Chem 106: Calendar Fall 2017

Chem 106         Dr. Rusay  
http://chemconnections.org/general/Chem106         Attendance   
sec. 2273 M 2:00PM 3:00PM PS 221 REQUIRED   
  M 3:00PM 4:50PM PS 221 REQUIRED   
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#1 14-Aug
On-Line Reading
&
Viewing

Course Information:

Graded Assignments:

  • Course Survey: DUE before noon 21-Aug to receive credit
    NOTE: ALL Guiding Questions (GQ) are graded. In order to receive credit you must submit answers on-line no later than 1 week after the related topic has been discussed.
  • (GQ) Reading: Introductions I; .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (4 slides per page) Guiding Questions DUE before Lab Week #2
  • (GQ) Viewing: Video: Powers of Ten [9 min] Guiding Questions DUE before Lab Week #2
  • (GQ) Safety Viewing: Video [35 min.] Completion of Handout Guiding Questions pdf DUE beginning of Lab: Week #2


Lab/Class


Lab/Class Meeting (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

Assignments:

  • Reading: Laboratory Techniques DUE before Lab 21-Aug
  • Viewing: Using a Centigram Weighing Balance #1 [2 min.]; Weighing by Difference #2 [6.5 min.] DUE before Lab 21-Aug
  • Doing: Fundamental Measurements Pre-lab (Course/ Lab (Course/ Lab Manual pg. 5) DUE before Lab 21-Aug

 

 

 
           
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#2 21-Aug
On-Line Reading
&
Viewing
Course Information:
  • (GQ) Reading: Introductions II; .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Guiding Questions DUE before Lab Week #3
  • Doing: Worksheet: Units, Measurements, & Conversions (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 3-4) DUE in Lab Week #3
  • (GQ) Viewing: Crash Course /Unit Conversions & Significant Figures [11 min] Guiding Questions DUE before Lab Week #3
  • (GQ) Reading: Measurement Units & Standards Guiding Questions DUE before Lab Week #3
  • (GQ) Viewing: Precision & Accuracy [5 min] Guiding Questions DUE before Lab Week #3
BONUS (optional): "Gravitational" Waves?
  • Reading/ Viewing/ Listening: What is the biggest wave in the universe? Guiding Questions


Lab/Class


Lab/Class Meeting (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

Must have Course/ Lab Manual Today

Must have an i-clicker Today

Class/Lab Discussion .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf  (6 slides per page

  • (GQ) Safety: Video [35 min.]Guiding Questions pdf (Due beginning of Lab: Today)
  • Reading: Laboratory Techniques Due before Lab: Today
  • Viewing: Using a Centigram Weighing Balance #1 [2 min.]; Weighing by Difference #2 [6.5 min.] Due before Lab: Today
  • Doing: Fundamental Measurements Pre-lab (Course/ Lab Manual pg. 5) DUE beginning of Lab: Today
  • Data Completion by end of lab Today (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 7-8)
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Last day to drop with a refund**

Last day for student activity fee refund**

 

 

 
           
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#3 28-Aug        
On-Line Reading
&
Viewing

TO DO (This Week):

 

 
Lab/Class


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

Class/Lab Discussion .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

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Fundamental Measurements: (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 7-8) Check & Correct Sphere & Cylinder Calculations: Volume Calculation Tool

Density: Part 1/Simulation.pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 12-14 DUE 11-Sep (end of lab)
Density: Part 2.pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 15-16 DUE 11-Sep (end of lab)
Density: Part 3.pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 17/18: Using the respective odd or even data found in this link for your plot.) DUE 11-Sep (end of lab)

 

 

   Last day to drop, in-person, without a “W” appearing on transcript**
           
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#4 4-Sep 5-Sep 6-Sep 7-Sep 8-Sep
On-Line Reading
&
Viewing

HOLIDAY

Last day to drop a full-term class, in-person, without a “W” appearing on transcript**

