Chemistry 103 Syllabus Fall 2002
Course Objectives: The overall objective of this course is to
help you become scientifically literate. As citizens of a democracy we are
often called upon to make decisions that involve scientific issues. Our modern
technological society is the result of scientific research and its application.
Since we are so dependent upon the scientific enterprise, it is a wise policy
to be aware of how it works, what it can and cannot do, how it impinges upon
our lives, and when you have to defer to an expert opinion. In this course
the emphasis is on how the scientific discipline of chemistry can help us
understand contemporary environmental issues, and what it tells us about
possible solutions to environmental problems the world is facing.
Prerequisites: being registered for the class.
Course Overview:
Lectures: 3:00 - 4:30 MW (HS-109). Each 90 minute period will be
devoted to several concepts, with the material corresponding to the textbook
chapters listed in the schedule on the last page. Bring your calculator so
that you will be able to do practice exercises. Skimming the chapter before
it is discussed in class will make it easier to take notes.
Quizzes and Exams: There will be some in-class quizzes and four
90 minute exams. Although the exams are not cumulative you will need to
know material from the earlier chapters to understand things covered on
the later exams.
Homework: You should do the homework since it will prepare you for
the tests and quizzes.
Homework is not graded. Answer keys will
be provided to allow you to study for the quizzes and exams.
Reading/Studying: Devotion of time each day to chemistry homework
is the most efficient way to study for the class. College students are very
busy; try this method to save time! Reading assignments will be included
on the homework sheet distributed for each chapter. Skim the text before
the first lecture on the material. Look at the introduction, the subtitles
for sections, the pictures and their captions, and the chapter summary listed
at the end. After each lecture review your notes and read the appropriate
textbook sections.
Labs: Meet in HS-401. You will attend one of these three sections:
1) Monday, 10:20 A - 12:30 P; 3) Tuesday, 3:00 P - 5:10 P; 5) Thursday, 12:40
P - 2:50 P. Laboratory experiments are chosen to illustrate concepts being
discussed in lecture and to be FUN. To prepare for lab you should read the
experiment before attending lab. Don’t forget to bring your lab book, pen,
goggles and calculator to lab.
Class Instructor: Dr. J. Gutow (Office: HS-412, Phone: 424-1326,
e-mail:
gutow@uwosh.edu, Chemistry
Department Main Office Phone: 424-1400)
Dr. Gutow’s Office Hours: MT 8:30 - 9:30, W 11:30 - 12:30, Th 9:30
- 10:30, F 12:30 - 1:30 or by appointment.
Required Materials
Text:
Chemistry in Context: Applying Chemistry to Society,
3rd Edition. Please try to read each chapter before we begin discussing it
in class. This will familiarize you with the vocabulary and concepts I will
be discussing so that you can take notes more efficiently.
Lab Manual:
Chemistry in Context Lab Manual, 3rd Edition.
Other: Safety goggles (available at the bookstore) and a calculator
capable of handling scientific notation, square roots, powers and logs.
Pen
for use in lab. No pencil may be used in lab.
Subscription to e-mail discussion list:
All students are required
to sign up for the class e-mail discussion group by Friday, September
13, 2002 to pass the course. Instructions for subscribing in
RESOURCES SECTION.
Grading
Exams:
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4 @ 100 points each
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400 (66.6 %)
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Quizzes:
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4 @ 10 points each (worst score replaced with average of others)
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40 (6.7 %)
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Laboratory:
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4 points for doing experiment each week
1 point for filled in lab data sheet for each experiment
5 points for answering questions for each experiment
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120 (20.0 %)
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Web Project
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40 points
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40 (6.7 %)
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Total:
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600(100.0 %)
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The total points necessary to receive a particular grade are listed below.
The instructor reserves the right to change the point total downward.
A: 504 AB: 466 B: 428 BC: 388 C: 348 CD: 308
D: 292
Extra Credit: All students are
required to sign up for the class e-mail discussion group by Friday,
September 13, 2002 to pass the course. Two (2) points of extra credit,
towards a maximum of 24 points extra credit, will be given for each question
related to the course or answer to a question which is submitted.
To
get credit your submission must come from from the account you signed up
for the list from. If you make a submission from another account, you will
have to turn in a hard copy with your student ID number on it to receive
credit.
Note that 7 points extra credit are also available for an essay on
the Earth Charter Summit.
Exams/Quizzes: There will be 10 minute quizzes at the end of class
on some Wednesdays as noted in the schedule at the end of this syllabus.
The quizzes will be on the chapter that is being discussed. Your worst quiz
score will be replaced with the average of your other quizzes. Do not skip
quizzes early in the semester in case you get sick later and miss a quiz.
There will be four 90 minute exams in class. Although the exams are not
cumulative you will need to know material from the earlier chapters to understand
things covered on the later exams.
