Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Chemistry 1BH

1. Solve multi-step problems (using formulae and unit-analysis) relating to atoms and elements, chemical bonding and molecular geometry, chemical reactions and stoichiometry, properties of the states of matter, phase changes and solutions.
   


2. Collect and analyze data from chemical experiments, including graphing, calculations and qualitative understanding of how data relates to the concept studied.
   


3. Construct and manipulate equipment to secure reasonably accurate measurements.
   


4. Describe, apply, and assess chemical concepts of atoms and elements, chemical bonding and molecular geometry, chemical reactions and stoichiometry, properties of the states of matter, phase changes and solutions.
   


5. Describe and apply a chemical vocabulary of approximately 300 words and apply the IUPAC system of chemical nomenclature.
   

1.   Solve multi-step problems (using formulae and unit-analysis)
      relating to kinetics, equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry,
      and other course content. Use kinetic data from literature sources
      to hypothesize reasonable reaction mechanisms for the chemical
      systems described. Analyze (qualitatively and quantitatively)
      systems that depend on the interrelationship of several equilibria.

2.   Collect and analyze data from chemical experiments, including
      graphing, calculations and qualitative understanding of how data
      relates to the concept studied. Compose standard operating
      procedures (SOPs) and/or papers in appropriate scientific format
      for these experiments. Design experiments that minimize sources
      of error for concepts studied in the course. Demonstrate laboratory
      safety protocols, including proper waste management.

3.   Construct and manipulate equipment to secure reasonably
      accurate and precise measurements.

4.   Describe, assess, analyze, and apply chemical concepts of kinetics,
      equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry.

5.   Describe and apply a chemical vocabulary of approximately 500
      words and apply IUPAC nomenclature.

• Present class lectures (accompanied by demonstration of problem solving techniques where appropriate) in order to model a scientific approach to concepts and applications in chemistry.  Historical development of theories from experimental evidence will be discussed for some topics.  Analogies to familiar systems will be incorporated into lectures to clarify chemical concepts and definitions for chemical vocabulary.   Live demonstrations of chemical reactions or processes and/or video clips may also be incorporated to illustrate the dynamic nature of chemistry.  Sample calculations will be explained to help students develop methods for more advanced, multi-step problem solving skills
• Show videos/films that visually illustrate chemical concepts at the atomic and molecular level using models (microscopic view) and relate them to the macroscopic world around us.  These videos also show applications of the chemical concepts to issues of modern society
• Create and assign pair and small group activities such as solving word problems, completing laboratory tasks, and drilling on nomenclature and Lewis dot structures in order to build skills through practice and discussion of process.
• Assist and instruct students in accurate and precise methods of collecting and recording scientific data in order to build student laboratory skills.  Demonstrate correct experimental techniques in order model laboratory procedures
• Conduct individual conferences in order to assist students, through dialog, in developing a relationship between the student’s experimental results in lab and the chemical concepts that they illustrate.  Individually assist students with experimental protocol as needed
• Invite guest lecturers to class in order to illustrate the use of basic chemistry in applications related to the guest’s career.
• Develop and assign web-based, web-enhanced, and/or online tasks and activities such as a web quest on bio-fuels or on-line problem solving drills in order to illustrate applications to students through searching for information on the web or supporting repetitive drill to develop better problem solving techniques
• The Honors class will place special attention on activities that require critical thinking and student initiative, preparation and participation
• Class discussions of papers from appropriate chemical literature in order to relate the vocabulary and the concepts chemistry to current research developments and applications in the field.
• Peer review of student research presentations and papers in order to develop the ability to analyze chemical information in a critical manner
• The writing requirement for Honor’s courses will be met by assignment of student papers in the format of scientific journal articles and/or industry standard operating procedures (SOP’s)
• Directed research type experimentation in order to develop skills in experimental design to obtain accurate and precise data
• Develop and assign web-based activities such as internet presentations and web quests in order to develop the ability to critically evaluate the large quantity of scientific information (often false) available on the internet

• Written reports, oral reports, or “poster session” presentations designed to analyze and apply chemistry concepts, problem solving, nomenclature, and vocabulary to a specific application.  Seminar style student presentations will be given
• Homework assignments (possibly on-line) to provide instructor evaluation on individual areas of difficulty with problem solving and other skills
• Quizzes and examinations (including the final examination) designed to demonstrate the ability to solve intermediate level, multi-step problems, to define and use in correct context chemical vocabulary, to correctly convert formula to name or name to formula using the systematic naming system, to draw Lewis dot structures as a model for chemical bonding, analyze data, and to apply chemical concepts to current topics of interest
• Laboratory reports that evaluate the ability to collect and record accurate and precise data, to calculate (sometimes involving graphs) appropriate values from the data, and to answer questions that analyze the experimental results and relate them to relevant concepts.  Laboratory reports requiring composition of standard operating procedures (SOPs) as used in industry or papers in appropriate scientific format
  

• Jerry Bell et al.. Chemistry: A Project of the American Chemical Society. any: W.H. Freeman & Co., 2005.
• Thomas R. Gilbert, Rein V. Kirss, Geoffrey Davis. Chemistry: the Science in Context. any: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. , 2004.
• Moreno Valley Campus, Honors Chemistry 1A Laboratory Manual , developed: 2006
• The honors course will focus on articles from primary sources. Possible sources of materials include (but are not limited to): Nature, Science, Scientific American, Discover, Chemical and Engineering News and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
  
  Sample primary sources and Web sites include, but not limited to:
  
  Mixed-metal catalysts may improve fuel cells’ electrode performance. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12480–12481; David A. Schiraldi)
  
  'Quintuple' Bond Makes Its Debut : First stable molecule with fivefold metal-metal bonding is synthesized ( C &E News 2005, 83(39), 9;Steve Ritter)
  
  http://www.chemguide.co.uk/index.html#top
  
  http://www.chm.davidson.edu
  
  http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
  
  http://chemistry.org/portal/resources/ACS/ACSContent/sciwriting.html Resources for Scientific Writing Practices
  
  Web book for Kinetics:
  
  http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch22/rateframe.html
  Kinetics – A first order example
  
  http://www.chm.davidson.edu/ChemistryApplets/kinetics/MethodOfInitialRates.html
  Method of initial rates with Applet experiment
  
  http://www.chm.davidson.edu/ChemistryApplets/kinetics/Half-Life.html
  Half-life for first order, zero order, second order
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  http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/reference/plambeck/chem2/p02133.htm
  More info on reaction orders
  
  http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/advanced/kin/arrhenius.html
  Arrhenius equation
  
  http://www.accd.edu/pac/chemistr/lectures/chemical_kinetics.htm
  General kinetics information in text format