CHM1020C: Chemistry for Liberal Studies

Schedule Summer 2017
Week
Dates

Lecture
Activity
Assignments Due
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1
5/15
5/16
5/17
5/18
5/19

1st Day Attendance Check in

Lecture 1: Introduction to Forensic Academy

  • Chemistry and Crime- A Brief History
  • The Language of Chemistry
  • The Scientific Method
  • Types of Evidence
Introduction to Second Life

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Complete Post-Lab Quiz on Introduction Material by end of drop-add for 1st day attendance (Quiz is located on Blackboard Orientation folder)

  • Complete Orientation and attend Q&A session
  • READ and Watch Lecture 1

 

2
5/22
5/23
5/24
5/25
5/26

Lecture 2: Gathering Evidence

  • Physical Evidence Collection: Mass, Weight and Units
  • Analysis: Unit Conversions
  • Experimental Results: Statistics of Evidentiary Information

Lecture 3: Chemical Basics

  • Atomic Structure
  • Isotopes
  • Atomic Mass
  • Electronic Structure
  • Using Light to Investigate
  • Spectroscopy
Episode 1: Introduction to the Facility and Rules
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 1 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Complete Episode 1 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)

3
5/29
5/30
5/31
6/1
6/2

Lecture 4: Chemical Structure

  • Lewis Structures
  • Chemical Shapes
  • Polarity
  • Solubility
  • Acids and Bases
  • pH

Exam I on Lectures 1-3

Episode 2: Tools of the Trade

  • Lab Equipment
  • Introduction to Measurement
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 2 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Complete Episode 2 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 3 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Take Exam 1 on Lectures 1-3 at University Testing Center

4
6/5
6/6
6/7
6/8
6/9

Lecture 5: Chemical Evidence – Solutions

  • Water
  • Chemical Reactions
  • The Mathematics of Chemical Reactions
  • Luminol and other Forensic Chemicals

Episode 3: We Have a Crime Scene

  • Murder Site
  • Collect all Evidence
  • Collect all Evidence
  • Store Evidence
  • Complete Episode 3 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 4 (In the HUD in Second Life)

5
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16

Lecture 6: Chemical Evidence – Drugs

  • Types of Drugs
  • Structures and Functions
  • Chemistry and the Law

Episode 4: Lab Rat

  • Go to autopsy
  • Preparation of Samples
  • Mass Spectroscopy
  • Analysis of Content
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 5 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Complete Episode 4 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)

6
6/19
6/20
6/21
6/22
6/23

Lecture 7: Arson and the Chemistry of Fire

  • Combustion
  • Evidence of Arson
  • Flammable Liquids, Why?
  • Explosive Chemistry

Exam 2 on Lectures 4-6

Lab 5: Driving Lessons?

  • Processing the Car for Evidence
  • Analysis using Luminol
  • Analysis using Ninhydrin
  • Complete Episode 5 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 6 (In the HUD in Second Life)

Take Exam 2 at University Testing Center

7
6/26
6/27
6/28
6/29
6/30

 

Lecture 8: Time of Death

  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Death and Temperature
  • Death and Preservatives
  • The Evidence of Death

 

Lab 6: Toxicology is In

  • Fluids Analysis
  • Liquid-liquid Extraction
  • Chromatography – LC/MS
  • Reinsch Screen

 
  • Complete Episode 6 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 7 (In the HUD in Second Life)

 

8
7/3
7/4
7/5
7/6
7/7

Lecture 9: Weapons and Chemistry

  • The Gun
  • The Knife
  • The Bat
  • The ligature

Lab 7: Combustion and the Forensics of Fire

  • CO-Oximeter
  • CO- Diffusion Cell
  • CO- UV-Vis Spectrometer
  • IR
  • Complete Episode 7 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 8 (In the HUD in Second Life)

9
7/10
7/11
7/12

7/13
7/14

Lecture 10: The Biochemistry of Poisons

  • Neurotoxins
  • Cytotoxins
  • Cardiotoxins
  • Heavy Metals

Lab 8: We Have a Suspect

  • DNA Analysis Prep Samples
  • PCR
  • STR Analysis
  • CODIS
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 9 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Complete Episode 8 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)

10
7/17
7/18
7/19
7/20
7/21

Lecture 11: Identifying the Suspect: Part I

  • The Chemistry of Fingerprints
  • The Chemistry of Hair
  • Fiber Analysis

Exam 3 on Lectures 7-9

Lab 9: How Did She Die?

  • Time of Death
  • Method of Death
  • Putting the Killer at the Scene(s)
  • Reporting the Findings
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 10 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Take Exam 3 at University Testing Center

11
7/24
7/25
7/26
7/27
7/28

Lecture 12: Identifying the Suspect: Part II

  • Blood Analysis
  • DNA Structure and Function
  • DNA Fingerprints
  • Genetic Matches

 
No Labs
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 11 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Complete Lecture Quiz 12 (In the HUD in Second Life)
  • Complete Episode 9 Post-Lab Exercises (in Blackboard)

12
7/1
8/1
8/2
8/3
8/4

Exam 4 on Lectures 10-12
No Labs
  • Take Exam 4 at University Testing Center