TO DO (This Week):

 

          8-Sep
Lab/Class  HOLIDAY  


 

 

 

 


   Density / Precision & Accuracy Quiz
Complete & Submit before 5:00PM
Today
           
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#5 11-Sep 12-Sep 13-Sep 14-Sep 15-Sep
On-Line Reading & Viewing

TO DO (This Week):

PLAN & PREPARE for Exam 1: (Practice Questions)
REVIEW SolutionsWorksheet: Units, Measurements, & Conversions (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 3-4) 
Refer to Crash Course /Unit Conversions & Significant Figures


Reading: The Periodic Table in Art/Song/Fable Powerpoint; .html, .ppt, Print: not available

ChemWiki Accounts
Chemwiki Assignment DUE before Exam 1, Week 6

Lab/Class


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

Class/Lab Discussion  .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

The Following are DUE end of lab Today

  • Density: Part 1/Simulation (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 12-14) DUE Today
  • Density: Part 2 (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 15-16) DUE Today
  • Density: Part 3 (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 17/18: Using the handout which has the respective odd or even data found in this link for your plot.) DUE Today
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ChemWiki/ Libretext Accounts
Chemwiki/ Libretext Assignment
DUE before Exam 1

 
   
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#6 18-Sep 19-Sep 20-Sep 21-Sep 22-Sep
On-Line Reading & Viewing

EXAM 1 Last 90 minutes of class/lab
All Materials/Activities:
Reading, Viewing, & Doing
Week #1 thru Week #5
90 min.: 20 Multiple Choice (4pts ea); 10 T/F (2pts ea) plus ~ 5 problems (~5-6 pts ea)

Practice Questions

TO DO (After Exam this Week for Next Week):

Lab/Class


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

Class/Lab Discussion, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

  • EXAM 1 Last 90 minutes of class/lab

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 EXAM 1
RESULTS / Class Grades
All Materials/Activities:
Reading, Viewing, & Doing
Week #1 thru Week #5

90 min.: 20 Multiple Choice (4pts ea); 10 T/F (2pts ea) plus ~ 5 problems (~5-6 pts ea)

Practice Questions

 

 

 

 

 

   HOLIDAY
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#7 25-Sep 26-Sep 27-Sep 28-Sep 29-Sep
On-Line Reading & Viewing

TO DO for Next Week:

  • (GQ) Viewing: TED Mole Guiding Questions DUE before Lab Week 8
  • Reading: The Mole / Molar Mass and Molecular Formulas .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) DUE before Lab Week 8
  • Doing: The Mole / Molar Mass and Molecular Formula Quiz .html DUE 6-Oct.
    Nicotine & the Brain
  • Nicotine molview structure: (Courtesy of Hannah)
Lab/Class


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Reading / Viewing: Lewis Structures, Bonding, Shapes, Polarity, Stereochemistry: Molecular Modeling/ Computational Chemistry .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Today in Lab
  • Reading / Viewing: Molview/ Ancillary Materials & Questions .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (4- slides per page)Embedded i-clicker Questions DUE before Lab Week #8
  • Doing: http://molview.org (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 53-58) Today in Lab / DUE end of lab Week #8

 

       
           
Week Mon. Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri.
#8 2-Oct 3-Oct 4-Oct 5-Oct 6-Oct
On-Line Reading & Viewing

TO DO (After completing the fermentation set up, then for Next Week):

 
Lab/Class


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)
  • Reading / Viewing: Lewis Structures, Bonding, Shapes, Polarity, Stereochemistry: Molecular Modeling/ Computational Chemistry .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page)
  • Reading / Viewing: Molview/ Ancillary Materials & Questions .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (4- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions DUE Today
  • Doing: http://molview.org (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 53-58) DUE Today
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  • Reading: Moles & Molar Mass .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) DUE Today
  • (GQ) Viewing: TED Mole Guiding Questions DUE Today
  • Moles & Molar Masses Weighing as a Way of Counting .pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 33-37 Do Today / DUE 9-Oct
    Volume Calculator (Sphere & Cylinder)
  • Moles & Molar Masses II
    Atoms / Compounds / Molecular Formulas .pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 38-39 Do Today / DUE 9-Oct
  • Ethanol Fermentation (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 41-42) Begin Today in Pairs
  • Doing: Reactions, Balancing, Stoichiometry Worksheet (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 65-67) DUE 16-Oct
 

