Syllabus
Welcome
Welcome to Honors General Chemistry II Lab!. This laboratory course is the second of two in the general chemistry series. This laboratory is designed to give you a new perspective on how chemical research is both developed and performed. The key to any good research is thinking your way through it. To that end the lab experiments in this course, while outlined, are incomplete and will require your input to both design their protocols and to perform them. Much in the way of real research there is a possiblity for failure in each experiment. Your job will be to research and understand each concept well enough to try and prevent these failures. The Teaching Assistants and myself will be there to assist and advise you , but we will not just give you the answers. More than in any other course you will take during your college career this one is all about you and your abilities to reason and think critically about both how to reach a goal experimentally and how to interpret the results you collect. I hope you will find the course shows you what you are capable of as a researcher while challenging you to go beyond your current skill set.
I want to wish you good luck with your semester and I look forward to seeing you in lab.
Dr. Stephanie R. Dillon
Coordinator of General Chemistry Laboratories
The Florida State University
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CHM 1045L. or CHM1050L General Chemistry I Laboratory (1). Prerequisite: C- or better in CHM 1045 and CHM1045L; Pre- or Corequisite CHM1051. This laboratory offers an introduction to quantitative techniques and to the chemical laboratory. Topics include Intermolecular forces, solutions, kinetics, equilibria, acids and bases, buffers, solubility, thermodynamics and electrochemistry. Safety goggles and a scientific calculator are required for every class. Lab meets three hours twice a week.
IMPORTANT: If at any time the co-requisite course CHM1051 is dropped during the semester you are enrolled in CHM1051L you will be required to drop the lab as well. No Exceptions.
Labs Covered
Lab 1 Optimization of Antifreeze; Lab 2 Kinetics of a Hangover; Lab 3 Acid-Base Equilibria of Fermentation; Lab 4 Environmental Qualscheme; Lab 5 Turning on a Light Bulb; Lab 6 Radioactive Geocaching
Dr. Stephanie R. Dillon
Office: 324B DLC
Phone: (850) 644-0166
E-mail: sdillon@chem.fsu.edu
Office Hours: T 9-11am
Required -
(1) Online Laboratory Manual by Bluedoor Publishing
(2) Laboratory research notebook (carbonless copy)
(3) A NON-PROGRAMMABLE Scientific Calculator
(4) Lab Coat (Thigh Length)
(5) Laboratory Goggles (Indirectly Vented)
Cell Phones: All cell phones are to be turned off at all times during the laboratory period. Students whose cell phones ring during a lab will be asked to leave and the missed lab will be counted as an unexcused absence.
Lab Attire: All students are required to wear long pants (from hip to foot, No Capris, No Shorts, No leggings or yoga pants), closed-toe shoes and lab coats which completely cover the torso area including long sleeves and a length to mid-thigh. Long hair should be pulled back and jewelry such as rings and bracelets should be removed during the lab period. Students who do not comply with the policies regarding attire will be asked to leave and the missed lab will be counted as an unexcused absence.
Missed Lab Policy: Labs missed for an acceptable reason will be handled as follows: The missed lab report will be pro-rated by averaging the rest of your lab report grades and substituting that average for the missing lab grade. Pre-lab assignments should be completed as usual since they are available all the time not just on the day of the lab.
Labs missed without a reasonable excuse will receive a grade of zero. Students missing 4 or more laboratories for any reason (excused or unexcused) will recieve a failing grade for the lab. If the absences are for illness or another excusable reason, students are encouraged to withdraw from the lab. Incomplete grades will no longer be issued for excessive absences.
University Attendance Policy: Excused absences include documented illness, deaths in the family and other documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University activities. These absences will be accommodated in a way that does not arbitrarily penalize students who have a valid excuse. Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness.
Reasonable Excuses (Documentation) Include: Illness (Note from Doctor or Thagard) Jury Duty or Court Date (Copy of Summons) Car Accident or Breakdown (Accident report or bill including time of incident) Death in Family (Copy of Obituary or service Document). This is not an all inclusive list but should give you a general idea of the magnitude of an acceptable excuse and the type of documentation required to substantiate it. Other problems will be dealt with on an individual basis. Students should provide documentation to their TA at the next lab meeting.
The grading for this course will come primarily from two sources:
The pre-laboratory construction of your purpose and protocol sections for your lab experiments and your lab reports. Each Pre-laboratory exercise will be worth 50 points and each report worth 150 points. You will also have both an orientation quiz and a safety quiz as well as grading for the lab notebook. The overall rubric for each graded item is shown below:
Graded Item |
Point Value |
Total |
Pre-Laboratory Purpose and Protocol |
6 @ 50 points each |
300 |
Laboratory Report |
6 @ 150 Points each |
900 |
Orientation Quiz |
20 points |
20 |
Safety Quiz |
20 Points |
20 |
Lab Notebook |
60 points |
60 |
Total |
|
1300 |
Pre-Lab Assignment due dates are listed on the lab schedule and will be evident in the lab reports folder on Blackboard. See Lab Report Format for more details. Pre-lab purpose and protocol sections must be typed into the Lab Report Generator in Bluedoor and submitted as a PDF file through Turnitin in the Pre-Lab folder in Blackboard.
Lab Reports due dates are listed on the lab schedule and will be evident in the lab reports folder on Blackboard. See Lab Report Format for more details. Reports must be typed into the Lab Report Generator in Bluedoor and submitted as a PDF file through Turnitin in the Lab Reports folder in Blackboard. No late or emailed lab reports will be accepted. A report will be considered late if it is not uploaded to Turnitin by the due date and time (REGARDLESS OF ITS COMPLETION STATUS ON BLUEDOOR!)
NOTE: If you experience technical difficulties when uploading your report you should contact Blackboard Support Immediately (not Dr. Dillon or your TA as they cannot fix technical problems) using the support tab on the Blackboard website.
The Lab Notebook should be kept up-to-date and in traditional scientific format. The notebook will be collected and graded at the end of the term. See Lab Notebook Format for details regarding the grading criteria.
The Grading Scale: Final grades in the course will be assigned based on the percentage of total possible points in the course, according to the following percentile scale: 90-100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C Below 70% D/F
The CHM1051L Lab Schedule contains not only the list of labs being performed but also the due dates for both the pre-labs and the lab reports. Please consult the lab schedule each week to make sure you are preparing for the correct lab experiment. The lab manual is a book and we will not always follow the manual's order of experiments.
Academic Honor Policy
The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the University’s expectations for the integrity of students’ academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to “. . . be honest and truthful and . . . [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University.”
See Academic Honor Policy for more details.
NOTE: All violations of the Honor Policy will result in a failing grade on the assignment and a letter grade reduction in the course.
Americans With Disabilities Act: Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should: (1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center; and (2) bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This should be done during the first week of class. This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request. For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact the:
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Syllabus Change Policy
Except for changes that substantially affect implementation of the evaluation (grading) statement, this syllabus is a guide for the course and is subject to change with advance notice.