Exam 1 (chapters 1-2)
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Wednesday, September 25
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Exam 2 (chapters 3-4)
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Monday, October 21
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Exam 3 (chapters 5-6)
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Wednesday, November 13
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Exam 4 (chapter 8 and Lower Fox)
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Wednesday, December 11
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Laboratory: The labs are worth 4 points per week of laboratory work
plus 1 points for data sheets and 5 points for the questions turned in.
Data sheets are due at the end of the laboratory period (make photocopies
if you need them). If the questions cannot be answered during the laboratory
period, they must be handed in by the lecture following completion of the
lab. Up to four (4) points may also be deducted from any week’s laboratory
score for not wearing safety goggles, wearing inappropriate attire, unsafe
behavior or not attending lab (-4 pts). Two unexcused absences
from lab will result in a failing grade for the course. To have an absence
excused you must bring a written excuse to your instructor. There will be
no make up labs, unless you can make it to another laboratory section. There
will be no labs the week classes begin and labs will not start until the Thursday
of the second week!
Lab sections, meeting times and instructor are listed below.
Section 1 : Monday, 10:20 A - 12:30 P, Dr. Gutow
Section 3: Tuesday, 3:00 P - 5:10 P, Mrs. Willihnganz
Section 5: Thursday, 12:40 P - 2:50 P, Dr. Gutow
Mrs. Willihnganz’s contact info–Office: HS-447, Phone: 424-7093,
e-mail: jcjkwilli@prodigy.net
Web Project: Choose a single issue from the list below and find two
web sites with different points of view on the issue. It might help to pick
a specific example of the issue (like automobiles for air pollution or a particular
contributor to global warming). Write a short essay about the issue consisting
of three paragraphs: 1) summarizing the point of view of the web
site on one side of the issue (include complete web link); 2) summarizing
the point of view of the web site on the other side of the issue (include
complete web link); 3) explaining which side you agree with and why. The
third paragraph should include a critical analysis of the quality of the
information in the web sites. You need to answer the question, "Is the content
of the web sites verified or verifiable factual information or just hearsay?"
You must back up your answer to this question with references or an analysis
of the quality of the information source. Send the web addresses and the
essay by e-mail to the instructor any time before Monday, November 25.
The submission will be scored out of 40 points (each web site appropriate
to the issue-7,each complete summary paragraph-7, a well reasoned point of
view-6, grammar/spelling-6). The essay must be submitted as text based
e-mail. You may word process it, but then you must copy and paste it into
your mail program. Special characters, superscripts and subscripts are not
supported by text e-mail. You may want to make sure to save the document
as text only in your word processor before you copy to the mail program
Choose from one of these issues
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Air Pollution, Ozone Depletion, Global Warming, Energy Conservation,
Alternative Energy Sources, Water Pollution, Acid Rain
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Reading/Studying Suggestions: Devotion of time each day to chemistry
homework is the most efficient way to study for the class. College students
are very busy; try this method to save time! Reading assignments will be included
on the homework sheet distributed for each chapter. Skim the text before
the first lecture on the material. Look at the introduction, the subtitles
for sections, the pictures and their captions, and the chapter summary listed
at the end. After each lecture review your notes and read the appropriate
textbook sections. Work through the in-chapter examples and exercises as
you go along. If anything is confusing ask the professor about it. Try the
questions at the end of the chapter and see which ones you know how to do.
A suggested minimum list of which to try will be provided as “Homework”.
You can check your work since answers are in the back of the book for many
of the problems and answers will be provided for all assigned problems. Mark
any that you have trouble with so you can do more examples of that type of
problem.
Homework: You should do the homework since it will prepare you for
the tests and quizzes.
Homework is not graded. Answer keys will be
provided to allow you to study for the quizzes and exams. Answers to some
of the in-text exercises may be found in appendix 5. Complete answer keys
will be available a few days after the problems are assigned. Answer keys
will be posted on the Chemistry 103 web site, accessible through links on
your instructors home page (
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/gutow).
Course Policies:
Absences: The reason for any excused absences must be reported to
your instructor (before the absence, if possible), and
substantiated in
writing by the appropriate person (i.e. doctor, parent, etc.). Assignments
and tests missed because of an excused absence will not count against your
record, but you will be held responsible for material covered during your
absence.
Grading Errors: To be considered for possible regrading any mistakes
must be brought to the attention of your instructor within one week of the
time the exam, quiz or project is returned to you.
Final Grade Check: You are responsible for checking that your final
score is correct. Save all papers, exams and quizzes until the final course
grade has been determined.
Resources:
Chem
103 Web site: Contains lots of useful information: copies of this
syllabus, help with the web project, links to interesting and useful sites
related to this course, information on tutors, homework assignments and answer
keys. This site is constantly being revised so your suggestions of things
to include would be appreciated. Most of the site is publicly accessible,
however if you try to access homework information and answer keys you will
be asked for a username and password. The username is "chem10302". The password
will be provided the first day of class.