 

 


Doing: The Mole / Molar Mass and Molecular Formula Quiz .html
DUE 9-Oct.
Nicotine & the Brain
Nicotine molview structure: (Courtesy of Hannah)

 

 

           
#9 9-Oct 10-Oct 11-Oct 12-Oct 13-Oct
Class   The Mole / Molar Mass and Molecular Formula Quiz .html DUE Today, 11:59PM
Doing: Reactions, Balancing, Stoichiometry Worksheet (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 65-67) DUE 16-Oct

Viewing: 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry

TO DO (After completing chemical reactions in lab, then for Next Week):

  • Viewing: Thermochemistry / Calorimetry DUE before Lab Week #10
  • Reading: Chemical Reactants & Thermal Energy (Heat) .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions DUE before Lab Week #10
  • (GQ) Viewing: TED: How to speed up chemical reactions / Kinetics Guiding Questions Due before Lab Week #10
  • Reading: Chemical Reactions & Rate of Reaction (Kinetics) .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions DUE before Lab Week #10
  • Reading: Chemical Reactants & Limiting Reactants .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions Due before Lab Week #10
  • Doing: Simple Distillation & Calculating % Yield (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 49-51) Do in Lab Week #10  
Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)
  • Doing: Moles & Molar Masses Weighing as a Way of Counting .pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 33-37 DUE Today
  • Doing: Moles & Molar Masses II
    Atoms / Compounds / Molecular Formulas .pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 38-39 DUE Today
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#10 16-Oct 17-Oct 18-Oct 19-Oct 20-Oct
Class

TO DO (After completing distillation in lab, then for Week #12 ):

Start Preparing for Exam #2: 30-Oct; (Last 90 min. of lab.)

Review from Week #6 all Guiding Questions, all embedded i-clicker Powerpoint questions, all Simulation questions, and all quiz questions through Solutions & Aqueous Chemistry, which will be on the exam; pH will NOT be on the exam.

Click on the Practice Questions link for examples and recommendations to help guide your Exam #2 preparation

 
Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

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  • Ethanol: How much is formed?
    [% yield = relative percentage to theoretical 100%]
  • Ethanol: How fast did it form?
    (GQ) Viewing: TED: How to speed up chemical reactions / (GQ) Kinetics Guiding Questions
    Due Today
    Chemical Reactions & Rate of Reaction (Kinetics) .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page)
    Embedded i-clicker Questions Due Today

Ethanol Fermentation (Course/ Lab Manual pp. 41-46)

Simple Distillation .pdf (Course/ Lab Manual pg. 46) Do Today 

Completed Fermentation Report form (Course/ Lab Manual pg. 46)DUE 23-Oct

Fermentation Post Lab Ques. [Handout: Individually done] form DUE 23-Oct

10 arrested in death of LSU student

 

 
           
#11 23-Oct 24-Oct 25-Oct 26-Oct 27-Oct
Class

Prepare for Exam #2: 30-Oct; (Last 90 min. of lab.)

Review from Week #6 all Guiding Questions, all embedded i-clicker Powerpoint questions, all Simulation questions, and all quiz questions through Solutions & Aqueous Chemistry which will be on the exam; pH will NOT be on the exam

Click on the Practice Questions link for examples and recommendations to help guide your Exam #2 preparation

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Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

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#12 30-Oct 31-Oct 1-Nov 2-Nov 3-Nov
Class

EXAM 2 (Last 90 min. of lab.)

