LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE

CHEMISTRY 65 - SUMMER 2019

1. Textbook: "Introductory Chemistry", by Nivaldo J. Tro, Edition, ISBN: 9780321910073.

• A copy of the textbook is available on Reserve in the Library.

2. Lab Manual: There is no lab manual available for this course. The information for each lab experiment is available on the class page at www.profpaz.com.
3. Lab Notebook: A bound-type carbonless lab notebook is required for your lab. Your lab instructor will provide more information about this in the lab.
   You must have the Laboratory Notebook by the second class meeting. You are required to report all laboratory work in your Laboratory Notebook. During the Laboratory Activities you are not permitted to take notes on any kind of loose paper or any notebook, other than the Laboratory Notebook. You may not perform an experiment if you do not have your Laboratory Notebook with you.
4. Periodic Table of Elements: This is available on my website. You must have one Periodic Table with you during all class sessions.
5. Scientific Calculator: Need not to be an expensive type, but it must perform the following operations: Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction, square root, 1/x, and log. You are required to have your calculator with you during all class sessions (both lectures and labs).
6. Safety Goggles: Unless specifically instructed otherwise by your instructor, you must wear safety goggles during laboratory work. Safety goggles are available for purchase in the LAMC Bookstore. You are required to have your safety goggles by the second class session. You may keep your goggles locked in your laboratory locker.

• Failure to wear goggles when directed by the instructor is grounds for dismissal from the laboratory.

7. Notebook: A 3-ring binder is recommended for keeping class notes organized.

• Profpaz website
• Tutoring

Summer Library Hours:

1. Conceptualize, model and explain chemical processes qualitatively at the molecular level. (Assessment rubric)
2. Apply mathematics to solve quantitative chemical problems. (Assessment rubric)
3. Extract appropriate information, analyze and synthesize experimental results to reach correct conclusions. (Assessment rubric)
4. Perform laboratory techniques safely and accurately and maintain a laboratory notebook according to standard scientific guidelines. (Assessment rubric)

• YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE ABSENT IF YOU WISH TO DO WELL IN THIS course.
• THERE IS NO MAKE-UP FOR MISSED LABORATORY WORK.
• College regulations state that a student may be excluded from a course following accumulation absences equal to a week of course work.

EVALUTATION:

• If serious and compelling reasons prevent the student from being present on the day of one of the exams, the instructor should be informed IN ADVANCE for possible arrangements.
• Maximum of one make-up exam and one make-up quiz per semester is allowed.

LABORATORY WORK

• During laboratory work two students will share the contents of the same laboratory locker.
• Both students are jointly responsible for the contents of their shared locker.
• The majority (not all) of the experiments are performed in pairs.
• For every experiment, each student,

1. will take active part in the work,
2. report his/her data individually,
3. do his/her own calculations,
4. turn in an individual lab report for grading purposes and
5. will be assigned an individual grade for every activity.

• Laboratory Reports are due one week after the class period in which the experiments have been performed (this is to allow working students to meet the deadline).
• Late reports are subject to a penalty of per week.
• Once the instructor has returned the graded lab reports to the class, lab reports for that particular experiment are no longer accepted for grading.
• In order to work efficiently and meet the required deadline for turning in the lab reports, you must come to the laboratory well prepared.
• This means:

1. Read carefully (several times, if needed) the Experiment you will perform (both Principles and Procedure) prior to coming to the lab.
2. Think about what will be doing and plan ahead.
3. Prepare your Laboratory Notebook in advance (Purpose of the Experiment, Procedure, and the appropriate Data Tables should be prepared in your Lab Notebook in advance).

THERE IS NO MAKE-UP LABORATORY WORK

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LABORATORY NOTEBOOK

General Information

• Your notebook must be bound, having duplicate style sheet. Do not remove original pages from the notebook.
• Write your name, Chemistry 65, your lab section, and semester on the inside front cover.
• Write only on the front side of each white sheet. A duplicate copy will automatically appear on the yellow/blue sheet behind it. Apply sufficient pressure to make a legible copy, but not so much that the writing appears on the next pair of sheets. Remember to place the cardboard between each pair of sheets.
• Unless your lab notebook has a table of contents, reserve the first two pages for a table of contents.
• All entries in your lab notebook must be made in permanent ink. If you make an error, do not attempt to erase it or use a whiteout. Just draw a single line through the incorrect entry.
• Learn to write in the past tense, third person (without the use of personal pronouns such as I, we, and my).

Sections of the Notebook For Each Experiment

TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE