North Seattle Community
College Spring
2007
Course meeting times: M,
6:00 – 9:50 p.m., AS 1520
W, 6:00 – 9:50 p.m., AS 1519
Text: Chemistry by McMurry and Fay, 4th edition
Other required
materials:
¥ Lab notebook
¥ Scientific calculator
¥ e-mail account you
check regularly
¥ Lab coat or apron
(optional)
Purpose: This course is the final quarter of the
three-quarter general chemistry sequence. This quarter we will cover topics
such as acids and bases; thermodynamics and electrochemistry; nuclear,
transition metal and introductory organic chemistry. These topics are contained
in Chapters 14 through 23 of the textbook; we may cover additional material if
we have time at the end of the quarter. At this point, there are few majors for
which this course is a requirement; most of those majors will require organic
chemistry (the Chemistry 231, 235 and 236 series at North), so this course is
designed to prepare you for that series.
Prerequisites: A passing (>2.0) grade in Chemistry 150 (or
equivalent) is the prerequisites for this course; I would also strongly
recommend placement into English 101 or equivalent.
Instructor: Tracy Furutani Office:
IB 2328B
Phone: 528-4509 Office
hour: MW, 3 – 6 p.m.
e-mail: tfurutani@sccd.ctc.edu Grader:
Mike Harrell
Course website:
http://faculty.northseattle.edu/tfurutani
Grading: Midterms
2
at 50 pts 100
Final 1
at 100 pts 100*
Labs various 130
Exercises 11
at 10 pts each, best 10 100
Biodiesel
report 1
at 50 points 50
Homework 7
at 20 pts each, best 6 120
Total 600
pts.
*The final is
comprehensive and is scheduled for Wednesday, June 13 at 6 p.m. I will also have you take the American Chemical
Society General Chemistry standardized (multiple choice) exam as the final
exercise. In addition to being worth ten points as an exercise, if you score
higher on the ACS exam than on the final for the course, the ACS score
(normalized to 100 points) will take the place of your final score.
How
to keep a good lab notebook
Grades will be assigned
as follows:
Your total points: 570 - 600 Your
grade: 4.0
540
- 569 3.7
510
- 539 3.3
480
- 509 3.0
450
- 479 2.7
420
- 449 2.3
390
- 419 2.0
360
- 389 1.7
330
- 359 1.3
300
- 329 1.0
<
300 0.0
This schedule is
subject to a minimal amount of
change.
Homework problems: Note that many of the answers to the problems
are in the back of the book; you are responsible for checking these answers.
The grader will check more carefully the starred problems below, since their
answers are not in the back of the book; be clear in how you derived the answers! Please use only
one side of the sheet of paper and box your final answers; neatly staple answer sheets together. Homework
problems for the chapter are due on the same day as the corresponding midterm
for that chapter. Though I encourage collaboration between students (especially
study groups) to work together on these problems, I ask that each person turn in their own set of homework answers.
Read
sections 14.10 through 14.15; read all of Chapter 22; do problems 14.11, 14.15,
22.1, 22.5, 22.8, 22.11, 22.13, 22.14, 22.16, 22.37*, 22.51*, 22.81*, 22.91*,
22.97*
Read
all of Chapter 15; do problems 15.1, 15.5, 15.6, 15.9, 15.10, 15.15, 15.17,
15.19, 15.21, 15.22, 15.23, 15.25, 15.26, 15.28, 15.37*, 15.63*, 15.75*,
15.93*, 15.131*
Read all
of Chapter 16, except section 16.14; do problems 16.2, 16.4, 16.6, 16.7, 16.10,
16.14, 16.15, 16.17, 16.19, 16.22, 16.25, 16.26, 16.28, 16.29, 16.37*, 16.41*,
16.65*, 16.109*, 16.133*
Read
all of Chapter 17; do problems 17.1, 17.2, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7, 17.11,
17.12, 17.13, 17.15, 17.23*, 17.29*, 17.49*, 17.67*, 17.109*
Read
all of Chapter 18, except section 18.12; do problems 18.2, 18.5, 18.6, 18.9,
18.10, 18.14, 18.15, 18.16, 18.17, 18.21, 18.25*, 18.49*, 18.67*, 18.79*,
18.123*
Read
all of Chapter 19, except sections 19.4, 19.8, 19.11, 19.13 and 19.14; read all
of Chapter 20, except sections 20.4, 20.7 and 20.9 (yes, this seems like a lot,
but many of the sections are quite short); do problems 19.1, 19.3, 19.6, 20.2,
20.4, 20.8, 20.13, 20.14, 19.121*, 20.39*, 20.73*, 20.83*, 20.101*
Read
all of Chapter 23, except section 23.15; do problems 23.1, 23.3, 23.6, 23.9,
23.11, 23.13, 23.16, 23.17, 23.20, 23.25, 23.49*, 23.65*, 23.77*, 23.87*,
23.113*
Note:
doing the homework problems helps you keep up with the material!
Labs: Safety first! You must wear goggles in lab, and you
should purchase pair that are comfortable. The Bookstore carries one brand, but
any pair that protects the sides of the eyes (in other words, the goggles must fully enclose your eyes) is
acceptable.
Lab
book: Your
experimental data should be recorded in the lab book. The format of the first
page of each experiment in your lab book will consist of your name, your
partner(s)Õs name(s), the date, the experiment title, a sentence or two
describing the purpose of the lab, a list of materials to be used in the lab
and a drawing of the experimental setup. Subsequent pagesÕ format will be
described in each lab handout. There may be a short pre-lab quiz concerning the lab prior
to the lab period to assess readiness. You will turn in either the carbonless
copy of the lab
or a photocopy
of the appropriate lab pages. You may also be asked to write an abstract of the lab.
Exercises: There will eleven of these
throughout the quarter; they are generally done in-class, except for some parts
which you will complete outside of class. Exercises are designed to reinforce
key points brought up during lecture or lab. They are due the meeting after we
finish talking about them in class. As noted earlier, the final exercise will
be the American Chemical Society general chemistry exam; you do not need to
prepare for this, apart from remembering various parts of the past year of
general chemistry.
Biodiesel
report: You (and
your team) will determine the heat of combustion of biodiesel (made in a
previous lab) and another organic fuel. You will write up your results in
Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) style and also present your
results to the class. There will be a handout on this later.
Make-ups: Missed exams, labs and
exercises cannot
be made up; that's why I drop the lowest exercise and homework score. Note that
all exam and lab scores count.
Exams: The midterm exams are one hour
and the final is two hours and com-prehensive. These items represent individual learning, so no collaboration or
use of the textbook is allowed. However, since they represent learning, they
will be (un-less otherwise specified) open notes, handouts, lab book, exercises
and calculator.
Cheating: Don't. I will use the policy
outlined in the Student Conduct section of the Student Handbook. Remember, a
group project is the result of a roughly equal sharing of ideas from each
member of the group. Collaboration is absolutely essential. An individual
project or exam, however, is an evaluation of what each individual understands.
Please do not collaborate on these endeavors.
Attendance: I will not take attendance
during the quarter, but, since we meet only twenty times during the quarter, it
is imperative that you come to each meeting. Please call me (528-4509) or
e-mail me (tfurutani@sccd.ctc.edu) if you are going to miss class, so that we can discuss what you have
missed.
Cell phones and pagers: Please turn these devices either ÒoffÓ or into silent mode, both
during lecture and lab.
Chemical
sensitivities:
Due to the increasing numbers of individuals developing chemical sensitivities
and the increasing awareness of such conditions, everyone who attends this
class is asked to refrain from wearing any fragrance or perfume. The greatest
feasible efforts will also be taken to ensure a fresh air environment free of
not only the above-mentioned fragrances but also potentially harmful substances
such as carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, carpet odor, organic solvents, etc.,
given the context of a chemistry laboratory. Individuals who are unsure of the
importance of this policy should see the Dean of Math, Sciences, and Social
Sciences for additional information.
Dates to remember:
Last
day to withdraw without a W April
13
Last
day to drop course May
25
Last
day of instruction June
11
Final June
13, 6 p.m.
Tentative calendar: the chapter numbers refer to chapters in the
McMurry and Fay textbook. This is a provisional calendar and topics/dates are subject to change.
|
April 2 Chapters 14, 22 |
3 |
4 Chapters 14, 22 |
5 |
6 |
|
9 Chapter 15 |
10 |
11 Chapter 15 Lab check-in |
12 |
13 |
|
Chapter 15 |
17 |
18 Chapter 16 |
19 |
20 |
|
23 Chapter 16 |
24 |
25 Chapter 16 |
26 |
27 |
|
30 Chapter 16 Exam 1: Chapters 14,
15, 16 and 22 |
May 1 |
2 Chapter 16 |
3 |
4 |
|
7 Chapter 17 |
8 |
9 Chapter 17 |
10 |
11 |
|
14 Chapter 18 |
15 |
16 Chapter 18 |
17 |
18 |
|
21 Chapters 19, 20 |
22 |
23 Chapters 19, 20 Lab
6: Transition metal complexes Exam 2: Chapters 17
and 18 |
24 |
25 |
|
28 Memorial Day |
29 |
30 Chapter 19, 20 Biodiesel experiment |
31 |
June 1 |
|
4 Chapter 23 Biodiesel experiment |
5 |
6 Chapter 23 Biodiesel report |
7 |
8 |
|
11 Chapter 23 ACS Exam |
12 |
13 Final |
15 |
16 |