as listed in the table below.  Each lecture exam will consist of one or more of the followings: MC, short answer, definitions, short essays and show-work problems.  Each lecture exam will also have a cumulative portion worth up to 20% of each lecture exam and will cover material that you’ve been tested on in previous exams.   You will have 80 minutes for each lecture exam. Students may not leave the classroom during an exam.  If a student must leave the classroom, the student must turn in their exam for grading at that time.

Final Exam:  40 multiple choice questions.  Students will have 80 minutes to complete this cumulative final. 

 

Lecture Exam	Unit	Topic	HW Assignments
Exam 1	1	Chemical Foundations and Nomenclature	1-3
Exam 2	2	Chemical Equations and Types of Reactions	4-7
Exam 3	3	Stoichiometry	8-14
Exam 4	4	Gases & Solutions	15-19
EC quiz	5	Atomic Structure & Bonding	20-22
Final exam	1-5	Everything!

Lab: Students are responsible for printing out each experiment from Canvas before coming to lab, no exceptions. If it’s not printed out then this is considered unprepared and you may be asked to leave lab. Each experiment may or may not have a pre-lab.  For an experiment that has a pre-lab, the pre-lab has to be printed out, completed and turned in at the beginning of the lab, along with a synopsis of the experiment. All lab data must be recorded in black/dark blue ink. Lab reports will consist of pre-lab, report, and post-lab questions, stapled in that order, all of which is due the following lab. Sandals and shorts may not be worn during laboratory experiments.  Smoking, eating, and drinking are all strictly forbidden in the laboratory.  If you miss most/all of the prelab lecture, you may not be allowed to perform that experiment.

 

Extra credit:  Extra credit quiz for Unit 5 will be worth up to 10 exam points possible. Extra credit may also be earned during review sessions before each exam. You can also earn extra credit by attending SI

 

Grading: Your grades will be based on four lecture exams, a comprehensive final exam, lab work, homework and quizzes.  The following is the Santa Ana College Chemistry Department policy to pass Chem 209:

 

Each student passing Chemistry 209 must meet all of the following minimum grade requirements:

1. 60% or better in the lecture portion of the course
2. 60% or better in the laboratory portion of the course
3. 50% or better on the department cumulative final exam
4. 70% or better as an overall course grade

 

In borderline cases, final exam performance will determine whether grade is moved up or not.  The grading components are:

 

Homework, quizzes, review problems…	15%		A	≥ 90-100% and ≥70% on Final Exam
Lecture exams	40%		B	≥ 80-89.9% and ≥60% on Final Exam
Lab work	25%		C	≥ 70-79.9% and ≥50% on Final Exam
Final exam	20%		D	≥ 55-69.9%
Total	100%		F	≤ 54.9%

 

NOTE: It’s your responsibility to drop the class should you want to.

 

Academic Honesty: Students at Santa Ana College are expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. To falsify the results of one’s research, to steal the words or ideas of another, or to cheat on an examination, corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced. Academic dishonesty is seen as an intentional act of fraud, in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization, or uses unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic exercise. As institutions, we also consider academic dishonesty to include forgery of academic documents, intentionally impeding or damaging the academic work of others, assisting other students in acts of dishonesty or coercing students into acts of dishonesty.

 

In cases where a violation of academic honesty is discovered, the faculty member is encouraged to file an “Academic Misconduct Incident Report” form and distribute the form to the appropriate offices listed. There are two categories of sanctions: Limited and College-wide. Limited sanctions include an academic action such as assigning a lower grade or a grade of “F” for the assignment, project, or test. College-wide sanctions include any sanction that will affect a student’s standing with the college at-large, up to and including suspension or expulsion from the College.