RESULTS

All topics from Week #6: all Guiding Questions, all embedded i-clicker Powerpoint questions, all Simulation questions, and all quiz questions through Solutions & Aqueous Chemistry which will be on the exam; pH will NOT be on the exam

Click on the Practice Questions link for examples

TO DO (After Exam this Week for Next Week:

 
Lab

 EXAM 2

RESULTS

All Materials/Activities:
Reading, Viewing, & Doing
Week #6 thru Week #11 Lab: except acids-bases which will be on Exam #3
90 min.: 20 Multiple Choice (4pts ea); 10 T/F (2pts ea) plus ~ 5 problems (~5-6 pts ea)

Practice Questions

Global Warming Questions
Scantron handout
DUE 6-Nov

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Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html.ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

 

 

 

 
           
#13 6-Nov 7-Nov 8-Nov 9-Nov 10-Nov
Class

Reading:
Chemical Reactants & Limiting Reactants .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions

Reading:
Acid-Base Equilibrium .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions

Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

 

 
           
#14 13-Nov 14-Nov 15-Nov 16-Nov 17-Nov
Class
Reading: Organic Molecules, Functional Groups, Amino Acids - Proteins .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions

Caffeine gives bees a buzz they remember!

 

 

   
Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

Doing: Carbohydrate Word Search DUE 27-Nov

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#15 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov
Class

Thanksgiving?......
....... overdose at a feast? .....what causes a food coma?

Reading: Organic Molecules, Functional Groups, Amino Acids - Proteins .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions


Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

Global Warming & Your Carbon Footprint Project

Global Warming & Your Carbon Footprint.pdf

ChemWiki / Libretext Global Warming pages (Private: Chem 106 Course Login required)
Essay DUE 1-Dec;
Completed project DUE 8-Dec

ChemWiki/ Libretext Vocabulary III (Private: Chem 106 Course Login required

(GQ) Viewing: TED Gluten Guiding Question
Viewing: America's Test Kitchen: Gluten

Doing: Synthesis of Aspirin, Procedure; Report Form DUE 27-Nov ; Background Reading On-line Post lab Questions DUE 4-Dec

 

Thanksgiving?......
....... overdose at a feast? .....what causes a food coma?

 
           
#16 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 1-Dec
Class
  • Reading: Lipids: Fats & Steroids .html .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions
  • (GQ) Viewing: TED What is Fat? Guiding Questions

    Reading:
    Organic Molecules, Functional Groups, Amino Acids - Proteins .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions
 

 

 
Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

Lipids/Fats

Reading: Lipids: Fats & Steroids .html .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions
(GQ) Viewing: TED What is Fat?
Guiding Questions

Doing: Polymers, Slime & Silly Putty

DUE Today: Synthesis of Aspirin, Report Form DUE Today ; Background Reading; On-line Post lab Questions DUE 4-Dec
DUE Today: Carbohydrate Word Search

 

 
           
#17 4-Dec 5-Dec 6-Dec 7-Dec 8-Dec
Class

Exam 3
RESULTS

 

 

 

 
Lab


Lab/Class Meeting ( (ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)

  • Class/Lab Discussion, .html, .ppt, Print: .pdf (6 slides per page)

Reading: Amines, DNA & RNA .html .ppt, Print: .pdf (6- slides per page) Embedded i-clicker Questions DUE 11-Dec
Viewing: The Science of Caffeine: The World's Most Popular Drug Guiding Questions Due 11-Dec
Caffeine molview structure:

Ken Myambo, PCR Research

Check in

Exam 3

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End of course anonymous survey: Due 4-Dec to 11-Dec. Full Quiz Credit provided on completion. 
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#18 11-Dec 12-Dec 13-Dec 14-Dec 15-Dec
Class

Final Exam

RESULTS-Grades


1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
PS 221

End of course anonymous survey: Due 11. Full Quiz Credit provided on completion. 
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