E-mail Discussion Group: You are required to subscribe to this to
pass the course . This is a moderated discussion. All submissions
must be sent to Dr. Gutow (
gutow@uwosh.edu).
Questions of general interest will be posted (without the name of the person
submitting it, if requested). You are encouraged to send in your answers to
questions. The instructor will attempt to answer any questions that are not
answered by your fellow students within 48 hours. To subscribe send e-mail
to: gutow@uwosh.edu with the “Subject:” line containing exactly “subscribe
103” without the quotations. In the body include your full name and your
student ID#. You should check your e-mail daily to get the maximum benefit
from this discussion group. The instructor will also send announcements
and reminders to this discussion group.
Chapter Summary : at the end of each chapter lists specific issues,
concepts and skills that you should learn
The Chemistry in Context online learning center: also provides useful
web links and study resources. Its web address is “
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/cic_enger_registration_page/cic.mhtml”
. You will probably have to register first at
http://register.mhhe.com. The registration
information should have been provided on a card attached to your text.
Tentative Class Schedule:
Week Starting
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Lectures
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Laboratory*
Monday & Tuesday
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Laboratory*
Thursday
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Exam/Quiz/Projects
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(9/4)
Wed.
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Chp 1: The Air We Breathe
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No Labs this week
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No Labs this week
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Start choosing web project topic.
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(9/9)
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Chp 1
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No Monday or Tuesday Labs.
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Check-in and #1-Gases in a Breath. DS Questions #1-4. Get Rain
Bottles
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Quiz 1
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(9/16)
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Chp 2: Ozone Layer
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Check-in and #1-Gases in a Breath. DS Questions #1-4. Get Rain
Bottles
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#3-Spectrophotometry. Bring Samples. DS Questions #3,
6, 7
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Quiz 2
Web project topic should be chosen.
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(9/23)
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Chp 2/Review (9/23)
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#3-Spectrophotometry. Bring Samples. DS Questions #3,
6, 7
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#5-Molecular Models. DS Questions #1, 3, 5
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Exam 1 (Chps 1-2)
Wed. 9/25
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(9/30)
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Chp 3: Global Warming
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#5-Molecular Models. DS Questions #1, 3, 5
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#7-Chemical Moles. DS Questions #2, 3, 5
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Oct. 1. Last Add/Drop day.
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(10/7)
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Chp 3/Chp 4: Energy and Society
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#7-Chemical Moles. DS Questions #2, 3, 5
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#8-Hot Stuff. Turn in group procedure and results
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Quiz 3
Should have begun search for web sites.
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(10/14)
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Chp 4/ Review
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#8-Hot Stuff. Turn in group procedure and results
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#9-Energy Content of Fuels.
Bring soda cans. DS Questions #1, 2, 6
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(10/21)
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Chp 5: The Wonder of Water (10/23)
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#9-Energy Content of Fuels.
Bring soda cans. DS Questions #1, 2, 6
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#12-Water Hardness. Bring samples. DS Questions #2, 3,
5, 6
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Exam 2 (Chps 3-4)
Mon. 10/21
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(10/28)
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Chp 5/Chp 6: Acid Rain
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#12-Water Hardness. Bring samples. DS Questions #2, 3,
5, 6
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#20-Solubilities. Turn in group procedure and results.
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Some of web project essay should be written.
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(11/4)
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Chp 6
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#20-Solubilities. Turn in group procedure and results.
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#16-Effects of Acids. DS Questions #1, 2, 5
#19-pH of Rain Bring 3 Samples DS questions #1, 2, 4
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Quiz 4
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(11/11)
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Chp 8/Review (11/11)
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#16-Effects of Acids. DS Questions #1, 2, 5
#19-pH of Rain Bring 3 Samples DS questions #1, 2, 4
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#17-Pollutant Gases. DS Questions #1-4
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Exam 3 (Chps 5 - 6)
Wed. 11/13
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(11/18)
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Chp 8: Alternate Energy sources
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#17-Pollutant Gases. DS Questions #1-4
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Alternate Energy-Handout
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(11/25)
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Chp 8
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Alternate Energy-Handout
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No Thursday Lab -THANKS GIVING BREAK
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Web project Due 11/25/02 at latest by e-mail to Dr. Gutow
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(12/2)
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Lower Fox River
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Organics in Water and Sediment-Handout/check-out if time
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Organics in Water and Sediment-Handout/check-out if time
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(12/9)
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Lower Fox/Review (12/9)
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Check-out if necessary
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Check-out if necessary
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Exam 4
(Chp 8&Lower Fox)
Wed. 12/11
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*DS = Data sheet due.