 

In matters relating to academic honesty violations, the primary responsibility for disciplinary proceedings rests with the instructor and the academic division where the violation allegedly occurred. The Dean of Student Affairs will assist in all college-wide sanctions. ­– 2017/2018 SAC Catalog

 

Academic honesty is expected in this course.  Academic dishonesty or cheating is defined as an act of fraud in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of others as their own. This includes assisting other students in acts of dishonesty or coercing other students into acts of dishonesty, whether it is in homework, exams, or other assignments. All work which a student is to receive credit should be work performed by that student.  A student copying an assignment will receive zero for that assignment.  A second time will result in a grade F for the course.  Anyone cheating on an exam will get a grade F for the course automatically. 

 

Academic Accommodation: A student with a disability, who would like to request an academic accommodation, is responsible for identifying herself/himself to the instructor and to the Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS).  To arrange for academic accommodations, contact the Learning Disabilities Program in the Village, VL-203, or phone (714) 564-6264, or (714) 564-6295 for a referral to the appropriate DSPS Department. If you would like more information, visit http://sac.edu/StudentServices/DSPS

 

How to succeed:  Form study groups to help each other study (it makes studying fun, less overwhelming and benefits everyone).  Read new material before coming to lecture, do homework problems as the course progresses.  Don’t get behind! Don’t be afraid to ask questions when you need clarifications.  I’m here to help!  Learning does not end when class is over.  You must spend outside time studying to succeed in this course. 

 

Class notes:  Always put your cell phone on silent while you’re in lecture and lab to show respect to your instructor and your classmates so that they respect you. If I hear your cell phone, this may result in deduction of points.  Be on time!!  You become a distraction to other people when late and will lose precious time on exams.  Always bring the textbook and a calculator with you.

 

Grades:  Students must keep all assignments for their records. It’s the student’s responsibility to check their scores on Canvas. If there are any discrepancies to assignment scores/grades, students have until the next class session from when the assignment was returned to bring the assignment to the instructor and make the correction.

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Students will demonstrate proficiency and knowledge of course content by exam periodically throughout the semester

• Students will be able to provide a written and/or oral explanation of chemical concepts using the appropriate scientific language and writing style with sufficient supporting evidence by exam, presentation and lab reports.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of laboratory safety, be able to show familiarity with basic lab equipment, and employ proper laboratory technique during the successful completion of laboratory experiments. 

 

Chemistry 209 Tentative Lecture and Lab Schedule Spring 2018

 

Wk #	Week of	Tuesday	Thursday
1	8/28	Intro + HW 1 (Ch. 3)	*Safety, Lab info
2	9/4	Finish Ch. 3 HW 2 (Ch. 4) Worksheet	*Finish Ch. 4 Locker check-in
3	9/11	HW 3 (Ch. 6)	Physical/Chemical Change
4	9/18	Nomenclature lab	*Review Exam #1
5	9/25	HW 4 + 5 (Ch. 8)	Classifying Chem. Rxns
6	10/2	HW 6 + 7 (Ch. 8)	Activity Series
7	10/9	Review Exam #2 HW 8 (Ch. 2)	Measurement
8	10/16	HW 9 + 10 (Ch. 2 + 7)	Density
9	10/23	HW 11 + 12 (Ch. 9)	Empirical Formula
10	10/30	HW 13 + 14 (Ch. 9)	Stoichiometry
11	11/6	Review Exam #3	*Boyle’s Law Bring laptops w/Excel
12	11/13	HW 15 + 16 (Ch. 12)	*HW 17 (Ch. 12)
13	11/20	HW 18 + 19 (Ch. 12 + 14)	Molar Mass
14	11/27	Review Exam #4	*HW 20 + 21 (Ch. 5 + 10)
15	12/4	HW 22 (Ch. 11) Mock Final Exam Review for Final	EC quiz Unit 5 Atomic Staircase
16	12/11	Review for Final Final Exam (Part 1)	*Locker Check-out Final Exam (Part 2)

 

*denotes dry lab activity where goggles are not required

 

 

 

 

The instructor reserves the right to make changes to this course schedule as is deemed necessary. If the need arises, students will receive an email regarding the change.  It is the student’s responsibility to check email regularly for any changes that should arise.

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